Couple MT Elk......

[thecrittergitter]

Well, once again, took my gun for a long walk and like most times, just can't find the particular bull i'm looking for. Am I walking too far? Not road hunting enough? Was one of the neatest days i've ever had elk hunting, saw a record number of 22 bulls in one day! Saw lots of cows and spikes too. Snapped a couple pics of a few that i snuck into camera range of. The small group of bulls i snuck up to 50 yards of. Batteries went dead in the camera and so didn't get any other pics.....

Was a really cool day all in all except for not finding a big one....

 

[JoseCuervo]

That is a lot of snow for New Mexico......... In the good old days, before the wolves, Montana used to have that many elk.....

 

[mdunc8]

Looks and sounds like a great day.

 

[belly-deep]

Dude, you got it figured out. Congrats.

 

[shoots-straight]

Love elk hunting in deep snow in November. Then add the smell of burnt gun powder.

 

[----]

No pity from this guy....
Looks like a blast tracking through all that white fluffy crap.

 

[wingman1]

Here is one for ya critter. This one had a huge top would go 330ish and he had a little brother with him that looked 300ish with 50 cows. I ran into them on public land while looking for a mule deer last week. Go figure I was tagged out. They ended up coming within 200 yards.. Pics were with cell phone and bino.

 

[Bucnutz.wis]

Patience is key... and buy more batteries !!

Thanks for sharing - good luck !!

 

[T Bone]

Awesome pics! Keep after it!

 

[Horn Seeker]

Keep up the hard work, you just might find that big guy...

 

[174in]

God you guys that live out west have it made.

 

[thecrittergitter]

Wingman, if you could just tie that one up, i would be fine with 330 Let me know which tree you have him tied to and ill bring your rope back to you

I couldn't even make it today, i must be a pansy. 15.6 gps miles the last two days in knee to thigh deep snow has just kicked my a$$........

 

[Horn Seeker]

Only 15.6?? Geesh, I thought you were tough... By Monday there is supposed to be another 20 inches!!

 

[----]

Only 15.6?? Geesh, I thought you were tough... By Monday there is supposed to be another 20 inches!!

Still dry here in the valley of love....

 

[elk_hunter]

Wingman, if you could just tie that one up, i would be fine with 330 Let me know which tree you have him tied to and ill bring your rope back to you

I couldn't even make it today, i must be a pansy. 15.6 gps miles the last two days in knee to thigh deep snow has just kicked my a$$........

Too true; I had to hang up my gun this year after trapsing through that MT powder. Tough, tough hunting.

 

[belly-deep]

Still dry here in the valley of love....

If her love valley is dry, just use some KY...

 

[----]

If her love valley is dry, just use some KY...

That's disgusting and wrong, I'm offended.

You hitting this road for this last week or staying around town?

 

[belly-deep]

That's disgusting and wrong, I'm offended.

You hitting this road for this last week or staying around town?

Hitting the road. Gonna go see the family. If I get a buck early I might try and make it back down for some elk. I found what I'm guessing is a wintering area above the river near that place we've discussed. Never in my wildest dreams did I think there would be enough snow to push animals down there during hunting season though. I believe it might be possible now...

 

[----]

Hitting the road. Gonna go see the family. If I get a buck early I might try and make it back down for some elk. I found what I'm guessing is a wintering area above the river near that place we've discussed. Never in my wildest dreams did I think there would be enough snow to push animals down there during hunting season though. I believe it might be possible now...

Definitely possible now. A good friend of mine hunted upstream a ways early this week, and was in a foot of snow at the river. Was in cows but never got on a bull. He also cruised up the drainage you're talking about, and watched a 140 inch whitey pushing does around from the road.

 

[Horn Seeker]

Well we have 3+ inches in billings and the moisture is lined up from oregon through Idaho and still coming... 14 degrees too...