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Colorado elk

Posted: Sun Oct 20, 2019 11:27 am
by Smokyrider
Didn't have any preference points but scouted the area in Colorado I want to hunt next year and got 4 different bulls on my trail cameras. Looks to be a promising area since it only requires 1 preference point to get drawn.
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Re: Colorado elk

Posted: Tue Oct 22, 2019 6:11 am
by MUP
Awesome! My buddy killed a heckuva elk yesterday out there!

Re: Colorado elk

Posted: Wed Oct 23, 2019 6:15 am
by WG Taxidermist
That is one hunt that is on my bucket list! Are you going to be hunting public land?

Re: Colorado elk

Posted: Wed Sep 16, 2020 5:27 pm
by Smokyrider
Gonna be in this spot in a few weeks, hope a good bull is lurking again.

Got my 6.5 creedmoor setup and dialed in.
Ruger American 6.5
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Group at 200 yards, Hornady 143 ELD-X.
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Re: Colorado elk

Posted: Sun Oct 17, 2021 6:44 am
by MUP
How did this hunt turn out buddy? Man you have that CM dialed in!

Re: Colorado elk

Posted: Sun Oct 17, 2021 7:57 am
by Smokyrider
Put crosshairs on the bull in the first pic at 70 yards but they disappeared into the pines and wasn't able to get a shot off.
Settled for this one the second to last day of the hunt.
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Re: Colorado elk

Posted: Sun Oct 17, 2021 10:49 am
by WG Taxidermist
That is so cool! Congrats on a great bull! That is one hunt that's definitely on my bucket list

Re: Colorado elk

Posted: Sun Oct 17, 2021 5:44 pm
by MUP
Awesome buddy! That is so cool! I'd like to go someday but I'm afraid I may not ever recover from this covid crap enough to ever be able to breathe good enough to go to that altitude and hunt.

Re: Colorado elk

Posted: Sun Oct 17, 2021 7:05 pm
by Pioneer1789
Great looking bull! Nicely done!

Re: Colorado elk

Posted: Mon Oct 18, 2021 3:02 pm
by WG Taxidermist
Is it me or does his hair look really dark?

Re: Colorado elk

Posted: Mon Oct 18, 2021 3:25 pm
by Smokyrider
WG Taxidermist wrote: Mon Oct 18, 2021 3:02 pm Is it me or does his hair look really dark?
It's fresh mud from the wallowing hole he had just come from, thier hide is already tough and can dull a knife fairly quick, the mud and grime dulled 3 of my knives before I finished skinning. The processor requires them to be skinned.

Re: Colorado elk

Posted: Mon Oct 18, 2021 4:38 pm
by WG Taxidermist
That makes sense. Never had any dealing with elk so the tough hide is a new one on me.