louddrummer69

Well guys I just returned from Routt National Forest in North Central Colorado. We had an awesome time and I saw quite a few elk. Of course, I only had a cow tag and was 20 yards twice to a 5 x 5 bull on seperete days. I did connect on a cow but was unable to recover her. I shot her at 30 yards and she was down in a depression when I shot. I saw her spin and looked like she fell on her back. A big bull stood broadside at 20 yards after the shot and my attention was on him. Elk ran everywhere and I only could find 3 spots of blood. We tracked and tracked and tracked some more but couldn't locate her. I really have zero answers to where she went but I learned a nice lesson. My hunting buddy did connect on a spike bull that he thought was a cow. Fortunately, both tines were under 5 inches. Another part of our hunting crew shot a cow he walked up on that was wounded and finished her off. A father and son came to where he shot and told him that it was their cow. He said he had the kill shot so it was his cow. Well they disagreed and he asked if they could split the meat. He said the guy got in his face and said absolutely not. He is a small guy so he walked back to camp and told us what happened. Pretty shocking. We had a nice bull moose follow us up a hill of sage brush. He wasn't scared of us at all and seemed to be more curious of us than anything. Unfortunately, on that afternoon hunt I left my camera in the truck. All in all, it was a real good time. Our heater broke in our camper...again...so the nights were pretty cold. Yesterday morning it was 8 degrees. Here are a couple of pics from our trip...good luck guys.