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Late Colorado Cow... #9417434 12/13/14 Joined: Feb 2011 Posts: 11,273 High Country Colorado Tanner OP Campfire Outfitter OP Tanner Campfire Outfitter Joined: Feb 2011 Posts: 11,273 High Country Colorado Few more groceries for the winter, very thankful for that. Montucky .308, 155 Scenar, 505 yards... This probably ain't the best idea but I wasn't about to make 2 trips for a flat-head. I'd like to give a shoutout to my buddy starsky for being my moral support center from the couch in Nebraska. Tanner

Re: Late Colorado Cow... Tanner #9417459 12/13/14 Joined: Apr 2009 Posts: 3,522 north idaho N nimrod1949 Campfire Tracker nimrod1949 Campfire Tracker N Joined: Apr 2009 Posts: 3,522 north idaho Nice work all around! That is a heck of a pack out. Hope it was short.

Re: Late Colorado Cow... nimrod1949 #9417554 12/13/14 Joined: Jan 2004 Posts: 10,915 Lubbock, Texas H Huntr Campfire Outfitter Huntr Campfire Outfitter H Joined: Jan 2004 Posts: 10,915 Lubbock, Texas Way to go Tanner! Dang, I am still a few weeks away from my cow hunt, time is crawling!

Re: Late Colorado Cow... Huntr #9417598 12/13/14 Joined: Jun 2006 Posts: 45,979 Colorado S smokepole Campfire 'Bwana smokepole Campfire 'Bwana S Joined: Jun 2006 Posts: 45,979 Colorado One trip, that is badass, you a Sherpa or something? Congrats to Starsky too. A wise man is frequently humbled.

Re: Late Colorado Cow... Huntr #9417601 12/13/14 Joined: Nov 2012 Posts: 25 Deep south Texas S swampshooter Campfire Greenhorn swampshooter Campfire Greenhorn S Joined: Nov 2012 Posts: 25 Deep south Texas Nice elk, she'll eat much better than a bull. Good shooting. NRA Range Technical Team Advisor-Retired Nra Endowment member TSRA member NRA F-class Master NRA Pistol Coach-Retired

Re: Late Colorado Cow... Tanner #9417750 12/13/14 Joined: Jul 2012 Posts: 920 Colorado starsky Campfire Regular starsky Campfire Regular Joined: Jul 2012 Posts: 920 Colorado You couldn't have done it without me.

Re: Late Colorado Cow... starsky #9417771 12/13/14 Joined: Aug 2005 Posts: 11,347 Denver 30338 Campfire Outfitter 30338 Campfire Outfitter Joined: Aug 2005 Posts: 11,347 Denver Dibs on the rifle if you didn't sell to a hippie on the trail. Good shooting Tanner.

Re: Late Colorado Cow... nimrod1949 #9418063 12/13/14 Joined: Feb 2011 Posts: 11,273 High Country Colorado Tanner OP Campfire Outfitter OP Tanner Campfire Outfitter Joined: Feb 2011 Posts: 11,273 High Country Colorado Originally Posted by nimrod1949 Nice work all around! That is a heck of a pack out. Hope it was short. Wasn't short enough...grin. About 2 miles, so it could have been a lot worse. Worst part of the whole ordeal was forgetting to pick up my piece of Lapua brass, and then not being able to track it down! Tanner

Re: Late Colorado Cow... Tanner #9418088 12/13/14 Joined: Dec 2002 Posts: 27,692 Western NC hillbillybear Campfire Ranger hillbillybear Campfire Ranger Joined: Dec 2002 Posts: 27,692 Western NC Congratulations Member: Clan of the Turdlike People. Courage is Fear that has said its Prayers �If we ever forget that we are one nation under God, then we will be a nation gone under.� Ronald Reagan.

Re: Late Colorado Cow... hillbillybear #9418179 12/13/14 Joined: Oct 2008 Posts: 8,748 P prm Campfire Outfitter prm Campfire Outfitter P Joined: Oct 2008 Posts: 8,748 So, what did you think of the 84M Montana as a mtn hunting rifle? Pretty ideal to me!

