Moosie
Grand poopa
Well to make a long story short, I went on a solo hunting trip…The pics aren't all that good but HELL, I was by myself .... HEHE
I went to where I smacked papa last year and figured someone would push something back over.. there was a lot of rigs by the road… I started 2.5 hours before legal shooting and got to the saddle I wanted to be. I ended up seeing 12 cows but no bulls. One little spikey in the group But I was fiddleing with my camcorder trying to get it to work and didn’t get a pic of them. I just got it back from, the shop and they reset all the settings…. Ohh well.
Anyways, I worked back up this hill and back further then I’ve ever been in this area. I found a nice canyon around 2:00 and by 2:30 figured I’d sit and watch the bowl till late evening.. I had a 350- 400 yard shot max I’m guessing in a 150 deg. View.. ALL snow covered and nice !!!
Well the second I sat down, Here was the view I saw instantly !!!!Sorry it's a bit blurry... But it was a bit far out and the camorder was focussing on something closer....
If I pan out here is what it looks like :
NOW, LOOK real close at the black dot. YEP, elieve it or not thats the elk. It wasn't all that far but the picture makes it a small item to see. It was only 350-400 MAX I figure.... NOTICE the snow spot on the DEAD tree for a reference. You can still see him in this picture if you're good.... BUT....
BUT...... panning out even further looks like this, GOOD luck finding it in this picture..... HAHA
~After I dropped the hammer from that location, I wasn’t even sure I smacked it. I was confident of the shot but when I reput the scope back on, it had moved and I didn't see it limping. Truth be told I lobbed another shot at it when It stepped back out but Even though it didn't run off I was still puzzled. It wasn't till later when I found out what happened. I walked over to it’s bed and Found NO blood. I was cussing myself and videotaping his tracks and bed area. Here is the bed he was lieing in :
I continued to follow his tracks not knowing what to expect. I figured he was 100 miles away and I missed him.. BUT how ?!?! At 350 yards he was bedded down and the bullet should have gotten him good. SURE, you can say not to take a facing shot, But I did.
I went to where I smacked papa last year and figured someone would push something back over.. there was a lot of rigs by the road… I started 2.5 hours before legal shooting and got to the saddle I wanted to be. I ended up seeing 12 cows but no bulls. One little spikey in the group But I was fiddleing with my camcorder trying to get it to work and didn’t get a pic of them. I just got it back from, the shop and they reset all the settings…. Ohh well.
Anyways, I worked back up this hill and back further then I’ve ever been in this area. I found a nice canyon around 2:00 and by 2:30 figured I’d sit and watch the bowl till late evening.. I had a 350- 400 yard shot max I’m guessing in a 150 deg. View.. ALL snow covered and nice !!!
Well the second I sat down, Here was the view I saw instantly !!!!Sorry it's a bit blurry... But it was a bit far out and the camorder was focussing on something closer....
![elk1.jpg](/proxy.php?image=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.hunttalk.com%2Ftemp%2F2002elk%2Felk1.jpg&hash=a9211ff1352b7405c0f78a71aeeb4ffd)
If I pan out here is what it looks like :
![elk2.jpg](/proxy.php?image=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.hunttalk.com%2Ftemp%2F2002elk%2Felk2.jpg&hash=a363778d6390bc914d4e07ea4896e134)
NOW, LOOK real close at the black dot. YEP, elieve it or not thats the elk. It wasn't all that far but the picture makes it a small item to see. It was only 350-400 MAX I figure.... NOTICE the snow spot on the DEAD tree for a reference. You can still see him in this picture if you're good.... BUT....
![elk3.jpg](/proxy.php?image=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.hunttalk.com%2Ftemp%2F2002elk%2Felk3.jpg&hash=85f43598fa1191cf825b2b72cab2bbe9)
BUT...... panning out even further looks like this, GOOD luck finding it in this picture..... HAHA
![elk4.jpg](/proxy.php?image=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.hunttalk.com%2Ftemp%2F2002elk%2Felk4.jpg&hash=e29592cbeee217f2e2082f701525f3d0)
~After I dropped the hammer from that location, I wasn’t even sure I smacked it. I was confident of the shot but when I reput the scope back on, it had moved and I didn't see it limping. Truth be told I lobbed another shot at it when It stepped back out but Even though it didn't run off I was still puzzled. It wasn't till later when I found out what happened. I walked over to it’s bed and Found NO blood. I was cussing myself and videotaping his tracks and bed area. Here is the bed he was lieing in :
![elk5.jpg](/proxy.php?image=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.hunttalk.com%2Ftemp%2F2002elk%2Felk5.jpg&hash=c1419399019b403c44357e518355d831)
I continued to follow his tracks not knowing what to expect. I figured he was 100 miles away and I missed him.. BUT how ?!?! At 350 yards he was bedded down and the bullet should have gotten him good. SURE, you can say not to take a facing shot, But I did.