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meat for the freezer #17815562 11/18/22 Joined: Jan 2006 Posts: 69,325 Filer, ID Rock Chuck OP Campfire Kahuna OP Rock Chuck Campfire Kahuna Joined: Jan 2006 Posts: 69,325 Filer, ID This is the 3d year in a row I've scored in this late season hunt. This little guy hung around for a while. Shortly after this he disappeared in the direct where we saw more elk. He'll be fine. The rocks you see are every bit as bad on the road. We got my RZR within 300 yds. It took us 1.5 hours to go less than 2 miles. Good thing I have a good skid plate and heavy duty tires on it. Walking out there was miserable. “In a time of deceit telling the truth is a revolutionary act.” ― George Orwell It's not over when you lose. It's over when you quit.

Re: meat for the freezer Rock Chuck #17815655 11/18/22 Joined: Nov 2012 Posts: 2,623 Idaho N NTG Campfire Regular NTG Campfire Regular N Joined: Nov 2012 Posts: 2,623 Idaho Congrats! I know those rocks…they’re fun

Re: meat for the freezer Rock Chuck #17815948 11/19/22 Joined: Jan 2005 Posts: 12,471 Where the wild things are. Sakoluvr Campfire Outfitter Sakoluvr Campfire Outfitter Joined: Jan 2005 Posts: 12,471 Where the wild things are. Congratulations Rock! What rifle and load? Range? Faith and love of others knows no mileage nor bounds. That's simply the way it is. dogzapper After the game is over, the king and the pawn go into the same box. Italian Proverb

Re: meat for the freezer Rock Chuck #17815951 11/19/22 Joined: Feb 2013 Posts: 7,739 Idaho Angus1895 Campfire Outfitter Angus1895 Campfire Outfitter Joined: Feb 2013 Posts: 7,739 Idaho Awesomeness "Shoot low sheriff, I think he's riding a shetland!" B. Wills

Re: meat for the freezer Sakoluvr #17816108 11/19/22 Joined: Jan 2006 Posts: 69,325 Filer, ID Rock Chuck OP Campfire Kahuna OP Rock Chuck Campfire Kahuna Joined: Jan 2006 Posts: 69,325 Filer, ID Originally Posted by Sakoluvr Congratulations Rock! What rifle and load? Range? 30-06, 165 AB. Range 440, my longest shot ever. The range was kind of funny. My son-in-law was along for the ride...and hopefully to be a pack mule. He also has a real good 1500yd range finder. We'd spotted her from the road, nearly 600 yds. We waited until she wandered out of sight and started getting closer. We came up over a rock pile and she was in front of us. The range looked good so I got set and said: how far? 340. I can do that. BANG. That's almost my longest shot ever which was 350 I didn't say 340. I said 440. (deef old fart) Oh well. She fell down. “In a time of deceit telling the truth is a revolutionary act.” ― George Orwell It's not over when you lose. It's over when you quit.

Re: meat for the freezer Rock Chuck #17816119 11/19/22 Joined: Apr 2011 Posts: 15,301 Northeast USA B beretzs Campfire Ranger beretzs Campfire Ranger B Joined: Apr 2011 Posts: 15,301 Northeast USA Congrats on the elk RC! Great shot! Semper Fi

Re: meat for the freezer Rock Chuck #17816261 11/19/22 Joined: Mar 2008 Posts: 2,631 Hayden, Idaho B BlueDuck Campfire Regular BlueDuck Campfire Regular B Joined: Mar 2008 Posts: 2,631 Hayden, Idaho Well done.

