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Our native Manitoba subspecies tends to be a bit bigger bodies, and darker, with heavy but somewhat short antlers compared to the Rocky Mountain variety that is so commonly featured on American websites and magazines. So I thought you might enjoy seeing what we hunt here. I "guided" my buddy to a pretty nice bull last week on my land in Eastern Saskatchewan. We'd seen lots of rubs and heard a bull bugle in this spot for a few years now. I was content with the dry cow I'd shot a few days before, so I was taking pictures for this hunt. He passed up these three the first morning ( cows are legal with our over the counter tag system) and later in the evening connected with this one... he seems pretty happy doesn't he? I had to admire it too!
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Dad??? Mom said I would find you.... I think to make up for lost time a elk up would be great
Then STFU. The rest of your statement is superflous bullshit with no real bearing on this discussion other than to massage your own ego. Suckin' on my titties like you wanted me.
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Wow! What a tank! Congrats on the elk
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Nice to see someone else on here from Sask. That is a great animal. They are big and tough to deal with weight wise. Congratulations.
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Damn what a pig! Very nice.
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Awesome! My Grandmother homesteaded to Saskatchewan sometime around 1910. Would that make me a local? That is somewhere I'd love to go someday.
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Heck, I would be darned proud to put one of those cows in my freezer. I think they are bigger than either of my Idaho bulls.
That bull is a MONSTER. I am not sure I could pack him out on two horses.
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Heck, I would be darned proud to put one of those cows in my freezer. I think they are bigger than either of my Idaho bulls.
That bull is a MONSTER. I am not sure I could pack him out on two horses. Actually, it was an easy pack out, but we used 60 horses, John Deere supplied them! ;-)
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A pic of my cow, lots of good eating. Hoisted by an old cast iron slaughterhouse winch that has been in my family more than 100 years and still doing its intended job after 4 generations.
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Awesome! My Grandmother homesteaded to Saskatchewan sometime around 1910. Would that make me a local? That is somewhere I'd love to go someday. I'd love to trade hunts with some of you folks down south, unfortunately, we are not allowed to share our elk, license available for locals only.
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That is heck of a bull, really nice antlers on that one! Great pictures as well, especially the tough pack-out you had with that bull:) Congrats to you both!
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Whats the live weight of a bull like that?
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Wow, those elk look really healthy, congrats.
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Man, all I see are delicious looking STEAKS.. That bull looks darned healthy. Same for your cow!
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Beauty of a bull! And I want your winch, that thing is cool!
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Wow! What a tank! Congrats on the elk Wow indeed! Like a Rockyvelt, ehh.
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castnblast; Thanks so much for sharing the photos of your hunt. The bodies on the elk there are indeed bigger than we're seeing in our part of the Okanagan - so it's a good thing it's flat enough to get a John Deere up to the carcass! I too really like seeing the cast iron hoist still in use - very cool link to the past there. Thanks again for sharing, all the best to you folks and good luck with your remaining hunts this fall. Dwayne
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Whats the live weight of a bull like that? I've never weighed a whole elk, only weighed pieces of meat and converted back to live weight using 55% yield percentage hanging carcass vs. live wt. - but I didn't even do that on this one. So my guess of a thousand pounds more or less is subject to discussion, but is what I believe. The front end loader saved our backs that's for sure! Our family and friends have taken 73 elk from our property over the last twenty some years. This is one of the biggest.
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This was the biggest bodied one that I've personally shot, from 5 or 6 years ago... No actual weight on that one either!
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and sometimes we shoot little ones, but they are very yummy!
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