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Saturday the 14th the stars finally lined up and I harvested my first elk. Not a big bull by any means but he was hard earned. Slight quartered away at 18 yards stuck the slick trick in the offside shoulder. Pretty rough terrain in central Idaho (to me at least), spiked 7 miles in, shot him 2000 feet above camp.
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Damn nice bull! Congratulations on a well earned trophy.
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And he fell in a shady spot, that was nice. Congrats on your first. Any elk with a bow is a good elk.
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Great job...
How was the pack out? Grin...
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Wow, congrats, you earned that one. Well done.
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Great job...
How was the pack out? Grin... The norm is to sing and dance for 1 min. Then you calm down, look at the enormous pile of dead meat, look at where you are, and say 'Oh shxt!'.
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Great job...
How was the pack out? Grin... The norm is to sing and dance for 1 min. Then you calm down, look at the enormous pile of dead meat, look at where you are, and say 'Oh shxt!'. Yup...grin... At least he died in a great spot and ABOVE camp...
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Great job...
How was the pack out? Grin... We were blessed with some good fortune, we were planning on a backpack hunt as my hunting partner's brother had their two mules on a Colorado hunt. The day before we left they tagged out and were packing out. We were able to detour a bit and pick up the mules on our way to Idaho. Those mules saved us as we would have at least made two trips to get the meat out on our backs. I've been on a couple other hunts where we packed an elk out on our backs and its more than I want.
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Congratulations, a nice bull by any standard! That may be your first.....but, it will always maintain itβs position as your most memorable elk! Nothing can replace the first one! memtb
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Congrats on an excellent bull! What is your bow and broadhead setup?
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Very nice congratulations...
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Congrats on an excellent bull! What is your bow and broadhead setup? Thanks...I'm hunting with dove loads...Mission Ballistic 65#, 27" Beman ICS w/ 100gr Slick Trick standards @ 295fps
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Beautiful trophy! Congrats!!
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Atta Boy----That'a a dandy bull
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Great bull. Thanks for sharing. Congrats
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Nice Bull! Congratulations!
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