Re: meat for the freezer Rock Chuck #17816326 11/19/22 Joined: Apr 2008 Posts: 10,953 Washington D dye7barrel Campfire Outfitter dye7barrel Campfire Outfitter D Joined: Apr 2008 Posts: 10,953 Washington Good eats

Re: meat for the freezer Rock Chuck #17816331 11/19/22 Joined: Jun 2001 Posts: 1,996 Magnolia,TX D Deans Campfire Regular Deans Campfire Regular D Joined: Jun 2001 Posts: 1,996 Magnolia,TX Congrats. ~Molɔ̀ːn Labé Skýla~ “Fear thou not; for I am with thee: be not dismayed; for I am thy God: I will strengthen thee; yea, I will help thee; yea, I will uphold thee with the right hand of my righteousness.” ISAIAH 41:10

Re: meat for the freezer NTG #17816391 11/19/22 Joined: Jan 2006 Posts: 69,325 Filer, ID Rock Chuck OP Campfire Kahuna OP Rock Chuck Campfire Kahuna Joined: Jan 2006 Posts: 69,325 Filer, ID Originally Posted by NTG Congrats! I know those rocks…they’re fun My UTV is a little RZR 800 2 seater. With the elk, I was seriously overloaded with 2 of us and was bottoming out on the rocks. My SIL volunteered to walk while I took the meat to the truck and then come back for him. The rocks on the road were so bad that for the next 1.5 miles, he was literally walking right behind me. That's all the faster I could go without tearing the machine apart. It was 7 miles to the truck. Luckily, the really bad rocks were only for the 1st 2 miles. It had taken us 1.5 hours to drive that 2 miles on the way out. “In a time of deceit telling the truth is a revolutionary act.” ― George Orwell It's not over when you lose. It's over when you quit.

Re: meat for the freezer Rock Chuck #17816426 11/19/22 Joined: Aug 2017 Posts: 1,125 Texas tater74 Campfire Regular tater74 Campfire Regular Joined: Aug 2017 Posts: 1,125 Texas Congrats. I sometimes miss the desert in Idaho. I don't miss the snow. The cow is where you are, the bull is where you want to be. No one gets something for nothing unless someone else got nothing for something.

Re: meat for the freezer Rock Chuck #17816513 11/19/22 Joined: Jun 2006 Posts: 46,024 Colorado S smokepole Campfire 'Bwana smokepole Campfire 'Bwana S Joined: Jun 2006 Posts: 46,024 Colorado Nice. Snake River plain? A wise man is frequently humbled.

Re: meat for the freezer Rock Chuck #17816541 11/19/22 Joined: Jun 2001 Posts: 19,072 Colorado Springs, CO, USA S saddlesore Campfire Ranger saddlesore Campfire Ranger S Joined: Jun 2001 Posts: 19,072 Colorado Springs, CO, USA Are those lava rocks? I hunted country like that in western NM when I lived there. Nasty stuff. If God wanted you to walk and carry things on your back, He would not have invented stirrups and pack saddles

Re: meat for the freezer saddlesore #17816608 11/19/22 Joined: Jun 2006 Posts: 46,024 Colorado S smokepole Campfire 'Bwana smokepole Campfire 'Bwana S Joined: Jun 2006 Posts: 46,024 Colorado Most likely basalt. Nice freezer filler, RC. A wise man is frequently humbled.

Re: meat for the freezer Rock Chuck #17816652 11/19/22 Joined: Dec 2009 Posts: 10,653 Badger State roundoak Campfire Outfitter roundoak Campfire Outfitter Joined: Dec 2009 Posts: 10,653 Badger State Good shoot'n there Rock Chuck. You're Welcome At My Fire Anytime

Re: meat for the freezer Rock Chuck #17816704 11/19/22 Joined: Nov 2002 Posts: 33,690 Either Texas or Idaho E EdM Campfire 'Bwana EdM Campfire 'Bwana E Joined: Nov 2002 Posts: 33,690 Either Texas or Idaho Well done sir. Conduct is the best proof of character.

