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Colorado Success #3331661 09/24/09
Joined: Mar 2005 Posts: 249 N N2MyWake OP Campfire Member
OP N2MyWake Campfire Member N Joined: Mar 2005 Posts: 249	First off a big thanks to some of you, including SaddleSore. The info on these forums can be invaluable. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Well, we made it back from our Colorado Elk Hunt. It was a success from the beginning. We encountered several buggling bulls and had some very close opportunities. I learned alot more on this elk hunt than the last time. Mapman said it best to say having a buggling bull run in to you screaming and growling is like calling in 20 gobbling turkeys all at once! This stuff is a team effort for sure. Hope you enjoy the pics. The view from Camp Home Sweet Home for 10 days The camp watering hole The neighbors Dad and Mapman Me and Dad at the Lake __________________ Western Kentucky Boy Last edited by N2MyWake; 09/25/09. West Kentucky Boy

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Re: Colorado Success N2MyWake #3331668 09/24/09
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OP N2MyWake Campfire Member N Joined: Mar 2005 Posts: 249	Success The Team Ahh this is what it's all about The Pack Out __________________ Western Kentucky Boy Last edited by N2MyWake; 09/25/09. West Kentucky Boy

Re: Colorado Success N2MyWake #3331679 09/24/09
Joined: Feb 2009 Posts: 6,264 Colorado exbiologist Campfire Tracker
exbiologist Campfire Tracker Joined: Feb 2009 Posts: 6,264 Colorado	Congrats! You'll never forget it. "For some unfortunates, poisoned by city sidewalks ... the horn of the hunter never winds at all" Robert Ruark, The Horn of the Hunter

Re: Colorado Success exbiologist #3331711 09/24/09
Joined: Mar 2001 Posts: 6,984 Likes: 2 Colorado Springs, Colorado USA KC Campfire Tracker
KC Campfire Tracker Joined: Mar 2001 Posts: 6,984 Likes: 2 Colorado Springs, Colorado USA	Congratulations. Looks like you had a great time. Thanks for sharing. KC Wind in my hair, Sun on my face, I gazed at the wide open spaces, And I was at home.

Re: Colorado Success KC #3331773 09/24/09
Joined: Jan 2004 Posts: 10,915 Lubbock, Texas H Huntr Campfire Outfitter
Huntr Campfire Outfitter H Joined: Jan 2004 Posts: 10,915 Lubbock, Texas	Very cool!

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Re: Colorado Success N2MyWake #3331794 09/24/09
Joined: Feb 2004 Posts: 4,742 C. Calif macrabbit Campfire Tracker
macrabbit Campfire Tracker Joined: Feb 2004 Posts: 4,742 C. Calif	There ya go! Campfire Pistolero x2 Only one human captain has ever survived battle with a Minbari fleet. He is behind me. You are in front of me. If you value your lives, be somewhere else. -Ambassador Delenn, Babylon 5

Re: Colorado Success macrabbit #3331909 09/25/09
Joined: Mar 2006 Posts: 8,342 Likes: 5 Wyoming F frogman43 Campfire Outfitter
frogman43 Campfire Outfitter F Joined: Mar 2006 Posts: 8,342 Likes: 5 Wyoming	Cool! We leave on October 9th for Colorado!!!! Taking my son for his first western Elk hunt!!! ~Molɔ̀ːn Labé Skýla~

Re: Colorado Success frogman43 #3331957 09/25/09
Joined: Jan 2008 Posts: 13,140 colorado 3 338rcm Campfire Outfitter
338rcm Campfire Outfitter 3 Joined: Jan 2008 Posts: 13,140 colorado	Congrats on the bull? How did the Cabelas tent hold up? Whiteriver National Forrest?

Re: Colorado Success 338rcm #3331996 09/25/09
Joined: Oct 2007 Posts: 1,871 Wyoming Oldslowdog Campfire Regular
Oldslowdog Campfire Regular Joined: Oct 2007 Posts: 1,871 Wyoming	Great job! Bet you were glad to have those horses around when you finally put one on the ground..... : )

Re: Colorado Success Oldslowdog #3332042 09/25/09
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nclonghunter Campfire Member Joined: Dec 2008 Posts: 409 Winston-Salem,NC	Congrats...great bull There are no bad days hunting elk, some are just better.

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Re: Colorado Success nclonghunter #3332164 09/25/09
Joined: Dec 2008 Posts: 78,307 Likes: 2 Southwestern Montucky ingwe Campfire Oracle
ingwe Campfire Oracle Joined: Dec 2008 Posts: 78,307 Likes: 2 Southwestern Montucky	Excellent! Ingwe "...the left considers you vermin, and they'll kill you given the chance..." Bristoe

Re: Colorado Success ingwe #3332170 09/25/09
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OP N2MyWake Campfire Member N Joined: Mar 2005 Posts: 249	The Cabelas tent did very well. oldslowdog, the Horses weren't available to pack out on the day of the kill! It took us 13 1/2 hours from the time of kill to get it packed back to camp. we finished at 10 pm with an inch of hail on the ground... it was a fun day... We weren't in the flattops this trip, we were in the west elk wilderness. West Kentucky Boy

Re: Colorado Success N2MyWake #3332400 09/25/09
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OP N2MyWake Campfire Member N Joined: Mar 2005 Posts: 249	finally figured out the pics posting, it should be easier to veiw now. West Kentucky Boy

Re: Colorado Success N2MyWake #3332594 09/25/09
Joined: Feb 2003 Posts: 8,860 Likes: 3 Smoky Mountains, TN bwinters Campfire Outfitter
bwinters Campfire Outfitter Joined: Feb 2003 Posts: 8,860 Likes: 3 Smoky Mountains, TN	N - good deal and looks like you had a good time. On the Cabelas tent - which one is it? Any thoughts on how it held up in the weather? Thanks. Adversity doesn't build character, it reveals it.

Re: Colorado Success bwinters #3332660 09/25/09
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OP N2MyWake Campfire Member N Joined: Mar 2005 Posts: 249	I think it's called the Alaknak (outfitter series). We rented it. It did fine in the weather, but we didn't have severe weather. We did have an inch of hail followed by freezing cold rain one afternoon. I had to use a broom to knock the collected ice off from the inside (lifting up on it) and then tighten up all the lead lines. I don't think they have as good of heat retention as a canvas tent, however they are worlds lighter to pack in... just my thoughts West Kentucky Boy

Re: Colorado Success N2MyWake #3332881 09/25/09
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Lawdwaz Campfire Outfitter L Joined: Jan 2006 Posts: 8,787 WNY	Great job on the hunt!

Re: Colorado Success Lawdwaz #3332915 09/25/09
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JohnMoses Campfire Ranger Joined: May 2009 Posts: 18,508 Mississippi	Congrats! Great pics and thanks for sharing. Very cool. JM.

Re: Colorado Success nclonghunter #3333412 09/25/09
Joined: May 2008 Posts: 982 Wyoming hamr56 Campfire Regular
hamr56 Campfire Regular Joined: May 2008 Posts: 982 Wyoming	Great pictures some pretty country! I am glad to see you got a nice bull out of it.

Re: Colorado Success hamr56 #3333600 09/25/09
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RNF Campfire Regular R Joined: Jan 2009 Posts: 2,923 SE Okla	Very nice pictures and a great story, also always fun to be able to hunt with your dad. A gun in the hand is worth more than the entire police force on the phone.

Re: Colorado Success RNF #3336661 09/26/09
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OP N2MyWake Campfire Member N Joined: Mar 2005 Posts: 249	thanks guys. I hope we can do it again real soon! West Kentucky Boy

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