TOP_PREDATOR
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A few photos from mates Elk trip last week.Hunt was in Northern B.C.
Details on BarnesX used on this trip.A Wolf was also shot but went MIA in the thick cover.
"168 grn in the 06'...both shots exited. first shot at 85 yrds, second at about 125. The off-shoulder was destroyed on the second shot and the elk traveled about 300 yrds from where its was first hit.
150 grn 7MMREMMAG on my elk. first shot at 40yrds through the lungs and out. Second shot at 70 yrds, through the lungs in the opposite direction and stuck under the skin on the far side. The elk traveled a totat of about 75 yrds." 30/06 Elk

 7MMREMMAG

 Mulie Buck For you Bow hunters. Bow: Hoyt Ultratech - 66lbs king cobra slider sight Victory HV arrows - total weight 340 grns going 308 fps broadhead - 100 grain slick tricks release - truball trail boss (t-handle)
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Cinghiale
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Magnificent trophies there Top Predator!
Tell us more about the country you were hunting in and the circumstances of the two if you could please.
Regards,
MOG
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JabaliHunter
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Outstanding! The photos came out well too - what camera were you using?
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Marrakai
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Yes, spectacular photos, and spectacular racks!
Inspiring!
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9.3x57
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Great pix!
Nice, easy country for the packing, too!
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AspenHill
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Looks like a great place to hunt! Nice trophies, lots of big smiles.
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Everyday spent outdoors is the best day of my life.
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tinker
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Nice!
Definitely beautiful hunting country, great animals!
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TOP_PREDATOR
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A quick story to go with the photos.
We were hunting public land in the foothills on the north side of the Rocky Mountains near Fort St John, BC. Our elk area has several drainage systems and plenty of small draws that we focus on. Our strategy involves getting into the bush before first light and either working our way down a draw or following an elevation contour around a drainage. Each member of the group (there were three of us) were on elk every day. But with many close calls and changes in wind, it took Chris until day 3 to connect. His bull was bugling like mad from the edge of a mineral lick (which he was trying to turn into a wallow). This made things easy for Chris as had only to follow the handy game trail into the lick and let bull keep giving away his position. Once he got within view, it was an easy couple of shots and a short search (once the rest of the crew had been gathered) to locate the bull. Unfortunately, Chris had walked straight down hill from his drop-off point to where he shot the bull, which meant that we had to either pack this bull up hill on our backs...or spend many hours cutting several kilometers of quad trail through all the blow-down. We choose (wisely) to cut trail and 13 hours after the first shot we were back in camp.
The next day Chris put away his rifle and picked up his archery tackle. We had slept right through our morning hunt, choosing to recover a bit from the previous days events, and finally left camp around 3 in the afternoon. On our way into one of elk spots, near a cattle ranch that we have permission to hunt, we spotted a nice 4x4 mule deer near the edge of a field. Being the thoughtful and generous hunting partner that I am I offered to skip my evening elk hunt and instead grab the camera and follow Chris as he made an attempt on this buck. It only took Chris and I 30 min to get as close to the buck as the terrain would allow. After that we waited for another half-an-hour for the buck to creep within Chris's shooting range. Once in range Chris made an excellent shot through the top of the heart and we had another round of high-fives in two days!
The next two days had no one seeing elk. For some reason or another the elk just vanished...no bugles...no sightings...nothing. On Friday morning my dad and I went out for one last morning hike while Chris stayed behind to break camp. We got to the spot we picked for the last hunt and were on elk right out of the truck! First in was a small 5x5. He came in to our bugles and cow calls easily and presented a shooting opportunity at 40 meters. We opted to pass as he was very light antlered obviously an immature bull. Another 30 min into our hike we started to here two different bulls bugling to each other in the distance. The bugles were echoing through the woods making it difficult to pinpoint a direct...this had us wandering about in all directions as we tried desperately to get closer. We finally moved in close enough to get one of bulls to come at us. Once he was within about 150 meters my dad ducked behind a tree and continued to bugle and cow call. I scooted about 50 meters further ahead and few yards to the downwind side and found a bit of cover as the bull moved within view. As luck would have it, he was coming straight at me and he was only 40 meters away when he finally turned so I could get a look at his rack. One glance was good enough for me as it was the last day. I fired one round through the ribs and he took off at a trot. My dad bugled and stopped and looked back! Not one to miss an opportunity I fired another one through the boiler room and he went down after another short dash.
Due to a handy logging road we only had to cut trail through 500 meters of timber to get to the elk and we were loaded and gone by lunch....what a great hunt!
-------------------- "I have carried out my official duties as long and faithfully as i can,and for the rest I have lived in such a fashion as seemed most agreeable to me...convinced that a good day's shooting is second in point of pleasure to nothing else on earth."
Lord Warwick
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bigmaxx
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Awesome trophies. Must have been a thrilling hunt. Nice bow, I shoot an ultratech myself.
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Ripp
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Great animals--congrats..
I actually have a friend who has a consession there as well..says there are some really good moose in the area also...
Ripp
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ovny
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Beautiful tropies, I like this animals. Elk is an impresive deer, congratulations.
Oscar.
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