Re: meat for the freezer Rock Chuck #17816791 11/19/22 Joined: Jan 2008 Posts: 5,464 jennings lodge, oregon Oregonmuley Campfire Tracker Oregonmuley Campfire Tracker Joined: Jan 2008 Posts: 5,464 jennings lodge, oregon Good stuff! Congrats on a nice elk. "Rather hunt Mule deer than anything else" "Team 7MM-08"

Re: meat for the freezer Rock Chuck #17816798 11/19/22 Joined: Jan 2005 Posts: 12,471 Where the wild things are. Sakoluvr Campfire Outfitter Sakoluvr Campfire Outfitter Joined: Jan 2005 Posts: 12,471 Where the wild things are. Originally Posted by Rock Chuck Originally Posted by Sakoluvr Congratulations Rock! What rifle and load? Range? 30-06, 165 AB. Range 440, my longest shot ever. The range was kind of funny. My son-in-law was along for the ride...and hopefully to be a pack mule. He also has a real good 1500yd range finder. We'd spotted her from the road, nearly 600 yds. We waited until she wandered out of sight and started getting closer. We came up over a rock pile and she was in front of us. The range looked good so I got set and said: how far? 340. I can do that. BANG. That's almost my longest shot ever which was 350 I didn't say 340. I said 440. (deef old fart) Oh well. She fell down. What’s another hundred yards? LOL Nice shooting right there! Faith and love of others knows no mileage nor bounds. That's simply the way it is. dogzapper After the game is over, the king and the pawn go into the same box. Italian Proverb

Re: meat for the freezer Rock Chuck #17816836 11/19/22 Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 10,917 Winchester, WY USA M memtb Campfire Outfitter memtb Campfire Outfitter M Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 10,917 Winchester, WY USA Congrats! Good table fare! 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 “I’d like to be a good rifleman…..but, I prefer to be a good hunter”! memtb 2024

Re: meat for the freezer smokepole #17817078 11/19/22 Joined: Jan 2006 Posts: 69,325 Filer, ID Rock Chuck OP Campfire Kahuna OP Rock Chuck Campfire Kahuna Joined: Jan 2006 Posts: 69,325 Filer, ID Originally Posted by smokepole Nice. Snake River plain? 12 miles from the river, on top of the canyon NW of Bliss. I'm no geologist but they say it's basalt out there, miles of it. The thin soil between the rocks is a nasty gumbo when it's wet. “In a time of deceit telling the truth is a revolutionary act.” ― George Orwell It's not over when you lose. It's over when you quit.

Re: meat for the freezer Rock Chuck #17817167 11/19/22 Joined: Aug 2005 Posts: 4,671 colorado bob Campfire Tracker colorado bob Campfire Tracker Joined: Aug 2005 Posts: 4,671 She looks like she is good condition. Prime eatin right there.

Re: meat for the freezer Rock Chuck #17817345 11/19/22 Joined: Jan 2006 Posts: 69,325 Filer, ID Rock Chuck OP Campfire Kahuna OP Rock Chuck Campfire Kahuna Joined: Jan 2006 Posts: 69,325 Filer, ID She's young. Her ivories were big and not worn a bit. There's a good chance that this was her 1st calf. I found out something. Usually to remove ivories, I'd put my knife blade against them and tap it with a rock. They'd pop right out. I recently bought a replaceable blade knife with the razor sharp blades. I tried that on the ivories and it cut through them like soft butter. It just sliced them right off. “In a time of deceit telling the truth is a revolutionary act.” ― George Orwell It's not over when you lose. It's over when you quit.

Re: meat for the freezer Rock Chuck #17817396 11/19/22 Joined: Oct 2021 Posts: 2,391 NC Featherweight6555 Campfire Regular Featherweight6555 Campfire Regular Joined: Oct 2021 Posts: 2,391 NC Congrats on the elk and and nice shot. "Aim right, squeeze light" " Might as well hit what you're aiming at, it kicks the same whether you miss or not" NRA Life, GOA

