As they lay

[Howie]

Just looked threw this thread.
Some very nice animals everyone .
Not a kill shot as they lay but, a Columbian Whitetail.

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My wife’s first elk (this year). It wedged between two trees making butchering a pain, especially since the WY saw was at camp.
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Tough to roll, eh?

 

[TLowell02]

Taken a couple weeks ago in Kansas. A tough eight days of warm weather, no daytime movement and no opportunities followed by a flurry of excitement when this guy bedded 100 yards from a whitetail doe I also shot.

 

[BZNHNTR]

Tough to roll, eh?

There was no rolling until we got some meat off it, just had to start skinning and cutting, apropos to this thread, as it lay! Once one side was off we were able to roll it uphill. Very glad there were two of us on this one.

 

[LCH]

Arizona Late Rifle

 

[ashersdad]

Almost thought he was still alive when I walked up on him.

 

[520 Road Sow]

The brides bull of 21.

 

[jbseamus83]

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Arizona Late Rifle

What a beautiful picture. Congrats on a nice elk!

 

[jbseamus83]

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Almost thought he was still alive when I walked up on him.

Very nice buck. Congrats!

 

[Mica Man]

Idaho CWD survey hunt deer.

 

[bklotthor]

Nebraska whitetail from November.

 

[Steve O]

264 Win Mag 142g LRAB. 344 yards 25° angle. Blew a softball sized hole in the front shoulder and exited the opposite ham. Arizona Nelsoni Desert Bighorn.

 

[TRS_Montana]

He almost made it.

 

[NMHunterGuy]

From my first muzzle loader hunt a week and a half ago. I fired the shot and because of the still air, the smoke cloud obscured my view and I wasn't sure I even hit her, despite having a steady rest on the pack and a slow squeeze of the trigger with the corsshairs right where I wanted them. The shot was right at sunset. I waited for the rest of the herd to finish their evening business and move out. I found the blood trail right at dark. I marked the spot in OnX, made a teepee of wood next to it, and backed out. That was a hard decision and I have to credit shows like Fresh Tracks and Meateater for showing that sometimes it's better to back off and let the animal pass without risking bumping them and not recovering them. Next morning I spent a couple hours following the blood trail and tracks and found this beauty. I hiked out about 200 pounds of meat (with bones). I'm so excited to have a freezer full of elk meat. It's been almost a decade since I got my previous (and first) elk.

 

[Bow Bullet]

Nov 2021. Lot of work for we two 60-somethings to get him out of there.

 

[HuntTalk Freak]

Mine and my wife’s this year.

 

[Kiwi]

Nice spike red deer for summer bbq’s.

 

[geetar]

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Nice ram! Some cowboy roping skills might be handy for that recovery.

 

[Bow Bullet]

Nice ram! Some cowboy roping skills might be handy for that recovery.

Thanks! I stood on the boulder his nose is against and grabbed the horns. My buddy got down in the hole. I pulled and he lifted. Don't remember how many "on three"s it took but it was a bunch.

 

[Sliverflipper]

Arizona this year.

 

[BAKPAKR]

A desert ram is a hard act to follow