My First Elk

Fish Hawg · 11-06-2003, 12:45 PM

I thought I would share some pictures of my first bull Elk.

My Dad and I spotted him and seven cows four weeks before elk season opened; and knew he would be back in that same area. We watched that clear-cut every day from daylight to noon and then from three till dark. Finally on the fourth morning it was snowing

and, there was some snow on the ground so we walked in at dark and waited for daylight. We saw him at the same time, and my dad told me to crawl on my stomach up to a log to get a good rest because it is 310 yards to him. So I crawled on my stomach in the snow [img]graemlins/1zhelp.gif[/img] to the log and got a good solid rest and squeezed of my 300 ultra mag and seen him rolled up in a ball were he fell off the steep hillside. Then came the fun part :grin: getting him out luckily my dad has 1500’ of 5/16 haywire (small cable). He was a 4x4 and I was very happy to have my dad thier when I got my first Elk.

The reason why I fust have a tee shrit on is I just got done hiking out of a big canyon

tailchaser · 11-06-2003, 12:52 PM

1500' of haywire huh, looks kinda like a backhoe to me.

Just kiddn' with ya. Good shootn'.

tc

tag-a-long · 11-06-2003, 12:54 PM

Great job! All I'll get is hair this year, buut it will eat up okay. Congrats!

Fish Hawg · 11-06-2003, 01:00 PM

We only needed a little over 900' and a tractor.
That tractor makes skinning it a lot easier and cleaner.

outdoor.spec.ops · 11-06-2003, 01:01 PM

Well, we now know you can shoot, but can you pack? I can get you on a pack trip, maybe even 1500 feet of pack, through blackberries and salal. But with a 100lb pack, the snotty mud and step as heck hillsides make it easy to take a break. Good job, good eats

Chromaflage · 11-06-2003, 01:12 PM

Nice animal! [img]graemlins/applause.gif[/img] [img]graemlins/applause.gif[/img] I'm still waiting to get my first elk. I guess I have to elk hunting in order to get one.

That vest is pretty clean for having to crawl on your belly through the woods.

Does that backhoe have a gambrel attachment? :grin:

ORS

[ 11-06-2003, 02:14 PM: Message edited by: OregonRedside ]

jokester · 11-06-2003, 01:14 PM

Nice Elk!

Congrats

Grantspastor · 11-06-2003, 02:06 PM

Good job! Congratulations!

D-Backer · 11-06-2003, 02:29 PM

Good job!!

There is nothing like your first glimpse of an elk :shocked: through your scope. How long did it take for you to clam down to a point where you could take the shot?

Also, now that you have filled your tag, what area was he in?

Congrats!! [img]graemlins/applause.gif[/img] [img]graemlins/applause.gif[/img]

Mr. Carp · 11-07-2003, 03:25 AM

Outdoor.spec.

He could probably pack you and that elk through your salal and underbrush.

Quick Fisher is an ox and stong as one too. :grin:

Nice Elk Ross

[ 11-07-2003, 04:26 AM: Message edited by: Mr. Carp ]

outdoor.spec.ops · 11-07-2003, 07:16 AM

Thats good to hear. I think there was an ad for a "Packer" in the Florence area, we all know lots of brush and salal down there! The tractor in the picture would make a great add for the manufacturers of tractors....they could advertise...save a back...buy a tractor. Nice looking elk none the less.

Steelie King · 11-07-2003, 12:59 PM

Way to go on your first elk Quick Fisher.

We'll let those other guys "drag" em out for us. :grin:

Wreckless · 11-07-2003, 01:42 PM

NICE BULL!!!

I've packed meat....IT'S WORK!!!!

.........My first elk was "packed out" by a John Deere front loader. 80 yd. Muzzle loader shot!.....It's great to know farmers!!

