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Member Section => Down Range Cafe => Topic started by: 1Buckshot on October 31, 2011, 08:55:20 AM
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Hello all. The wife and I just arrived back from our annual trip to the other side of the state (1200 mi driven in all) Montana is a big state. We had a very productive trip this year. The wife filled two of her Mule Deer doe tags, I on the other hand was lucky enough to fill my Cow Elk tag,One MD doe tag and my Buck tag with a nice (Not Big) 4 point MD. The wife still has her buck tag and we both have a Bull Elk tags to fill and three more weeks to hunt close to home. Sorry! the only game picture I have is of the meat pole.
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Congradulations! My parents live north of Great Falls, yes in the middle of nowhere, and they usually have 5 or more animals hanging in the garage by the end of November (?) nothing like your trip though. Where did you set up camp?
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Congrats Buckshot (and Mrs.).
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We hunt on the Musselshell river near Fort Peck Lake . We have been hunting on the same ranch for over 10 years. Most of the game were shot on BLM land around the ranch. Most of the elk after the first shot move next door on a ranch that a outfitter leases for bow hunts and is closed the rest of the year This year I stopped counting at three hundred elk in one of there fields.
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I hate you!
;D
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Congrats. I'm hoping to kill Bambi's mom at 1201 Friday
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Very sweet! I hope y'all got a big frezer.
FQ13 who is firmly with Haz. ;)
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if you had fun, it was a successful trip. ;)
I'm going pig hunting this weekend, second time out in less then a month.
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Thank Guy's
Haz - FQ In this case, I don't mind being hated. ;D Good luck all.
Monty,
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Hate is such a strong word... But green is not my best color.
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Only 300+? Waste of time...LOL
I'm not much of a hunter so color me GREEN anyway.
Richard
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Nice....Very Nice...
Be sure to post some pics if the next 3 weeks work out....Before it is on the meat pole... ::)
Need to see some Elk Jerky Time... ;D
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heh, heh, heh, heh......they said "meat pole"....heh, heh...
Don't care for elk (as he ducks for cover) but I'll devour a muley anytime....
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Best Elk I ever had was in Edinburgh, Scotland at the Caledonian Hotel....It made Filet Mignon, look like McDonalds...
It melted in your mouth, and was drizzled in a reduced demi-glaze shallot, truffle, and red wine sauce...It was a culinary orgasm..
Thank God Dad was paying,...but I have yet to have one that good. Buckshot, feel free to send me a sample, so I can attempt a duplicate... ;)
Or perhaps some jerky? 8)
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I must admit that the only time I've had elk I believe it wasn't hung properly or possibly someone punctured the bladder. Tasted like ammonia to me. It wasn't the backstrap either.
Any help?
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I must admit that the only time I've had elk I believe it wasn't hung properly or possibly someone punctured the bladder. Tasted like ammonia to me. It wasn't the backstrap either.
Any help?
Its why you don't shoot bulls during the rut. If you want antlers fine. But meat, no way. The bulls stop eating, produce all sorts of phermones, roll in their own piss etc. Not the best meat out there no matter what you do. Hunt pre-rut or target cows and spikes with an antlerless tag.
FQ13
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Its why you don't shoot bulls during the rut. If you want antlers fine. But meat, no way. The bulls stop eating, produce all sorts of phermones, roll in their own piss etc. Not the best meat out there no matter what you do. Hunt pre-rut or target cows and spikes with an antlerless tag.
FQ13
Not my hunt. A friend paid an enormous sum of money for an out of state hunt in Colorado or Wyoming years ago. The meat had been processed and shipped back to Michigan.
Personally, I have no interest in hunting in the west anymore. I'm too lame to hump through the mountains. I'm content to wander the fields here in the NE for pheasant, quail and the occasional tree rat. Besides, it's open season for crows! ;D
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Congrats to you and the Mrs. Looks like you'll have plenty of meat for the freezer! ;D
I didn't get to go "again" this year..... three years in a row! >:(
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Don't care for elk (as he ducks for cover) but I'll devour a muley anytime....
Elk done up right, shot placement, cleaned and time to age and not over cooked... is every bit as good as beef IMHO.
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Elk done up right, shot placement, cleaned and time to age and not over cooked... is every bit as good as beef IMHO.
Then I'll just have to take a trip west and let you make me a meal there Shooter! ;)
I can visit the nephews along the way...
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Then I'll just have to take a trip west and let you make me a meal there Shooter! ;)
I can visit the nephews along the way...
Done!
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Elk done up right, shot placement, cleaned and time to age and not over cooked... is every bit as good as beef IMHO.
I agree with you, That's why the meat pole shot. I skin them soon after the kill so they will cool quickly. Most were shot just before the end of shooting time. I will post a picture of the buck tomorrow when I cut him up. By the way, The BBQ Elk Steaks for lunch were DELICIOS. ::)
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OK here it is. Like I said, Its not a big MD Buck but it's a nice one. I think I will do a European mount with it.
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OK here it is. Like I said, Its not a big MD Buck but it's a nice one. I think I will do a European mount with it.
Very nice buck, the European mount will look great on the wall and more meet for the freezer.
Thanks for sharing, it's helps with my withdraws....... ;)
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Hey Buckshot, congratulations, nice catch. What kind of firearms, calibers, and shot distances?
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I shoot a Browning A bolt in 280 Rem. 140gr. Barns TSX. all shots were from 80 to 179 yards.. The wife was shooting Browning A bolt also in 30/06 with 180gr. Nosler Partition. Both of here shots were at 80 yards. We practice off hand shooting to 300 yards on a 12" steel plate. It has helped a lot as all the animals were killed shooting off hand with one shot. OK don't give me any lip. I know we should use a rest and we do if we have time. This year all the game was in the open and spooky.
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I shoot a Browning A bolt in 280 Rem. 140gr. Barns TSX. all shots were from 80 to 179 yards.. The wife was shooting Browning A bolt also in 30/06 with 180gr. Nosler Partition. Both of here shots were at 80 yards. We practice off hand shooting to 300 yards on a 12" steel plate. It has helped a lot as all the animals were killed shooting off hand with one shot. OK don't give me any lip. I know we should use a rest and we do if we have time. This year all the game was in the open and spooky.
Lip? If you can hit a pie plate at three hundred yards off hand, the only sound you will hear from me is applause because I sure as hell can't. If its over 100 yards in a hunting situation, I'll take the shot seated or not at all. A man has to know his limitations. :-\
FQ13