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Beginners luck - A 40 year dream come true #15353532 10/27/20
Joined: Feb 2009 Posts: 10,931 B bbassi OP Campfire Outfitter
OP bbassi Campfire Outfitter B Joined: Feb 2009 Posts: 10,931	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. Smoke from the fires in Northern Colorado as we drove in. Sunset, day one walking off the mountain. We got creamed with a storm Sunday into Monday, but we hunted anyway. About 5pm Monday when the snow stopped, this guy walked out of the black timber onto a cut I was watching with about 16 cows, calves and at least one spike. walking up to get the rest of the meat. Monday night I packed out 75 pounds or so of backstraps, tender loins and as as much of the hamburger meat I could. The next morning I borrowed this sled and managed to get all 4 quarters out in one trip. It was only 1.25 miles off the road but about 1000 vertical feet so I was super happy not to have to make multiple meat trips. I'm too old for that chit! This one's for the haters 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. 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.

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Re: Beginners luck - A 40 year dream come true bbassi #15353929 10/28/20
Joined: Mar 2011 Posts: 829 Denton, TX Billy_Goat Campfire Regular
Billy_Goat Campfire Regular Joined: Mar 2011 Posts: 829 Denton, TX	congrats on a successful hunt. attaboy! First teach a child to love God, second teach him to love family, third teach him to fish and hunt and by the time he is in his teens no dope dealer under the sun can teach him anything. Cotton Cordell

Re: Beginners luck - A 40 year dream come true bbassi #15353944 10/28/20
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domit Campfire Regular Joined: Feb 2009 Posts: 1,163 tn.	don good !!

Re: Beginners luck - A 40 year dream come true bbassi #15353980 10/28/20
Joined: Jun 2006 Posts: 45,993 Colorado S smokepole Campfire 'Bwana
smokepole Campfire 'Bwana S Joined: Jun 2006 Posts: 45,993 Colorado	Very nice, congrats! A wise man is frequently humbled.

Re: Beginners luck - A 40 year dream come true bbassi #15354068 10/28/20
Joined: Jun 2020 Posts: 781 E elkmen1 Campfire Regular
elkmen1 Campfire Regular E Joined: Jun 2020 Posts: 781	ARE you HOOKED? Congratulations on your bull and your first hunt, you got a late start, keep it up.

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Re: Beginners luck - A 40 year dream come true bbassi #15354167 10/28/20
Joined: Dec 2015 Posts: 5,517 S Sako76 Campfire Tracker
Sako76 Campfire Tracker S Joined: Dec 2015 Posts: 5,517	Nice bull, congrats!

Re: Beginners luck - A 40 year dream come true bbassi #15354206 10/28/20
Joined: Sep 2019 Posts: 11 Colorado P PanfishinOutlaw New Member
PanfishinOutlaw New Member P Joined: Sep 2019 Posts: 11 Colorado	Thats a great bull and even better feeling of getting to do something you have always looked forward to!

Re: Beginners luck - A 40 year dream come true bbassi #15354275 10/28/20
Joined: Feb 2020 Posts: 170 Northern Alberta A AbeJohnsen Campfire Member
AbeJohnsen Campfire Member A Joined: Feb 2020 Posts: 170 Northern Alberta	Congrats on a great hunt Don’t sweat the petty stuff, don’t pet the sweaty stuff.

Re: Beginners luck - A 40 year dream come true bbassi #15354276 10/28/20
Joined: Apr 2011 Posts: 15,296 Northeast USA B beretzs Campfire Ranger
beretzs Campfire Ranger B Joined: Apr 2011 Posts: 15,296 Northeast USA	HELL YEAH! Congrats on the bull and the fine meat! Man, now that is truly an awesome story! Semper Fi

Re: Beginners luck - A 40 year dream come true bbassi #15354306 10/28/20
Joined: Jun 2004 Posts: 3,123 Flagstaff, AZ RedRabbit Campfire Tracker
RedRabbit Campfire Tracker Joined: Jun 2004 Posts: 3,123 Flagstaff, AZ	Congrats on getting your elk. Great timing when a snow storm breaks and the critters move again. Gotta have the luck of the blue tape too. Doug's Photo Gallery

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Re: Beginners luck - A 40 year dream come true bbassi #15354348 10/28/20
Joined: May 2020 Posts: 2,637 T troublesome82 Campfire Regular
troublesome82 Campfire Regular T Joined: May 2020 Posts: 2,637	Really cool hunt and pics , dude! Am glad everything came together. There is no cleaner kill than an elk in the snow, just not too much snow!

Re: Beginners luck - A 40 year dream come true bbassi #15354688 10/28/20
Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 9,095 New Mexico prairie dog shooter Campfire Outfitter
prairie dog shooter Campfire Outfitter Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 9,095 New Mexico	congratulations on a successful hunt. "The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing." Edmund Burke 1795 "Give me liberty or give me death" Patrick Henry 1775

Re: Beginners luck - A 40 year dream come true bbassi #15354689 10/28/20
Joined: Feb 2004 Posts: 3,206 CT B Bill_N Campfire Tracker
Bill_N Campfire Tracker B Joined: Feb 2004 Posts: 3,206 CT	Great report - congrats on #1 Affordable Sportfishing Charters and Cruises out of Noank CT - https://www.rowdygirlcharters.com/

Re: Beginners luck - A 40 year dream come true bbassi #15355044 10/28/20
Joined: Jan 2006 Posts: 557 s/w Pa USA H Hungry Horse Campfire Regular
Hungry Horse Campfire Regular H Joined: Jan 2006 Posts: 557 s/w Pa USA	bbassi: Congratulations on your boyhood dream hunt ! So happy for your success ! Very nice write up of your elk hunt and excellent photos. Wishing you continued success with your future elk hunts ! HH

Re: Beginners luck - A 40 year dream come true bbassi #15355327 10/28/20
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Gringo Loco Campfire Outfitter G Joined: Jul 2006 Posts: 8,541	Fantastic! Happy for you bbassi.

Re: Beginners luck - A 40 year dream come true bbassi #15355372 10/28/20
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WyoCoyoteHunter Campfire Ranger W Joined: Feb 2011 Posts: 17,760 Wyoming	Excellent!! Molon Labe

Re: Beginners luck - A 40 year dream come true bbassi #15355395 10/28/20
Joined: Dec 2008 Posts: 21,157 N.. Newaukum, Washington J Judman Campfire Ranger
Judman Campfire Ranger J Joined: Dec 2008 Posts: 21,157 N.. Newaukum, Washington	Nice work, great pics, glad you got to ✔️ One off the bucket list. Grats Ping pong balls for the win. Once you've wrestled everything else in life is easy. Dan Gable I keep my circle small, I’d rather have 4 quarters than 100 pennies. Ain’t easy havin pals.

Re: Beginners luck - A 40 year dream come true bbassi #15355579 10/28/20
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Re: Beginners luck - A 40 year dream come true bbassi #15355699 10/28/20
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44mc Campfire Regular 4 Joined: Apr 2017 Posts: 2,914 north east fla	congrats . i am glad it worked out well for you.

Re: Beginners luck - A 40 year dream come true bbassi #15355725 10/28/20
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thumbcocker Campfire Regular T Joined: Feb 2005 Posts: 2,536	Very nice!

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