:grin:

chummer · 11-07-2003, 02:58 PM

In my best Ranier beer cop voice (You look a bit young to know who he was, go ask your dad)

"Well Now!! Where you boys goin' with all that Elk meat???"

o-mykiss · 11-07-2003, 04:28 PM

Nice animal, our party (not me) got a nice 5x6 last year. This year we didn't get squat. I am still waiting for my first elk. Hopefully next year.

Fish Hawg · 11-08-2003, 02:07 PM

Thanks for all of the nice replys

, and maybe if I put in my time again next year it might pay off again.

Big TULE · 11-08-2003, 04:08 PM

Very nice bull. Looking forward to the 19th when smoke pole opens back up. That place looks familiar. The first bull is always the best. No matter how big they are.

willametteriveroutlaw · 11-08-2003, 08:46 PM

Nice bull, Congrats on the nice shot. [img]graemlins/applause.gif[/img]

Swamp Puppy · 11-08-2003, 08:51 PM

nice bull. [img]graemlins/applause.gif[/img]

sturgeon slayer · 11-18-2003, 06:29 PM

Way too go bro maybe next year you can take and show me hows its done.

SHOUGALNITE · 01-10-2004, 10:05 AM

Amahnee · 05-09-2004, 09:35 AM

Weird? The pics aren't showing up for me. Never had this problem before.

Congrats on your bull!!!

All IN · 05-09-2004, 12:30 PM

Pics aren't showing up for me either, oh well! Congrats on your first bull though

The Overfishin Condition · 05-09-2004, 01:31 PM

Pics aren't showing because this post is from November, and most pics are cleaned out after two months I think, or might've been lost in the change to threads. Maybe fish hawg will put them back up for us, they were pretty cool, and I liked the one with the elk in the air hanging from the tractor.

Fish Hawg · 05-10-2004, 11:21 AM

Here are the pictures, I can not edit the original post,

.....Ross

All IN · 05-10-2004, 07:42 PM

Awesome pictures. Hope I get my elk tag this year...

sunshinefisherman · 05-14-2004, 11:28 AM

A BUCKET LOADER??!!
That's cheating

11-06-2003, 12:45 PM	#1
Fish Hawg Tuna! Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Woodland ,WA Posts: 1,555	My First Elk I thought I would share some pictures of my first bull Elk. My Dad and I spotted him and seven cows four weeks before elk season opened; and knew he would be back in that same area. We watched that clear-cut every day from daylight to noon and then from three till dark. Finally on the fourth morning it was snowing and, there was some snow on the ground so we walked in at dark and waited for daylight. We saw him at the same time, and my dad told me to crawl on my stomach up to a log to get a good rest because it is 310 yards to him. So I crawled on my stomach in the snow [img]graemlins/1zhelp.gif[/img] to the log and got a good solid rest and squeezed of my 300 ultra mag and seen him rolled up in a ball were he fell off the steep hillside. Then came the fun part :grin: getting him out luckily my dad has 1500’ of 5/16 haywire (small cable). He was a 4x4 and I was very happy to have my dad thier when I got my first Elk. The reason why I fust have a tee shrit on is I just got done hiking out of a big canyon __________________ Team Banana Oil “A man is only as good as his word” Anonymous

11-06-2003, 12:52 PM	#2
tailchaser Ifish Nate Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Coos Bay Posts: 2,536	Re: My First Elk 1500' of haywire huh, looks kinda like a backhoe to me. Just kiddn' with ya. Good shootn'. tc __________________ 36' LUHRS Convertible Sponsored by: GARMIN,Eat Me Lures,Lamiglas,Avet Reels, Owner

11-06-2003, 12:54 PM	#3
tag-a-long Tuna! Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Somewhere in the Canyon,Oregon Posts: 1,588	Re: My First Elk Great job! All I'll get is hair this year, buut it will eat up okay. Congrats! __________________ Have you kissed your wife, kids, Lab today? WWW.MARFAN.ORG

