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Colorado success! #6890001 09/19/12
Joined: Dec 2008 Posts: 409 Winston-Salem,NC nclonghunter OP Campfire Member
OP nclonghunter Campfire Member Joined: Dec 2008 Posts: 409 Winston-Salem,NC	I have chased Colorado elk for 4 years and it came together this year for a great Public Land, DIY hunt. I took an awesome 6x6 with a muzzle loader. I have never been as excited on a hunt as this one. Shot it at 6:30pm and got back to camp with the first load at 3:00am. Worth every minute of it. Attached Images elk1.jpg (96.4 KB, 553 downloads) elk2.jpg (80.41 KB, 367 downloads) There are no bad days hunting elk, some are just better.

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Re: Colorado success! nclonghunter #6890017 09/19/12
Joined: Sep 2006 Posts: 2,552 A Aviator Campfire Regular
Aviator Campfire Regular A Joined: Sep 2006 Posts: 2,552	Nice bull ! What unit he come from ?

Re: Colorado success! Aviator #6890651 09/20/12
Joined: Feb 2007 Posts: 7,446 Likes: 3 SW Georgia G Godogs57 Campfire Tracker
Godogs57 Campfire Tracker G Joined: Feb 2007 Posts: 7,446 Likes: 3 SW Georgia	Wow! Nice bull anywhere...congrats. You only live once, but...if you do it right, once is enough.

Re: Colorado success! Godogs57 #6890672 09/20/12
Joined: Jan 2004 Posts: 10,325 Likes: 4 Idaho muleshoe Campfire Outfitter
muleshoe Campfire Outfitter Joined: Jan 2004 Posts: 10,325 Likes: 4 Idaho	Very nice! Nothing like an early ML elk hunt. Black Cows Matter!

Re: Colorado success! muleshoe #6890678 09/20/12
Joined: Dec 2009 Posts: 1,819 SW Pa. R RTSJ Campfire Regular
RTSJ Campfire Regular R Joined: Dec 2009 Posts: 1,819 SW Pa.	Awesome bull. Congrats! Roy

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Re: Colorado success! RTSJ #6890697 09/20/12
Joined: Feb 2005 Posts: 3,504 Likes: 1 Texas S spence1875 Campfire Tracker
spence1875 Campfire Tracker S Joined: Feb 2005 Posts: 3,504 Likes: 1 Texas	Well done lad.

Re: Colorado success! spence1875 #6890738 09/20/12
Joined: Jun 2011 Posts: 203 H Harvdog Campfire Member
Harvdog Campfire Member H Joined: Jun 2011 Posts: 203	Worth every minute of it, congrats!

Re: Colorado success! Harvdog #6890756 09/20/12
Joined: Apr 2009 Posts: 18,929 Likes: 1 NM S SLM Campfire Ranger
SLM Campfire Ranger S Joined: Apr 2009 Posts: 18,929 Likes: 1 NM	Very nice. Congrats.

Re: Colorado success! SLM #6890769 09/20/12
Joined: Aug 2012 Posts: 40 B Bandit29 Campfire Greenhorn
Bandit29 Campfire Greenhorn B Joined: Aug 2012 Posts: 40	Awesome, congrats!!!

Re: Colorado success! Bandit29 #6890879 09/20/12
Joined: Dec 2005 Posts: 968 E. TN C claybreaker Campfire Regular
claybreaker Campfire Regular C Joined: Dec 2005 Posts: 968 E. TN	nice'en, super. Details please. Congrats, "...buzzards gota eat same as worms" Josey Wales NRA lifer Hunting is Conservation RMEF Member

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Re: Colorado success! claybreaker #6890894 09/20/12
Joined: Jun 2007 Posts: 938 Nebraska R rdd Campfire Regular
rdd Campfire Regular R Joined: Jun 2007 Posts: 938 Nebraska	Congrats! Very nice bull.

Re: Colorado success! rdd #6890904 09/20/12
Joined: Aug 2005 Posts: 11,353 Denver 30338 Campfire Outfitter
30338 Campfire Outfitter Joined: Aug 2005 Posts: 11,353 Denver	Bull to be proud of, though any public land bull in Colorado is one to be proud of in my book. Well done.

Re: Colorado success! 30338 #6891030 09/20/12
Joined: Jan 2012 Posts: 128 Arkansas L Ladymulerider Campfire Member
Ladymulerider Campfire Member L Joined: Jan 2012 Posts: 128 Arkansas	Thanks for the great pictures! Keeping the rest of us fired up to get to hunt soon! Congratulations on the nice nice bull! I ride mules, hunt every chance I can, and even take my husband with me!

Re: Colorado success! Ladymulerider #6891041 09/20/12
Joined: Jan 2010 Posts: 606 wisconsin D digger44 Campfire Regular
digger44 Campfire Regular D Joined: Jan 2010 Posts: 606 wisconsin	Congrats, muzzleloader makes it even cooler

Re: Colorado success! digger44 #6891114 09/20/12
Joined: Feb 2009 Posts: 6,264 Colorado exbiologist Campfire Tracker
exbiologist Campfire Tracker Joined: Feb 2009 Posts: 6,264 Colorado	Congrats, I know how hard you've worked for it the last few years "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 #6893260 09/20/12
Joined: Jan 2009 Posts: 3,576 Northwest Missouri 7 7mmMato Campfire Tracker
7mmMato Campfire Tracker 7 Joined: Jan 2009 Posts: 3,576 Northwest Missouri	Great Bull I've always been different with one foot over the line.....

Re: Colorado success! 7mmMato #6893292 09/20/12
Joined: Mar 2011 Posts: 825 Hutschenhausen Germany J jmgraham1986 Campfire Regular
jmgraham1986 Campfire Regular J Joined: Mar 2011 Posts: 825 Hutschenhausen Germany	Congrats on your first elk. Thats quite a brute for a first one too! Great story. Lifetime member: Backcountry Hunters and Anglers & Wild Sheep Foundation

Re: Colorado success! jmgraham1986 #6894082 09/21/12
Joined: Oct 2011 Posts: 197 K kansasquakhead Campfire Member
kansasquakhead Campfire Member K Joined: Oct 2011 Posts: 197	Nice bull! Well worth the wait!

Re: Colorado success! Aviator #6894136 09/21/12
Joined: Nov 2006 Posts: 830 T txhunter58 Campfire Regular
txhunter58 Campfire Regular T Joined: Nov 2006 Posts: 830	Originally Posted by Aviator Nice bull ! What unit he come from ? Nice bull! Aviator: often asked, rarely answered on an open forum for obvious reasons. Venor ergo sum

Re: Colorado success! claybreaker #6895478 09/21/12
Joined: Mar 2011 Posts: 1,311 New Jersey N NJelksmacker Campfire Regular
NJelksmacker Campfire Regular N Joined: Mar 2011 Posts: 1,311 New Jersey	Congrats, slammer bull!

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