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AZ Cow Elk #8207721 10/30/13
Joined: Jun 2012 Posts: 57 H Heat OP Campfire Greenhorn
OP Heat Campfire Greenhorn H Joined: Jun 2012 Posts: 57	Took my first cow elk with a rifle this year. I took my wife with me on her first big game hunt. I usually hunt with a bow and have taken a bull before but not a cow. I let her do the shooting the first couple of days. She did good but needs some more practice on the range and a rifle she feels comfortable with. She is right handed and left eye dominant and has a tough time. She told me it was my turn after the second day. On day 4 we got a good opportunity close to camp and here is the results.

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Re: AZ Cow Elk Heat #8207767 10/30/13
Joined: May 2006 Posts: 649 Pocatello, Idaho 2 24mileboy Campfire Regular
24mileboy Campfire Regular 2 Joined: May 2006 Posts: 649 Pocatello, Idaho	Nice!

Re: AZ Cow Elk 24mileboy #8207833 10/30/13
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EddyBo Campfire Tracker Joined: Oct 2007 Posts: 4,210 SW MS	WTG

Re: AZ Cow Elk Heat #8207968 10/30/13
Joined: Jul 2007 Posts: 8,207 Likes: 1 Calgary Alberta, Canada AB2506 Campfire Outfitter
AB2506 Campfire Outfitter Joined: Jul 2007 Posts: 8,207 Likes: 1 Calgary Alberta, Canada	Congrats.

Re: AZ Cow Elk AB2506 #8208192 10/30/13
Joined: Oct 2010 Posts: 5,513 SoCal EricM Campfire Tracker
EricM Campfire Tracker Joined: Oct 2010 Posts: 5,513 SoCal	Congratulations. It's cool you got to share the experience with your wife! What distance/rifle/ammo did you use? Eric

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Re: AZ Cow Elk EricM #8208204 10/30/13
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krp Campfire Ranger K Joined: Jan 2005 Posts: 17,077 Likes: 1 arizona	Nice! Kent

Re: AZ Cow Elk Heat #8208228 10/30/13
Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 28,172 Here Or There luv2safari Campfire Ranger
luv2safari Campfire Ranger Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 28,172 Here Or There	Big Girl! Hunt with Class and Classics Religion: A founder of The Church of Spray and Pray Acquit v. t. To render a judgment in a murder case in San Francisco... EQUAL, adj. As bad as something else. Ambrose Bierce “The Devil's Dictionary”

Re: AZ Cow Elk luv2safari #8208684 10/31/13
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Huntinut Campfire Regular Joined: Oct 2009 Posts: 673 Front Range, CO	That looks tasty! Huntinut "If it's the truth it ain't braggin" Will Rogers

Re: AZ Cow Elk Huntinut #8208808 10/31/13
Joined: Jun 2012 Posts: 57 H Heat OP Campfire Greenhorn
OP Heat Campfire Greenhorn H Joined: Jun 2012 Posts: 57	Hey thanks guys! EricM, glad you asked... I shot this cow with my trusty Browning A Bolt Stainless Stalker in .270 Winchester from about 90 yards. 130 Grain Core-Lokt went through both lungs a tad higher and further back than I wanted, but very effective nonetheless. We were walking down an old road and she didn't make it more than 20 or 30 yards from the point of impact. Made getting her to the truck really easy:) I have killed this elk and my buddy has borrowed my rifle to kill two others with the same load. I've also taken a desert bighorn ram, a pronghorn buck and muley buck with this gun. I have as much confidence in this gun as a man can have I believe!

Re: AZ Cow Elk Heat #8208841 10/31/13
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wyoming260 Campfire Regular W Joined: Feb 2013 Posts: 2,538 Wyoming	That can not be , because everyone knows you need some expensive new fangled bullet to kill any elk. Good job, and also good job on taking the Ms. along. I find I get alot more hunting time and a better marriage from taking my wife along also.

