Cow. Shot her at 8am. Wasn't done packing her out until 5:30pm.
Rule #1 of hunting Big Game is to hunt stuff uphill to you unless you know for a fact there is a road downhill from you
Murppy's law usually interferes with rule #1.
150yds with my 6.5x55 Swede-bang flop.
By coincidence, my cow was also with a 6.5 swede. More of a stumble, roll, flop, but still one shot, 370 yards. 120gr ttsx handload.
I'd like to try mine on an elk, just haven't had the opportunity yet.
Yes, it was the west of 21 controlled hunt. And I've had the same problem with deer this year; doe tag, easy to flush, hard to see.
Oh, and that 6.5 Swede sounds interesting... I may have to look into one! I'm still shooting my trusty '06.
They kept watching down the draw they'd come up as if they were waiting for something.
Phew, hardest I've had to work for a doe in a long time. 6.5 swede again; dropped her like a sack of concrete. Not fat layer on her to speak of, which is fairly odd.[attachment=1]
Not if they do a fair amount of running from wolves.
From what I've read, wolves take out the biggest ungulates first, then move down in size. For example, they wiped out the moose around Yellowstone before getting started on the elk.I've seen a ton of elk this year, so I don't think the wolves just switched to deer and are ignoring elk. And so far all the deer I've seen taken this year had no fat layers. Similar conditions to last year (lots of forage, hot late, pressure), and last year there was damn near an inch of fat on every deer I saw taken.How are y'all's deer looking for winter fat?
I have not been able to get out to hunt this year. I do hope to get out and shoot a wolf before that season is over.
No deer seen or heard, only remote shots reported. As for elk, we followed back someone else's drag from the morning before and found the gut pile about 3/4 mile from the road. We started scoping from there. We did finally spot a small herd of elk on my last morning out this weekend. Maybe one bull and at least 5 cows. I ran out of time since I knew I'd have to haul it back out on my own if I actually got close enough to take the shot. I ranged them up from me about a half mile away and they were heading down the other side of the mountain top. Three deer does trotted after them along the ridgeline.Here is where my son and I started from:[attachment=1]Here is where we spotted the elk:[attachment=2]I knew that it would have been an hour getting to them if they didn't spot us first, then dragging one back the 4+ miles to the truck would have been the rest of the afternoon. We'd already traveled a combined total of about 20 miles in the first two days so my willpower was low even though my son told me to take the shot Next year at least I have a place to start.
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