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Ripp
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Elk --2016
#289368 - 25/10/16 12:07 AM

Opening Morning

Golden Eagle

Swans headed south

Couple young mule deer bucks...

Mule deer herd out feeding

Think I am going to get rained/snowed on..

And now the work begins...

Edited by Ripp (25/10/16 12:11 AM)

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Iowa_303s
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Re: Elk --2016 [Re: Ripp]
#289369 - 25/10/16 01:01 AM

Great scenery and a nice bull.
Congrats on a successful hunt!

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formerly known as Iowa_303

"Once your reputation is ruined you can live your life quite freely."

"Enkelkinder über alles"

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szihn
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Re: Elk --2016 [Re: Iowa_303s]
#289370 - 25/10/16 01:35 AM

Hey Ripp, what did you get him with?

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Ripp
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Re: Elk --2016 [Re: szihn]
#289371 - 25/10/16 01:50 AM

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Great scenery and a nice bull.
Congrats on a successful hunt!

Thank you..

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Hey Ripp, what did you get him with?

Was using my HS in 300RUM..loaded with 180 Swift Scirocco's...

Ripp

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Edited by Ripp (25/10/16 03:21 AM)

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gryphon
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Re: Elk --2016 [Re: Ripp]
#289373 - 25/10/16 05:32 AM

And a good days work ,hats off to you.
Lovely skies as an addition to the anticipation of the hunt.

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Waidmannsheil
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Loc: Melbourne Australia

Re: Elk --2016 [Re: gryphon]
#289375 - 25/10/16 06:10 AM

Very nice bull, well done.

Waidmannsheil.

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93x64mm
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Loc: Nth QLD Australia

Re: Elk --2016 [Re: Waidmannsheil]
#289376 - 25/10/16 07:04 AM

Some really nice photos mate!
Liked the golden eagle one, very much like our wedge tail!
Nice stag - would be an enjoyable but hefty chore.
Lucky bugger!
Cheers
93x64mm

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DarylS
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Re: Elk --2016 [Re: 93x64mm]
#289378 - 25/10/16 08:24 AM

Great pictures, Ripp - nice bull, btw - not all covered in piss & all swollen up - should be really good eating.

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Daryl

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Re: Elk --2016 [Re: DarylS]
#289381 - 25/10/16 08:39 AM

Thanks for the pics, looks way to cold for me. Like to give it a try one day though.

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Ripp
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Re: Elk --2016 [Re: Claydog]
#289404 - 26/10/16 12:54 AM

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Thanks for the pics, looks way to cold for me. Like to give it a try one day though.

Once the storm blew through it wasn't too bad..was about 2-4C in the morning but wind was howling for couple hours..warmed up to 10C the following day...

Heat wave...

its actually warmed up here since..suppose to be 15C today

Ripp

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Edited by Ripp (26/10/16 01:05 AM)

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DarylS
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Re: Elk --2016 [Re: Ripp]
#289410 - 26/10/16 02:13 AM

It's been staying pretty much over the freezing point here, too, Ripp - quite mild.

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Daryl

"a gun without hammers is like a Spaniel without ears" King George V

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Ripp
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Re: Elk --2016 [Re: DarylS]
#289431 - 26/10/16 11:16 AM

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It's been staying pretty much over the freezing point here, too, Ripp - quite mild.

Yes today it was sunny and then light rain and 66F..beautiful for this time of year but not good for elk hunting...

Ripp

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Ripp
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Re: Elk --2016 [Re: Ripp]
#289463 - 27/10/16 10:19 AM

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szihn
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Re: Elk --2016 [Re: Ripp]
#289637 - 31/10/16 12:22 PM

Dang....I look at the pictures and again regret not talking a camera with me.
I never do.
I always think "next year I will" and I never remember.

Oh well, I remember the sights in my mind.

I did get a bull, but the only pic I have is of his antlers here on our kitchen table.

Edited by szihn (31/10/16 12:26 PM)

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DarylS
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Re: Elk --2016 [Re: szihn]
#289640 - 31/10/16 01:35 PM

Is that a 6th peg on that left antler, Steve? It doesn't really matter much - I went 5 hours North to get an elk end of Sept. got a wasp sting, reacted and spent the next week getting over it. We didn't even see any elk, yet we glasses prime elk territory (from 6 years ago when the wolves first showed up.
I forgot my camera too, but nothing but bush & landscape to film - no critters except beef cattle and a single 2-point mulie buck we saw first day. We should have seen dozens of them. Nadda

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szihn
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Re: Elk --2016 [Re: DarylS]
#289645 - 31/10/16 04:18 PM

There are 2 little bumps on the back of the top tines. Some time in the past it may have been a 6X6 but today it's a 5X5. Old elk for sure. Horns are getting smaller instead of bigger, but the body was very big.
He's in the freezer now.

God was good to me.

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Ripp
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Re: Elk --2016 [Re: szihn]
#289653 - 31/10/16 11:38 PM

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There are 2 little bumps on the back of the top tines. Some time in the past it may have been a 6X6 but today it's a 5X5. Old elk for sure. Horns are getting smaller instead of bigger, but the body was very big.
He's in the freezer now.

God was good to me.

Great Job Steve

That is awesome...congrats...

Ripp

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