way to go, is a new camo?

Nice pics Hiawatha, congrats. That will be some fine table fare!

Congrats. It looks like you guys had a great time.

fishman- yes we do have great luck taking elk out of stands. Yet to kill any respectable bulls but cows and spikes have been droppin like flies. My family owns about a mile of agricultural land bordering a provincial park. We cannot hunt elk in the park unless we are drawn but the elk all pile out of the park to feed on the crop. This year wildlife damage adjusted our wheat at a 2400 bushell loss to elk damage. We set up on the main trails the elk use to access the fields and wait them out. Trick is to get them out while you still have light or get behind them b4 they make it back into the park in the morning. Only have about 30 minutes of action a night but its great. Seems we have had better encounters with bigger bulls on the ground as you can move around and they are far from easy to pattern, but again once the bulls hit the bush they are gone. Many bulls will not even come out until the middle of the night. They will sit just inside watching the cows and calling but know better than to step out in daylight.

Rankbull- no thats not a new camo pattern lol. After i take an animal or know i will be loading one for someone else i strip my camo off and put on my rig coveralls as i do not feel like washing my camo the next day. We got lucky again this year with all 3 elk dropping in the field so no dragging was involved at all. I have a winch/ramp hookup on my dodge so i can just backup, pull the ramp, hook the winch to em and crankem up then slide the ramp underneath the false floor. I loaded all 3 myself while to boys watched in awe. Slick setup.

CONGRATULATIONS!!!!!!!

Beauty elk!!!!

I had a spike under my treestand 15 minutes after first light on opening morning... If he'd been legal in our area, I'd be having elk steak tonight instead of the venison roast I'm eating in between typing!!

sorry to hear they are eating the crops, I would be willing to help thin down the heard

Congrats!!! Great pictures.

Hia, nice job, you guys are eating well again this year. See you in 4 days bud..

Wow I hope you realize how great you have it, not many of us elk hunters have those kind of "accomodations".. tree stand hunting and drive up to the carcass. Every single elk I've taken or been involved in taking has been quartered up and backpacked out over rugged terrain.. a major ordeal to say the least! Once again enjoy those spike steaks!