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Re: Beginners luck - A 40 year dream come true bbassi #15359874 10/29/20
Joined: Sep 2008 Posts: 5,727 North Carolina C colodog Campfire Tracker
colodog Campfire Tracker C Joined: Sep 2008 Posts: 5,727 North Carolina	Congrats on a great bull and fulfilling a long held dream! You'll be grinning all year thinking about the hunt, so when are you going back? "Camping places fix themselves in your mind as if you had spent long periods of your life in them. You will remember a curve of your wagon track in the grass of the plain like the features of a friend." Isak Dinesen

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Re: Beginners luck - A 40 year dream come true bbassi #15360086 10/29/20
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TheKid Campfire Outfitter T Joined: Apr 2010 Posts: 8,166	Awesome job. I’m glad to see the snow, we’ll be there next week for third rifle.

Re: Beginners luck - A 40 year dream come true bbassi #15360645 10/29/20
Joined: Mar 2007 Posts: 2,285 North Idaho B BigNate Campfire Regular
BigNate Campfire Regular B Joined: Mar 2007 Posts: 2,285 North Idaho	Congrats on fulfilling a dream! Oh, and what sled is that? It looks handier that deep john boat looking one. “You never need fear a man, no matter what his size. When danger threatens, call on me, and I will equalize.” Samuel Colt. �Common sense is genius dressed up in work clothes.� - Ralph Waldo Emerson

Re: Beginners luck - A 40 year dream come true bbassi #15360718 10/30/20
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FSJeeper Campfire Regular F Joined: Jun 2016 Posts: 1,370 South Texas	This post makes my day. Thank you so much for sharing this great news with us. I went to college in Colorado and it took me 5 hunting seasons in Colorado to shoot a nice elk and some people many, many more. Count your blessings.

Re: Beginners luck - A 40 year dream come true bbassi #15361122 10/30/20
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horse1 Campfire Outfitter H Joined: Apr 2006 Posts: 9,512 In the vicinity of dandihood	Originally Posted by bbassi I thought I'd share my first time elk hunting. I've wanted to do this since I was about 12, but many reasons it just never happened. Two years ago when I turned 50, I decided I better get going before I was too old. A friend and I put in for mule deer tags knowing we would need a preference point for that area and started planning for my first western big game hunt. I told my buddy I was buying a bull tag also because I didn't know if I'd ever get to do this again. 3 days into my first ever elk/mule deer hunt the good Lord graced me with more than I was hoping for. This was in Colorado Unit 77. It was OTC and DIY in the San Juan NF. We did have some help from a local that pointed us in the right direction though. For those that care, I was shooting a 7mm RM I bought in 1985 when I was still in high school. I'd always planned to take it elk hunting, and it finally got to eat more than our local whitetails. I was shooting 150gr combined technology bullets under 63gr of I4350. In general draw/OTC areas across the West success rates are almost never higher than 25% or so and many are much lower than that. To go into an area totally "cold" and come out with your bull is one heck of an accomplishment. Congratulations! Now, how do you get the bullets to work when you put them under the powder? I can walk on water.......................but I do stagger a bit on alcohol.

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Re: Beginners luck - A 40 year dream come true bbassi #15362618 10/30/20
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OP bbassi Campfire Outfitter B Joined: Feb 2009 Posts: 10,939	Thanks everyone. It’s been a great week. More than I could ever hope for. Just as an update, we’ve continued to hunt the rest of the week looking for a respectable mulie. Last night lightning struck twice as my partner took this great bull less than 500 yds from where I shot mine Monday. It was another long night getting it off the mountain, but well worth the effort. They say everything happens for a reason. For me that reason is usually because I've made some bad decisions that I need to pay for.

