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Great pics! Congrats on a fine hunt.
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Great story guys! Did you get the ivories out of that dead elk? No, but the ranch hand plans to go back for the antlers and I imagine he will get the ivories. I tried to check to see if they were still in his mouth, mainly to see if a human had been there before us. But his hide was so stiff it would have required some cutting or more handling of the rotting carcase than I wanted to do, and we didn't take the time. We walked in the dark to get out of there as it was.
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One further gear tidbit: the knee pads someone here on the Campfire suggested were a fabulous addition to my stalking ensemble. They are so easy to wear and practical for any need to get a knee on the ground that from now on I will have a pair in my hunting pack always, for deer, predators, everything.
Yeah, the kneepads were great--especially in an area with a lot of cactus! I will definitely put mine to good use in the future!
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Nice going guys!!! Nice photos and story too!
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Very cool man. Bigger antelope than I've ever killed...
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cool hunt, Wade!!! great pics and story... truck is loaded and i'm heading out for the job.... enjoy your next few days!!!
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Waders,
What kind of blacktail calls are you using, and how do you use them (enquiring minds & etc.)?...thanks...jim
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Wade, great hunt.
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Great story and nice photos too! It's good when a plan comes together and you get good memories out to boot. One question though, on the wasp hunt were you killin' or capin' in the photo by the fridge? 
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Great story and nice photos too! It's good when a plan comes together and you get good memories out to boot. One question though, on the wasp hunt were you killin' or capin' in the photo by the fridge? I think he was measuring stingers for the record book. jim
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Waders-Ok - good job and looks like a blast! Did the wind blow in Wyoming?
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Troy, make sure you take the horn "sheaths" off the skulls before applying the beatles. The beatles like them a LOT more than they do the meat. Flinch
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Did the wind blow in Wyoming?  Actually we didn't have all that much wind. It was breezy to medium wind most of the time but nothing too bad during the day while we hunted, though one night I thought it was going to blow the roof off the cabin for a little while. I've seen it windy and am glad that we were spared the worst of it. When we drove out of the ranch yard to start home, it was snowing sideways in strong wind at 19 degrees F. with about four inches already on the ground. Time for us to get out of Dodge. We shot our antelope in the two best windows of good weather that week. Flinch, thanks for the tip. Troy is up to speed on that and already told us that he will have to remove the horns from the core to keep the beetles from eating them during the skull cleaning.
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Are you guys talking about some particular type/brand of knee pads, or just any?
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For myself, I just have some generic knee pads. Mine have a plastic cap that protects the patella (knee cap). Just about anything with 1/2 thick foam on the knees would probably work just fine. The cactus spines that I've encountered have been about an inch long really thin and brittle. They don't seem to penetrate a lot but they hurt like hell when they do and they are hard to see both on the ground and imbedded in your knee or palm. And, having one stuck in the joint of your trigger finger makes it absolutely impossible to fire the rifle no matter how big the buck or how much you want to. TRUST ME!
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