Pics of Elk pushin daisies and What Did You Use?

[Sant-Ravenhill]

elkbreath,

Thanks for handling this thread so well. I had a friend just this morning send me some great pics of elk he and his 13 year old son killed last year.

Until this thread, all I focused on were the elk and their success, not on the fact there were compounds in the pictures. I guess I better delete them from my computer.

[BigArcher]

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I used a homemade Osage bow at 93#s and 23/64 cedar shafts with a grizzly 190.

[BigArcher]

I think I messed up on the last post. Here is the elk with the 93# bow

[joebuck]

Welcome Elkbreath!!!  your experience and knowledge will be welcomed here......just get better at PhotoShop  :D

[elkbreath]

Awesome Big Archer!  93#, thats a heavy bow, as if you didn't know that.  did you shoot through him?  

Gun, that is a beautiful bull.  Look like he had been around the block a couple of times!

[fatman]

that's "MISTER Big Archer, sir..."   :D

[Gehrke145]

Im done with this thred, I'm not one to bash what people hunt with.

[pathdoc]

I'm headed to a camp in September where I will be the only one shooting a traditional bow.  3 other bowhunters, all over 60 years old, shooting wheels.  They love bowhunting, I love bowhunting.  I hope they appreciate the commitment and dedication it takes for me to shoot my bow and build my own arrows, but I don't think any less of them for shooting their technologically superior weapons.  We all have a great time by the fire, and funny, we never talk about who's shooting what.  We just talk about hunting and racing 1955 Mercuries and the like.

Have a good camp and respect others.

[IB]

You guys are doing a fair job of policeing your selves on this thread  SO FAR

However if it goes ANY farther we'll step in OK

Please RESIZE your Photos to 640. Help thread is locked to the top. Edit your posts to get back on topic!!!

[elkbreath]

To all those on a mission to rid the world of compound shooters, our brothers; and at the same time ruin a perfectly good thread which is not about compounds, but rather killing elk with trad bows and what it was that did the job;

 I invite you not to read this thread, to share your thoughts here, nor to invest your time here.  If you have pictures of elk that you have killed or friends, and would like to share them, please do.  


NONE of the elk pictured here that I took where with compounds, one was by my friend.  I called him up and I have pictures of many more if folks want to see them.  But, it doesn't matter.  The fact Is I call in 4-5 other bulls that get killed with bows every year by friends or family.  All of them with wheels other then my own.  All of them were deserved and respectful kills.   i personally lean toward the purist view as do all here, but it is a very narrow minded way to live if we can't see that others are enjoying our sport while riding training wheels.  


Again, this thread is about dead Elk, and what they were killed with, and posted to all those who shoot Traditional Bows on tradgang.  It is posted in a Traditional forum because thats what We here want to hear and talk about.   Outside of that discussion, if you have a picture to share of a deserved bull, I'd love to see it.  I hope you felt the spirit that I feel when hunting in harvesting it, be it with a pocket knife or cannon.  We are getting nowhere if we are here to rag on others thoughts, feelings and views.

We are getting somewhere when tolerance is King, and the love, passion and dedication that are seen in traditional archery are sought in all our pursuits.  Calling and Taking Elk included.

[Charlie Lamb]

Pictures of compound bow kills aren't allowed on Trad Gang as the focus is traditional equiptment only.

Not the least bit predjudiced just keeping the site on track.
To prove the lack of predjudice we don' allow bashing of compounds either.

We also try to keep oversize pictures in check.

I went through and cleaned up the thread a little bit.... it's a good one.

[elkbreath]

thanks for the effort Charlie and Iron Bull.  It look like the whole thread is trad only now!  

Ok, the floodgates should open, there has to be more elk kills here to keep us moving!  

Shoot Straight, Dan

[joebuck]

Elkbreath, do you have a dead elk picture showing a heart punch in relation to the crease for a broadside? thanks

[elkbreath]

To get us back goin I'll post another.

I know I posted this one recently on the Backpack thread, but It fits here too.  Its one of my favorites because of the situation.  I had been fortunate to have been in on 4 bow-kills this year, in 4 days, the two weeks before. But,  by the time it was my turn, things had slowed and I only had a couple of days (having a baby in September will do that to you).  The first day was a Friday.  3 of my brothers Joined me and my dad.  This was the only day we've ever had all of us in the woods at one time  (I have another much younger brother and sister).  The day was very slow, unusually slow, we only called in a couple of spikes and a cow, and never heard a single bugle that day that I remember (repressed memory), to this point.  Than, walking out, the whole herd of 5 of us, bumped some cows.  We all hit the deck and blew cow calls, all of us.  The bull grunted a soft bugle, and came running up to us.  Being the only trad guy (two of my brothers had tags still) my bow was drawn and shot first, by far    :D  

The combination of an oddly slow day, this much of my family there, how fast it all happened (like 20 seconds from the time we bumped a cow to the time the arrow zipped through him) make this bull one of my very favorites.  He ain't big, but he had the cows in that spot (haven't been back there) and gave us a show.

69# @ 29.5" Saluki Ibex.  
Beman Black Max arrows,
razorcap heads.  

17 yard shot, Clean pass through, short blood trail and short pack out!  Only like 3/4 mile to the truck (hence the reason this little guy had cows), five strong backs to share the load, thats a good bull any day.  

[elkbreath]

Joe, I don't.  My shot on the above bull was tad high, shootin uphill.  Notice the exit wound in the 'family' shot, much higher!

look at the Graphic picture of Missouri Sherpa's bull on the first page.  Thats some dang nice shot placement there.  A couple inches above the elbow and a couple toward the front is where to put them.  just inside the muscle crease.  

Dan

[Gatekeeper]

Great family picture Dan! That picture is worthy of framing. Great story also. Thanks for sharing.  

[Shaun]

The one in my avatar was taken with a 60# BW TF with cedar shaft and Magnus 1. 8 yards, both lungs and cut all the arteries at the top of the heart - less than 40 yards  to crash.

One for one on elk hunting with a bow, going to wreck that stat with a trip to CO in a few weeks.

[joebuck]

Great shot....Dan, is that an Elknut Monarch Bugle tube with external reed or do you use a mouth call and blow his Chuckler bugle?

[leatherneck]

31 days and counting. I've been packed for 2-weeks! Hope I get a little of your mojo Elkbreath. Great thread.
Thanks Charlie, thats the way you handle this in respect to the author. Dont bash him, help him.
Good job Elkbreath!

Mike

[Whip]

After six trips west looking for elk I finally found the right one (dumb one?) last year in New Mexico.  Robertson Vison Falcon, and Wensel Woodsman heads riding Gold Tip arrows weighing 630 grains.  Coolest thing I have ever done!  And in three more weeks I'll be in the same mountains again!