Re: Late Colorado Cow... prm #9418255 12/13/14 Joined: Feb 2011 Posts: 11,273 High Country Colorado Tanner OP Campfire Outfitter OP Tanner Campfire Outfitter Joined: Feb 2011 Posts: 11,273 High Country Colorado It's an awesome little rifle. I think Kimber knocked the 84M out of the park. Tanner

Re: Late Colorado Cow... Tanner #9418521 12/13/14 Joined: Aug 2005 Posts: 11,347 Denver 30338 Campfire Outfitter 30338 Campfire Outfitter Joined: Aug 2005 Posts: 11,347 Denver Good looking pack too. Bikini frame or which one is that? Need to wear out my Timberline 2, but it has a lot of life left in it. Last edited by 30338; 12/13/14.

Re: Late Colorado Cow... Tanner #9418590 12/13/14 Joined: Jul 2007 Posts: 24,621 Midwest SKane Campfire Ranger SKane Campfire Ranger Joined: Jul 2007 Posts: 24,621 Midwest Originally Posted by Tanner I'd like to give a shoutout to my buddy starsky for being my moral support center from the couch in Nebraska. Nice shootin', Tanner. That load gives me a backache just looking at it. *grins* WWP53D

Re: Late Colorado Cow... SKane #9418680 12/13/14 Joined: Apr 2010 Posts: 4,016 CA 8 805 Campfire Tracker 805 Campfire Tracker 8 Joined: Apr 2010 Posts: 4,016 CA Nice job Tanner!! Way to get it done bro!

Re: Late Colorado Cow... 30338 #9418722 12/13/14 Joined: Feb 2011 Posts: 11,273 High Country Colorado Tanner OP Campfire Outfitter OP Tanner Campfire Outfitter Joined: Feb 2011 Posts: 11,273 High Country Colorado Originally Posted by 30338 Good looking pack too. Bikini frame or which one is that? Need to wear out my Timberline 2, but it has a lot of life left in it. That's the Duplex. Highcamp 4800 bag, with a few pouches on it. Really liking the setup... Hauls weight pretty darn well...grin Tanner

Re: Late Colorado Cow... Tanner #9418757 12/13/14 Joined: Nov 2011 Posts: 330 Offshore M Montivagant Campfire Member Montivagant Campfire Member M Joined: Nov 2011 Posts: 330 Offshore Congrats on the fine groceries, Tanner! Years ago, had a grizzled old WY outfitter (my campsite neighbor) see me coming off the mountain with a similarly loaded pack. He side-stepped his quarter horse off the trail, leaned on the saddle horn as the leather protested the shift, fingered the brim of his hat back a bit, spit some tobacco juice and declared, "We've got horses for what your doin'." I laughed and apologized for not stopping to chat for fear of getting stuck....

Re: Late Colorado Cow... Montivagant #9418761 12/13/14 Joined: Apr 2013 Posts: 6,992 Katy, Texas S Sakohunter264 Campfire Tracker Sakohunter264 Campfire Tracker S Joined: Apr 2013 Posts: 6,992 Katy, Texas Tanner. Nice cow! Mind me asking how much weight you packed out.?

Re: Late Colorado Cow... Sakohunter264 #9418779 12/13/14 Joined: Feb 2011 Posts: 11,273 High Country Colorado Tanner OP Campfire Outfitter OP Tanner Campfire Outfitter Joined: Feb 2011 Posts: 11,273 High Country Colorado Wish I wasn't allergic to horses! Sako, it wasn't outlandish by any means; I think many folks overestimate the weight of elk fairly often. I weighed my pack on a bathroom scale at home and it was a bit under 110lbs. Tanner

Re: Late Colorado Cow... Tanner #9418790 12/13/14 Joined: Sep 2001 Posts: 19,022 Canyon Ferry, Montana M MontanaMarine Campfire Ranger MontanaMarine Campfire Ranger M Joined: Sep 2001 Posts: 19,022 Canyon Ferry, Montana Congrat's!

Re: Late Colorado Cow... Tanner #9418919 12/13/14 Joined: Feb 2009 Posts: 1,498 elkhuntinguide Campfire Regular elkhuntinguide Campfire Regular Joined: Feb 2009 Posts: 1,498 Good job Tanner.... You may want to have your RF checked out... Now way you dropped that bitch at 500+ with a POS 308 using a paper punching bullet... It just cain't be done... Congrats...

Re: Late Colorado Cow... Tanner #9419274 12/14/14 Joined: Jun 2006 Posts: 45,979 Colorado S smokepole Campfire 'Bwana smokepole Campfire 'Bwana S Joined: Jun 2006 Posts: 45,979 Colorado Originally Posted by Tanner I weighed my pack on a bathroom scale at home and it was a bit under 110lbs. Tanner This just means you're too lazy to make two trips..... A wise man is frequently humbled.

