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This little raghorn must of barked at me twenty times, my wife's ankle biter would of been proud of him, and yes I barked back!
These calves were tiny, think they were late droppers!
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Thanks for starting this thread! We flat-landers are going to love it!
Lookin forward to the pics and stories
I'll be up again with my wife hunting mid week coming up so I I might have more time to take pictures, I hunted/scouted pretty hard the couple days I went up this last week and only took a couple pictures. I also bought a new camera that came in this last week while I was up so hopefully will have some better pics than these ones I took with my phone!
David,
Great! We are leaving in 6 days for Pagosa Springs and a Drop Camp hunt.
Mike
Already love this thread
My son and I leave out this coming weekend. This will be our 4th elk bowhunting trip. He and I are just as excited as if it were our first!
Good luck to you. We are taking his Go Pro so hopefully we'll be able to share some good pictures and stories when we make it back home.
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Me and the wife heading in last week, we don't go real deep, just half a mile and about 400 feet of elevation change, walk is a lot easier past where we camped and we run into elk sooner.
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Somebody was really PO'd with this innocent bush!
Where elk were all summer, and now pine squirrels seem to be at the top of the food chain.
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Oh, but hope springs eternal that they will be back soon!
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Raspberries
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58# @ 28" Snake skin backed Osage Selfbow with a Wolf tooth arrow rest and Bison horn tip overlays, hence the name "Fang"
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Bamboo arrow with a 160 Magnus on the working end for a total weight of 560 grains.
QuoteOriginally posted by Bert Frelink:
58# @ 28" Snake skin backed Osage Selfbow with a Wolf tooth arrow rest and Bison horn tip overlays, hence the name "Fang"
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Bamboo arrow with a 160 Magnus on the working end for a total weight of 560 grains.
Congrats Mr Bert!
Nice pics guys!
Very nice!! Congrats
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Here's something I wanted to share. This is the entry hole of the elk I recently shot, he was angling slightly towards me and above me, so the arrow traveled up and back through his rib cage. I was surprised the arrow didn't get more lung- a couple inches forward would have been a better place to hit.
Packing my bull out
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Meat and head chilling in the cold creek
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Where we found him
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Bert
great self bow kill!.
Basin Boy..Great camp and kill, congrats
Thanks for sharing your pictures with us, and congrats to you guys!
:campfire:
Can not wait to add my own, I leave Sunday for Idaho!
I'll have some up soon. Maybe not with an elk, but I've got some good looking mountains.
No Horns and No feathers. I had a chance to hike into the spot I have hunted over the years and hunt for four days. The elk had been at head of the drainage I like to hunt sometime before I arrived. The sign in and use of the area was less apparent than other years. The wind was more constant and would have been easier to work with if the elk had been there. I did hear a couple of bugles from a hole that was off limits to me. I did not see as many grouse either. I spent some time sitting uphill, with the wind in my favor, of a couple of wallows with good trails coming to them.
Wallow 18-20yrds down slope.
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I also worked my way into a couple of other drainages and did some bugling - all was quite.
Packing Out.
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On the way out I sat and looked out over some of the country I have been hunting over the years.
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Maybe the sundog was showing me where the elk were?
Centaur, that is a beautiful sunset! I grew up in Wyoming, and my dad still lives in Rock Springs. Great pics guys.
Just returned from Colorado. Here's my 6x6 shot on 9/18. 60# Schafer Silvertip, 200 grain Cutthroat head.
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QuoteOriginally posted by dennis502:
Just returned from Colorado. Here's my 6x6 shot on 9/18. 60# Schafer Silvertip, 200 grain Cutthroat head.
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Congrats on a great bull!
:thumbsup: :campfire: :coffee:
In Idaho, elk are tight lipped but we have till Friday, just enjoying the time in the mountains with my dad.
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More to come
Shot this cow opening morning in Colorado, hadn't been in the woods for half an hour. I couldn't let her walk that close to camp. (http://i237.photobucket.com/albums/ff211/bonelake/IMG_0377_zpsiygjtbdr.jpg) (http://s237.photobucket.com/user/bonelake/media/IMG_0377_zpsiygjtbdr.jpg.html) (http://i237.photobucket.com/albums/ff211/bonelake/IMG_0385_zpseldcrur5.jpg) (http://s237.photobucket.com/user/bonelake/media/IMG_0385_zpseldcrur5.jpg.html) (http://i237.photobucket.com/albums/ff211/bonelake/IMG_20150902_173641950_zpshsq9ju9m.jpg) (http://s237.photobucket.com/user/bonelake/media/IMG_20150902_173641950_zpshsq9ju9m.jpg.html) (http://i237.photobucket.com/albums/ff211/bonelake/IMG_20150830_161920057_zps7506qxrd.jpg) (http://s237.photobucket.com/user/bonelake/media/IMG_20150830_161920057_zps7506qxrd.jpg.html)
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Got this cow in New Mexico this week with a Red Water Longbow made for me by Neal Brown 13 years ago and an Abowyer head on a Wilderness Custom arrow.
Mike
Bert, Vern would be very proud of you.
My favorite pic from this year...
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Some pics from my recent SW Colorado elk hunt.
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And my favorite one....of course.
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Hoyt Buffalo, 51-lbs at my draw, 560 Gr arrow with a Wasp 150 gr SharpShooter Traditional. Slight quartering away shot and saw him fall after an 80-yard run. And surprise, I used a decoy....
High Uintas wilderness bowhunt for elk with my PA buddy Bill Baughman...
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Oops wrong pic, that is me with my 2014 bull. Here is Bill in the High Uintas...
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Some great pictures!
Super cool
Some great pictures!
Took this young 4X4 on September 16th in SW Colorado.
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As close as I got to making meat in 20 days in the mountains. Tough year.
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Pat, it was good meeting you in AZ last winter. Hope to see you again this coming winter.
Bill, congrats on that tasty looking bull. Hope we can get together this winter in the desert.
beautiful fish, pat! dandies!