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Grant
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 Posted: Fri Sep 17, 2010 4:18 pm Post subject: First Elk!!! |
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Hey all, it's been awhile!
After moving to Alberta a couple of years ago, I had to learn how to hunt Whitetails and Elk. (As opposed to Moose and Mules, what I grew up hunting) Last season I managed to call in a bull, but couldn't close the deal. This year! opening morning, 7:30 am, I see 9 Elk total and one of them was a more than legal bull. (3 point and better are open right now) Took him with my 270 Winchester shooting 130 grain Nosler Partitions, it did the job wonderfully!
Me thinks the smile won't come off my face for days!!!!
PS: there was another Bull calling not too far away about an hour after I shot this one, me thinks I'll take my better half in there tomorrow and see if she can fill her tag also.
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44marty
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| Posted: Fri Sep 17, 2010 4:56 pm Post subject: Re: First Elk!!! |
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NICE !!! . . . and wish the missus luck for me.
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hunterjoe21
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| Posted: Fri Sep 17, 2010 7:30 pm Post subject: Re: First Elk!!! |
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Sweet!!
Nice job, and good luck to the wife on her hunt too!!
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| Posted: Fri Sep 17, 2010 7:33 pm Post subject: Re: First Elk!!! |
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Fantastic! Good luck for the next hunt!
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slimjim
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| Posted: Fri Sep 17, 2010 8:00 pm Post subject: Re: First Elk!!! |
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Send some of that experience my way!! Any tips for a first timer?
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Elvis
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| Posted: Fri Sep 17, 2010 8:26 pm Post subject: Re: First Elk!!! |
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great job.. and all that steak just gets my mouth watering...
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Grant
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| Posted: Thu Sep 23, 2010 6:21 am Post subject: Re: First Elk!!! |
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Thanx all.
We didn't get the second bull yet. We have seen three other bulls, but they've been just little guys. I thought I was going to call out a big boy yesterday, had him talking, but his little brother came in first and kinda screwed it all up.... 
This is a video I took of the wee guy coming in....
www.youtube.com/watch?v=5V0alpZtPwY
I can't wait to get the meat back from the butcher, the barbecue is all cleaned and ready to do some grillin!!!.....  |
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slimjim
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| Posted: Thu Sep 23, 2010 8:46 pm Post subject: Re: First Elk!!! |
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Thanks for sharing. He will be bigger next year (he was a yearling, correct?) I was surprized he knew to zig-zag!
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Bushmaster
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| Posted: Fri Sep 24, 2010 10:53 am Post subject: Re: First Elk!!! |
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Hi Mr. Grant...Welcome back. Nice 5 point...
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| Posted: Fri Sep 24, 2010 1:22 pm Post subject: Re: First Elk!!! |
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Awesome and congrats!!!
Nice rack and I wanna see a pic of that bad boy on the wall at home! |
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stovepipe
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| Posted: Fri Sep 24, 2010 1:27 pm Post subject: Re: First Elk!!! |
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Wish we had them buggers out here in Aussie.
Cheers, Vince |
Ya do! Red Stag or some such giant antlered crittter.
Or is that NZ. Aw I dunnow ya'll sound alike to me.  (please no more bags of upper cuts Vinny I'm still drinkin' off the last ya give me fer lettin' off that CO2 in my garage w/o any beers under it mate  ) |
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Grant
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| Posted: Tue Oct 05, 2010 9:25 pm Post subject: Re: First Elk!!! |
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Just got that Elk back from the butchers today, guess what we had for supper...
Damn, that was a tasty treat!!! |
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Bushmaster
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| Posted: Tue Oct 05, 2010 10:18 pm Post subject: Re: First Elk!!! |
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Aah now you gone and done it, Grant. There goes Stovey's diet again...
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