Re: Late Colorado Cow... Tanner #9419310 12/14/14 Joined: Feb 2003 Posts: 8,832 Smoky Mountains, TN bwinters Campfire Outfitter bwinters Campfire Outfitter Joined: Feb 2003 Posts: 8,832 Smoky Mountains, TN Originally Posted by Tanner I weighed my pack on a bathroom scale at home and it was a bit under 110lbs. Tanner You're being a bit modest - having hauled a couple packs loaded like that, I guarantee it sucked. Its OK to say that I'm also surprised the 308/155 bullet didn't bounce off. Did the elk know you were stunt shooting? <G> Adversity doesn't build character, it reveals it.

Re: Late Colorado Cow... bwinters #9419749 12/14/14 Joined: Apr 2013 Posts: 1,958 N. Idaho B bigswede358 Campfire Regular bigswede358 Campfire Regular B Joined: Apr 2013 Posts: 1,958 N. Idaho Nicely done Tanner. When they first came out years ago I had a Montucky in 325 that was the cause of my worst pack out. Those light rifles have a way of doing that.

Re: Late Colorado Cow... bigswede358 #9419853 12/14/14 Joined: Apr 2009 Posts: 18,911 NM S SLM Campfire Ranger SLM Campfire Ranger S Joined: Apr 2009 Posts: 18,911 NM Nice....Congrats. The 308 is UBER.

Re: Late Colorado Cow... Tanner #9420508 12/14/14 Joined: Dec 2011 Posts: 2,214 Tennessee 1 1tnhunter Campfire Regular 1tnhunter Campfire Regular 1 Joined: Dec 2011 Posts: 2,214 Tennessee Originally Posted by Tanner I weighed my pack on a bathroom scale at home and it was a bit under 110lbs. Tanner Nice to be young!!!!!! Congrats Tanner.

Re: Late Colorado Cow... 1tnhunter #9422884 12/15/14 Joined: Feb 2002 Posts: 13,647 Indiana pointer Campfire Outfitter pointer Campfire Outfitter Joined: Feb 2002 Posts: 13,647 Indiana Very well done! I'm seriously starting to think about not packing the 9+# 338 Winny anymore...

Re: Late Colorado Cow... pointer #9424832 12/15/14 Joined: Nov 2007 Posts: 29,615 Mi. E efw Campfire Ranger efw Campfire Ranger E Joined: Nov 2007 Posts: 29,615 Mi. EXCEllen's work Tanner; you'RE a machine!

Re: Late Colorado Cow... efw #9426902 12/16/14 Joined: Dec 2007 Posts: 25,074 South Carolina MadMooner Campfire Ranger MadMooner Campfire Ranger Joined: Dec 2007 Posts: 25,074 South Carolina Shazaam! Nice! December groceries are the best! One trip? Boned quarters and loins, no rib or neck? “Life is life and fun is fun, but it's all so quiet when the goldfish die.”

Re: Late Colorado Cow... MadMooner #9428690 12/16/14 Joined: Feb 2011 Posts: 11,273 High Country Colorado Tanner OP Campfire Outfitter OP Tanner Campfire Outfitter Joined: Feb 2011 Posts: 11,273 High Country Colorado Boned quarters, backstraps, loins... I don't mess with neck meat or rib meat much though I probably ought to. Tanner

Re: Late Colorado Cow... MadMooner #9428691 12/16/14 Joined: Dec 2005 Posts: 968 E. TN C claybreaker Campfire Regular claybreaker Campfire Regular C Joined: Dec 2005 Posts: 968 E. TN Nice job Tanner... and hard work also. Congrats !! "...buzzards gota eat same as worms" Josey Wales NRA lifer Hunting is Conservation RMEF Member

Re: Late Colorado Cow... claybreaker #9436638 12/19/14 Joined: Oct 2007 Posts: 1,871 Wyoming Oldslowdog Campfire Regular Oldslowdog Campfire Regular Joined: Oct 2007 Posts: 1,871 Wyoming Cool Tuner. Tasty vittles.

