Picture of wife's huge rack!!!
03-11-2004, 01:25 PM
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RE: Picture of wife's huge rack!!!
Happy to help Bob!
The cow actually turned out to be a small bull calf. In WA, the tags are labeled "any bull" or "antlerless" for this very reason. You can't tell a calf bull from a cow in most hunting situations. We chose to drag it out vs. cutting it up because;
1. We like to get them out whole when we can. Keeps everything cleaner and easier to skin back home.
2. With the snow the drag was really pretty easy.
3. It was downhill the first half and mostly level the second half of the drag.
She was using her Browning .270 Win handloaded with 130g Partitions that I rolled myself. Shot was probably 100-150 yards. We had to make a few follow up shots unfortunately. She guessed the distance as much further away and aimed high behind the shoulder and spine-shot it. Hopefully she'll realize she needs to go to the range with me a little more and understand her rifle and bullet trajectory better for future hunts.
I am one of the luckiest guys on Earth and I realize that every day! You and I are close to the same age too Bob, you're just a couple years ahead of me. Sounds like you're one of the lucky ones too!
Good luck in ID this year and let me know how you do. I should try my hand over there since we're so close. Maybe one of these years. Much better odds of bagging an Elk than in WA, where it's spike bull only without special (read=years of applying) permit.
The cow actually turned out to be a small bull calf. In WA, the tags are labeled "any bull" or "antlerless" for this very reason. You can't tell a calf bull from a cow in most hunting situations. We chose to drag it out vs. cutting it up because;
1. We like to get them out whole when we can. Keeps everything cleaner and easier to skin back home.
2. With the snow the drag was really pretty easy.
3. It was downhill the first half and mostly level the second half of the drag.
She was using her Browning .270 Win handloaded with 130g Partitions that I rolled myself. Shot was probably 100-150 yards. We had to make a few follow up shots unfortunately. She guessed the distance as much further away and aimed high behind the shoulder and spine-shot it. Hopefully she'll realize she needs to go to the range with me a little more and understand her rifle and bullet trajectory better for future hunts.
I am one of the luckiest guys on Earth and I realize that every day! You and I are close to the same age too Bob, you're just a couple years ahead of me. Sounds like you're one of the lucky ones too!
Good luck in ID this year and let me know how you do. I should try my hand over there since we're so close. Maybe one of these years. Much better odds of bagging an Elk than in WA, where it's spike bull only without special (read=years of applying) permit.
