Colorado cow elk
I just got home from a tough cow elk hunt. Full moon, high winds, and no snow added up to elk that stayed high and went to timber early. I did not even see any elk below 10,500 with a spotting scope. Strangely enough I could have taken a bull on most days, but it took six long hard days to finally drop a cow. I switched from carrying a nice light .270 to a big heavy .300 WM after it became obvious that any shot would be much longer than usual this year. A 180 NP did the work at 348 yards. Normally I would not shoot a cow at this long of a range, but this time it was go long or go home empty handed.