recipes for tag soup

[jjt]

well Im back from my 10 day elk hunting excursion

I only wish i had taken some pictures to show off to you all here at hunting net

first by the title of this post you should know i was not successful but our group as a hole did very well
out of 11 of us there were 5 bulls and 1 cow taken(4 5x5s and 1 spike)

i however passed on several opprotunities to take an animal as i wanted a large bull 6x6 or better

I did however fill a few limits of grouse and caught a beutiful 21 1/2 inch brown trout(wich a picture would have been nice) it ate well

i also had a run in with a very large cinimun fase black bear in which i didnot shoot cause i thought it was a grizzly(size and color) however as it was leaving i made the identity as a blacky but could never get into range with a clear shot again

for anybody that can guess a weight for me he was around four foot high in the shoulder and bigger around than santa claus

[plainsman]

Sorry to hear about the tag soup, that bites, but at least you didn' t settle for less than what you truly wanted. Happy to hear about grouse limits and trout,way to go!!! As for the blackie, I' d guess around 650+ range. I' m probably off somewhat as I haven' t been around them much in a number of years.

Keep your chin up, a LOT of great hunts still end up as " tag soup" , trust me, I' m a true chef of tag soup.

[BeaverJack]

Cheer up JJ,
You jus' took the first baby step to becomin' a trophy hunter. The first rule for killin' big bulls is not to kill small ones. The second rule is to be prepared to go home empty-handed. The third rule is to look at any hunt, successful or not, as better than watchin' football or sappy Hallmark movies with the wife.

[firsttimeelkhunter]

Drop me a line on that recipe. We only had one cow out of six tags. Had a great time and met some great people. I guess I' ll have to change my handle now