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Elk
Jul 5, 2019 18:44:15 GMT -6
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Post by Jake on Jul 5, 2019 18:44:15 GMT -6
29 public land tags were drawn here in Arkansas yesterday. We will have a 30 to 40 head private land quota. I’ve been trying to draw in Kansas for a few years. We’ve been going OTC in Idaho and having a blast. Gives me good reason to stay in “elk shape” instead of being a couch potato |
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Elk
Jul 5, 2019 19:02:32 GMT -6
Post by randy on Jul 5, 2019 19:02:32 GMT -6
If you get a public land tag here it pretty easy really. If you are into real big ones it gets a little tough. Private land hunts are hit and a miss.
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Elk
Jul 5, 2019 20:08:10 GMT -6
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Post by Jake on Jul 5, 2019 20:08:10 GMT -6
I’m still trying to kill one. Have called them in for others but haven’t had a shot other than a cow and a calf. We are all archery so adds some excitement. Especially in grizz country.
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Post by randy on Jul 5, 2019 20:13:50 GMT -6
I’m still trying to kill one. Have called them in for others but haven’t had a shot other than a cow and a calf. We are all archery so adds some excitement. Especially in grizz country. There is a reason White men are running the country Jake. Sticks are no match for bullets. |
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Elk
Jul 5, 2019 20:21:46 GMT -6
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Post by Jake on Jul 5, 2019 20:21:46 GMT -6
I’m still trying to kill one. Have called them in for others but haven’t had a shot other than a cow and a calf. We are all archery so adds some excitement. Especially in grizz country. There is a reason White men are running the country Jake. Sticks are no match for bullets. I love the interaction of hunting the rut and calling. And September is about the only time we have before harvest. |
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Elk
Jul 6, 2019 5:05:06 GMT -6
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Post by randy on Jul 6, 2019 5:05:06 GMT -6
There is a reason White men are running the country Jake. Sticks are no match for bullets. I love the interaction of hunting the rut and calling. And September is about the only time we have before harvest. I have a friend that bowhunts all over the world Jake. Just can't see it myself. I will give you shout some day when we have them and give you a chance here/ |
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Elk
Jul 7, 2019 6:56:13 GMT -6
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Post by randy on Jul 7, 2019 6:56:13 GMT -6
There is a reason White men are running the country Jake. Sticks are no match for bullets. I love the interaction of hunting the rut and calling. And September is about the only time we have before harvest.  Here is one of the better Arkansas bulls Jake. |
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Elk
Jul 7, 2019 7:13:14 GMT -6
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Post by Jake on Jul 7, 2019 7:13:14 GMT -6
That’s a dang nice bull
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Jul 7, 2019 8:29:58 GMT -6
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Post by dave on Jul 7, 2019 8:29:58 GMT -6
I have some pretty nice elk all around me. None or rarely on my property. This year I was drawn for a cow tag that runs from Oct 12 to Dec 31. One of my neighbors has a elk herd in his alfalfa field in mid October. A nice fat dry cow out of the alfalfa that gets put into the pickup by a loader tractor sure beats a big bull in the bottom of a canyon.
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Post by 3LT Farms on Jul 7, 2019 8:34:01 GMT -6
I have some pretty nice elk all around me. None or rarely on my property. This year I was drawn for a cow tag that runs from Oct 12 to Dec 31. One of my neighbors has a elk herd in his alfalfa field in mid October. A nice fat dry cow out of the alfalfa that gets put into the pickup by a loader tractor sure beats a big bull in the bottom of a canyon.
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Jul 8, 2019 17:50:30 GMT -6
Post by dave on Jul 8, 2019 17:50:30 GMT -6
I have shot 12 bulls and hunting partners have shot a bunch. None of them were anywhere near a road. Mostly up hill to a road. Crawling up a hill with a quarter of elk on the back isn't nearly as much fun as it use to be.
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Elk
Jul 8, 2019 18:08:40 GMT -6
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Post by Jake on Jul 8, 2019 18:08:40 GMT -6
I have shot 12 bulls and hunting partners have shot a bunch. None of them were anywhere near a road. Mostly up hill to a road. Crawling up a hill with a quarter of elk on the back isn't nearly as much fun as it use to be. Called this one in for my brother in law last year. He was only 3/4 of a mile from the road where would dump him and I hiked back to get the truck after that. Three of us took him out in one trip, I sure wouldn’t have wanted to carry that much 4-5 miles real bad.  |
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Elk
Jul 8, 2019 18:10:22 GMT -6
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Post by 3LT Farms on Jul 8, 2019 18:10:22 GMT -6
I just took elk hunting off my bucket list, ain't nothing about this looks like fun.
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Jul 8, 2019 19:02:19 GMT -6
Post by randy on Jul 8, 2019 19:02:19 GMT -6
I just took elk hunting off my bucket list, ain't nothing about this looks like fun. Its fun till the thing hits the ground, Then its just plain work. |
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Jul 8, 2019 22:18:41 GMT -6
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Post by dave on Jul 8, 2019 22:18:41 GMT -6
The vast majority of the elk I have been involved with were Roosevelt elk on the Washington coast. They have smaller antlers than their Rocky Mountain cousins. But bigger bodies. For the last 20 years or so we hunted an area behind locked gates. This was timber company ground. It was walk in or peddle a mountain bike. Three of us averaged better than one elk a year. And I don't remember any of them being closer than 4 miles from the gate. A couple were 9 miles from the gate. Shoot one and it turns into work real fast. I was kind of proud of myself hunting there after I turned 60. Most of the people you meet in there were in their 20's or 30's.
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