Elk .... Let's see them!!!

[Foxtrot1]

2010 bull from Kentucky. DIY WMA hunt, my first elk hunt. Bull was 9.5 yrs old. Stalked him and his single cow about 1 mile. Me and Jeff crawled to within 40 yds before we could see him. After the first shot through the shoulders he turned and tried to follow the cow down a steep bluff. I shot one of his eye guards off while trying to anchor him with a Texas heart shot. The third shot through his neck and the base of his skull stopped him. I had prepared to shoot 3-400 yds across ridges, and ended up shooting him at shotgun range.

 

[drthornton]

My first Elk killed on my first DIY Elk hunt with my bud WV Hunter (who I met thru Hunt Talk).
Wyoming General Tag 2011.

 

[mixedbag]

boy that place looks a little familiar,lol.I hope to add my picture with one this coming week in your spot Dan.Don't want to post my bull till I kill a decent one;few more days I hope
these pictures are firing me up for opener in southern wy. monday

 

[Big Fin]

Eastern Montana - 2009. Lawnboy played a tune that this guy thought was "Sweet Lips," causing him to hang around a lot longer than was good for his health.

 

[Big Fin]

Uncle Larry with a bull from the Big Horn Mountains of Wyoming. The first ever episode of On Your Own Adventures.

 

[Big Fin]

Wouldn't be a good elk thread without a "One that got away pic." This was in NV in 2009, the second to last day of season. I found this bull in a hell hole and took these pics with my little point and shoot, through one lens of my Gold Ring binos.

We never did get on him the next day. I often wonder if someone killed him.

 

[bonedogg]

Southern Alberta Prairie Bull

 

[tundraflyer]

My 2010 Bull

 

[AZ Ron]

My first elk... AZ Nov 1999 rifle elk hunt

My 2010 AZ Archery Bull

My 2011 AZ Archery Bull

My 2012 AZ Archery Bull

My dad's 2007 AZ Nov Rifle Bull

My dad's 2010 AZ Nov Rifle Bull

My wife's 2008 AZ rifle Oct Cow

Hoping to add my wife's 2012 AZ rifle bull after a couple of weeks!

Ron

 

[MontanaWild]

2012 MT, Public Land, DIY - After hunting silent elk in the thick jungle of Northwest Montana, we decided to sit a wallow that hadn't been used much recently, but had fresh bear tracks in it. An hour later this guys stepped out at 8 yards. A biologist aged him at 9 or 10 years.

 

[BOHNTR]

Awesome thread!

AZ-1993:

AZ-1999:

AZ-2005:

AZ-2012:

 

[Mudranger1]

the one and only so far..Wife's 2010 Colorado bull

 

[nmelktrout]

Here's a few photos from more recent New Mexico elk hunts.

The last two photos are courtesy of Bmack. Hopefully have a few more after next week's hunt...

 

[Intothewindoutdoors]

2011 Wyoming Bull

We sat in the snow and cold for 4 hours waiting for this guy but it was totally worth it!!

 

[elkdiesel]

This public land bull hit the dirt last Tuesday in WY.

 

[Gerald Martin]

A few more Montana bulls from 2005 through 2012.

I still haven't figured out how to insert multiple images between text. Guess I'll have to do multiple posts.

2012

 

[elkdiesel]

A couple MT bulls from the past.

 

[Gerald Martin]

2011

 

[Gerald Martin]

2009- Montana- My wife and I both killed bulls this year. Of course she kills a bigger one than I ever have.

 

[Intothewindoutdoors]

My 2012 Wyoming archery elk!

Though we saw many bigger bulls this year I couldn't be any happier to have taken this bull. I shot him that last weekend in September, I was very sick with the flu but nothing could keep me from chasing elk in the backcountry.