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2013 elk

Post by schu7498 » Wed Nov 06, 2013 10:46 pm

Well I missed the first good rain. But it paid off in the end with red meat in the freezer. I was up by Mt. Rainier trying to track down an elk herd.Took 3 days to locate them, put miles and miles on my boots everyday. Ended up finding the herd just a half mile in from where we enter. Snuck into where they bed down, wind just right, followed them out of their beds to where they were starting to graze and got this fat boy last evening. I have always been the person that calls in the elk for others. This year was my first year hunting them myself.
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Re: 2013 elk

Post by Weekend-warrior17 » Wed Nov 06, 2013 11:06 pm

Ha, nice bull! I thought I seen somethin about you were headed out hunting on here! That's pretty sweet. We're headed out this weekend again in hopes of gettin on one. Nice job tho!

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Re: 2013 elk

Post by needs2hunt » Thu Nov 07, 2013 4:12 am

nice bull.... good job...hhhmmmm elkmeat.... so many hobbies ... so little time... maybe next year.... lol

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Post by strider43 » Thu Nov 07, 2013 6:19 am

Nice! Great looking elk! Great picture as well, that will be one you can reminisce back to for the rest of your life! Sounds like a great hunting adventure, and well worth the work. Congratulations! [biggrin] [biggrin] [biggrin]

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Post by BentRod » Thu Nov 07, 2013 7:39 am

Right on! Great looking bull. Congrats. Just got back from my annual Mt. Adams hunt. Slightly new area this year that was an unfortunate bust, but already looking forward to next year. [thumbsup]
Nice job! =D>

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Post by jd39 » Thu Nov 07, 2013 11:59 am

Nice! Great pic, send that in to NW Sportsman!

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Post by gonnahookit » Thu Nov 07, 2013 5:06 pm

[thumbup] Awesome job and a great pic, too!

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Post by goodtimesfishing » Thu Nov 07, 2013 6:18 pm

Outstanding!!!!! Great job on the hunt and great pic. =D> :cheers: [thumbsup]

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Post by FishBaitThe2nd » Thu Nov 07, 2013 7:31 pm

Nice job!! I didn't get to go elk hunting this year, just because of me being on varsity football I cant skip out. I figured I wont always have football, but ill always be able to go hunting and fishing so I skipped out on my elk season...
If people concentrated on the really important things in life, there'd be a shortage of fishing poles. ~Doug Larson

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Post by schu7498 » Thu Nov 07, 2013 11:28 pm

Thanks guys! I have some yummy days ahead. And too many hobbies is right! Opening day it was pouring and all i was thinking about while walking through the woods was, how good the humptulips must be looking.

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Post by Rosann G » Sat Nov 09, 2013 9:39 pm

Congrats on a nice elk. Sounds like your hiking paid off. Enjoy.

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Post by Diamonddave » Mon Nov 25, 2013 2:10 pm

Very nice elk!!! I can only wish to have some elk for my freezer!

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Post by fullybuilt2.0 » Fri Jan 24, 2014 7:18 pm

Nice bull!!

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Post by crappiemaster » Sat Mar 08, 2014 12:15 pm

Missed looking at this one. Great pic. What do you with it. Jerky? Steaks? Summer sausage? I love deer and elk hunting!

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Post by schu7498 » Sat Mar 08, 2014 12:41 pm

I had the max amount of steaks and roasts made. The left overs went to ground and summer sausage, ribs, and soup bones. Tried to make use of everything! He was still young so he is ridiculously tender and delicious!

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Post by crappiemaster » Sat Mar 08, 2014 2:35 pm

Very nice! My favorite meal is elk burger on a charcoal grill. Man, I would say that was better than a mess of crappie! [wink]

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