Archive for tag: Elk
Did You Hear The One About The Yankee…
January 18, 2009 Campfire StoriesLeave it to a New Yawker to go elk hunting in Montana and come back with a llama! This goof even sent his elk tag with the photos (details blurred, contact me if you want the original), check out all the photos after the jump. Sad thing is there’s likely some outfitter missing one of [...]
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He’s Gonna Need A Bigger Truck
January 16, 2009 ElkDon’t know anything about this one but the email said “540 class”. He’s a hoss alright, but I’m a bit skeptical on it going 540. According to Boone and Crockett, the largest non-typical elk came in at 478 5/8 (2008, Denny Austad, Piute County, Utah). For that matter, the largest typical elk was 442 5/8 [...]
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January 1, 2009 Elk, VideoBeyond the Tred Barta appeal of bowhunting, getting up close & personal to game ranks at the top for folks who choose to leave their rifle in the gun cabinet. Some bowhunters refuse to take shots at distances greater than 40 yards, for fear of something unexpected happening resulting in an injured animal instead of [...]
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Southern Colorado Trophy
November 17, 2008 ElkI’m leaving White Earth, North Dakota today for Colorado Springs. Quite the traveler this past week, driving my F350 with fifth wheel in tow from Wilmington, North Carolina to North Dakota, now Colorado and back home at the end of the week. Yup, I said driving. Love the blue highways, not the big interstates and [...]
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Bulls Ready For Winter
October 17, 2008 SightingsSomeone ought to take these out of the gene pool before the cold weather arrives, because once the snow flies they’re gonna disappear. My first thought is they must be part of someone’s private herd; no way they’ve grown this old on their own in the wild with such a handicap.
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Honey, The Neighbors Are Back
October 1, 2008 SightingsHunting elk is an art form. Months spent pouring over topos, aerials, visiting with the locals and forest management officials, scouting, then finally you’re ready to hit the woods. Maybe you drop some bucks on a new wall tent. Weld up the camp stove. Get the food lined up and coordinate travel plans. Pack horses [...]
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PRCA Bulldogger Bags His Bull
September 26, 2008 Elk, FeaturedThree-time National Finals Rodeo qualifier KC Jones isn’t new to hunting – far from it. When he’s not leaping from his horse at 30mph to latch on to a steer and wrestle it to the ground, there’s a good chance he’s in mountains of Colorado after elk and other game. ”I love to get up [...]
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Jackson Hole Bull From Six Yards
September 24, 2008 ElkThis report came in from Bill “Bearpaw / Bathgate” Groom of Minnesota: while booking a snowmobile trip at Togwotee Lodge in Jackson Hole, Wyoming, he asked about elk activity. The guy on the other end of the phone told him the story of this bull he had arrowed just a few days earlier. After a [...]
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