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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.
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Nice bull ! What unit he come from ?
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Wow! Nice bull anywhere...congrats.
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Very nice! Nothing like an early ML elk hunt.
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Awesome bull. Congrats! Roy
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Worth every minute of it, congrats!
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nice'en, super. Details please. Congrats,
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Congrats! Very nice bull.
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Bull to be proud of, though any public land bull in Colorado is one to be proud of in my book. Well done.
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Thanks for the great pictures! Keeping the rest of us fired up to get to hunt soon! Congratulations on the nice nice bull!
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Congrats, muzzleloader makes it even cooler
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Congrats, I know how hard you've worked for it the last few years
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Congrats on your first elk. Thats quite a brute for a first one too! Great story.
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Nice bull! Well worth the wait!
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