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Having hunted elk a lot, I particularly like the youngish cow that fell near the road....

Next up "guiding" my nephews in Montana.

Youngest nephew first, shot this whitetail buck at 120 yards with my late grandfathers .243 and 100 grain nosler solid base bullets:



While walking up this deer we cut 7 sets of elk tracks. I loaded the deer in my pack and decided to track the elk for a while...an hour and a half later we caught up to them. My nephew got a good rest and shot one of the cows, his first elk, from 362 yards with the same .243 and 100 grain solid base bullets. Not a bad couple hours of hunting for a 13 year old:





Oldest nephew got a few days off school so...

Found this buck which he shot with his 7-08 at 383 yards with a 120 grain ballistic tip...excellent shot and his best whitetail so far:





Took a day off from guiding my nephews, on my birthday, found this buck in a place I've hunted for 40 years with a rifle in my hand.





Nephew filled his b-tag on the last day:



Took off to hunt a friends place in Illinois after that, had a chance at a really good buck but had a little trouble with my muzzleloader. So on the last day of the hunt with a few minutes of legal light left, shot this buck. First time I've hunted that far east...by several hundred miles. I saw enough that I'll be going back...for sure.

I didn't know which forum or topic to stick this in, but it is a "success" of sorts I guess, being that it caught something big (170 pounds of pure muscle and testosterone) in 2020.

It was a first for me and luckily I uh...uh...easily pulled out.......of a #5 coil spring set for what I am guessing was wolf and caught me right on the heel. It was set in the middle of a packed snowmachine trail. I've had bird and lion dogs get caught, but never been myself. Critters travel trails like this to conserve energy instead of tromping through 2-3 feet of snow, so I shouldn't be surprised that someone set this right where they did.




I tried resetting it for the guy but figured I didn't need to scent up the area anymore than I already had, and I didn't have any wax paper or other antifreeze on me.

Catch me, or allow me to pull out?
One I never allow. The other depends on my mood.