11-06-2003, 01:00 PM	#4
Fish Hawg Tuna! Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Woodland ,WA Posts: 1,555	Re: My First Elk We only needed a little over 900' and a tractor. That tractor makes skinning it a lot easier and cleaner. __________________ Team Banana Oil “A man is only as good as his word” Anonymous

11-06-2003, 01:01 PM	#5
outdoor.spec.ops Chromer Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: northbend oregon Posts: 882	Re: My First Elk Well, we now know you can shoot, but can you pack? I can get you on a pack trip, maybe even 1500 feet of pack, through blackberries and salal. But with a 100lb pack, the snotty mud and step as heck hillsides make it easy to take a break. Good job, good eats __________________

11-06-2003, 01:12 PM	#6
Chromaflage King Salmon Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Boring, OR Posts: 13,306	Re: My First Elk Nice animal! [img]graemlins/applause.gif[/img] [img]graemlins/applause.gif[/img] I'm still waiting to get my first elk. I guess I have to elk hunting in order to get one. That vest is pretty clean for having to crawl on your belly through the woods. Does that backhoe have a gambrel attachment? :grin: ORS [ 11-06-2003, 02:14 PM: Message edited by: OregonRedside ] __________________ Team Aqua Velvet Web Site Team Aqua Velvet/Doherty Ford OTC 2010 "Time flies and money is it's wingman." -me

11-06-2003, 01:14 PM	#7
jokester King Salmon Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Forest Grove, OR Posts: 8,615	Re: My First Elk Nice Elk! Congrats __________________ TEAM POP TART Fishing is always good...catching is just a bonus Romans 8:28

11-06-2003, 02:06 PM	#8
Grantspastor Sturgeon Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Grants Pass, Oregon Posts: 3,997	Re: My First Elk Good job! Congratulations!

11-06-2003, 02:29 PM	#9
D-Backer Cutthroat Join Date: Jul 2003 Posts: 36	Re: My First Elk Good job!! There is nothing like your first glimpse of an elk :shocked: through your scope. How long did it take for you to clam down to a point where you could take the shot? Also, now that you have filled your tag, what area was he in? Congrats!! [img]graemlins/applause.gif[/img] [img]graemlins/applause.gif[/img]

11-07-2003, 03:25 AM	#10
Mr. Carp Ifish Nate Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Woodland, WA Posts: 2,034	Re: My First Elk Outdoor.spec. He could probably pack you and that elk through your salal and underbrush. Quick Fisher is an ox and stong as one too. :grin: Nice Elk Ross [ 11-07-2003, 04:26 AM: Message edited by: Mr. Carp ] __________________ Carp, THE OTHER WHITE MEAT! Ifish Member #3257 "A critic is a legless man who teaches running" Anonymous Does a one legged duck swim in a circle? Team Banana Oil

11-07-2003, 07:16 AM	#11
outdoor.spec.ops Chromer Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: northbend oregon Posts: 882	Re: My First Elk Thats good to hear. I think there was an ad for a "Packer" in the Florence area, we all know lots of brush and salal down there! The tractor in the picture would make a great add for the manufacturers of tractors....they could advertise...save a back...buy a tractor. Nice looking elk none the less. __________________

11-07-2003, 12:59 PM	#12
Steelie King Coho Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Bridge Creek Flats Posts: 97	Re: My First Elk Way to go on your first elk Quick Fisher. We'll let those other guys "drag" em out for us. :grin: __________________ Team: JOHN DEERE GREEN

11-07-2003, 01:42 PM	#13
Wreckless Ifish Nate Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Hillsboro OR Posts: 3,406	Re: My First Elk NICE BULL!!! I've packed meat....IT'S WORK!!!! .........My first elk was "packed out" by a John Deere front loader. 80 yd. Muzzle loader shot!.....It's great to know farmers!! :grin: __________________ Owner/Operator: "I Can't Believe It's A Guide Service". "Today's the day"......Mel Fisher

11-07-2003, 02:58 PM	#14
chummer Tuna! Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Boring, Oregon Posts: 1,914	Re: My First Elk In my best Ranier beer cop voice (You look a bit young to know who he was, go ask your dad) "Well Now!! Where you boys goin' with all that Elk meat???"

