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been at it since 76', trying to bust 100, 35 to go
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I killed my first bull in 1966. My next elk will be #35. With mostly just me eating them, I'm on the "every other year plan."
SAVE 200 ELK, KILL A WOLF
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Been of age to hunt since 1991, have killed 3 via archery and 7-8 via rifle. I'll catch up to you old farts soon enough.
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been at it since 76', trying to bust 100, 35 to go ravenr: I went on my first elk hunt in 1978 and have killed 33 elk since then. But I only hunt elk in Colorado. You must hunt in several states each year to have accumulated 65 kills since 1976. KC
Wind in my hair, Sun on my face, I gazed at the wide open spaces, And I was at home.
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Since 1982, have not really kept count since then, buts its got to be at least 12, maybe 15 (mostly cows, a few bulls, nothing over 300", and all public land DIY hunts. I'm a meat hunter mostly but I do like to hold bone every now and then. I can't imagine anything that tastes better than a big fat September cow!
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I started in 1966 I think +or-. I have killed quite few, but some one here said it was bragging to say how many. So I will just say it's over 40. I hunted NM for 8 years or so,CO since 74 and have been to ALberta once.
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Elk is one of many reasons I live in Montana. I have been hunting them since I was old enough to hunt. To date, somewhere near 60, again, living in Montana I have been able to shoot 2 a year for some time now. From nicest to worsest...
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Since 2010. I've gotten 2.
If you love someone set them free If they come back no one else liked them Set them free again
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Started hunting elk at age 12 in 1980: Shot this AZ bull this November, my 49th elk: Never have considered myself much of an elk hunter, but I've always had pretty good luck while hunting them.
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Killed my first elk in 1996, I've killed a total of 10 elk, 8 bulls and 2 cows, all in Northwest Colorado (units 12 and 13). All the bulls were raghorns,I did kill one decent 5x5.
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I've carried an elk tag 13 years, filling two.
I can honestly say though, that since I started seriously getting after it about six years ago, I could've killed elk every year. Passing on cows every year until I killed my first bull, and a handful of raghorns the last two years.
I love hunting elk, but I'm a little guy and hunt by myself- it better really be worth it when I pull the the trigger.
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Started in 1970, have 46 in 41 years, all in Wyoming, about 60 percent bulls because you couldn't kill a cow in the area I hunted for 25 years. Killed three 6 X 7 bulls, numerous raghorns. When you get to be a smart old elk hunter you don't care if you ever backpack another big bull and no longer want to eat old elk so tough you can stand a fork up in the gravy.
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There comes a time in a man's life when he has to start cutting and quit straddling fences. Ed Abbey
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I started in 80. Guess I've killed @ 30. Killed a couple of 300 6x6 bulls, got 1 mounted. Now, I'm happy shooting a dry cow--they eat better.
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Started following my dad in the early 60's--back when there was a LOT less elk, and elk hunters. Killed my first elk in 1971.....I'm somewhere around 45 now...but I've kinda' lost track.....
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Did that one die in a beaver pond? I had one that did....looked kind've like yours by the time I got him out......
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Been hunting them since 1976 and I have lost track how many I have killed. BUT, I can say I've never killed one with a .223!
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Started in 1989. Two with a bow, about 13 with a rifle, and one with my old toyota pickup truck just outside of Meeker.
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Did that one die in a beaver pond? I had one that did....looked kind've like yours by the time I got him out...... Actually it is the result of about 6 miles behind a 4-wheeler on a muddy trail.
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Im 37 years old. I have killed 13 bulls with a bow. Have never shot one with a rifle, unless it was a wounded bull someone else had shot..
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I think I bought my first elk license in 1990, though I'd been hunting in MT since 1980. I've shot one per year since 93, probably around 340 average, (7 with a bow). This coming fall will be my son's first year (he'll be hunting at 11) and I suspect if it's brown - it's down.
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