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Are my elk as big as ravenr's?
20 September 2011, 08:29
john113wyoAre my elk as big as ravenr's?
Opposite corners of the state, but check out a few pics from Sunday morning. The Rut is on...
Enjoy.
All pics were taken with a Sony digital camera through a Leupold 12-40x60 spotting scope at elk between 200 and 250 yards.
And No, I don't have a tag for this area.
Hope you like the pics.
"It ain't lion hunting unless you get stitches." - John in WYO
"It became aquatic, briefly." Ann ~ Aspen Hill Adventures
The bear has to touch you to hurt you. Don’t let the bear touch you.
20 September 2011, 08:40
ravenrgood grief ole'man
with a line-up like that
you don't have to tip your hat
to anything in my corner of the state.
i do apprieciate you followin my lead
and only showing off the little ones
wouldn't want folkes thinking we can
grow an elk, here in wyoming
one thing we do share
its damn tough to draw a tag
20 September 2011, 08:43
john113wyoWell, yeah.
I only included the rag-horns.
Didn't want to give away all our secrets...
"It ain't lion hunting unless you get stitches." - John in WYO
"It became aquatic, briefly." Ann ~ Aspen Hill Adventures
The bear has to touch you to hurt you. Don’t let the bear touch you.
20 September 2011, 08:51
Mike_DettorreDamn nice forky
MikeLegistine actu quod scripsi?
Never under estimate the internet community's ability to reply to your post with their personal rant about their tangentially related, single occurrence issue.
What I have learned on AR, since 2001:
1. The proper answer to: Where is the best place in town to get a steak dinner? is…You should go to Mel's Diner and get the fried chicken.
2. Big game animals can tell the difference between .015 of an inch in diameter, 15 grains of bullet weight, and 150 fps.
3. There is a difference in the performance of two identical projectiles launched at the same velocity if they came from different cartridges.
4. While a double rifle is the perfect DGR, every 375HH bolt gun needs to be modified to carry at least 5 down.
5. While a floor plate and detachable box magazine both use a mechanical latch, only the floor plate latch is reliable. Disregard the fact that every modern military rifle uses a detachable box magazine.
6. The Remington 700 is unreliable regardless of the fact it is the basis of the USMC M40 sniper rifle for 40+ years with no changes to the receiver or extractor and is the choice of more military and law enforcement sniper units than any other rifle.
7. PF actions are not suitable for a DGR and it is irrelevant that the M1, M14, M16, & AK47 which were designed for hunting men that can shoot back are all PF actions.
8. 95 deg F in Africa is different than 95 deg F in TX or CA and that is why you must worry about ammunition temperature in Africa (even though most safaris take place in winter) but not in TX or in CA.
9. The size of a ding in a gun's finish doesn't matter, what matters is whether it’s a safe ding or not.
10. 1 in a row is a trend, 2 in a row is statistically significant, and 3 in a row is an irrefutable fact.
11. Never buy a WSM or RCM cartridge for a safari rifle or your go to rifle in the USA because if they lose your ammo you can't find replacement ammo but don't worry 280 Rem, 338-06, 35 Whelen, and all Weatherby cartridges abound in Africa and back country stores.
12. A well hit animal can run 75 yds. in the open and suddenly drop with no initial blood trail, but the one I shot from 200 yds. away that ran 10 yds. and disappeared into a thicket and was not found was lost because the bullet penciled thru. I am 100% certain of this even though I have no physical evidence.
13. A 300 Win Mag is a 500 yard elk cartridge but a 308 Win is not a 300 yard elk cartridge even though the same bullet is travelling at the same velocity at those respective distances.
20 September 2011, 17:50
Brian ClarkOk guys, how do I get a tag for your units cause you can sign me up.
20 September 2011, 19:27
OrvarMe too!
WOW
21 September 2011, 06:05
Aspen Hill Adventures
~Ann
23 September 2011, 23:41
cooperjdAs a man buying points for WY elk for use in a future DIY bowhunt, how many points is necessary to draw a in a decent trophy unit?
i know i wont be able to hunt wilderness areas w/o a guide, and i still have lots of research to do, but can i draw a decent area with 3 or 4 points built up?
24 September 2011, 00:26
ravenrnot a question us wyoming residents can answer.
the non-res point system has only been going on for 4 ? yrs.
i estimate it will take 12-15 yrs to mature, at this stage most non- res applicants have 4 pts.
wyoming residents don't have points for elk, we have a random drawing and ALL trophy elk tags are damn hard to come by.
last yr i drew my 3rd trophy bull tag in 20 yrs of applying. draw odds were 1.2%
25 September 2011, 01:30
OLBIKERThese pics are as close as I will ever get to seeing a Bull like those!!!!Serious drool on my keyboard
25 September 2011, 09:41
rnoviright there...right behind the shoulder where the moon meets the light...squeeeeeeeeeeeeze.
Regards,
Robert
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