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Title: an out standing season... so far! the rest of the story
Post by: joe ashton on September 09, 2011, 12:41:00 AM

Hi All
   Last Friday at about 6pm a nice looking mule deer doe walked into my shooting lane and I took the shot. I shot my 55#  Mohawk long bow (thanks Vince) and woodsman broads (thanks 3 Rivers). The arrow entered on the right side at the level of the 7th rib and exited low between the 2nd and 3rd ribs.  She was down in 6 or 8 seconds.

   Three days later, Monday evening a cow elk walked in front of the same tree stand and I got her also.  She went down in 245 yards.  That arrow buried to the white feathers near the 7th rib but I did not get an exit wound. (elk are big).  I found her about 7:30.  I had the quarters, back straps and loins etc, in bags by 9:30.  And in the truck about mid-night.  Hunting elk is fun.  Shooting an elk is great! Getting an elk out or the woods at night, alone really sucks.  But if you are mentally and physically prepared.... well it still sucks, but I am blessed to have had the opportunity of doing it - again.
Tomorrow I am headed back out to see if the bears have found the carcuss. If it looks like they are still working it I will hang a stand over it and spend the next 2 1/2 days sitting quietly.  We will see......

Joe

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Post by: Hot Hap on September 09, 2011, 12:46:00 AM

Wow-Congradulations!  

Hap

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Post by: Moon on September 09, 2011, 01:11:00 AM

Great job!

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Post by: scedvm on September 09, 2011, 01:18:00 AM

Nice work Joe, getting it done!

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Post by: Thumper Dunker on September 09, 2011, 02:55:00 AM

Way to go.

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Post by: Dogboy900 on September 09, 2011, 04:16:00 AM

Wow Great stuff!

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Post by: Green on September 09, 2011, 04:24:00 AM

Congrats and Good luck on your Bear!

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Post by: piggy on September 09, 2011, 04:29:00 AM

Excellent! Life is tough hey  :)

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Post by: Guru on September 09, 2011, 04:31:00 AM

Congrats Joe!   :clapper:

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Post by: ishoot4thrills on September 09, 2011, 05:53:00 AM

Very nice!   :thumbsup:

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Post by: Hopewell Tom on September 09, 2011, 05:59:00 AM

Nice. I like your face paint pattern, think I'll copy it. Maybe bring me some luck with my Mowhawk.

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Post by: Izzy on September 09, 2011, 06:08:00 AM

Fire up the grill!  :clapper:

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Post by: LV2HUNT on September 09, 2011, 06:12:00 AM

Outstanding indeed, congrats and luck on the bear.

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Post by: OBXarcher on September 09, 2011, 06:14:00 AM

Our season starts tomorrow. Throw some of that luck my way.

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Post by: straitera on September 09, 2011, 06:22:00 AM

Good stuff! Good start is most folk's good season.

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Post by: J-dog on September 09, 2011, 07:36:00 AM

Wow, getting it done! good job.

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Post by: Big Ed on September 09, 2011, 07:45:00 AM

Congrats, looks like the freezer is full !!!

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Post by: hayslope on September 09, 2011, 07:48:00 AM

Excellent!!!!     :thumbsup:

BTW - great choices in camo patterns!  Two of my favorites.

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Post by: LONGSTYKES on September 09, 2011, 07:50:00 AM

Awesome Joe, Congrats on a well placed shot. Good eating sir.

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Post by: pitbull on September 09, 2011, 08:13:00 AM

Great shooting, Congrats on some fine animals!  :thumbsup:

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Post by: bretto on September 09, 2011, 09:43:00 AM

Nice Joe. Hope You get a Bear also. Good luck.

bretto

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Post by: South MS Bowhunter on September 09, 2011, 11:49:00 AM

Great job Joe! How much meat did you get out that cow elk?

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Post by: Pepper on September 09, 2011, 12:04:00 PM

Man you have been busy.  Congratulations.

