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Re: Beginners luck - A 40 year dream come true bbassi #15355815 10/28/20 Joined: May 2012 Posts: 1,417 South Florida Capt_Craig Campfire Regular Capt_Craig Campfire Regular Joined: May 2012 Posts: 1,417 South Florida Excellent work!

Re: Beginners luck - A 40 year dream come true bbassi #15355845 10/28/20 Joined: Jan 2010 Posts: 10,731 upstate ny R rong Campfire Outfitter rong Campfire Outfitter R Joined: Jan 2010 Posts: 10,731 upstate ny Dreams do come true, well done. Should be some great table fare there.

Re: Beginners luck - A 40 year dream come true bbassi #15356046 10/28/20 Joined: Oct 2006 Posts: 4,213 Southern Colorado Alamosa Campfire Tracker Alamosa Campfire Tracker Joined: Oct 2006 Posts: 4,213 Southern Colorado Originally Posted by bbassi ... This was in Colorado Unit 77. It was OTC and DIY in the San Juan NF ... Congratulations! That is no small feat. Very few punch that tag. Great job!

Re: Beginners luck - A 40 year dream come true RedRabbit #15356100 10/28/20 Joined: Dec 2009 Posts: 10,653 Badger State roundoak Campfire Outfitter roundoak Campfire Outfitter Joined: Dec 2009 Posts: 10,653 Badger State Great story and pics, congrats. You're Welcome At My Fire Anytime

Re: Beginners luck - A 40 year dream come true bbassi #15356887 10/28/20 Joined: Oct 2008 Posts: 316 Utah C c86man3 Campfire Member c86man3 Campfire Member C Joined: Oct 2008 Posts: 316 Utah Nice job! I've taken cow elk out on sleds with snow before, best way to move an elk by foot!

Re: Beginners luck - A 40 year dream come true bbassi #15356915 10/28/20 Joined: Oct 2000 Posts: 30,265 Brad Campfire 'Bwana Brad Campfire 'Bwana Joined: Oct 2000 Posts: 30,265 Ya done good my friend! “Perfection is Achieved Not When There Is Nothing More to Add, But When There Is Nothing Left to Take Away” Antoine de Saint-Exupery

Re: Beginners luck - A 40 year dream come true bbassi #15357005 10/28/20 Joined: Jun 2006 Posts: 13,401 Hoosierland, Indiana Kimber7man Campfire Outfitter Kimber7man Campfire Outfitter Joined: Jun 2006 Posts: 13,401 Hoosierland, Indiana b bass, Way to go! Congrats!! “There are some who can live without wild things and some who cannot.” ALDO LEOPOLD

Re: Beginners luck - A 40 year dream come true bbassi #15357414 10/29/20 Joined: Mar 2009 Posts: 2,733 Hutchinson, KS P Proud_Dad Campfire Regular Proud_Dad Campfire Regular P Joined: Mar 2009 Posts: 2,733 Hutchinson, KS Congratulations! Way to make that dream a reality...thanks for sharing the pictures and story. "Kids don't remember their best day of television."

Re: Beginners luck - A 40 year dream come true bbassi #15357449 10/29/20 Joined: Feb 2007 Posts: 7,418 SW Georgia G Godogs57 Campfire Tracker Godogs57 Campfire Tracker G Joined: Feb 2007 Posts: 7,418 SW Georgia Outstanding. Sincere congrats. You only live once, but...if you do it right, once is enough.

Re: Beginners luck - A 40 year dream come true bbassi #15357459 10/29/20 Joined: Oct 2020 Posts: 26 NC S S1pb Campfire Greenhorn S1pb Campfire Greenhorn S Joined: Oct 2020 Posts: 26 NC Congrats, nothing like a DIY Elk Hunt. If everyone is thinking alike, then somebody isn't thinking.