Re: meat for the freezer Rock Chuck #17817476 11/19/22 Joined: Oct 2000 Posts: 30,267 Brad Campfire 'Bwana Brad Campfire 'Bwana Joined: Oct 2000 Posts: 30,267 Good Deal Rock Chuck. “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: meat for the freezer Rock Chuck #17817517 11/19/22 Joined: Jan 2006 Posts: 69,325 Filer, ID Rock Chuck OP Campfire Kahuna OP Rock Chuck Campfire Kahuna Joined: Jan 2006 Posts: 69,325 Filer, ID This cow season runs to Nov 30. It's a wintering area but the herds haven't appeared yet. When they do, there'll be elk all over the place. We saw a few but they could be locals that don't migrate out in the spring. Last year it was so warm that they didn't migrate until mid-December. We got into a small local herd that year, too, and got 2 cows. It's been a lot colder this year, about 20 when I got this one. Last year we got them on Nov 30 while wearing shirt sleeves. “In a time of deceit telling the truth is a revolutionary act.” ― George Orwell It's not over when you lose. It's over when you quit.

Re: meat for the freezer Rock Chuck #17818207 11/19/22 Joined: Dec 2009 Posts: 5,204 TX J Jeffrey Campfire Tracker Jeffrey Campfire Tracker J Joined: Dec 2009 Posts: 5,204 TX Well done, RC. Glad you got your freezer stocked.

Re: meat for the freezer Rock Chuck #17818215 11/19/22 Joined: Apr 2017 Posts: 2,915 north east fla 4 44mc Campfire Regular 44mc Campfire Regular 4 Joined: Apr 2017 Posts: 2,915 north east fla congrats RC

Re: meat for the freezer Rock Chuck #17818245 11/19/22 Joined: Dec 2019 Posts: 3,034 Florida J jc189 Campfire Tracker jc189 Campfire Tracker J Joined: Dec 2019 Posts: 3,034 Florida Congrats, your on a roll 3 years in a row. Nice shot too.

Re: meat for the freezer Rock Chuck #17818843 11/19/22 Joined: Feb 2011 Posts: 17,777 Wyoming W WyoCoyoteHunter Campfire Ranger WyoCoyoteHunter Campfire Ranger W Joined: Feb 2011 Posts: 17,777 Wyoming Nice! Congratulations. Molon Labe

Re: meat for the freezer WyoCoyoteHunter #17819032 11/19/22 Joined: Nov 2001 Posts: 1,768 Western Colorado JimR Campfire Regular JimR Campfire Regular Joined: Nov 2001 Posts: 1,768 Western Colorado Congrats,

Re: meat for the freezer Rock Chuck #17819769 11/20/22 Joined: Feb 2005 Posts: 2,542 T thumbcocker Campfire Regular thumbcocker Campfire Regular T Joined: Feb 2005 Posts: 2,542 Nice

Re: meat for the freezer Rock Chuck #17820326 11/20/22 Joined: Mar 2003 Posts: 17,172 Northern California Hammerdown Campfire Ranger Hammerdown Campfire Ranger Joined: Mar 2003 Posts: 17,172 Northern California Good for you, you have yourself a nice cow. Randy NRA Patriot Life Benefactor

Re: meat for the freezer Rock Chuck #17820831 11/20/22 Joined: Aug 2006 Posts: 22,911 Kiowa/Deer Trail, Colorado huntsman22 Campfire Ranger huntsman22 Campfire Ranger Joined: Aug 2006 Posts: 22,911 Kiowa/Deer Trail, Colorado How come everybody shoots the 'nice' ones, and leave the bitches?

Re: meat for the freezer Rock Chuck #17820939 11/20/22 Joined: Jan 2006 Posts: 69,325 Filer, ID Rock Chuck OP Campfire Kahuna OP Rock Chuck Campfire Kahuna Joined: Jan 2006 Posts: 69,325 Filer, ID the bitches are the lead cows. That's how they get the job. Ref: Nancy Pelosi “In a time of deceit telling the truth is a revolutionary act.” ― George Orwell It's not over when you lose. It's over when you quit.

