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12-09-2006, 12:30 PM
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Tuna!
Join Date: Jan 2006
Location: Vancouver, WA
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Successfull Elk Hunt x2
Well it took me a week to get the pics back from my dad, but here are the pics from last weeks hunt.
I shot this one with a 12ga remington corelokt ultra slug @170 yards. Complete passthrough double lung shot, hitting a rib on the way in and the way out. She went about 100 yards. As I was waiting in the trees for it to get light enough to shoot, I heard elk behind me. I turned around to see a cow, calf and a spike at about 10 yards. After about five minutes. They smelled me, but must not have seen me. They made a break for the other elk still out in the field, and the spike ran right for me. As I was picturing getting trampled in my head, he saw me and veered off, missing me by about five feet. I still had about 10 mins to wait for legal shooting time, and I thought they were gonna be out of range before I could shoot. Luckily they hung around just long enough. Thats the sun coming up on Adams in the background. Sorry the pictures a little grainy, but we had to lighten it up because the flash didn't go off and our faces were pretty dark.
I took this picture holding up the camera to the binoculars right before they cut over and my dad shot his cow. The bull was a pretty decent 5x5.
My dad shot this one at 143 yards with same gun I used. He hit it a little high, but it busted the shoulder going in and caught the top of both of the lungs. It needed a kill shot but, didn't go 50 yards before it bedded back down. It was the lead cow, and when it layed down, the other elk just stopped and waited for aboout 30 seconds.
Not a trophy hunt buy any means, but it was really great to get out with my dad and have him get an elk. It was the first hunt with the new slug gun, and I couldn't be more pleased. I'm glad I practiced past 100yards with it this summer.
We drew a damage hunt 2nd elk tag in in ag area, but was limited to shotgun or archery due to the farms around. It wasn't like the elk hunting I'm used to. We would just find the fields the elk were in at night and try to intercept them in the mornings heading back to cover. It was almost like I was watching a whitetail hunting show on TV. And once the elk slipped out of the fields, that was it for the day, because all the cover was out of the very small hunt area. Although it wasn't my normal style of hunting it was one of the most memorable hunting trips of my life.
Last edited by Quaka Wacka; 12-09-2006 at 01:11 PM.
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12-09-2006, 12:38 PM
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Tuna!
Join Date: Aug 2004
Location: St. Helens, OR
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Re: Successfull Elk Hunt x2
That first picture especially is just spectacular. Nice job guys!
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12-09-2006, 12:40 PM
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King Salmon
Join Date: Nov 2005
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Re: Successfull Elk Hunt x2
Nice job
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12-09-2006, 12:41 PM
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King Salmon
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Re: Successfull Elk Hunt x2
Nice pictures, success is good.
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12-09-2006, 01:13 PM
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Chromer
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Re: Successfull Elk Hunt x2
Beautiful photos!
A great time with dad, and good eats! 
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12-09-2006, 02:19 PM
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King Salmon
Join Date: Dec 2001
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Re: Successfull Elk Hunt x2
Well done Q-W! Really like the top pic with Adams in the background.
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12-09-2006, 02:48 PM
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Coho
Join Date: Aug 2006
Location: Vancouver
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Re: Successfull Elk Hunt x2
Job well done! Was this up around BZ Corner? Looks alot like that area!
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12-09-2006, 03:28 PM
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Steelhead
Join Date: Jun 2003
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Re: Successfull Elk Hunt x2
Good hunt with your dad, my dad is long gone but loved to hunt elk. bull or cow it didnt matter all were trophys, although he killed a good many nice bulls. great to hunt with your dad. Good for you guys.
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12-09-2006, 06:06 PM
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Re: Successfull Elk Hunt x2
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12-09-2006, 07:11 PM
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Ifish Nate
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Re: Successfull Elk Hunt x2
Nice job Alex, looks like a great time with your Dad.
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12-09-2006, 07:20 PM
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Chromer
Join Date: Aug 2005
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Re: Successfull Elk Hunt x2
Great pics and great hunt, congrats to you both!  
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12-09-2006, 09:31 PM
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Tuna!
Join Date: Apr 2002
Location: Sandy, OR
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Re: Successfull Elk Hunt x2
That is a great shot with a 12ga 
I love the pic of Adams...
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12-10-2006, 10:36 AM
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King Salmon
Join Date: Apr 2000
Location: Lafayette, OR USA
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Re: Successfull Elk Hunt x2
Great pics, thanks for posting them!!
Those elk have been eating well, it seems; even accounting for the winter coat. How fat were they when you peeled the hide off?
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12-10-2006, 12:49 PM
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Sturgeon
Join Date: Apr 2002
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Re: Successfull Elk Hunt x2
"Not a trophy hunt buy any means"
I'm sure they'll eat just fine!:grin:
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12-10-2006, 01:26 PM
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Sturgeon
Join Date: Mar 2006
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Re: Successfull Elk Hunt x2
Great hunt! makes me want to shoot more slugs.
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12-10-2006, 05:13 PM
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Tuna!
Join Date: Jan 2006
Location: Vancouver, WA
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Re: Successfull Elk Hunt x2
Yes this was up around BZ corner. And yes they were both very fat. They've been eating a combination of grass, alfalfa, and the dairy farms feed for there cows. I imagine its probably gonna be the best elk I've ever had. Can't wait.
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12-10-2006, 07:20 PM
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Cutthroat
Join Date: Jan 2006
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Re: Successfull Elk Hunt x2
Great job. Love the pictures. The Trout Lake area is a beautiful place to hunt in the late fall.
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12-11-2006, 08:40 AM
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Coho
Join Date: Dec 2003
Location: South of the Columbia
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Re: Successfull Elk Hunt x2
As a Trout Lake native I'm glad to see people being successful with the new shot gun restrictions. It was getting quite dangerous having so many rifle hunter filling up the valley. Good Job.
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12-11-2006, 09:17 AM
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Sturgeon
Join Date: Sep 2001
Location: Battle Ground WA
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Re: Successfull Elk Hunt x2
Wow, I just spent 7 days up there and saw those same elk every day in that field. The 5x5 was gone but there was a 4x4, 3x3, 3 spikes and about 30 cows... Never even heard of the damage control hunt.....
We killed 3 nice bucks though in the last 7 days up in that neck of the woods, a 4x3, a 3x2 and a large 2x2 with a eyeguard. I passed on 3 small 2pts and had a chance at a large 3x3 but he got the best of me....
Keith 
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12-11-2006, 09:26 AM
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Chromer
Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: Fairview Oregon
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12-11-2006, 10:04 AM
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King Salmon
Join Date: Feb 2004
Location: Beaverton,OR
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Re: Successfull Elk Hunt x2
Alex, Nice work w/ the slugger! Love that 1st pic too. You'll chearish that one for the rest of your life.
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