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1st Elk in Colorado
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10/20/14 02:27 PM
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rob valle
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Well I must say that elk hunting is a lot harder than I thought. Got this 5x5 opening day of the first rifle season near Granby, CO. Took me three hours to skin, quarter, and haul all of him 125 yards from a meadow to a logging road. 14 trips total. We then put him on a buck cart and pushed it three miles back to the truck at 9500 ft altitude. I thought I was in half way decent shape until that moment. Wow! It was hard to breathe! Great trip and had alot of fun.
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Re: 1st Elk in Colorado
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10/20/14 02:38 PM
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7mag
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Nothing wrong with that. Elk is on my bucket list
"Laugh with many, but don't trust any"
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Re: 1st Elk in Colorado
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10/20/14 02:42 PM
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TxAg
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Nice job! Got some great meat for the freezer and a set of horns too!
Yep, after you get an Elk down the hard work is just starting.
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Re: 1st Elk in Colorado
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10/20/14 03:21 PM
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dogcatcher
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Combat Infantryman, the ultimate hunter where the prey shoots back. _____________"Illegitimus non carborundum est"_______________
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Re: 1st Elk in Colorado
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10/20/14 03:32 PM
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landsurveyor
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Re: 1st Elk in Colorado
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10/20/14 03:43 PM
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QuitShootinYoungBucks
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Speed goat is at the top of my list, but elk is second. Congrats! Elk is T A S T Y!!!
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Re: 1st Elk in Colorado
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10/20/14 04:02 PM
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jdk1985
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congrats on the full freezer
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Re: 1st Elk in Colorado
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10/20/14 04:12 PM
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Erathkid
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Hard work but worth it. Congratulations.
Life is too short, as is. Don't chance it. Don't text and drive.
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Re: 1st Elk in Colorado
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10/20/14 04:16 PM
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DXB
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Congrats!
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Re: 1st Elk in Colorado
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10/20/14 05:17 PM
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don k
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Re: 1st Elk in Colorado
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10/20/14 05:50 PM
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colt45-90
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enjoy that good eating, thanks for sharing
hold on Newt, we got a runaway
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Re: 1st Elk in Colorado
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10/20/14 06:08 PM
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Chuck Cox
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Good job . Very good eating
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Re: 1st Elk in Colorado
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10/21/14 02:04 PM
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Jon B
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I love Elk. My first was the same size. Hooked on elk now!
I wish stupidity was not so handsomly rewarded.
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Re: 1st Elk in Colorado
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10/21/14 02:26 PM
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stxranchman
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Congrats
Are idiots multiplying faster than normal people?
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Re: 1st Elk in Colorado
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10/21/14 02:29 PM
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Mr. Clean
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Very Cool Congrats....That Meat will Spoil the crap out of you!
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Re: 1st Elk in Colorado
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10/21/14 02:31 PM
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huntwest
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I have learned one essential thing needed for elk hunting. Horses! After having them for most of my life on a ranch I decided years ago the only true use for a horse is hunting or navigating the mountain wilderness.
Congrats on the first elk. I hunted a lot of years up there before I took a bull.
Last edited by huntwest; 10/21/14 02:32 PM.
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Re: 1st Elk in Colorado
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10/21/14 02:34 PM
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ParkCountyElkDestroyer
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You happen to run into a guy by the name of Sneaky up on the mountain?
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