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Offline excelpoint

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Elk Vitals
« on: January 09, 2010, 01:01:00 AM »
G,day all. im coming over to Colorado in September to hunt Elk. Given that over here in Australia most of our game that we hunt is a lot smaller then an Elk I was wondering if anyone could tell me the average height of an Elk's vitals from the ground. I want to get used to shooting at the right height on my target from all positions before I head over.
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Offline Greg Owen

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Re: Elk Vitals
« Reply #1 on: January 09, 2010, 01:21:00 AM »
Sent you a PM with some info.
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Re: Elk Vitals
« Reply #2 on: January 09, 2010, 01:26:00 AM »
Thanks Greg. Thats really helpful.Cheers mate.
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Re: Elk Vitals
« Reply #3 on: January 09, 2010, 01:30:00 AM »
they are just big red deer. good luck.
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Re: Elk Vitals
« Reply #4 on: January 09, 2010, 02:20:00 AM »
1/3 up.  I learned the hard way not to hold too close to the front leg.  You connect with that and all you get is an arrow with a slightly damp broadhead.  There is a lot of dead animal behind the front leg.
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Re: Elk Vitals
« Reply #5 on: January 09, 2010, 06:33:00 AM »
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Originally posted by ozy clint:
they are just big red deer. good luck.
I havnt seen a Red deer yet LOL. Seen plenty of sambar though.
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Offline Adrian Farmer

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Re: Elk Vitals
« Reply #6 on: January 09, 2010, 09:56:00 AM »
Matt:

I have seen more elk than sambar, but have seen enough sambar in India to know that they would be a good model "target" for elk practice.  

Where you planning to hunt in CO?  If you want to discuss logistics, equipment, or have questions please feel free to conact me.

Cheers,
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Re: Elk Vitals
« Reply #7 on: January 09, 2010, 01:23:00 PM »
Elk are roughly 4.5-6 feet from the ground to the topof the back. This can very a lot from situation to situation. Rather than practice a hight from the ground I would recommend being very comortable shooting up hill down hill accross hills and small draws. Practice from kneeling alot where you are shooting up slightly.
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Re: Elk Vitals
« Reply #8 on: January 09, 2010, 04:31:00 PM »
I want to see the elk with the vitals 6' off the ground. I think you mean 4.5-6' to the top of the back.
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Re: Elk Vitals
« Reply #9 on: January 09, 2010, 04:43:00 PM »
:banghead:  Darren you make a valid point. that is what I ment I will edit to read correctly.

The other thing about elk is that the vertabre are very tall the top 6 to 8 inches is no mans land so stay under that.
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Offline Steve O

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Re: Elk Vitals
« Reply #10 on: January 09, 2010, 04:55:00 PM »
Maybe these will help too:

 


 


 


 
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Re: Elk Vitals
« Reply #11 on: January 09, 2010, 04:57:00 PM »
NOElktaker,this is because Randy's bulls are very BIG.LOL.
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Offline excelpoint

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Re: Elk Vitals
« Reply #12 on: January 09, 2010, 05:01:00 PM »
Thanks Guys. That info helps a lot.
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Offline jomama

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Re: Elk Vitals
« Reply #13 on: January 09, 2010, 05:43:00 PM »
steve o excellent post, should do the job.
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Offline excelpoint

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Re: Elk Vitals
« Reply #14 on: January 09, 2010, 05:46:00 PM »
Yep Steve O those pics are great.
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Re: Elk Vitals
« Reply #15 on: January 09, 2010, 07:25:00 PM »
good stuff guys ... i'm going over at the same time as Excelpoint and have been wondering the same thing .
Matt...maybe we better just go and take a few Sambar for practice .....
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Offline excelpoint

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Re: Elk Vitals
« Reply #16 on: January 09, 2010, 08:10:00 PM »
Sounds good to me mate. I intend to try and do just that. When ever you are ready just shout out mate.
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Re: Elk Vitals
« Reply #17 on: January 09, 2010, 08:32:00 PM »
are sambar legal to hunt in australia?
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Re: Elk Vitals
« Reply #18 on: January 09, 2010, 08:56:00 PM »
Just wanted to note that of the three pictures posted on page 1, the third one on the bottom is wrong, the lungs dont go up that high. Don't hit a elk high. Like FerretWYO said about the no mans land, but I think the top 10" wont hit lungs.
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Re: Elk Vitals
« Reply #19 on: January 09, 2010, 08:58:00 PM »
oops its the 4th pic.
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