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Good Job Wade.

Dang it, Wade .... That is one glorious bull elk.

Congratulations, my dear friend.

Good on you.

Your buddy Steve

Got nothing much to add but that is such a cool story that I'm going to say congrats again. Great hunt, sorta profound, and well told.

Wade,
That is an awesome story and will make a great memory of your old friend! Size don't matter! it's all about the memory!

Good job my friend!!

Awesome story Wade, glad you finally scored on an elk this year, and bonus cool points for doing it with your buddy's rifle, near his final resting place.

The wife didn't have any luck this year we saw over 100 elk the 4 days we hunting but no legal bulls. Still a good year as we got out blood pumping every day we went out by seeing elk just nothing legal.

Again congrats!!

Wade;
Thanks for sharing your hunt with us sir, what a great way to honor the memory of your friend. The story really spoke to me somehow and I really appreciate you taking the time to let us "come along" so to speak.

Congratulations on this very special bull.

All the best to you and your fine family and good luck on the rest of your season's hunts.

Dwayne

Nice elk and and a great story

Well done Wade......

Nice sentiments, great pics, nice bull and nice background into your weapon of choice this year. Better yet......your reasoning for using that particuar rifle. I hope that someone honors me with that same type of decision someday.....but not too soon....LOL.

I hunted the Westside for better than a decade (Nooksack herd until '92 when it was closed) and totally understand the terrain your pics show so well. Beautiful, but not easy to traverse nor to navigate in. For me, that's what makes your bull even more special than many.

To say that a Westside elk hunt is tough and grueling is a definte understatement. Toughest hunts I ever had........bar none.

Congrat's and what a nice way to honor your friend, his family and your relationship together.

Very, very cool. Thanks for sharing.

Can't help but think that bull was hand delivered via your hunting buddy. To let you know he's still with you on every hunt.. Congrats on an awesome bull!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

+1.

congratulations on a great hunt, you honored your friend and got a nice bull besides. As I think about my late father you will think about your partner many more times.

awesome wade

Congrats Waders,
I recognize that hanging moss and understory fern crop. It's what made Lewis/Clark turn around and walk back through 2,200 miles of hostile Indian country to get home <<grin>>.

That's a pretty good sized swamp-rat there ... sure looks like moose country too.
If I close my eyes, I can inhale the high humidity sweetness of damp Fir and Cedars, combined with the musky perfumed deposits of post-rut bulls.

... Silver Bullet

I've posted this pic before, but here's a shot of my buddy with the rifle:

What a photo, so full of life and vitality. Thanks for putting it up for us to see. It fills out the story much more completely.

This is exceptionally good stuff.

Congrats on a fine animal and your wrong, you and your buddy did get to go elk hunting again. Magnum Man

Thanks for the story Waders, much appreciated.

That's awesome Wade. I was pulling for ya with your bud's rifle. Congrats

Great story. Somehow I expected it to turn out like it did.