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ORIGINAL: Sharp Shooter

I am really excited. I leave this thurday the 4th to Wyoming for elk. I am going to hunt Friday, Saturday, and Sunday. If I get an elk early like friday or saturday morning I might grab an antelope tag and try to get an antelpe to. When do you guys all start hunting?

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ORIGINAL: AZBear

UPDATE: I got my NM Muzzy cow on opening day at 3:15 in the afternoon...I saw about 40 cows and many bulls and after having to back off twice because of bulls getting in the way I finally managed to sneak within 50 yard to take a cow on her bed. The T/C Encore worked perfectly and the T/C Shockwave bonded 250-grain bullet powered by 3x50 Pyrodex pellets did a fantastic job. Shattered one rib causing a major hole on the impact side and the bullet was found on the off side between the ribs andthe front shoulder...it was about the size of a quarter.

We found the elk bedding at around 9300 ft just like last year and I managed to take my elk less than a 1/2 mile from where my brother got his last year. The wind was really blowing (15-20 mph) and was coming up hill (I was above the cows) and it made it hard for the elk to tell I was there…all the cows were laying down and I had to wait for more than 30 mins till one of them stood up to stretch and then I had my chance. I had one cow that was laying down that was really close but the only shot was a neck/head shot and I wasn’t going to risk a marginal shot when all I had to do was wait. As it turned out the closest cow got a buy this time and I took a different cow who finally stood up.

Many other hunters were complaining about not see many bulls but we sawone 5 pointer,four nice 6 pointers and one extremely nice 6 pointer in the 350+ class. They just weren't hunting at the right altitude as far as I could tell. The bulls were bugling and starting to fight when we got there andby all appearances the rut was just getting fired up.

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ORIGINAL: AZBear

UPDATE: I got my NM Muzzy cow on opening day at 3:15 in the afternoon...I saw about 40 cows and many bulls and after having to back off twice because of bulls getting in the way I finally managed to sneak within 50 yard to take a cow on her bed. The T/C Encore worked perfectly and the T/C Shockwave bonded 250-grain bullet powered by 3x50 Pyrodex pellets did a fantastic job. Shattered one rib causing a major hole on the impact side and the bullet was found on the off side between the ribs andthe front shoulder...it was about the size of a quarter.

We found the elk bedding at around 9300 ft just like last year and I managed to take my elk less than a 1/2 mile from where my brother got his last year. The wind was really blowing (15-20 mph) and was coming up hill (I was above the cows) and it made it hard for the elk to tell I was there…all the cows were laying down and I had to wait for more than 30 mins till one of them stood up to stretch and then I had my chance. I had one cow that was laying down that was really close but the only shot was a neck/head shot and I wasn’t going to risk a marginal shot when all I had to do was wait. As it turned out the closest cow got a buy this time and I took a different cow who finally stood up.

Many other hunters were complaining about not see many bulls but we sawone 5 pointer,four nice 6 pointers and one extremely nice 6 pointer in the 350+ class. They just weren't hunting at the right altitude as far as I could tell. The bulls were bugling and starting to fight when we got there andby all appearances the rut was just getting fired up.

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