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.The Outdoorsman.

.The Outdoorsman.

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curious2garden said:
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Reminds me of Montana. At a job in the missouri breaks(famous for dinosaur bones) we were at a rich guys hunting lodge 100 miles from the nearest town. If you can call it that. Old guy that lives there and i were up at sunrise for coffee and the view. He said hey you wanna see something? Said yeah sure. We took the kubota over a ridge and watched the local heard of elk from a hill. Maybe 30. Some 6x6. Crisp morning air of juniper and pine, hot coffee, sound of the elk bugle. We got pretty close in the diesel kubota as they were used to the sound of farmers tractors.
 
doublejj

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raratt said:
I don't think there is a tastier wild game meat than Elk. Even Elk burgers are excellent.
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I agree. I hunted elk for years when I lived in Washington state, missed several bulls with a bow, never got a shot with a rifle. The best I ever did was 1/2 an elk.....twice. My father-in-law drew a cow tag and shot a cow and i got 1/2. And I tracked down and found a wounded elk during archery season and went and found the archer and he gave me 1/2 to help him pack it out....
 
raratt

raratt

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doublejj said:
I agree. I hunted elk for years when I lived in Washington state, missed several bulls with a bow, never got a shot with a rifle. The best I ever did was 1/2 an elk.....twice. My father-in-law drew a cow tag and shot a cow and i got 1/2. And I tracked down and found a wounded elk during archery season and went and found the archer and he gave me 1/2 to help him pack it out....
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I never had the $$$/chance to hunt them. My 7mm Mag is a little small for them also.
 
.The Outdoorsman.

.The Outdoorsman.

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Elk backstrap, heart steaks, liver onion mushroom. I snuck up on a beded down 5x5 or bigger bull elk in thick forest in the madison mt range. Hah i was more than close enough for the 12 ga slug I was carrying when we made eye contact. I was on bear duty w/ no tag. When i told neighbor i was with said if i ever get a chance like that again take the shot. Day 3 of hunting but i hadnt been told that yet. 1500$ or so For out of state tag?
 
doublejj

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.The Outdoorsman. said:
Elk backstrap, heart steaks, liver onion mushroom. I snuck up on a beded down 5x5 or bigger bull elk in thick forest in the madison mt range. Hah i was more than close enough for the 12 ga slug I was carrying when we made eye contact. I was on bear duty w/ no tag. When i told neighbor i was with said if i ever get a chance like that again take the shot. Day 3 of hunting but i hadnt been told that yet. 1500$ or so For out of state tag?
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If you guys want to hunt elk you can buy over-the-counter non-resident elk tags in Washington state for about $800. I know a few places we used to regularly see elk. There's a huge herd on the east side of the Cascades in center of the state in more open timber but they are heavily hunted. I've seen some monster Roosevelt elk bulls in the thick rainforests on the west side of the cascades.
 
raratt

raratt

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doublejj said:
If you guys want to hunt elk you can buy over-the-counter non-resident elk tags in Washington state for about $800. I know a few places we used to regularly see elk. There's a huge herd on the east side of the Cascades in center of the state in more open timber but they are heavily hunted. I've seen some monster Roosevelt elk bulls in the thick rainforests on the west side of the cascades.
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Unfortunately my hunting days are over, just can't walk that far anymore. I'll probably sell the 7mm this fall and turn it into a handgun. The 12 ga can stay. I'll just pull the plug and use it for home protection.
 
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