Started the New Year with a BANG!

[elkrchr]

I applied and drew a late season (Jan. 1st - 31st) coastal cow elk tag here in OR. I have always hunted Rocky Mountain elk, so this was going to be a first for me. The area received about 5-6 inches of fresh snow on Sunday, Jan. 1st so it was a no brainer to be in the forest on Monday. After hiking down an old logging road for a little over a mile, my friend and I came to a large clearcut with fresh elk tracks leading into it. After scouring the cut with our binoculars, we spotted some elk on the opposite side of the cut. The wind was perfect, the terrain was perfect and so was the stalk. Twenty minutes later we were 60 yards from seven feeding elk. One shot from the 7mm-08 and I had my first Roosevelt elk and my first animal of 2017. Should be some mighty fine eating!

 

[fulldraw]

Nice !

 

[Big Tex]

Congrats!

 

[LCH]

Looks like a big cow. Good eats ahead.

 

[fishing4sanity]

Congrats on the elk and thanks for sharing those great photos.

 

[Gerald Martin]

Congrats! That looks like a fun hunt!

 

[Wild Bill]

7mm HT strikes again! Congrats

 

[Straight Arrow]

Nicely done! Congrats.

 

[OriginalOscar]

Head like a horse. Big cow. Congratulations

 

[Dougfirtree]

Congrats! What bullet did you use, and how did it perform?

 

[cpoplayer]

Congrats!!!!

 

[duckhunt]

Congrats

 

[sbhooper]

Outstanding job! I killed a cow a couple years back that had ivories worn so low, that I did not even dig them out. Great shot placement, too!:hump:

 

[bowhuntmontana]

Beautiful and delicious. Great color on those ivories. Congrats.

 

[Sagesniffer]

Great job!

 

[WestT]

Perfect!

 

[DRAFTSTUD]

Outstanding start of the year! John

 

[noharleyyet]

...liking these January hunt pics.

 

[What Map]

Those ivories look nice. Fine animal. Nice start to 2017 for sure.

 

[hank4elk]

Well done!