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2016 Elk hunt.......

Started by SAM E. STEPHENS, September 14, 2016, 11:09:00 PM

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Nook

Very Nice.  Thanks for taking us along.  Congrats.  Jeff
"After all, it is not the killing that brings satisfaction; it is the contest of skill and cunning. The true hunter counts his achievement in proportion to the effort involved and the fairness of the sport." Dr. Saxton Pope
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Soonerlongbow

Awesome! Truly a dream of mine. I tried, rather unsuccessfully, an elk hunt here in Oklahoma a few years back. I can see how it gets in your blood easily.
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neargeezer

The pictures and story are great, inspires old guys to dream. Terry

CRM_95

Nice bull!! I never realized how big an elk back strap would be I guess....that's a chunk of meat right there!! I've got to do this someday.

23feetupandhappy

The Lord Is My Provider......

SAM E. STEPHENS

237 pounds of boned out meat is what I ended up with , me and Dan ate a few pounds before the final weight was done..

Bunch more pics on the way , will do a gear list also , thanks for the kind words guys...

,,,Sam,,,
HUNT OLD SCHOOL

SAM E. STEPHENS




With our packs loaded heavy we made meat hauls until the job was finished. We were two tired fellows....

HUNT OLD SCHOOL

SAM E. STEPHENS

And back at the trailhead camp Dons dad had us a homemade drink to toast to my hunt....




HUNT OLD SCHOOL

DanielB89

Sam,

HECK YEAH!!! That was an awesome story!  I hope to take that trip one day!  Every elk thread makes me want it a little more and more.  It will happen in a few years, hopefully!!!    :pray:    :pray:    :pray:
"Blessed is the man who trusts in the LORD And whose trust is the LORD. Jeremiah 17:7

"There is a way which seems right to a man,
But its end is the way of death."  Proverbs 14:12

Whip

Way to go Sam!  Great story and pictures - really means a lot to me because I skipped elk hunting this year so that I could chase moose instead.  But I sure do miss not elk hunting!
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wapiti792

Outstanding buddy! Congrats on the fine hunt. Elk meat for days  :)
Mike Davenport


SAM E. STEPHENS

I was shooting one of your strings Daniel......

,,,Sam,,,
HUNT OLD SCHOOL

FoCoBlackWidow

Thanks for sharing and congrats.
FoCoBlackWidow

Matty

SAM!!! Way to go man! Congrats and awesome story! Good for you. I like the Gunnison area. There's some Great MULIES down there. Happen to run into any?  Again. Many congrats my man!!

huntingarcher

Good one Sam!A great hunt for certain,Congrats!   :thumbsup:
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Cyclic-Rivers

Congrats Sam.  Great Story.  Great Adventure!
Relax,

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J.W.

This is so awesome. Just call me jealous. Amazing hunt and pics. I love seeing folks getting it done without spending a fortune on guides.
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Caleb Monroe

Congrats. Hope to do the same myself next year.
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oldrubline

Hey Sam!!  Congradulations again on the bull and excellent write-up here....appreciate the kind words as well!   I love looking at the photos and you've got some great ones here documenting the whole story.   Not a lot I can do to complement it but I'll add my few thoughts...

I've wanted to do something like this hunt since I was in my early teens. Saved money for a Talon longbow of about 75  lbs when I was in high school thinking I'd need it for my elk hunting.  Little did I know it would be about 35 years later that I'd finally get to go!   This year I did a solo Montana bear hunt (see my post on that for details) and then decided to do the elk hunt but didn't want to go without a partner this time (safety and companionship around the campfire).  Sam was very very kind in inviting me to hunt with him and I jumped at the chance.  I was able to commit 11 days to the actual hunt (the additional days on the road was about 26 hours by myself from michigan each way)  Sam already had things set up when I hiked in and we really hunted hard together. He taught me a lot about elk.  The first afternoon he that I got there we went up and he called  a bull to the top of a bench above us that was responding to him. I never got to see it, but I was stoked!  Everyday from then on I would crawl out of my tent in the dark and head off with high hopes. I love the over-all experience of the hunt...everything from cooking and recounting the hunt around the fire, camp chores, stump shooting mid-day, etc.  The trip far exceeded ,my threshold for success. We had some type of interaction with elk almost daily...hearing bugles, calling them in, jumping them from parks.  I saw a number of bulls and was actually able to call 2 different elk in myself. THe day before I left I managed to call in a bull which about gave me a heart attack when I heard him crash off about 15 yards behind me...he had come in down wind. When I turned around he stood at about 25 yards staring at me..the morning sun shown through his atlers with the moss hanging, light by the morning sun , all around him. I'll never forget that sight!  Sam and I had fun the whole time and he is a great guy and the 'real deal' when it comes to traditional bowhunting
....Thank you sir for a great hunt and some great meals around the campfire!

ol' rub line


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