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Did you leave the antlers in a tree? My first bull was a 5x5 that I shot hunting north of Craig, CO with my college roommates who were from there. Back then (1966) many locals didn't care about antlers and either left them in the woods or threw them in the dump with the hide and bones. I wanted to take my bull's antlers back to Fort Collins and hang them in my room, but my roommate wouldn't let me put "those stinky horns" in his car for our trip back to school. I finally got my antlers a couple of months later when my roommate's parents drove their pickup over to visit him. Those antlers (and a bunch more) are still hanging over a truss in my garage.
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3 years hunted.....2 elk killed
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That a lot of dead elk. You guys should stop and leave them for me... I started hunting in the late 70's. I dont know for sure how many I have killed. A few dry years and a few years with two, most years one. I have only hunted in MT. I would like to know where the guy hunts in MT where he has shot one every year since 93 and they average 340. I must be doing something wrong...
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Been hunting elk for about 45 years; off and on. Several years I didn't hunt them, but would guess I've killed a couple of dozen. Mostly cows, best bull was around 330.
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You guys who live in Montana and Wyoming and hunt elk every year make me envious, and then I remember why I've never seen a palm tree growing in your states.
I shot my first elk, my best-ever 6x6 bull, as a college student in 1955. I've never tried to count the others until now, but I think I shot eight bulls and two cows since then here in Arizona, plus three more bulls in Colorado, New Mexico, and Mongolia.
Of those twelve bulls, two were spikes and the others were 6x6s of various sizes. All except the New Mexico and Mongolia bulls were self-guided.
I shot my last elk, a cow, one month before my 75th birthday a few miles from our cabin last August. I've got my fingers crossed that I'll draw another tag while I'm still able to hunt, but I realize the odds are against me.
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You guys who live in Montana and Wyoming and hunt elk every year make me envious, and then I remember why I've never seen a palm tree growing in your states.
I shot my first elk, my best-ever 6x6 bull, as a college student in 1955. I've never tried to count the others until now, but I think I shot eight bulls and two cows since then here in Arizona, plus three more bulls in Colorado, New Mexico, and Mongolia.
Of those twelve bulls, two were spikes and the others were 6x6s of various sizes. All except the New Mexico and Mongolia bulls were self-guided hunts on public land.
I shot my last elk, a cow, one month before my 75th birthday twenty minutes from our cabin last year. I've got my fingers crossed that I'll draw another tag while I'm still able to hunt, but I realize the odds are against me.
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Palm tress are overrated.
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Probably. But I share their intolerance for snow and freezing temperatures.
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My first trip was in 1999, I've made 4 trips to CO and killed 2 cows and one small bull, self guided. Had 2 muzzleloader guided hunts for NM cows and filled both of those tags.
Love that elk country, but it does not love me.
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Palm trees are overrated. Hot weather sucks, not good for elk hunting
They really don't proved much shade or cover anyway!!!
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"Hot weather sucks, not good for elk hunting..."
You're absolutely correct about heat. But cold is no fun, either. That's why we like Arizona. We spend May through through October at 9,000 feet elevation in our White Mountains, and November through April in Tucson. There are elk in our yard part of the year, and javelinas provide company the rest of it.
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It's hard to believe 9000ft can help Arizona heat. I hang out here at 12,000 ft in the summer, and it's still hot.
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Depends upon what you call hot. It can get above 80 in our little village, but it happens only rarely.
Most summer highs are 65-75 degrees, and it can be cooler when a low rolls through. I've seen snowflakes briefly up there in June and August.
Meanwhile, down here in Tucson, these are the highs/lows forecast for the next six days: 73/44; 70/44; 72/40; 77/47; 79/49/ 79/49.
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I have hunted elk twice, and scored once on a 5X5. I'm putting in this year again, hopefully I'll draw.
Experience is what you get, when you don't get what you want!
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Since 1980...24 elk last count.
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Been hunting elk since 2005 (all diy, public), have shot 7 bulls (four 6x's, 2 5x's and one 4x4) and two cows. keep getting the cow tags but don't try too hard once I get a bull down, usually try and help others get their elk...I didn't know crap aboout elk hunting when I started but I had determination and hard work on my side.
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Been elk huntin since 1999. Killed my first one in 2001 I believe. Was a calf but I was happy. Since then, I have killed 5 more. 1 calf, 1 bull with my bow, two bulls with a rifle, and a cow with a rifle. I like racks as much as the next guy but when it comes to elk huntin, I dont hold out for a big one like I do huntin deer. An elk is an elk to me.
Proverbs 12:27 The lazy do not roast any game, but the diligent feed on the riches of the hunt.
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Depends upon what you call hot. It can get above 80 in our little village, but it happens only rarely.
Most summer highs are 65-75 degrees, and it can be cooler when a low rolls through. I've seen snowflakes briefly up there in June and August.
Meanwhile, down here in Tucson, these are the highs/lows forecast for the next six days: 73/44; 70/44; 72/40; 77/47; 79/49/ 79/49.
Bill Quimby Yeah, we all have our own thermostat built into us. Mine is set pretty low. Your present winter temps are too hot for me. I live here at 8000ft. In the summer it gets in the 80's. That's why i'm always up at 12,000ft to get away from it. Give me a blizzard, and i'm a happy camper.
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"Give me a blizzard, and i'm a happy camper."
I hereby bequeath all future Arizona blizzards to you, Mauser hunter. Enjoy.
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