2nd ELK hunt

[Sr.Blood]

Does anybody know of any successfull hunters in this 2nd elk hunt that will end today??

Mike

[UP elk hunter]

I was. Connected on Sat. Nice 4 1/2 yr old cow. Shot her on the Webber road at 7:20 AM. There was about 8 animals in the herd. I also saw the biggest bull of my life in another area on Fri AM. He had at least 3 cows with him and even at 50 yds I couldn't get off a shot for fear of going thru the cow and hitting the bull.

[TNL]

I was. Connected on Sat. Nice 4 1/2 yr old cow. Shot her on the Webber road at 7:20 AM. There was about 8 animals in the herd. I also saw the biggest bull of my life in another area on Fri AM. He had at least 3 cows with him and even at 50 yds I couldn't get off a shot for fear of going thru the cow and hitting the bull.

Nice! Congratulations! Those will be some good eats!.

[cad679]

Congrats! Yoy will be in for some great eats. I had an Elk burger from my August bull last night. UUUUUMMMMM tasty.

Brett

[Dking(MI)]

Way to go! Congrats!! What area did you hunt on Webber rd? Did not see webber on the map.

[UP elk hunter]

The Webber road runs North off of the Webb road. It is part of the boundry. Shot her about 3 miles up the road. At the meeting, the DNR said statistics show that at least one hunter will screw up. Well, I came close. I shot the cow on the West side of the road in a little field, she bolted across the road and dropped on the East side, 20 feet in. Had to call the DNR and they sent a couple officers to investigate. Everything worked out, no problems. In fact, they were very good to work with.

[Sr.Blood]

Congats...Good job on being patient, and not being apart of their statistic.ha
Thanks for sharing!!
Any more details.. gun used, shot distance, pics??
I think that is awesome to be able to hunt such a magnificent animal in our back yard!!

[UP elk hunter]

No pics, sorry. Forgot my camera, so I bought a throw-away camera and have to develop them. Do have pics of a 6X6 I shot in Colorado 2 yrs ago. I used a 7 MM mag, shot was about 30 yds. The night before, I was off the Old Vanderbilt road and was listening to bulls for the better part of the evening. But as soon as hunting hours were over, 3 of them quit. Musta been guides and or hunters using calls. I used a cow call, but no response. There is a monster out there, made my 6X6, 37 1/2" spread, look like a baby. That was when I could have used the camera. I was kinda upset during the first hunt due to the fact all the elk being taken were on private land and you had to hire a guide to get at them. I realized that during the second hunt the bulls were starting to go into rut and moved into the public land areas.

[Sr.Blood]

Awesome, that is cool....was the big one a 6X6 as well?

[hippysss57]

As of late Tues afternoon 76 out of 110 tags were filled.

[Sr.Blood]

Hippy,
that sounds like a low number of kill.
Do you happen to know the kill for the early hunt?
Do you think they do a Jan. hunt??

[hippysss57]

The 76 out of 110 was the total kill for the Aug. Sept. hunt combined.That was as of late Tues afternoon,so it could have changed a little. As for Jan. hunt I don"t know.If they do have a Jan. hunt they draw tags again from this years apps.