11-07-2003, 04:28 PM	#15
o-mykiss Steelhead Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Fairview, OR Posts: 118	Re: My First Elk Nice animal, our party (not me) got a nice 5x6 last year. This year we didn't get squat. I am still waiting for my first elk. Hopefully next year.

11-08-2003, 02:07 PM	#16
Fish Hawg Tuna! Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Woodland ,WA Posts: 1,555	Re: My First Elk Thanks for all of the nice replys , and maybe if I put in my time again next year it might pay off again. __________________ Team Banana Oil “A man is only as good as his word” Anonymous

11-08-2003, 04:08 PM	#17
Big TULE Ifish Nate Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: Hockinson, WA. Posts: 2,030	Re: My First Elk Very nice bull. Looking forward to the 19th when smoke pole opens back up. That place looks familiar. The first bull is always the best. No matter how big they are.

11-08-2003, 08:46 PM	#18
willametteriveroutlaw Ifish Nate Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Milwaukie, OR Posts: 2,996	Re: My First Elk Nice bull, Congrats on the nice shot. [img]graemlins/applause.gif[/img] __________________ "There's no such thing as soy milk. It's soy juice.”

11-08-2003, 08:51 PM	#19
Swamp Puppy Ifish Nate Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: St Helens, OR Posts: 2,770	Re: My First Elk nice bull. [img]graemlins/applause.gif[/img]

11-18-2003, 06:29 PM	#20
sturgeon slayer Cutthroat Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: beaverton ore Posts: 32	Re: My First Elk Way too go bro maybe next year you can take and show me hows its done.

01-10-2004, 10:05 AM	#21
SHOUGALNITE Chromer Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Tri-Cities Posts: 871	Re: My First Elk __________________ You went to the ball game instead of church today. No dear, I have the fish here to prove it.

05-09-2004, 09:35 AM	#22
Amahnee Sturgeon Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: West Linn Posts: 4,352	Re: My First Elk Weird? The pics aren't showing up for me. Never had this problem before. Congrats on your bull!!!

05-09-2004, 12:30 PM	#23
All IN Steelhead Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Corvallis Posts: 102	Re: My First Elk Pics aren't showing up for me either, oh well! Congrats on your first bull though __________________ God invented the fishing pole to keep the truely gifted from ruling the world.

05-09-2004, 01:31 PM	#24
The Overfishin Condition Ifish Nate Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Vancouver, WA Posts: 3,449	Re: My First Elk Pics aren't showing because this post is from November, and most pics are cleaned out after two months I think, or might've been lost in the change to threads. Maybe fish hawg will put them back up for us, they were pretty cool, and I liked the one with the elk in the air hanging from the tractor. __________________ "Many men go fishing all of their lives without knowing that it is not fish they are after." -HDT Team Helly Hansen: After fish Member # 2871

05-10-2004, 11:21 AM	#25
Fish Hawg Tuna! Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Woodland ,WA Posts: 1,555	Re: My First Elk Here are the pictures, I can not edit the original post, .....Ross __________________ Team Banana Oil “A man is only as good as his word” Anonymous

05-10-2004, 07:42 PM	#26
All IN Steelhead Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Corvallis Posts: 102	Re: My First Elk Awesome pictures. Hope I get my elk tag this year... __________________ God invented the fishing pole to keep the truely gifted from ruling the world.

05-14-2004, 11:28 AM	#27
sunshinefisherman Tuna! Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Clear Creek Posts: 1,349	Re: My First Elk A BUCKET LOADER??!! That's cheating __________________ TEAM REDNECK They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety. Ben Franklin

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