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Author Topic: 7 days from today First Elk Hunt  (Read 391 times)

Offline Longspur77

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7 days from today First Elk Hunt
« on: August 27, 2010, 10:10:00 AM »
Been practicing since February, Skinned Silvertip, Gold TIp Traditional front loaded with a Large Bonehead. Never killed whitetail, turkey, elk, bear or any big game with a recurve. Got addicted to trad in january, sold the wheelie last week. Hooked from here on out.
Not sure how i am going to handle myself when hopefully that bugling bull comes jaunting up to within 20 yards of me,dad or brother. Yes we all are carrying Recurves and we will all probably shoot the same time.Ha ha. The bull might either run off looking like a pin cushion or the mountain will be littered with arrows stuck up in the ground resembling pungy sticks.
 Oh well, hopefully we will get into them and i can share some pictures of us with our trad garb on. This is a trip of a lifetime for me and my brother, dad has been going to Wyoming for 30 years and taken many with a bow from 5 to 50 yds. He is seasoned. We are not but have trained as best as we know how. Sorry for the long windedness, just anxious(hate planes, dad was in a crash in 88 in dallas) and just wish i could snap fingers and be there. TO all that inspire me and are heading out West , good luck and hope to see some pictures.  

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Re: 7 days from today First Elk Hunt
« Reply #1 on: August 27, 2010, 11:08:00 AM »
Good luck to you guys!  Take lots of pictures.  Stay within your comfort zone, and good things will happen!  :thumbsup:
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Offline Whip

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Re: 7 days from today First Elk Hunt
« Reply #2 on: August 27, 2010, 11:18:00 AM »
Good luck on your trip!  You are likely wrong about one thing though.  When you set foot in the mountains there is a very good chance you will be hooked for life.  So there is a very real danger that it won't be "the trip of a lifetime".  Just the first of many wonderful trips to come  ;)
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Offline PowDuck

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Re: 7 days from today First Elk Hunt
« Reply #3 on: August 27, 2010, 11:21:00 AM »
Good luck. Hope you get in 'em!

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Re: 7 days from today First Elk Hunt
« Reply #4 on: August 27, 2010, 11:25:00 AM »
Good luck on the hunt!!!  I have to echo what Whip said ... once you try it there is no way this is going to be a one time deal for you and your brother! Make sure to give us a full report with pictures upon your return.
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To me, the ultimate challenge in bowhunting is not how far away you can succesfully make a killing shot but rather how close you can get to the animal before shooting.

Offline ron w

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Re: 7 days from today First Elk Hunt
« Reply #5 on: August 27, 2010, 11:52:00 AM »
Have fun...focus and pick a spot,and most of all have fun.   :wavey:   GOOD LUCK!!!!
In the beginner's mind there are many possibilities. In the expert's there are few...So the most difficult thing is always to keep your beginner's mind...This is also the real secret of the arts: always be a beginner.  Shunryu Suzuki

Offline Bjorn

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Re: 7 days from today First Elk Hunt
« Reply #6 on: August 27, 2010, 12:01:00 PM »
All the best and take some pics!   :archer2:

Offline kadbow

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Re: 7 days from today First Elk Hunt
« Reply #7 on: August 27, 2010, 12:03:00 PM »
Enjoy! I am headed up this weekend for 3 or 4 days, next weekend for 4 or 5 days and then probably the last week of season.  Here are a few pics to wet your appetite.

   
   
 
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Offline ChuckC

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Re: 7 days from today First Elk Hunt
« Reply #8 on: August 27, 2010, 12:05:00 PM »
Good luck.  Take care to open yourself to enjoy and be awed by what Mother Nature offers up.  Kill or no kill, it is an adventure of epic proportion !

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Offline T Folts

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Re: 7 days from today First Elk Hunt
« Reply #9 on: August 27, 2010, 12:13:00 PM »
Aw man am I dreaming now.. Great pics
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Offline Longspur77

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Re: 7 days from today First Elk Hunt
« Reply #10 on: August 27, 2010, 12:19:00 PM »
unbelievable pics, I agree with everyone here, it is not about the kill but the time spent in nature with 2 most favorite hunting partners, But it sure would be nice to say that i killed an elk with a recurve before i kill a whitetail. I like the pictures, send somemore
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Offline Smallwood

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Re: 7 days from today First Elk Hunt
« Reply #11 on: August 27, 2010, 01:32:00 PM »
:wavey:  good luck!   :archer:

Offline houseman

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Re: 7 days from today First Elk Hunt
« Reply #12 on: August 27, 2010, 01:50:00 PM »
I am sitting here waiting for my little girl to get off the bus. Then take her to a friends house so I can head up to my camp. Once the mountains get ya, you'll be back. I wish you the best of luck on your trip. Enjoy every second of it.
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Offline twitchstick

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Re: 7 days from today First Elk Hunt
« Reply #13 on: August 27, 2010, 01:54:00 PM »
Good luck on you trip. Just make sure it's an elk coming in and not a fawn. This mornig I made a couple of cow chirps and a minute or two later I heard something big coming my way. My heart was racing quick but it was just a suicide fawn that about knocked me clean off my feet!  I thought for sure it was this bull I had been watching but it wasn't lol...

Offline centaur

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Re: 7 days from today First Elk Hunt
« Reply #14 on: August 27, 2010, 03:58:00 PM »
A couple of pictures of some more elk ground to whet your appetite.
 
 
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Re: 7 days from today First Elk Hunt
« Reply #15 on: August 27, 2010, 04:55:00 PM »
Oh well here's a few more   :)    

 

 
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Re: 7 days from today First Elk Hunt
« Reply #16 on: August 27, 2010, 06:45:00 PM »
have fun be safe good luck

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