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First elk with a bow #8083813 09/19/13
Joined: Aug 2005 Posts: 15,648 Coues Country G GregW OP Campfire Ranger
OP GregW Campfire Ranger G Joined: Aug 2005 Posts: 15,648 Coues Country	Bulls were talking at night and very first light and it was wet which made for a pretty tough first week, which is all I had to hunt due to work. Made some stalks on much bigger bulls (including a 372" which a bud of ours shot just last night with trash) but was ruined either by swirling winds which were a bugger all week or hunters stalking us from upwind and with Converse all stars in the deep woods. The last evening I made it happen on this dude. Shot was 25 yards with a Shuttle-T. Bull was on ground in 15 seconds and went 40 yards. - Greg Success is found at the intersection of planning, hard work, and stubbornness.

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Re: First elk with a bow GregW #8083820 09/19/13
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Diyelker Campfire Member Joined: Jul 2011 Posts: 431 Too far east	Congrats What happens when you get scared half to death...twice?

Re: First elk with a bow Diyelker #8083832 09/19/13
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Huntingnut Campfire Regular Joined: Nov 2011 Posts: 1,339	Nicely done!

Re: First elk with a bow Huntingnut #8083872 09/19/13
Joined: Sep 2008 Posts: 1,578 NW Montana T tipmover Campfire Regular
tipmover Campfire Regular T Joined: Sep 2008 Posts: 1,578 NW Montana	Nice bull and congrats Greg! Turn me loose, set me free, somewhere in the middle of Montana!

Re: First elk with a bow tipmover #8083986 09/19/13
Joined: Nov 2005 Posts: 7,506 Lived all over the world H hotsoup Campfire Outfitter
hotsoup Campfire Outfitter H Joined: Nov 2005 Posts: 7,506 Lived all over the world	congrats on that elk. nothing like killing your first, especially with a bow. you'll remember that day for the rest of your life.

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Re: First elk with a bow hotsoup #8084026 09/19/13
Joined: Feb 2011 Posts: 11,273 High Country Colorado Tanner Campfire Outfitter
Tanner Campfire Outfitter Joined: Feb 2011 Posts: 11,273 High Country Colorado	Awesome work G! Looks like a great bull. I'm hoping this weekend will hold my first, too.... 100 or 125gr Shuttle-T's? The things are wicked!

Re: First elk with a bow Tanner #8084063 09/19/13
Joined: Apr 2005 Posts: 669 Colorado Springs, CO S SuburbanHunter Campfire Regular
SuburbanHunter Campfire Regular S Joined: Apr 2005 Posts: 669 Colorado Springs, CO	Wow! Just... Wow! Well done. "Socialism produces bad music, bad art, social stagnation and really unhappy people", “I am a conservative, and you may not like that, but I am.” Frank Zappa 1986

Re: First elk with a bow GregW #8084110 09/19/13
Joined: Dec 2008 Posts: 78,300 Likes: 1 Southwestern Montucky ingwe Campfire Oracle
ingwe Campfire Oracle Joined: Dec 2008 Posts: 78,300 Likes: 1 Southwestern Montucky	VERY cool beans! "...the left considers you vermin, and they'll kill you given the chance..." Bristoe

Re: First elk with a bow ingwe #8084284 09/19/13
Joined: Feb 2007 Posts: 7,437 SW Georgia G Godogs57 Campfire Tracker
Godogs57 Campfire Tracker G Joined: Feb 2007 Posts: 7,437 SW Georgia	Great job!! Sincere congrats... You only live once, but...if you do it right, once is enough.

Re: First elk with a bow Godogs57 #8084309 09/19/13
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wageslave Campfire Ranger Joined: Mar 2009 Posts: 24,616 Idaho	outstanding Have Dog Will Travel

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Re: First elk with a bow wageslave #8084357 09/19/13
Joined: Aug 2006 Posts: 22,930 Likes: 15 Kiowa/Deer Trail, Colorado huntsman22 Campfire Ranger
huntsman22 Campfire Ranger Joined: Aug 2006 Posts: 22,930 Likes: 15 Kiowa/Deer Trail, Colorado	Good work, Greg.

Re: First elk with a bow huntsman22 #8084400 09/19/13
Joined: Oct 2002 Posts: 1,062 Idaho Razz Campfire Regular
Razz Campfire Regular Joined: Oct 2002 Posts: 1,062 Idaho	Very nice, congratulations! There's 2 dates they carve on your tombstone. Everyone knows what they mean. What's more important is time that is known as the little dash inbetween. Razz

Re: First elk with a bow Razz #8084496 09/19/13
Joined: Aug 2005 Posts: 15,648 Coues Country G GregW OP Campfire Ranger
OP GregW Campfire Ranger G Joined: Aug 2005 Posts: 15,648 Coues Country	Thanks fellas - Tanner - 100 grain. Went through him like a hot knife and butter... - Greg Success is found at the intersection of planning, hard work, and stubbornness.

Re: First elk with a bow GregW #8084510 09/19/13
Joined: Apr 2009 Posts: 18,927 NM S SLM Campfire Ranger
SLM Campfire Ranger S Joined: Apr 2009 Posts: 18,927 NM	Very nice..Congrats.

Re: First elk with a bow SLM #8084558 09/19/13
Joined: Nov 2004 Posts: 10,022 Likes: 3 Idaho B Burleyboy Campfire Outfitter
Burleyboy Campfire Outfitter B Joined: Nov 2004 Posts: 10,022 Likes: 3 Idaho	Nice work! I'm packing shuttle T's this year too. I hope to try them on elk. Bb

Re: First elk with a bow Burleyboy #8084591 09/19/13
Joined: May 2005 Posts: 14,104 Boot Heel of New Mexico mudhen Campfire Outfitter
mudhen Campfire Outfitter Joined: May 2005 Posts: 14,104 Boot Heel of New Mexico	Helluva nice first bull! Congratulations! Ben Some days it takes most of the day for me to do practically nothing...

Re: First elk with a bow mudhen #8084606 09/19/13
Joined: Mar 2008 Posts: 305 Southcentral Missouri S shatodavis Campfire Member
shatodavis Campfire Member S Joined: Mar 2008 Posts: 305 Southcentral Missouri	Congrats! super bull. Be sure to use the super easy formula for estimating live weight in the other thread. Enquiring minds want to know.

Re: First elk with a bow shatodavis #8084968 09/19/13
Joined: Feb 2010 Posts: 288 Southeast Kansas D drycreek Campfire Member
drycreek Campfire Member D Joined: Feb 2010 Posts: 288 Southeast Kansas	Congrats! The most terrifying words in the English language are: I'm from the goverment and I'm here to help. Ronald Reagan

Re: First elk with a bow drycreek #8085118 09/19/13
Joined: Feb 2008 Posts: 3,906 Foley, Alabama D davidlea Campfire Tracker
davidlea Campfire Tracker D Joined: Feb 2008 Posts: 3,906 Foley, Alabama	Good going!! Great way to start the season! Golden............

Re: First elk with a bow GregW #8085770 09/19/13
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kaywoodie Campfire 'Bwana K Joined: Dec 2009 Posts: 31,619 Likes: 4 Fall Creek Blanco Co. Texas	Well done! Very well done!!!! Founder Ancient Order of the 1895 Winchester "Come, shall we go and kill us venison? And yet it irks me the poor dappled fools, Being native burghers of this desert city, Should in their own confines with forked heads Have their round haunches gored." WS

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