SFC B
Well-known member
Hey everybody, I a new to this site (watch the show and jut found this) and really like wht I have seen s far. This was my frstelk season here in CO and it went great. I have been stationed here 4years and this was my first shot. I am on a couple of other forums and those guys were a great help, can't wait to contribute here. Here is a re-post of the story of my first elk hunt.
"As you may have read in my previous posts(elkcamp.com), I was looking for a camp to join for this elk season (my first). I found a place with another vet and headed out to a wilderness area in the Routt for second rifle season with resonable expectations. We got to our camp site (the very end of the Jeep road) on Wed before opener and set up camp, cut fire wood and set up the outhouse prior to opening. The area is beautiful. Well, the first day of the season my host and I went out about 1.5 miles from camp over a ridge to a meadow to set up stand positions about 600 meters apart. As the morning started, there were 5 yotes running the meadow
two of them settled on a gut pile directly across from me. I was gonna let them walk but after an hour I took the male. Twenty minutes later I saw my first bull in the wild. As I swung around to fire my buddy pulled the trigger first. His dropped the bull with a 230m shot. His picture is the one without glasses. Sunday all we saw was a Muley doe and fawns in another meadow. On monday we chanced it to go back to the first spot. The first hour and a half of light were uneventful. About 0900 or so things got interesting real quick. First my buddy started shooting at a cow at about 150m. She was moving through some trees and it took him 4 shots to connect. She fell in 20 yards. about 10 seconds later I see a group of three bulls a ways out there and laser them. the closet was a 5x5 at 363 yards. I went over my ballistics in my head and waited for him to clear the others. My only shot was a neck/spine shot. I held the crosshairs just over its head, fired and hit him at the junction of the neck and spine. He dropped instantly. So, all and all we were 3 elks for 3 days hunting and then 2 days worth of meat cutting...a little more ont he trip later, but I am bushed now SFC B
In the pics, where I am wearing the black shirt that is my buddy's bull, orange shirt i mine, also pics of the camp, ivories and mount. Glad to be here and look forward to hearng frm you guys.
"As you may have read in my previous posts(elkcamp.com), I was looking for a camp to join for this elk season (my first). I found a place with another vet and headed out to a wilderness area in the Routt for second rifle season with resonable expectations. We got to our camp site (the very end of the Jeep road) on Wed before opener and set up camp, cut fire wood and set up the outhouse prior to opening. The area is beautiful. Well, the first day of the season my host and I went out about 1.5 miles from camp over a ridge to a meadow to set up stand positions about 600 meters apart. As the morning started, there were 5 yotes running the meadow
two of them settled on a gut pile directly across from me. I was gonna let them walk but after an hour I took the male. Twenty minutes later I saw my first bull in the wild. As I swung around to fire my buddy pulled the trigger first. His dropped the bull with a 230m shot. His picture is the one without glasses. Sunday all we saw was a Muley doe and fawns in another meadow. On monday we chanced it to go back to the first spot. The first hour and a half of light were uneventful. About 0900 or so things got interesting real quick. First my buddy started shooting at a cow at about 150m. She was moving through some trees and it took him 4 shots to connect. She fell in 20 yards. about 10 seconds later I see a group of three bulls a ways out there and laser them. the closet was a 5x5 at 363 yards. I went over my ballistics in my head and waited for him to clear the others. My only shot was a neck/spine shot. I held the crosshairs just over its head, fired and hit him at the junction of the neck and spine. He dropped instantly. So, all and all we were 3 elks for 3 days hunting and then 2 days worth of meat cutting...a little more ont he trip later, but I am bushed now SFC BIn the pics, where I am wearing the black shirt that is my buddy's bull, orange shirt i mine, also pics of the camp, ivories and mount. Glad to be here and look forward to hearng frm you guys.