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Post by: Tim on September 09, 2011, 12:14:00 PM

Congrats Joe...look like the freezer is beginning to fill up.   :thumbsup:

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Post by: steadman on September 09, 2011, 01:04:00 PM

Congrats Joe  :thumbsup:

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Post by: KentuckyTJ on September 09, 2011, 01:13:00 PM

Great start Joe. Keep after them.

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Post by: YORNOC on September 09, 2011, 01:41:00 PM

Id like a dinner invite at your place, way to go.

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Post by: bolong on September 09, 2011, 01:41:00 PM

:thumbsup:  Congrats X 2!

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Post by: highPlains on September 09, 2011, 01:48:00 PM

Nice shooting!

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Post by: ti-guy on September 09, 2011, 01:51:00 PM

Congrats ! Keep up!

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Post by: Mark Baker on September 09, 2011, 02:11:00 PM

Outstanding Joe!  Congrats!

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Post by: kibok&ko on September 09, 2011, 02:12:00 PM

so nice !

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Post by: cacciatore on September 09, 2011, 02:15:00 PM

Well done Joe,congrats.

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Post by: maineac on September 09, 2011, 02:35:00 PM

Nice!!

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Post by: Over&Under on September 09, 2011, 03:04:00 PM

Outstanding is an understatment!  Well done Joe!

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Post by: knobby on September 09, 2011, 03:47:00 PM

What a start to a season!  Congratulations, Joe.

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Post by: JamesKerr on September 09, 2011, 03:52:00 PM

Congratulations! It is my dream to hunt elk with my longbow. However for now deer and hogs will do. Our season opens October 1st. Can't wait.

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Post by: pdk25 on September 09, 2011, 04:31:00 PM

Grrat job. Good luck with the bear.

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Post by: ozy clint on September 09, 2011, 04:54:00 PM

enjoy the bounty.
hmmm, venison

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Post by: rastaman on September 09, 2011, 04:56:00 PM

Way to go sir!  :thumbsup:    :thumbsup:  
Good luck with the bear hunting!

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Post by: Ken Taylor on September 09, 2011, 05:34:00 PM

Aha! You're  hunting in an enchanted forest!

What's your third wish?

Really happy for you!

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Post by: Terry Lightle on September 09, 2011, 05:38:00 PM

Great job Joe!

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Post by: tradtusker on September 09, 2011, 07:53:00 PM

Excellent work Joe, Congrats Buddy

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Post by: jamesh76 on September 09, 2011, 07:55:00 PM

sure is. Keep it going!

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Post by: JL on September 09, 2011, 08:26:00 PM

Excellent and Congrats! Good luck on the bear.

Your livin the life bud. Whenever you get the notion that your busting your rump packin out meat, there's a lot of us eastern flatlander boys wishing we were out there chasin elk with ya...

I raise my frosty Rolling Rock in a salute!

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Post by: PaPaFrank on September 09, 2011, 08:54:00 PM

Good Stuff Joe!...CONGRATS!

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Post by: KellyG on September 09, 2011, 09:00:00 PM

way to go.

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Post by: michaelschwister on September 09, 2011, 09:16:00 PM

Looks like a full freezer!

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Post by: Cyclic-Rivers on September 09, 2011, 10:16:00 PM

Congrats on a great year so far.

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Post by: Mudd on September 09, 2011, 11:06:00 PM

How cool is this?.... Way!!!...I'm saying..

You sure made quick work of the hunt and did an awesome job of handling your dressing out alone.

God bless,Mudd

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Post by: tracker1 on September 10, 2011, 01:41:00 AM

Congrats, that is a great start to the season and a full freezer of great venison

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Post by: Bowhunter4life on September 10, 2011, 01:54:00 AM

Congrats Joe! Full freezers are very nice!  And Deer and Elk fill them up way quicker then Squirrels...  ;)

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Post by: Bill Carlsen on September 10, 2011, 08:33:00 AM

This time of year on Tradgang is like Christmas. Every day you never know what's going to show up under the "tree". Great work...great site.