Re: Beginners luck - A 40 year dream come true bbassi #15357697 10/29/20 Joined: Nov 2004 Posts: 21,692 Kentucky C CrimsonTide Campfire Ranger CrimsonTide Campfire Ranger C Joined: Nov 2004 Posts: 21,692 Kentucky Congratulations on your hunt. My compliments on your photos as well. "The number one problem with America is, a whole lot of people need shot, and nobody is shooting them." -Master Chief Hershel Davis

Re: Beginners luck - A 40 year dream come true bbassi #15357735 10/29/20 Joined: Jan 2014 Posts: 1,485 S specneeds Campfire Regular specneeds Campfire Regular S Joined: Jan 2014 Posts: 1,485 Great Job. I used a 7mm I purchased at 17 thinking of elk when I bought it to take my first bull at 43. Haven’t missed an elk hunt since in 17 years. Talk about an addiction we leave next week & I can’t wait hard to sleep or think about work.

Re: Beginners luck - A 40 year dream come true bbassi #15358055 10/29/20 Joined: Feb 2007 Posts: 1,732 Socialist Republic of NJ W wink_man Campfire Regular wink_man Campfire Regular W Joined: Feb 2007 Posts: 1,732 Socialist Republic of NJ Great pics and elk, glad you scored. Congrats on a fine elk !!! Garry Trump won !!! Trying to live like a free man in the Communist Republic of New Jersey. Love your country, distrust your government. Democrats and the people who vote for them, enemies of America and a free American people

Re: Beginners luck - A 40 year dream come true bbassi #15358738 10/29/20 Joined: May 2003 Posts: 23,024 SW Montana V VarmintGuy Campfire Ranger VarmintGuy Campfire Ranger V Joined: May 2003 Posts: 23,024 SW Montana Bbassi: Congratulations to you and thanks for sharing. Keep up the good work. Pictures are wonderful. Hold into the wind VarmintGuy

Re: Beginners luck - A 40 year dream come true bbassi #15359061 10/29/20 Joined: Mar 2005 Posts: 26,219 West Slope of Colorado A alpinecrick Campfire Ranger alpinecrick Campfire Ranger A Joined: Mar 2005 Posts: 26,219 West Slope of Colorado Nice! On your own and on public land--the ultimate. Casey Not being married to any particular political party sure makes it a lot easier to look at the world more objectively... Having said that, MAGA.

Re: Beginners luck - A 40 year dream come true bbassi #15359188 10/29/20 Joined: Sep 2019 Posts: 241 Central Kentucky H HCDH66 Campfire Member HCDH66 Campfire Member H Joined: Sep 2019 Posts: 241 Central Kentucky Great job!! I am 48 and have also dreamed of elk hunting one day. You have given me motivation for sure. Great write-up! If ifs and buts were like candy and nuts, it would be Christmas every day. “The .30-06 is never a mistake.” - Col. Townsend Whelan

Re: Beginners luck - A 40 year dream come true bbassi #15359217 10/29/20 Joined: Aug 2005 Posts: 4,669 colorado bob Campfire Tracker colorado bob Campfire Tracker Joined: Aug 2005 Posts: 4,669 Good Job ! I wished I knew you were here------I could have met you for a cold one------I'm in Durango-----77 is only a 20 minute drive away. Last edited by colorado bob; 10/29/20.

Re: Beginners luck - A 40 year dream come true bbassi #15359259 10/29/20 Joined: Jan 2017 Posts: 8,873 M Magnum_Bob Campfire Outfitter Magnum_Bob Campfire Outfitter M Joined: Jan 2017 Posts: 8,873 Way to put it together, good job and congrats. Mb " Cheapest velocity in the world comes from a long barrel and I sure do like them. MB "

Re: Beginners luck - A 40 year dream come true bbassi #15359682 10/29/20 Joined: Mar 2007 Posts: 248 Into the blu J jeffpie Campfire Member jeffpie Campfire Member J Joined: Mar 2007 Posts: 248 Into the blu Great on you!!!

Re: Beginners luck - A 40 year dream come true bbassi #15359839 10/29/20 Joined: Oct 2004 Posts: 2,061 Central PA and AZ T Takman Campfire Regular Takman Campfire Regular T Joined: Oct 2004 Posts: 2,061 Central PA and AZ Great pics. Awesome for you! Just because I am wandering around doesn't mean I am lost.