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 Re: West Texas Elk (Free Range)
[Re: NDN98]
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06/11/12 02:21 AM
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Re: West Texas Elk (Free Range)
[Re: NDN98]
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06/11/12 02:35 AM
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Re: West Texas Elk (Free Range)
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06/11/12 04:10 AM
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mulie_mike
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Bull Elk hunts are $5695 for any size bull with lodging, guiding, meals, and skinning/basic quartering. Most ranches in the area charge by inches and start at about $6500 for a smaller bull. We only do 3 to 4 bull hunts a year.
Cow hunts are $1200, typically 2 day semi guided hunts with 1 nights lodging. 3 to 5 hunters at a time.
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Re: West Texas Elk (Free Range)
[Re: mulie_mike]
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06/12/12 12:33 PM
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Did those Elk sneak over to Texas from New Mexico?
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Re: West Texas Elk (Free Range)
[Re: Texpppr]
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06/12/12 12:35 PM
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Didnt Bobo and a group go elk hunting down there? How was it??
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Re: West Texas Elk (Free Range)
[Re: Jasb]
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06/12/12 01:00 PM
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BOBO the Clown
kind of a big deal
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Didnt Bobo and a group go elk hunting down there? How was it?? That was on a different place we didn't see any but two weeks later the next killed a 374" bull... Mike did take care of us though
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Re: West Texas Elk (Free Range)
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06/12/12 01:08 PM
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Didnt Bobo and a group go elk hunting down there? How was it?? That was on a different place we didn't see any but two weeks later the next killed a 374" bull... Mike did take care of us though  You shoulda booked 2 weeks later then 
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Re: West Texas Elk (Free Range)
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06/12/12 11:07 PM
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mulie_mike
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Yeah Bobo's hunt was tough. It was rain, rain, and more rain right before they got there so the elk weren't doing much of anything.
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Re: West Texas Elk (Free Range)
[Re: mulie_mike]
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06/12/12 11:35 PM
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I am batting 500 on the elk hunts with Mike, one of the other guys in the group on the first hunt got the 374 bull, on the second hunt I got an older 4X5 bull that provided best flavored elk meat I have ever tasted. We saw 30+ elk that second trip and close to half those were bulls.
Mike are those pics from Howard's place?
lf the saying "Liar, Liar your pants on fire" were true
Mainstream news might be fun to watch
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Re: West Texas Elk (Free Range)
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06/13/12 03:00 AM
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Re: West Texas Elk (Free Range)
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06/13/12 03:13 AM
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Re: West Texas Elk (Free Range)
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06/13/12 05:07 AM
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Re: West Texas Elk (Free Range)
[Re: NDN98]
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06/13/12 03:24 PM
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Not much on antlers? They look pretty good to me! I love the pic with them in the snow. reminds me of Colorado where I chase them.
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Re: West Texas Elk (Free Range)
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06/13/12 04:52 PM
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Re: West Texas Elk (Free Range)
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06/14/12 07:26 PM
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BOBO the Clown
kind of a big deal
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Not much on antlers? They look pretty good to me! I love the pic with them in the snow. reminds me of Colorado where I chase them. Those are low to mid 200's. Trust when you you see a bull over 300 in person you don't forget it
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Re: West Texas Elk (Free Range)
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06/14/12 08:12 PM
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Not much on antlers? They look pretty good to me! I love the pic with them in the snow. reminds me of Colorado where I chase them. Those are low to mid 200's. Trust when you you see a bull over 300 in person you don't forget it But how long did you get to look?
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Re: West Texas Elk (Free Range)
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06/14/12 11:56 PM
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Not much on antlers? They look pretty good to me! I love the pic with them in the snow. reminds me of Colorado where I chase them. Those are low to mid 200's. Trust when you you see a bull over 300 in person you don't forget it But how long did you get to look?  Before or after he shot? 
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Re: West Texas Elk (Free Range)
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06/15/12 01:39 AM
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Not much on antlers? They look pretty good to me! I love the pic with them in the snow. reminds me of Colorado where I chase them. Those are low to mid 200's. Trust when you you see a bull over 300 in person you don't forget it But how long did you get to look? Before or after he shot? I wasn't going to bring that up...... 
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Re: West Texas Elk (Free Range)
[Re: RKHarm24]
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06/15/12 02:05 AM
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Great Photos, thanks for sharing.
Without naming anyone. Last Januray; friend of mine from San Angelo. Sent me a photo of a 6pt. Bull-Elk; on the ground.
It just wandered up to a feeder. BOOM! Taken in Sutton County.
If there that far North East of the above photos; then they are on the move.
It was taken on a private ranch.
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Re: West Texas Elk (Free Range)
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06/15/12 02:17 AM
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The Rocky Mountian Elk Foundation and Boone and Crockett reconize there are free range wild elk in at least 5 mountian ranges in far west Texas. But with elk in Texas classified as exotics by the state, even if 400 class bull is taken here Boone and Crocket will not reconize it.
There are elk from high fence places on low fence ranches in a lot of Texas but many meet the fate the one you gor a picture of.
lf the saying "Liar, Liar your pants on fire" were true
Mainstream news might be fun to watch
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Re: West Texas Elk (Free Range)
[Re: NDN98]
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06/15/12 02:26 AM
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Re: West Texas Elk (Free Range)
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06/15/12 03:32 AM
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Re: West Texas Elk (Free Range)
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06/15/12 06:55 AM
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Hey Kevin yes they are off of Howards. Bunch of good looking bulls this year.
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