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Sunday morning started off seeing a cow come across a clearing by herself and then a 6x6 by himself. I watched some more waiting for more elk but none came out. I looked to my far far right and I could see two hunters on a point about half a mile away. They started shooting toward my way. I got to a point overlooking the draw they were shooting into. I had elk coming out of the trees shortly after the shooting started. I picked out a spike and downed him quickly. I went to work gutting him and those two guys came thru the trees on a blood trail. They had two cow tags and hit one. I finished gutting the elk and opened it up to air it out and went and help them track their cow. We found specks of blood for about a mile from where they shot it at. We finally ran out of blood and searched all over and could not find any more. The cow was going uphill higher and higher and had no problems and we finally gave up after three of us searched and searched for about 2 hours. All three of us went back to my spike and they helped me drag it about 1 mile back to where we could get a atv to it. Mine does not have a winch so they offered to bring one of theirs back to us and use the winch to pull it up the last hill. Then we got it out and back to my camp and they even helped me hang it. For their efforts I am giving them half the elk. I would have had to quarter it up for me to get it out. What took us a couple of hours would have taken me all day making 4 trips a quarter at a time. Here's a couple of pics taken yesterday afternoon. Elk hanging and then packed up and leaving. Now I have a cow tag for wyoming to get next.
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Congrats! It seems like you are always trading in good deeds for good deeds in return. You could very well be the spokesman for good karma. I sure wish we could locate a spike to kill. My sister in law drew a buck/bull combo tag. She had never even fired a rifle before this year, I spent a bunch of time practicing with her the last month, and now she can pretty much drive nails. I was impressed how quickly she picked it up. Saturday we were up around Henefer, and she got her first kill (despite some serious buck fever[laugh]). He was just a itty bitty forky, but she got him on her first shot. It was pretty cool. Now if we can just find an elk with some bone on his head by thursday, it should be a real success story!
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Congrats on the little bull. You should eat well this winter.
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Thanks and yes good deeds are coming back to me also. I was up there alone on sunday and I sure appreciated the help from that father and son. This wednesday I am leaving for wyoming. I have a cow tag to fill. They have alot of snow right now and the elk are down low where I hunt. So I should be able to tag out before the weekend. The opener is thursday. Three spikes were taken on saturday below me. I was way up high and saw a group of elk down low by the atv trail... I was told later they got three spikes out of that group... I have had a good time this year fishing and hunting. I just got back home with a doe I just killed off a private property tag, there was a whole field full of deer just before dark...
Good luck on getting a elk...
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Nice job man. I know I am always thankful when someone lends a hand when the work begins. Its proof that what you put out there will come back to ya.
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