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Post by: frassettor on September 10, 2011, 10:34:00 AM

Congrats on a great season so far. I would usually end the reply with saying "shoot straight", but I see you do, GREAT JOB!  :readit:    :notworthy:    :clapper:

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Post by: Hooper on September 10, 2011, 11:40:00 AM

Congrats!! Good luck with the bears!

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Post by: Trumpkin the Dwarf on September 10, 2011, 12:00:00 PM

Awesome job! Now go shoot a big old black bear to finish up strong.

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Post by: Jesse Minish on September 10, 2011, 02:56:00 PM

Great job and congrats!

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Post by: buckeye_hunter on September 10, 2011, 04:09:00 PM

SWEET! I hope I fill my tags that quick!...or at all really.

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Post by: TrueNorth on September 10, 2011, 08:03:00 PM

Congratulations to you on a great hunt.

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Post by: Bonebuster on September 10, 2011, 08:21:00 PM

I bet you are feeling very content.

Professional bowhunting!!! Excellent job!   :thumbsup:    :campfire:

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Post by: Matty on September 10, 2011, 08:32:00 PM

Awesome Joe!  Great Job

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Post by: RC on September 10, 2011, 10:57:00 PM

Great Job Joe. Those Mohawks are sweet ain`t they!!RC

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Post by: JDunlap on September 10, 2011, 11:09:00 PM

Outstanding! Good fun and good eatin!

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Post by: FerretWYO on September 10, 2011, 11:51:00 PM

Well done Joe.

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Post by: Montanawidower on September 11, 2011, 01:06:00 PM

Congrats on a some fine harvests.

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Post by: bentpole on September 11, 2011, 01:40:00 PM

Great Going Joe!   :thumbsup:   What a hunt!   :archer:

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Post by: joe ashton on September 11, 2011, 04:42:00 PM

The rest of the story.....
I went back Friday AM to see if the bears had found my elk carcass.  When I got to within sight of the elk I could see movement!  It turned out to be a pack of 'yotes.  I got a shot on one but he was in the next zip code by the time the arrow got there.
I hung a stand 10 yards from the elk and waited 5 hours...  zip.. I left about 7:45pm.
The next day when I got there a bear had been there and the elk was partly covered.  I sat from 11am until dark and had a no show.. dang full moon.
Joe
PS. Only 11 months, 3 weeks and 6 days until elk season!
and 5 weeks until  whitetail season.... I better go practice.

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Post by: Mohawkbows on September 12, 2011, 12:45:00 PM

Nice going Joe!! Congratulations.

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Post by: Smallwood on September 13, 2011, 03:49:00 AM

:notworthy:

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Post by: 59Alaskan on September 13, 2011, 06:15:00 AM

Congratulations on an already successful year!

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Post by: KyStickbow on September 13, 2011, 07:39:00 AM

Congratulations!!

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Post by: Gib on September 13, 2011, 08:04:00 AM

very nice joe

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Post by: joe ashton on September 25, 2011, 08:47:00 PM

and the rest of the story is that I never saw another bear.  A bear had been to my elk carcass and I spent two very long days in a stand over a stinky dead elk and no one showed....

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Post by: Randy Morin on September 26, 2011, 08:43:00 AM

Very Nice Joe.  Good luck with the bears.  :thumbsup:

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Post by: Talondale on September 26, 2011, 09:28:00 AM

Quote

Originally posted by joe ashton:
 Getting an elk out or the woods at night, alone really sucks.  But if you are mentally and physically prepared.... well it still sucks,
 

LOL I love it.   Congrats.

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Post by: cacciatore on September 26, 2011, 09:34:00 AM

Great September anyway Joe!

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Post by: Blackhat on September 26, 2011, 10:45:00 AM

Good going there.

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Post by: Bernie B. on September 26, 2011, 11:05:00 AM

Great pictures!  Congratulations on two fine animals!

Bernie Bjorklund

NC Iowa/SW Wisconsin

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Post by: BrownA5 on September 27, 2011, 10:44:00 PM

Great job.  What a way to start the season!

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Post by: huntnmuleys on September 27, 2011, 11:32:00 PM

way to work, man!  looks like one fine september!