Elk hunting

[bcbull378]

Went to Colorado last week elk hunting we were going to hunt the San Juan mountains but the night before opening day 40 + cows and a bull came into my buddies horse pasture. So we hung around the ranch opening day and 25 cows and a bull showed up at daybreak. One of my buddies wanted the bull since he has never shot a bull and my buddy Dale and I have shot several. A few minutes after shooting light on the count of 3 we all shot and dropped 2 cows in their tracks. My buddy shooting at the bull had a touch of Bull fever and missed. Being as safe as possible I used the blaze orange pack horse to pack the elk to the barn for skinning.

 

[skeets]

DAYUM that's a heifer sized cow! what do you think you will get out of her about 250 pounds of meat?

 

[bearskinner]

DAYUM that's a heifer sized cow! what do you think you will get out of her about 250 pounds of meat?

You will have a freezer or two full of meat, but the fun just starts when they hit the ground. I know I got 312 pounds of cut, wrapped meat off mine. That plus a 300 lb hog, I ended up sharing almost half of it with my family, friends and neighbors

 

[skeets]

Thats a fact! Once you shootem then the work starts,, I was always told figure 1/3 body weight in head hide and viscera, and just about 1/3 more in the bones, to figure usable meat. Last white tail I did it took all day to cut wrap grind and haul it to the freezer. Its harder when no one wants to help any more, so i stopped doing them my self. My nephew shot one last week, it cost his dad 90 bucks to get cut up plus any extra like jerky or meat sticks. Figureing it thats pretty expensive meat,,lol

 

[bcbull378]

DAYUM that's a heifer sized cow! what do you think you will get out of her about 250 pounds of meat?

Mine 303 lbs my buddies 269 in the locker had some T-Bones tonight delicious.

 

[skeets]

Yeppers thats some mighty fine eating

Jeremiah Johnson: [Jeremiah and Bear Claw hunt elk] Wind's right, but he'll just run soon as we step out of these trees.
Bear Claw Chris Lapp: Trick to it. Walk out on this side of your horse.
Jeremiah Johnson: What if he sees our feet?
Bear Claw Chris Lapp: Elk don't know how many feet a horse has!

 

[bucktail]

I haven't hunted elk since 2012. I miss it. Thanks for the pics.

 

[bcbull378]

I packed this bull out of a deep canyon in 2004 with the help of a friend and it took 16 hours, I'm loving my Kubota elk lol.