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I'm a relative newcomer to elk hunting, having resided most of my life outside elk country.

14 years elk hunting, 14 elk killed.

Been in on others killing of at least as many.

Were I limited to one animal only to hunt the rest of my life, it would undoubtedly be elk.


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Mauser Hunter can also have the Northern NM / Southwestern Colorado San Juan blizzards like the minor one going on right now.


My g8-g8 uncle was Barney Riggs. Google and read about him. He roamed around the southwest, mainly west Tx and Az and NM territory. History credits him with from 9 - 12 men he killed, not counting Mexicans and Indians. Family lore has it at 18.
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Mauser Hunter, I'll share those blizzards with you. I am a dedicated skier in the winter months. I spent 18 years living above 8000'. Summers are beautiful, and so is all that snow. Just wish we were getting our fair share of it this year.
I've had some pretty outstanding elk hunts in snowy, and even blizzard conditions. Snuck right up on a lot of elk in heavy snow storms.

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I had a peanut butter jar full of ivory's and met a young man (fellow elk hunter) in Az last summer while on a fire. His wife made traditional native american clothing. I sent them to him when I got home. Now some one can really appreciate them.
While there (AZ) it never got above 90, went to Texas two weeks later never got below 90 and highest was 114. I hate hot weather.

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Have only been to Colorado twice: 2010, 2011, Have not killed an elk yet. But, will be back at it again in 233 days !

Have discovered that I like the hiking / adventuring / exploring as much as I like the hunting. Meat in the freezer is good. (Mule deer doe last year) A wall hanger would just be icing on the cake...



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I've only hunted elk for 2 years and I have shot 2 cow elk. One in Colorado near Pagosa Springs and one in Arizona near Show Low. Very good eating. Much better than the Texas whitetails I used to hunt.

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Bought my first elk tag in '70, killed 1st elk in '72. 1 bull in the 360+ class. Way more than I deserve.
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I've hunted elk for myself 3 years now. First year I got a cow elk in wyoming. Second year I got a spike on Utah's spike hunt. Third year (last fall) I got a smallish 5x5 bull on the Utah any bull hunt.

I've been pretty lucky, especially the last two hunts. Both of those hunts I wasn't even really expecting to even see elk.

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I've hunted elk since bout 1965 and have taken 45 so far. My last one was a 6x5 the one before a 7x7 (scored 356 ). Most of my elk have been smallish 6pointers or 5 point raghorns and a few cows throwed in. I hunt mostly on private land open to anyone for the askin. Use horses a lot to get further back, and once I find 'em, I never give up. Have used everything from a 6mm Rem to a .45-70. Like the .308 or the .30-06 best. I shot my 356 with a 7x57 Mauser. That being said I'd much rather hunt big muley bucks.


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Hunting 25 years harvesting 23 or so odd elk. Some private land, some public. Some came out in pieces some came out hole.

Farthest shot lazered at 305, with a 338 win. Closest 33 feet with a 338 win. 75% of elk killed with the 280 rem 25% with 338 win and one with a 300 win.

Generally first legal animal got whacked, rarely held out for something "bigger".

Assorted cows, spikes, biggest bull a 5x5 horn wize. Packed out 278 lbs. of boned-out meat from a different 5x5. I hunt first to fill the freezer then second for sport and thoroughly enjoy doing both.

Did not kill one last season, breaking a 17 year kill run.

Looking forward to killing one with the new 7mm rem mag this fall grin

Elk hunting, its the best.


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My wife says we've been married at least 2,000 years ( is that a compliment? ) so if I use the same method Idaho Fish and Game uses to estimate Elk populations in units --I've probably taken 20,000 elk!!!

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Started in 1977, first one in 1980, 29 total to date.
21 bulls, 8 cows. MT and WY, hunted some in Idaho without success.

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I, like Brad, am a relative newcomer to hunting elk as I had to get through college to be able to afford it! 18 elk in 22 hunts for me.

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Pretty hot lately. Where's those blizzards you guys were going to send me?


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We had snow all day today! Sorry if you didn't get any! wink

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Held three tags, taken two elk. Since 1986 ...



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Every year for the last 30 years we have had snow in camp. Every year we have had snow those who wanted to filled all their tags did so. Some years we have bull tags, some years we have a bull and a cow tag, some years we have either sex tags, and some of the years we have had a mixture of all tag types. We hunt high travel corridors between fall and winter ranges. Four of us have killed 120+ elk, more cows than bulls.


Time spent hunting is not deducted from one's lifetime.

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