Re: meat for the freezer Rock Chuck #17820972 11/20/22 Joined: Sep 2009 Posts: 12,074 Wyoming JohnBurns Campfire Outfitter JohnBurns Campfire Outfitter Joined: Sep 2009 Posts: 12,074 Wyoming Kewl. John Burns I have all the sources. They can't stop the signal.

Re: meat for the freezer Rock Chuck #17823036 11/21/22 Joined: Nov 2003 Posts: 3,610 Louisiana-U.S.A. J Joe Campfire Tracker Joe Campfire Tracker J Joined: Nov 2003 Posts: 3,610 Louisiana-U.S.A. Originally Posted by Rock Chuck the bitches are the lead cows. That's how they get the job. Ref: Nancy Pelosi Luv it! Shew me thy ways, O LORD: teach me thy paths. "there are few better cartridges on Earth than the 7 x 57mm Mauser" "the .30 Springfield is light, accurate, penetrating, and has surprising stopping power"

Re: meat for the freezer Rock Chuck #17823083 11/21/22 Joined: Apr 2020 Posts: 199 In The Rolling Hills L LightninHopkins Campfire Member LightninHopkins Campfire Member L Joined: Apr 2020 Posts: 199 In The Rolling Hills Well done, and were you using a hold over ? What Scope also? “That you will become way less concerned with what other people think of you when you realize how seldom they do.” But, I have it on good information that "There are no ATM machines in hell".

Re: meat for the freezer Rock Chuck #17823124 11/21/22 Joined: Jan 2006 Posts: 69,325 Filer, ID Rock Chuck OP Campfire Kahuna OP Rock Chuck Campfire Kahuna Joined: Jan 2006 Posts: 69,325 Filer, ID I have a 'high dollar' Leupold VX-1 ( no longer made) that I've had for many years. Sighted in at 200 yds. It has 2 dots below the x-hairs. With this gun, the top one is on at 300, the bottom at about 380. I apparently jerked it slightly and would have hit a bit high if the range hadn't been farther than I thought. “In a time of deceit telling the truth is a revolutionary act.” ― George Orwell It's not over when you lose. It's over when you quit.

Re: meat for the freezer Rock Chuck #17823619 11/21/22 Joined: Mar 2011 Posts: 7,005 Back of the Wasatch S Springcove Campfire Tracker Springcove Campfire Tracker S Joined: Mar 2011 Posts: 7,005 Back of the Wasatch Congratulations Rock Chuck.

Re: meat for the freezer Rock Chuck #17823696 11/21/22 Joined: Sep 2019 Posts: 241 Central Kentucky H HCDH66 Campfire Member HCDH66 Campfire Member H Joined: Sep 2019 Posts: 241 Central Kentucky Congratulations on a great 3-year run. Nice shooting. 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: meat for the freezer Rock Chuck #17905539 12/15/22 Joined: May 2016 Posts: 3,734 Sandy, Utah J Jim_Knight Campfire Tracker Jim_Knight Campfire Tracker J Joined: May 2016 Posts: 3,734 Sandy, Utah Way to go Pard! I'm jealous!! Love that cow meat!!

Re: meat for the freezer Rock Chuck #17926802 12/21/22 Joined: Jul 2007 Posts: 8,200 Calgary Alberta, Canada AB2506 Campfire Outfitter AB2506 Campfire Outfitter Joined: Jul 2007 Posts: 8,200 Calgary Alberta, Canada Originally Posted by Rock Chuck Originally Posted by smokepole Nice. Snake River plain? 12 miles from the river, on top of the canyon NW of Bliss. I'm no geologist but they say it's basalt out there, miles of it. The thin soil between the rocks is a nasty gumbo when it's wet. Basalt is a volcanic rock. Basalt is a dark-colored, fine-grained, igneous rock composed mainly of plagioclase and pyroxene minerals. It most commonly forms as an extrusive rock, such as a lava flow, but can also form in small intrusive bodies, such as an igneous dike or a thin sill https://geology.com/rocks/basalt.shtml#:~:text=Basalt%20is%20a%20dark%2Dcolored,a%20composition%20similar%20to%20gabbro. Last edited by AB2506; 12/21/22.