Re: Beginners luck - A 40 year dream come true bbassi #15362738 10/30/20
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pete53 Campfire Outfitter P Joined: Dec 2015 Posts: 8,275 Northern USA	congrats ! and thanks for all the great pictures too. Pete53 LIFE NRA , we vote Red up here, Norseman

Re: Beginners luck - A 40 year dream come true bbassi #15362754 10/30/20
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ribka Campfire Ranger R Joined: Mar 2010 Posts: 24,128 PNW	Nice public land Colorado bull. What elevation?

Re: Beginners luck - A 40 year dream come true bbassi #15363013 10/30/20
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beretzs Campfire Ranger B Joined: Apr 2011 Posts: 15,297 Northeast USA	Holy smokes! Congrats on the two’fer. That’s excellent. Semper Fi

Re: Beginners luck - A 40 year dream come true bbassi #15363043 10/30/20
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JGRaider Campfire Ranger J Joined: Aug 2005 Posts: 28,235 W. Texas	Congrats bbassi! Really enjoyed your pics and story. It is irrelevant what you think. What matters is the TRUTH.

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Re: Beginners luck - A 40 year dream come true ribka #15363387 10/30/20
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OP bbassi Campfire Outfitter B Joined: Feb 2009 Posts: 10,939	Originally Posted by ribka Nice public land Colorado bull. What elevation? Mine was about 9500. The second one was about 9300. They say everything happens for a reason. For me that reason is usually because I've made some bad decisions that I need to pay for.

Re: Beginners luck - A 40 year dream come true bbassi #15365481 10/31/20
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TRnCO Campfire Regular T Joined: May 2011 Posts: 2,186 Elizabeth, CO	congrats on your first colo. bull elk. bbassi. I was two units north of ya 2nd season and shot my cow opening day so I didn't have to hunt "the snow". Did have to pack out meat in it and we too used sleds. Can move a lot of meat in a sled over snow. I have a hunch that the fire has been lit and you'll be back for more.. Laws aren't preventative measures. In other words, more laws won't prevent gun crime from happening.

Re: Beginners luck - A 40 year dream come true bbassi #15367008 11/01/20
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WL205 Campfire Regular Joined: Feb 2009 Posts: 2,434 NE OK	Y’all did well! Congratulations and thanks for sharing!

Re: Beginners luck - A 40 year dream come true bbassi #15367285 11/01/20
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ndhunterman Campfire Regular Joined: Jun 2011 Posts: 965 North Dakota	Nice job! This was my first year hunting colorado as well. Didnt get one but loved every minute. Cant wait to get back. Enjoy those backstraps!

Re: Beginners luck - A 40 year dream come true bbassi #15367339 11/01/20
Joined: Aug 2017 Posts: 9,049 T TimberRunner Campfire Outfitter
TimberRunner Campfire Outfitter T Joined: Aug 2017 Posts: 9,049	Congrats. Thanks for sharing. Love the pics of the labor.

Re: Beginners luck - A 40 year dream come true bbassi #15367488 11/01/20
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BlueDuck Campfire Regular B Joined: Mar 2008 Posts: 2,631 Hayden, Idaho	Glad it worked out for you that way. Congrats.

Re: Beginners luck - A 40 year dream come true bbassi #15369855 11/01/20
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Jaguar Campfire Member Joined: Sep 2008 Posts: 330 WY	Great story! Glad you finally took the plunge and went after it. Perfect hunt.

Re: Beginners luck - A 40 year dream come true bbassi #15370249 11/02/20
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Cattledog Campfire Member C Joined: Dec 2014 Posts: 340 MT	Well done, congrats to you both on the double-play

Re: Beginners luck - A 40 year dream come true bbassi #15372485 11/02/20
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cecilb Campfire Member C Joined: Jul 2011 Posts: 404 Wyoming	Good job guys.

Re: Beginners luck - A 40 year dream come true bbassi #15373190 11/02/20
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Magnum_Bob Campfire Outfitter M Joined: Jan 2017 Posts: 8,867	Grats again but what about the 30" mule deer buck? MB " Cheapest velocity in the world comes from a long barrel and I sure do like them. MB "

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