DrMike
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Excellent! Congratulations, Jake. Fine dining for sure.
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Guy Miner
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He did well Scotty. That elk meat will be terrific!
Congrats Jake!
Guy
Congrats Jake!
Guy
mjcmichigan
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That’s a good big brother! Jake will love those steaks!
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Guy Miner
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Buddy of mine just sent me a few photos from our Wyoming hunt earlier this month. Thought I'd share some:
Glassing at sunrise. Not good glassing into the rising sun, but that's where the deer were. Didn't see any "shooters" there.
Ready, watching for the mule deer buck to stand at about 350 yards or so. Rem 25-06 & 6x Leupold. Felt like I was in that prone position for about forever. But it was actually less than an hour after a good stalk:
Walking up on the downed antelope after a 250 yard shot from my 30-06 rifle. I'd spent two days stalking antelope without getting a good shot opportunity, so it felt real good to finally steady the crosshairs on a motionless buck. Not the biggest buck, but he sure tastes good.
With my buddy Jayson, both of us happy that I got my antelope. That's his pretty doggone impressive mule deer buck on the front of the old Suburban in the background.
Glassing at sunrise. Not good glassing into the rising sun, but that's where the deer were. Didn't see any "shooters" there.
Ready, watching for the mule deer buck to stand at about 350 yards or so. Rem 25-06 & 6x Leupold. Felt like I was in that prone position for about forever. But it was actually less than an hour after a good stalk:
Walking up on the downed antelope after a 250 yard shot from my 30-06 rifle. I'd spent two days stalking antelope without getting a good shot opportunity, so it felt real good to finally steady the crosshairs on a motionless buck. Not the biggest buck, but he sure tastes good.
With my buddy Jayson, both of us happy that I got my antelope. That's his pretty doggone impressive mule deer buck on the front of the old Suburban in the background.
DrMike
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Great pictures, Guy. They certainly give some perspective of what was taking place during your hunt. Thank you for posting.
salmonchaser
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Great photos, been a great year so far.
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mjcmichigan
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Wow! I hope to do that some day!
Congratulations to the successful huntress!
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Brake708
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NYDAN":1xe3d0fd said:
Added the info to the post.
DrMike
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Congratulations to your good lady. Fine dining on that lovely beast. (Yeah, I know, only another moose would find such a homely creature lovely.)
Richracer1
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Finally the 4 year the no harvest curse has been stopped last Tuesday. My GF and I filled our ID antlerless elk tags. On our 6th day of seeing nothing, we went for a drive to sight see another part of the elk zone. On our way back to camp, I was glassing a moose in a quaky patch and just happen to glass to the right and up a little to see a legal elk. I told the GF to get out of the truck and chamber a round in her gun. She saw where the elk was and was able to pull off a remarkable shot with her 6.5 Creedmoor loaded with Nosler Trophy Grade ammo. The bullet was the 129ABLR. We later figured the shot distance of around 280 or so yards using a feature of the OnX App on her phone. I gave her the first shot at the elk and I was fortunate enough that after the elk she shot moved away another moved in for me to get using my new Nosler Liberty rifle in 30 Nosler with 180AB Trophy Grade ammo. It was a nasty retrieve to get the elk out of that quaky patch but after 250ft of rope, my atv/winch, and 8.5 hours last Wednesday, we had them out, back to camp hanging and skinned. :grin: :grin: :grin: :grin:
Our camp:
The quaky patch with where the elk were down:
The elk, a cow and calf:
One very happy lady:
Our camp:
The quaky patch with where the elk were down:
The elk, a cow and calf:
One very happy lady:
Guy Miner
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Wow! Hard hunt and you two pulled it off.
Good job & congratulations!
Guy
Good job & congratulations!
Guy
DrMike
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Excellent report on a great harvest by the two of you. Glad to see that the 129 grain ABLR worked well for you. I really hadn't considered it for my 6.5 Creedmoor; I may have to give it another look. You definitely worked for those elk.
Youngest son and I with CO cow elk
Pack out crew consisting of youngest son, wife, cousins grandson, and cousin. CO rag horn bull.
Big male coyote who made the mistake of staying in range of my buddy and his 7mm RUM. Connected with one heck of a running shot.
salmonchaser
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Folks just keep stacking up the meat. Great photos. Really like the whole clan getting involved.
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Guy Miner
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Great photos!
DrMike
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Delightful to see the help in packing out the harvest. Great photos, to be sure.
