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Offline bootarcher

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Wifes First Elk!!
« on: October 10, 2009, 07:19:09 AM »
Well the Wife shot her first elk yesterday in Idaho  with her Handi 7mm-08 I handloaded up some 139gr SST pushed with 40 grains of Reloader 15. She shot her right in the heart @ 140 yards.



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Re: Wifes First Elk!!
« Reply #1 on: October 10, 2009, 07:42:09 AM »
Excellent!! Congrats to her and you for getting her there!!  ;)

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Re: Wifes First Elk!!
« Reply #2 on: October 10, 2009, 08:27:42 AM »
wow: nice shootin!!! :D
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Re: Wifes First Elk!!
« Reply #3 on: October 10, 2009, 08:58:38 AM »
Greetings from Georgia,

   Congratulations ! That is some very fine shooting and I believe we would like to hear more about the hunt. I think it is cool when a lady goes hunting, and with these obvious skills she will certainly do well no matter the game. I shoot .30 caliber SSTs in my .308 and have found the 165's to give me reliable results on both paper and game. I am 100 % sure of one thing. There is no animal on earth that will function long with a heart in that shape. Talk about a "broken heart" !! Good Job !!

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Re: Wifes First Elk!!
« Reply #4 on: October 10, 2009, 09:14:38 AM »
Amazing! Congrats! Wife is a great shot!
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Re: Wifes First Elk!!
« Reply #5 on: October 10, 2009, 09:25:15 AM »
  Congrats to Her and you. Good job!


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Re: Wifes First Elk!!
« Reply #6 on: October 10, 2009, 09:28:21 AM »
 congrats to the wife, at least she put meat in the freezer!
 Now if she can cook Elk burgers you want go hungray. Datil
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Re: Wifes First Elk!!
« Reply #7 on: October 10, 2009, 09:33:41 AM »
ELKCELLENT job !!!!!!!!!! Tasty cow. Kurt
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Re: Wifes First Elk!!
« Reply #8 on: October 10, 2009, 09:42:32 AM »
Looks like a keeper................... The wife too. ;D
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Re: Wifes First Elk!!
« Reply #9 on: October 10, 2009, 06:38:47 PM »
Well me and the wife finally got to break free and Grandma came and watched the kidos so we could go huntin. We woke up early and got to the top of my favorite canyon about 30 minutes before daylight. While sitting there my wife said I think I hear a coyote howling. So I thought great we have been beat by someone else in here and there eating the gut piles. Well 5 min later it was no coyote a nice bull starts lighting up the canyon with his bugles and he sounds big so I know he probably has cows. Well I got excited and was ready to move in on them, but I had decided on this hunt I was going to let the wife do it how she wanted to and I wasnt going to take over. So she made the plan and we slowly made our way down to the elk and they were everywhere with the bull screaming at his cows only 30 yards or so away. Finally a large cow stepped out in the clearing and stopped broadside @ 139 yards she settled the 7mm-08 with 139 grain SST and let it rip the cow hunched up favoring her right leg and was gone, and the elk were running everywhere and we lost sight of her. Well I left the pack frame up the hill 300 yards, so I ran up there and got the pack and came back and started looking for the elk and we looked for about 40 min with no blood and way to many tracks to figure out which ones were hers. So I got up a little higher on the hillside to see if I could see down into the sage and nothing so I said a short but sincere prayer and thought maybe I should work down to this little draw and on my way there I stumbled upon her deader than a door nail. My wife was so relieved. Well the bullet hit her in the shoulder when her leg was back and it didn't exit when her leg came forward it completely sealed the hole so she didn't bleed a drop out of her it was all internally. We were very grateful to get this animal and will be some great table fare. The hunt was fun but the packing well it SUCKED!!!
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Re: Wifes First Elk!!
« Reply #10 on: October 10, 2009, 06:50:49 PM »
GOOD JOB..

It brings to mind a old TV comercial... Da, da, da, da, Da... She can bring home the bacon...da, da, da, da, da... Fry it up in the pan...  ::) :o ;D

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Re: Wifes First Elk!!
« Reply #11 on: October 11, 2009, 12:04:19 AM »
Outstanding !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Great job .
 
Of course by now you know the absolute rule of Elk.
 When Elk hits ground Fun Stops for someone..............
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Re: Wifes First Elk!!
« Reply #12 on: October 11, 2009, 12:45:43 AM »
Excellent shot! 

Congratulations to the Mrs.

Yes ... looking forward to a detailed account of the hunt.

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Re: Wifes First Elk!!
« Reply #13 on: October 11, 2009, 05:10:33 AM »
1+ on jeepman1 but it doesn't matter what the animal is, Elk,Moose,Deer,Bear. The funs done when you shoot the gun! wink
Congrats and nice shooting!
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Re: Wifes First Elk!!
« Reply #14 on: October 11, 2009, 08:49:31 AM »
Good story, Yes they are certainly keepers, the wife, and the elk.

When the game is down the fun is done, not necessarily, the dressing and butcherIng can be bad, but if you like to cook for family and friends you have many more great memories from the game you take. The butchering is just a brief bad spell. I sure do like to lite the grill with friends and family and a favorite beverage in hand.

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Re: Wifes First Elk!!
« Reply #15 on: October 11, 2009, 09:19:00 AM »
Congratulations, Madam.  Superb shot.....dead on.....dead.  Ya done good ;D

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Re: Wifes First Elk!!
« Reply #16 on: October 11, 2009, 09:20:54 AM »
AWESOME JOB!
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Re: Wifes First Elk!!
« Reply #17 on: October 11, 2009, 10:11:55 AM »
eddiegjr For me I was referring to getting it out of the woods, but yes nothing better than fresh back straps and heart with some sauteed sweet onions from the first kill at deer camp!
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Re: Wifes First Elk!!
« Reply #18 on: October 11, 2009, 10:16:24 AM »
Much congrats to the missus , And damn fine shooting ..

 Little brothers wife hit her first elk ( 3x3 ) in the heart with the 270 WSM and blew it up ... If yours was as excited as his wife was ... Then I'm sure momma is happy.



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Re: Wifes First Elk!!
« Reply #19 on: October 11, 2009, 03:49:11 PM »
An excellent hunt.  Congrats to your wife.  I smell some elk grillin' on the barbeque.  DP
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Re: Wifes First Elk!!
« Reply #20 on: October 11, 2009, 03:57:14 PM »
Great job and great story!!
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Re: Wifes First Elk!!
« Reply #21 on: October 12, 2009, 05:27:58 AM »
Congratulations!! Awesome hunt and harvest!

Who's more excited, you or her ?
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Re: Wifes First Elk!!
« Reply #22 on: October 12, 2009, 08:55:01 AM »
Good job!

How far did it go?
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