30th Birthday Present
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30th Birthday Present
So, my 30th birthday was last Saturday and my awesome wife hooked me up with an elk hunt. We arrived in Eagle Nest, NM on Friday for the 5 day hunt on Saturday. Went out all 5 days of the hunt and finally had a chance at a shooter on the last day (today). On day one I put a rag horn 4x5 in my sites but figured I would risk passing him up since I had four more days. Next day saw a herd of about 70 with a nice 7x7 and 4 or 5 decent bulls but they were about 1500 yards out. The next two days I only had glimpses of bulls. On the 5th morning I knew it was my last chance to get a bull and was optimistic about seeing a shooter. It was raining, foggy, and around 40 degrees when I caught a glimps of a cow through the fog and moved about 30 yards toward her. When I got into cover I saw she was the lead cow in a small herd and knew there had to be a bull. He was in the middle of a herd of about 40 elk, all cows exept for a rag horn and a spike. Around 7:10 I was finally able to get him in my crosshairs and see he had a decent rack. I couldn't count the points but could tell he had a high rack and it was the last day so it was "now or never" time. I ranged him at 196 yards and put a 140gr 270WSM behind his left shoulder. The herd balled up and surrounded him for about 15 seconds then they broke out towrds the tree line. He stayed put and I knew he was mine. I put another TSX through his vitals for good measure and he sat down and gave up. Walked out to him and discovered he was a respectable 6x6. Best birthday present I could ever dream of; I love my wife.
Last edited by Carry-a-Kimber on Wed Oct 26, 2011 8:27 pm, edited 2 times in total.
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How do you get a beast like that out of there?
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Four wheeler with a trailer, he was only about 300 yards from "camp".C-dub wrote:How do you get a beast like that out of there?
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Re: 30th Birthday Present
Great report and awesome elk! Congratulations!! What a fantastic birthday present!!!
By the way, happy birthday!
By the way, happy birthday!
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Congratulations! I see diamonds in your wife's future.
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What time should we all be over for dinner??
Beautiful beastie... Congrats. Looks like a great birthday present.
Beautiful beastie... Congrats. Looks like a great birthday present.
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Funny thing about it is now she wants to go elk hunting. She comes from a family of hunters but has never been into it. After 5 days chasing elk she is chomping at the bit to get her own bull.texanron wrote:Congratulations! I see diamonds in your wife's future.
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