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    29 minutes ago, bigorange said:

    That’s an interesting random purchase!

    Long story short.  My wife worked at navajo county they sent her email about county surplus and seized auction. Browsing the only thing that was interesting was a couple of buckets of confiscated swords. I am now ready for zombies. 

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    2 hours ago, trphyhntr said:

    I saw a big typical from maverick camp. I know you’re not talking about the social media influencers 5x5 

    send me a pic of the bull you’re carrying on IG or something 

    Idk my brother just sent me a screen shot. 

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    the bull i just helped on

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    1 hour ago, jdown said:

    Great point and been there too. Again the pumping rounds into him and I guess I would rather go out with the best equipment I have for my sake and animal vs silver tips/ corelokts/ power points etc and I know the op has equipment. That was my only point. And you right. We have mostly all been there and things happen even with better bullets so why handicap yourself for the sake of ?  Not sure what. And again just an opinion and again congrats to the op. Nice accomplishment on any otc hunt. 

    So under you logic everyone that uses a lever action from 1880 to the 1980 has done it wrong.  Sometimes you just run into a tough animal and this was the case.  I think I hit him six times including the two ending shots. The first two would have definitely been fatal if I wanted to wait the traditional 30 minutes and start tracking.  It was too hot to do that. 

    Also under your logic I would be way out of bounds this archery season, I'm using a 45 lb 60 year old recurve simple because I want the challenge.  If I were using my standard compound I would have filled my turkey tag this evening.  But 23 yards was at the edge of my range with a recurve.  I am also going to new mexico next month and using a 54 cal percussion muzzleloader with round balls. 

    You really don't want to get measuring contest with me. I have tagged 29 big game animals with my bow, including  three archery antelope.  Maybe another 10 or 12 with rifle or muzzleloader.  9 of 10 of the big 10 (8 archery) all solo.  Guess what with modern ammo my bison took 4 perfectly placed rounds.  It's not the ammo as much as placement as sometimes you just run into a tough animal. 

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    8 hours ago, jdown said:

    Nothing like pumping rounds into an animal to put him down... next year let's go with FMJ or dart guns - that's good for the animal

    Congrats on the elk but sorry - don't get the fascination not to put something down as humanly and with the best possible projectile available  - to each his own I guess. 

    You obviously haven't killed very many animals. The last two years I have been part of 10 successful elk hunts and everyone of them had varying degrees of desire to live. This one was very tough. . 

    Do you really think for a second my intent wasn't to humanly dispatch the animal?  That's why I was shooting. My first two shots would have been fatal but I wanted to humanly dispatch the animal. 

    And while you irritated me enough to go on a rant. I don't think your form of hunting is ethical. Shooting an animal at a distance where he can't use is defenses is not hunting. 

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    This takes me back to my childhood and my grandmother breaking any child labor law there ever was.  We would grease each chili in crisco,  roast them on a wood stove with mesquite in August in tucson.   Then husk corn for what felt like days.  Those were the easy parts and then grind corn by hand until me and my brothers had arms that look like something out of he-man.  She would make 100 dozen tamales at a time. 

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    4 hours ago, Sam said:

    Seems like you have been after an OTC elk for a while or may be mistaking you for someone else that has posted some stories. Congratulations. They are few and far between.....is the Marlin a 30-30 or .357 or some other caliber? 

    I've done it the last three seasons. 1st season, I got a depredation tag, which I filled.  Last year, I missed a bunch with my pistol, switched to my crossbow and found a bull that i really wanted but couldn't close the deal. This season I've helped four people fill their tags, including myself.  

    It's a 3030. 

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    2 hours ago, firstcoueswas80 said:

    Thats cool. 

     

    Did your dog show any interest in the blood trail or the still live bull? 

     

    I'm on the can after my shift and laughed out loud at the "growling at rocks he's trying to pick fights with".

    My dog is different. He could care less. I actually watched him sniff a cotton tails nose. 

    His obsession with fighting rocks is real and this is the first time ever when we stopped and he wasn't growling at them. 

     

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    3 minutes ago, DUG said:

    Where was Mom? Did you just see it or hear it?

    I saw something leave and this little guy come down from the tree he was maybe 3 foot uo in. He got tired and lied down 20 yards from me.  I only stayed a few minutes maybe.  I have already had dealings with a rabid bobcat. Don't want to do it again. 

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