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Re: AZ Cow Elk wyoming260 #8208943 10/31/13
Joined: Jun 2012 Posts: 57 H Heat OP Campfire Greenhorn
OP Heat Campfire Greenhorn H Joined: Jun 2012 Posts: 57	Originally Posted by wyoming260 That can not be , because everyone knows you need some expensive new fangled bullet to kill any elk. No kidding, right? Notice no camo either! Nah cant be? LOL!

Re: AZ Cow Elk Heat #8209197 10/31/13
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Mauser_Hunter Campfire Tracker M Joined: Sep 2011 Posts: 4,227 Colorado	Originally Posted by Heat Hey thanks guys! EricM, glad you asked... I shot this cow with my trusty Browning A Bolt Stainless Stalker in .270 Winchester from about 90 yards. 130 Grain Core-Lokt went through both lungs a tad higher and further back than I wanted, but very effective nonetheless. We were walking down an old road and she didn't make it more than 20 or 30 yards from the point of impact. Made getting her to the truck really easy:) I have killed this elk and my buddy has borrowed my rifle to kill two others with the same load. I've also taken a desert bighorn ram, a pronghorn buck and muley buck with this gun. I have as much confidence in this gun as a man can have I believe! Maybe it's just camera angle, but it looks like you missed the lungs? Or is that the exit wound we see? Last edited by Mauser_Hunter; 10/31/13. Money can't buy you happiness, but it can buy you a hunting license and that's pretty close.

Re: AZ Cow Elk Mauser_Hunter #8209225 10/31/13
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OP Heat Campfire Greenhorn H Joined: Jun 2012 Posts: 57	Pictures can be deceiving. That is the exit wound you see. My uncle wanted the liver so we went into the abdominal cavity after doing the whole thing gutless to start. No other organs besides both lungs were hit. Lots of bloodshot area surrounding the ribcage. She was literally spraying jellied lung and blood out of the exit wound, which is what you see in the picture. My first indication of a lung hit was hearing her choking on blood as she died. Trust me, it was all lung, nothing but lung, so help me you know who!

Re: AZ Cow Elk Heat #8210094 10/31/13
Joined: Oct 2010 Posts: 5,513 SoCal EricM Campfire Tracker
EricM Campfire Tracker Joined: Oct 2010 Posts: 5,513 SoCal	Weird, I didn't think the 270 Win could penetrate. lol. Eric

Re: AZ Cow Elk Heat #8210158 10/31/13
Joined: Nov 2005 Posts: 545 AZ C chesterpulley Campfire Regular
chesterpulley Campfire Regular C Joined: Nov 2005 Posts: 545 AZ	Originally Posted by Heat Hey thanks guys! EricM, glad you asked... I shot this cow with my trusty Browning A Bolt Stainless Stalker in .270 Winchester from about 90 yards. 130 Grain Core-Lokt went through both lungs a tad higher and further back than I wanted, but very effective nonetheless. We were walking down an old road and she didn't make it more than 20 or 30 yards from the point of impact. Made getting her to the truck really easy:) I have killed this elk and my buddy has borrowed my rifle to kill two others with the same load. I've also taken a desert bighorn ram, a pronghorn buck and muley buck with this gun. I have as much confidence in this gun as a man can have I believe! Congrats! BTW, "a tad higher and further back than I wanted" is my signature shot, I don't recall giving anyone else permission to use it.

Re: AZ Cow Elk chesterpulley #8210686 10/31/13
Joined: Oct 2002 Posts: 1,064 Idaho Razz Campfire Regular
Razz Campfire Regular Joined: Oct 2002 Posts: 1,064 Idaho	Very nice. Still trying to get the Mrs to go with me. Every time she goes on one of my scouting trips she says you elk hunters are all crazy. There's 2 dates they carve on your tombstone. Everyone knows what they mean. What's more important is time that is known as the little dash inbetween. Razz

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