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Main Boards => PowWow => Topic started by: centaur on September 08, 2013, 02:10:00 PM
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Well boys and girls, just got in from a week on the mountain. It has been very hot and pretty dry for the beginning of elk season in my neck of the woods, so I started out by checking wallows. In my week there, they were not used, but had been worked previously. While checking this one, I had a cow face to face at under 20 yards on the trail coming to the wallow; no shot however.
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This meadow was full of fresh moo cow poop, and the dirty buggers were all over the country, but I was still seeing some elk.
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I worked a small stream, thinking that the elk might be as hot as I was, and low and behold, got into about 30 for over an hour and a half. There were at least 5 branch antlered bulls, and I listened to their bugling and the mewing of cows and calves for a long time, until they just walked away. I never was in range of a bull, and the only 'easy' broadside shots that I was offered were a couple of calves, so I passed with hope that a similar situation will present itself later. Here is the stream; it is full of brookies.
(http://i886.photobucket.com/albums/ac67/peastes/IMG_0436_zps71fef926.jpg) (http://s886.photobucket.com/user/peastes/media/IMG_0436_zps71fef926.jpg.html)
The forecast is for more warm weather for the next few days, but I will be heading back mid week and hope that the elk will still be there and maybe rutting. There are worse places to spend some time.
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Thanks for your sharing your Hunt, hope to see more.
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Good luck brother. Hope you get a good'un!
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Going to be in the Thorofare River Drainage in Wyoming come Wednesday morning.
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Happy hunting! :campfire:
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Beautiful country. Good luck.
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You lucky rascal !!
Spend every day you can up there !
Good luck.
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Good Luck this week!!
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Gorgeous country!!
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Good luck! When I dream elk hunting, the Bighorns is the place.
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Sure miss those Bighorns!
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Great looking country, good luck this week. :thumbsup:
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Brookies, beautiful country and big critters to hunt. That sound like a good week. Sounds like your onto em and hope you catch up to a biggun. :pray: .
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good luck Pat
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Sounds awesome! Good luck and keep us updated with stories and pictures.
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Good luck with Round 2! That sure is beautiful country! Thanks for sharing your hunt! Great pictures by the way! :thumbsup:
Bernie Bjorklund
NC Iowa/SW Wisconsin
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what a week!
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:archer:
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Where else can a man be so free. I'd love to share a little of that with you one day.
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Beautiful. Thanks for sharing. Was not able to go west this year. Hope to again next year. I love the mountains.
ChuckC
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:thumbsup: Beautiful......
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Love the Big Horns ... keep after'm :campfire:
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Thanks for sharing.
:clapper:
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Great Photos, keep taking us along...
:campfire: :campfire:
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Good luck. You have a beautiful State. I wish I had the hunting opportunities available to the Residents of WY. I have a feeling your going to be taking a "Hero" shot with a camera before long.
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Get back after em partner. Im daydreaming about that country.
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Izzy, I'm headed back tomorrow; looks like the weather is slightly cooler, so at least the temps will be more pleasant, and maybe the elk will start feeling frisky. I like it when they start to act a bit dumber.
I hope to have photos of a bloody arrow next time.
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Good Luck. Awesome photos, beautiful country.
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What an Ugly place. I guess I would tolerate being there in your absence if You needed. ;) ;)
Good luck on Round Two, I am looking forward to your bloody arrow.
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Looking forward to the photos....as always! :thumbsup:
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:campfire:
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