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Lots of good eating ahead.
You did not "seen" anything, you "saw" it.
A "creek" has water in it, a "crick" is what you get in your neck.
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Great experience. Thanks for sharing.
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szihn, I believe that you should receive an award for “honesty in journalism”. Not only did you confess to a miss (on the “fire”  ) but also to a “scope eyebrow”! I’m honored to have read your post!  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
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Eat Fish, Wear Grundens, Drink Alaskan.
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That's awesome - congrats to your wife.
Hope your battle scar heals quickly. I will third this; congratulations on the Elk and the wound will heal and gives you character. Cheers NC
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Congrats to you both......
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Congrats, Anna. Let us know how it tastes.
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Awesome. Especially so you have your wife to share the hunt with. Kudos!
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That’s awesome man nice work on both your parts! Congratulations on an awesome experience with your wife!
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Congratulations to the hunter on a successful hunt.
I do think I woulda left that 5 pounds of hoof and lower leg on the mountainside though.
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Good going there, but do be careful on those slopes.
A couple of hill stories.
I once bagged an elk, and had to go back to camp and bring every rope we had and lash the animal to the hill before beginning work up. Had the carcass kept going, it would have taken days to complete the retrieval. Also, one does not want to be on the downhill side handling knives when things start moving.
A couple of my buddies were once packing mule deer halves out of the Snake River Canyon. They reached a spot where they could just kick them over the slope and let things slide to the bottom on the snow. The front half got airborne started cart wheeling, and they never did find the right shoulder.
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Great job. Nice to see family hunting together.
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Well getting "scoped" is something that seems to be going viral in my little world.
I like to report the facts to anyone that may be interested, but maybe I should not have posted THAT picture and reported THAT fact. As the "old guy" with over 1/2 century of experience in shooting gunsmithing, hunting, gun-building and a lot of military time in my younger years I am supposed to be the guy that tells others about the "don't do that's" of shooting. So I am now the recipient of about 40 e-mails, some posts on line, and about 25 phone calls ------all poking me about my nose-job, the last one of which was 5 minutes ago from MY 87 year old MOM!!!!!
Even Jesus was smart to stand mute before Pilot and although he didn't lie at all, he didn't tell Pilot ALL the facts at that time.
I guess I should learn from Him.
I didn't.
Oh well.......................... I wish I'd done better that time.........but I didn't.
That's just how it happened.
How's the saying go................warts and all?
(or blood and all)
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Great job Anna. You got game, girl. Nice shooting.
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ESPECIALLY THE SNIPERS!
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That's great!
Would add, anyone that hasn't been "scoped" just hasn't done much field shooting...
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Nice elk, congratulations!!
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Congrats to your wife and her support team !
Taking Daughter #1 elk hunting in a couple weeks, still trying to get her first.
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