Re: meat for the freezer AB2506 #17927525 12/21/22 Joined: Jan 2006 Posts: 69,325 Filer, ID Rock Chuck OP Campfire Kahuna OP Rock Chuck Campfire Kahuna Joined: Jan 2006 Posts: 69,325 Filer, ID Originally Posted by AB2506 Originally Posted by Rock Chuck Originally Posted by smokepole Nice. Snake River plain? 12 miles from the river, on top of the canyon NW of Bliss. I'm no geologist but they say it's basalt out there, miles of it. The thin soil between the rocks is a nasty gumbo when it's wet. Basalt is a volcanic rock. Basalt is a dark-colored, fine-grained, igneous rock composed mainly of plagioclase and pyroxene minerals. It most commonly forms as an extrusive rock, such as a lava flow, but can also form in small intrusive bodies, such as an igneous dike or a thin sill https://geology.com/rocks/basalt.shtml#:~:text=Basalt%20is%20a%20dark%2Dcolored,a%20composition%20similar%20to%20gabbro. Is that both legal and moral? There are many square miles of rocks out there that look like this photo. I know they're volcanic but that's all. In many places they're piled high. “In a time of deceit telling the truth is a revolutionary act.” ― George Orwell It's not over when you lose. It's over when you quit.

Re: meat for the freezer Rock Chuck #17929132 12/22/22 Joined: Mar 2006 Posts: 8,311 Wyoming F frogman43 Campfire Outfitter frogman43 Campfire Outfitter F Joined: Mar 2006 Posts: 8,311 Wyoming Congratulations on a fine hunt! Frog---OUT! ~Molɔ̀ːn Labé Skýla~

Re: meat for the freezer Rock Chuck #17946605 12/27/22 Joined: Feb 2012 Posts: 354 N Central Wa.State. S ScottyO Campfire Member ScottyO Campfire Member S Joined: Feb 2012 Posts: 354 N Central Wa.State. Well done

Re: meat for the freezer Rock Chuck #17948487 12/27/22 Joined: Dec 2022 Posts: 30 S southerngentleman Campfire Greenhorn southerngentleman Campfire Greenhorn S Joined: Dec 2022 Posts: 30 that'll eat!

Re: meat for the freezer Rock Chuck #17950851 12/28/22 Joined: Jan 2006 Posts: 69,325 Filer, ID Rock Chuck OP Campfire Kahuna OP Rock Chuck Campfire Kahuna Joined: Jan 2006 Posts: 69,325 Filer, ID So far she's made some fine salami, tenderloins, and BBQ'd steaks. She's more than adequate. “In a time of deceit telling the truth is a revolutionary act.” ― George Orwell It's not over when you lose. It's over when you quit.

Re: meat for the freezer Rock Chuck #17951790 12/28/22 Joined: Feb 2014 Posts: 2,621 Vermont PintsofCraft Campfire Regular PintsofCraft Campfire Regular Joined: Feb 2014 Posts: 2,621 Vermont Nice shooting RockChuck!

Re: meat for the freezer Rock Chuck #17952622 12/28/22 Joined: Mar 2003 Posts: 17,172 Northern California Hammerdown Campfire Ranger Hammerdown Campfire Ranger Joined: Mar 2003 Posts: 17,172 Northern California You did just fine bagging you a nice elk. Now you can get another next year. Take care. Randy NRA Patriot Life Benefactor

Re: meat for the freezer Rock Chuck #17952632 12/28/22 Joined: Jun 2017 Posts: 2,430 North East Ohio B Bocajnala Campfire Regular Bocajnala Campfire Regular B Joined: Jun 2017 Posts: 2,430 North East Ohio 3 in a row! Nice going. Small Game, Deer, Turkey, Bear, Elk....It's what's for dinner. If you know how many guns you own... you don't own enough. In God We Trust.