Re: Late Colorado Cow... Montivagant #9436964 12/19/14 Joined: Sep 2004 Posts: 8,122 S.E. Alaska MuskegMan Campfire Outfitter MuskegMan Campfire Outfitter Joined: Sep 2004 Posts: 8,122 S.E. Alaska I need one of those Montuckys. If they would just put the 260 into the regular lineup. I could slum an '08 tho. Originally Posted by Montivigant Years ago, had a grizzled old WY outfitter (my campsite neighbor) see me coming off the mountain with a similarly loaded pack. He side-stepped his quarter horse off the trail, leaned on the saddle horn as the leather protested the shift, fingered the brim of his hat back a bit, spit some tobacco juice and declared, "We've got horses for what your doin'." I laughed and apologized for not stopping to chat for fear of getting stuck.... Funny - hopefully he didn't spit on your fine huntin' duds.

Re: Late Colorado Cow... MuskegMan #9438474 12/20/14 Joined: Feb 2011 Posts: 11,273 High Country Colorado Tanner OP Campfire Outfitter OP Tanner Campfire Outfitter Joined: Feb 2011 Posts: 11,273 High Country Colorado Originally Posted by MuskegMan I need one of those Montuckys. If they would just put the 260 into the regular lineup. I could slum an '08 tho. I am a big 308 fan, but I'm having thoughts of this one becoming a .260, as well.... Tanner

Re: Late Colorado Cow... Tanner #9438669 12/20/14 Joined: Jan 2009 Posts: 11,512 Edge of the map Kenneth Campfire Outfitter Kenneth Campfire Outfitter Joined: Jan 2009 Posts: 11,512 Edge of the map 110 lbs? You debone everything? And I agree with the others, a Kifaru, a 155 grain .30 cal, in Colorado, a dead Elk, You out in the cold, Pure fiction. and fix your typo, You forget the decimal in the 50.5 yards..

Re: Late Colorado Cow... Kenneth #9439964 12/20/14 Joined: Feb 2011 Posts: 11,273 High Country Colorado Tanner OP Campfire Outfitter OP Tanner Campfire Outfitter Joined: Feb 2011 Posts: 11,273 High Country Colorado Deboned, yes sir...

Re: Late Colorado Cow... Tanner #9440235 12/20/14 Joined: Nov 2010 Posts: 1,611 Nebraska Ghostwalker Campfire Regular Ghostwalker Campfire Regular Joined: Nov 2010 Posts: 1,611 Nebraska Love stories like this..dependable cartridge, good shooting and some good eating to boot. Congrats on the elk.

Re: Late Colorado Cow... Tanner #9440355 12/20/14 Joined: Jan 2009 Posts: 11,512 Edge of the map Kenneth Campfire Outfitter Kenneth Campfire Outfitter Joined: Jan 2009 Posts: 11,512 Edge of the map Originally Posted by Tanner Deboned, yes sir... I only weighed one Elk, Average Bull,all 4 quarters, hide on, ribs in and split between the 4th and 5th, legs whacked at the knee joint,,, Your typical quarters that are put into panniers on Horses, total weight for the 4 quarters and loins were 386, Your 110 is just surprising to me I guess. Bulls/Cows are different sizes obviously, but I wouldn't expect that much difference, Hide and Bone do make a diff, And you fit it all in a 4500 Kifaru?

Re: Late Colorado Cow... Kenneth #9440439 12/20/14 Joined: Feb 2011 Posts: 11,273 High Country Colorado Tanner OP Campfire Outfitter OP Tanner Campfire Outfitter Joined: Feb 2011 Posts: 11,273 High Country Colorado 'Dunno what to tell ya' Ken, you must just shoot way bigger schitt than me.... I can tell ya' this, a hungry ass college stoodent like me sure as hell ain't going to leave meat on the mountain.... Tanner

Re: Late Colorado Cow... Tanner #9442151 12/21/14 Joined: Feb 2008 Posts: 3,904 Foley, Alabama D davidlea Campfire Tracker davidlea Campfire Tracker D Joined: Feb 2008 Posts: 3,904 Foley, Alabama Good going Tanner! Great post and pics! And for anyone who hasn't humped a heavy pack of meat out (regardless of how good the pack is) they don't understand what you just did. Good stuff! Golden............

Re: Late Colorado Cow... davidlea #9443017 12/21/14 Joined: Aug 2005 Posts: 11,347 Denver 30338 Campfire Outfitter 30338 Campfire Outfitter Joined: Aug 2005 Posts: 11,347 Denver http://www.backcountrychronicles.com/elk-pack-out-weight/ Looks like Tanner shot about a 1.5 yr old cow, and minus the neck and rib meat would be right around 110 pounds. Tender vittles indeed and for a $41 tag, pretty cheap other than sweat equity. CO does not require rib meat or neck meat to come out, I never liked rib meat anyway.

