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