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Wife's first elk #11559013 11/06/16
Joined: Apr 2007 Posts: 3,723 Baker, MT L laker OP Campfire Tracker
OP laker Campfire Tracker L Joined: Apr 2007 Posts: 3,723 Baker, MT	Pretty proud of the wife. She decided for her first elk she wanted to pack it out on her back instead of using our pack stock we have. She busted her ass to fill her cow tag this year and didn't complain one bit when we had to pack it right at 2 miles. I may have gotten the "go to hell" look from her once or twice though. 7mm-08 140 grain accubond 398 yards. One shot and elk ran about 40 yards and tipped over. Would have liked to have closed the distance farther but we were losing light and there was mule deer in between us and the elk. Very thankful to have a freezer full of elk meat again this year. Now hopefully I can fill my tag this coming weekend in the Crazies. here's one of those looks the next day when the adrenaline was gone. Some of the mule deer that were in our way Me on the last load out the next morning Her with a load that night while she was still running on adrenaline. I was amazed I got her to walk out in the dark after we found lion tracks in the same drainage as us. Last edited by laker; 11/06/16.

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SLM Campfire Ranger S Joined: Apr 2009 Posts: 18,927 NM	That's awesome. Congrats.

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Joined: Jan 2006 Posts: 69,396 Likes: 4 Filer, ID Rock Chuck Campfire Kahuna
Rock Chuck Campfire Kahuna Joined: Jan 2006 Posts: 69,396 Likes: 4 Filer, ID	Tell her congrats for me. It won't take to many back pack jobs before she sees the value in pack stock. I figured that out a LONG time ago. “In a time of deceit telling the truth is a revolutionary act.” ― George Orwell It's not over when you lose. It's over when you quit.

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wyoming260 Campfire Regular W Joined: Feb 2013 Posts: 2,536 Wyoming	Good Job , I hope to get the wife out here soon, weather has been so warm we have been enjoying it in town and not on the Mountain. She has til Dec. 31st so no rush....... Last edited by wyoming260; 11/06/16.

Re: Wife's first elk laker #11559060 11/06/16
Joined: Apr 2007 Posts: 3,723 Baker, MT L laker OP Campfire Tracker
OP laker Campfire Tracker L Joined: Apr 2007 Posts: 3,723 Baker, MT	I think I've created a monster though as she has been bitten by the elk bug pretty bad

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MadMooner Campfire Ranger Joined: Dec 2007 Posts: 25,107 South Carolina	Nice job! “Life is life and fun is fun, but it's all so quiet when the goldfish die.”

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kaywoodie Campfire 'Bwana K Joined: Dec 2009 Posts: 31,619 Likes: 4 Fall Creek Blanco Co. Texas	Very well done! Congrats all around! And a special well done to the missus!!!! 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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Cinch Campfire Regular C Joined: Oct 2008 Posts: 2,621 Wyoming	Nicely done congrats! Public landowner...

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memtb Campfire Outfitter M Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 10,961 Winchester, WY USA	Congrats, my wife still remembers very well her first elk, and it's been 42 years. Again congrats to the both of you. memtb You should not use a rifle that will kill an animal when everything goes right; you should use one that will do the job when everything goes wrong." -Bob Hagel “I’d like to be a good rifleman…..but, I prefer to be a good hunter”! memtb 2024

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davidlea Campfire Tracker D Joined: Feb 2008 Posts: 3,906 Foley, Alabama	Congrats to you both! Great story and pics! Golden............

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WyoCoyoteHunter Campfire Ranger W Joined: Feb 2011 Posts: 17,790 Likes: 1 Wyoming	Excellent!! Molon Labe

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Ackleyfan Campfire Outfitter A Joined: Mar 2002 Posts: 9,130	Awesome...

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efw Campfire Ranger E Joined: Nov 2007 Posts: 29,650 Likes: 5 Mi.	That is really really awesome man very nice work on both your parts congrats!

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bwinters Campfire Outfitter Joined: Feb 2003 Posts: 8,852 Smoky Mountains, TN	Good deal! You are a lucky guy to have a wife that hunts with you. Adversity doesn't build character, it reveals it.

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elkchsr Campfire Regular Joined: Feb 2005 Posts: 1,520 Helena, MT	Very nice!

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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.

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Sako76 Campfire Tracker S Joined: Dec 2015 Posts: 5,535	Congrats to your wife! I would have deployed the horses if you had them!

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Joined: Oct 2002 Posts: 1,062 Idaho Razz Campfire Regular
Razz Campfire Regular Joined: Oct 2002 Posts: 1,062 Idaho	Outstanding! You are lucky to have such a great huntung partner. 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

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Joined: Feb 2006 Posts: 963 Clyde Park, MT D DLSguide Campfire Regular
DLSguide Campfire Regular D Joined: Feb 2006 Posts: 963 Clyde Park, MT	Congratulations on her elk. Lots of good meat there. I bet she smiles every time she cooks an elk steak this year.

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Joined: Aug 2005 Posts: 15,648 Coues Country G GregW Campfire Ranger
GregW Campfire Ranger G Joined: Aug 2005 Posts: 15,648 Coues Country	Congrats man! - Greg Success is found at the intersection of planning, hard work, and stubbornness.

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