Re: Late Colorado Cow... prm #9443167 12/21/14 Joined: Feb 2011 Posts: 17,760 Wyoming W WyoCoyoteHunter Campfire Ranger WyoCoyoteHunter Campfire Ranger W Joined: Feb 2011 Posts: 17,760 Wyoming Nice work.. It will eat well. Molon Labe

Re: Late Colorado Cow... WyoCoyoteHunter #9447917 12/23/14 Joined: May 2007 Posts: 2,058 Western WY S SnowyMountaineer Campfire Regular SnowyMountaineer Campfire Regular S Joined: May 2007 Posts: 2,058 Western WY Right on buddy.

Re: Late Colorado Cow... SnowyMountaineer #9449313 12/23/14 Joined: Nov 2005 Posts: 22,735 Minnesocialism B bigwhoop Campfire Ranger bigwhoop Campfire Ranger B Joined: Nov 2005 Posts: 22,735 Minnesocialism Congrats Tanner on the supply of meat. Now about that miserable old .308 Montana. Oops, I guess I shouldn't talk! My home is the "sanctuary residence" for my firearms.

Re: Late Colorado Cow... 30338 #9449410 12/23/14 Joined: Jun 2001 Posts: 19,067 Colorado Springs, CO, USA S saddlesore Campfire Ranger saddlesore Campfire Ranger S Joined: Jun 2001 Posts: 19,067 Colorado Springs, CO, USA Originally Posted by 30338 http://www.backcountrychronicles.com/elk-pack-out-weight/ Looks like Tanner shot about a 1.5 yr old cow, and minus the neck and rib meat would be right around 110 pounds. Tender vittles indeed and for a $41 tag, pretty cheap other than sweat equity. CO does not require rib meat or neck meat to come out, I never liked rib meat anyway. I shot a antlerless elk in ML season about the same age. I say antlerless as it was a bull , but had no horns an no testicles. Processed meat was real close to the chart 110-120 lbs. Then I shot a small 5X in 2 rifle season that was maybe 2&1/2 years old, not more than 3 and it was close to the chart too. Both are exception eating I process all my own meat. I have found once you start to shoot cow elk in the real late seasons ,like early January, meat quality starts to deteriorate when they start to use up some of their body fat. If God wanted you to walk and carry things on your back, He would not have invented stirrups and pack saddles

Re: Late Colorado Cow... Tanner #9453543 12/25/14 Joined: Sep 2006 Posts: 2,226 fremont Campfire Regular fremont Campfire Regular Joined: Sep 2006 Posts: 2,226 Originally Posted by Tanner Worst part of the whole ordeal was forgetting to pick up my piece of Lapua brass, and then not being able to track it down! Tanner LOL. My buddies think I'm crazy when I've got an animal down and I walk in circles muttering to myself looking for my ejected brass. Murphy was a grunt.

Re: Late Colorado Cow... Tanner #9455172 12/26/14 Joined: Mar 2006 Posts: 14,474 Calgary, AB, Canada Jordan Smith Campfire Outfitter Jordan Smith Campfire Outfitter Joined: Mar 2006 Posts: 14,474 Calgary, AB, Canada Originally Posted by Tanner 'Dunno what to tell ya' Ken, you must just shoot way bigger schitt than me.... I can tell ya' this, a hungry ass college stoodent like me sure as hell ain't going to leave meat on the mountain.... Tanner Congrats, buddy! It'll be a tasty winter! We boned out 3 antler less elk this year (two 5-7 yo cows and a yearling bull), and the cows each yielded 175-180 lbs including rib meat, neck meat, and a chunk of liver. The yearling bull was 78 lbs. Nice to see that .308/155 Skinner combo stacking the meat! What was bullet performance like?

Re: Late Colorado Cow... Jordan Smith #9455372 12/26/14 Joined: Feb 2011 Posts: 11,273 High Country Colorado Tanner OP Campfire Outfitter OP Tanner Campfire Outfitter Joined: Feb 2011 Posts: 11,273 High Country Colorado I can't really tell ya' too much about what the bullet did Jordan, as I did not get into the chest cavity at all (gutless). I know that it exited, and the cow died fairly quick. I'm assuming it souped up the vital pretty good as she did not make it far. I'll gut the next one and see what the heck... Although the Montana is shooting 165 NBTs really well too! Tanner