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Whip heading to Wyoming/ Updates Added

Started by smoke1953, September 09, 2010, 08:56:00 PM

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rastaman

#120
September 23, 2010, 12:54:00 PM
Good luck to you Joe!  i can't wait to see the pictures that you took to go along with this thread.  i have some images conjoured up in my mind thru your words that will have to suffice for now...thank you for taking us along!  :)
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Randy Keene
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Dustin Waters

#122
September 23, 2010, 01:35:00 PM
How have I missed this thread for so stinking long?  This needs to be turned into a classic when the final update has been made with one tired/successful guy is smiling behind a big bull elk.

Kevin Winkler

#123
September 23, 2010, 04:07:00 PM
Keep at it!............ Persistence Pays!
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stickytoes

#124
September 23, 2010, 05:34:00 PM
You have had a successful hunt even if you don't know it yet...keep at this is what it is all about

stickytoes

#125
September 23, 2010, 05:37:00 PM
What I meant to say is you inspire.....and through that insperation you achieved success

Doc Nock

#126
September 23, 2010, 08:06:00 PM
As Killy m entioned back a ways... I can't imagine having that many close encounters. What a incredible experience...especially after it seemed to be so barren early on the trip.

Congratulations for all the incredible success you've ALREADY had and I, Like others am pulling for you to have more luck and blood on your hands!
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coaster500

#127
September 23, 2010, 10:05:00 PM
Your hunts all ready a success Whip  :)
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don kauss

#129
September 23, 2010, 10:23:00 PM
pulling for you, Joe!
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jcar315

#130
September 23, 2010, 10:25:00 PM
Hang in there. Can't wait to see the moose pics.

Thanks for the updates too.
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DELTA

#131
September 23, 2010, 10:41:00 PM
Joe this thread is like reading a book,im loving it.Thanks for the update.Cant wait to see your photos.  :notworthy:    :notworthy:    :notworthy:
JIM BELLEVILLE

Bjorn

#132
September 23, 2010, 10:57:00 PM
:wavey:  What a great hunt!!

BowHuntingFool

#133
September 23, 2010, 11:11:00 PM
Good stuff Joe, looking forward to your next update!!!!! Good luck bro!!!
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smiley

#134
September 24, 2010, 10:13:00 AM
This is scary.I had a dream last nite that Joe stopped by my house to tell me He didn't get a elk and then He an Ohnie started a debate on eating hamburgers.Should I seak help  :o
Wayne A Hoffman

Whip

#135
September 24, 2010, 12:27:00 PM
You definately need help, but I knew that before your dream. Hope your dream is wrong too!

Last night was slow. Where bugles rang in every draw 12 hours earlier only the wind made a sound.  With no music to chase I glassed and did see a small group of cows, calves, and a spike come out to feed in a meadow. But no bull appeared to escort them.

This morning was more of the same. Sitting in my glassing/ listening spot it was like the entire mountain side was deserted.  

I did spy one group of elk far below me but so far away I couldn't even tell if a bull was with them. Most likely there was, but they were beyond the limits of this old guys physical abilities.  I could probably get there all right. But what if I did kill one?  I know my limits.  Might have to try to find another way in there though.

About 7am I did hear a single bugle below. With nothing better to do I dropped down and worked my way to the edge of a meadow. A young 5x5 with a calf were feeding 150 yards out. I hung back hoping to keep my scent from blowing out in the meadow. But before long it must have drifted out to them because he raised his head high and trotted out and away fro me with his nose in the air.

Five minutes later another bugle rang out just ahead of me. But this one sounded suspiciously unelk-like. I sat down to wait and sure enough two hunters came sneaking along just inside the timber. So much for my secret spot.

Those of you who have commented that my hunt is already a success are absolutely right. This is the pinnacle of hunting to me, and if I manage to eventually take an elk it will only be frosting on the cake. Don't get me wrong, I love cake with frosting as much as anyone, but no matter what happens from this point forward this trip will go down as one of my most successful.
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#136
September 24, 2010, 12:35:00 PM
hope ya git lots a frosting on your cake , good luck whip.

Bill Turner

#137
September 24, 2010, 12:39:00 PM
Keep after'um "Whip". I have a feeling there is one out there with your name on it.   :archer2:

steadman

#138
September 24, 2010, 12:42:00 PM
Sounds like you need to invite Randy back to camp. That guy is an elk magnet   :notworthy:    :D
" Just concentrate and don't freak out next time" my son Tyler(age 7) giving advise after watching me miss a big mulie.

Tique

#139
September 24, 2010, 01:26:00 PM
OK Whip, enough is enough! Go for the frosting and lets "git R done"; we're all pullin for ya. Been great so far but the best is yet to come.
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