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    First Elk

    Way to go Dad! ...and the first elk an ARCHERY success! Excellent! I look back at my kids' first successful hunts and still get a big grin thinking of the stories.
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    Early season excitement!

    Awesome. Your story got me super fired up! Can't wait...2.5 more days.
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    No Elk _Plan for Following Morning?

    Because I hunt thick terrain, I would wake up plenty early and navigate in the dark and listen for vocal elk. It's about the only way you can find them in my neck of the woods if you don't know their habits or the area.
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    No Elk _Plan for Following Morning?

    I have a list of spots to hit each year that I keep in the quiver - some new, some old spots, and some requiring more scouting because of good tips or the type of area/terrain that was present. I make sure I have it available for reference with maps, etc. when I'm out so I can hit Plan B if...
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    Elk; When to Call & When not to

    +1 on Ross' comment. Just knowing when to shut up after you've generated the action seems to have been the kicker for all of my best encounters.
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    finally, my first elk.

    Great story. I didn't scroll to the pictures first...:) As everyone's said, afer the first one, they start coming a bit easier. The things you learn that actually worked don't necessarily always work every time, but the things you learn that have NEVER worked saves you time during the next...
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    How many days do you give yourself to harvest an elk each year?

    i give myself every day/morning/evening I can. With two high school aged kids in fall athletics and activities, I have to make sure I'm around once in awhile to support them, so the weekend-warrior plan has had to do the past few years. The time of 10-straight days in the field will come again...
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    What would you change or do different after the 2012 Elk Season?

    I was willing to play the decreased odds a bit and I spent a good portion of this year looking for new spots during the rut. I walked into areas I'd never been to before, applying the NW Montana formula for elevation, vegetation, and topography to unknown places. All the walking this year...
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    Quiet Elk how to hunt

    I guess that's why they call it hunting, and not "killing." Hunting silent elk is a tough question I think every elk hunter has asked themselves at one time or another, especially when you expect them to respond to something. A few years back I hunted a particular pressured group of elk like...
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    Big Bull for my dad

    That is just awesome! What a bull...your Dad undoubtedly is VERY proud! I lost my Dad nearly 30 years ago, but he instilled a hunting urge in me that cannot be tamed. Every time I have a great hunting encounter I know he's watching...maybe even twisting the dials so they happen a little more...
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    One Less In Idaho! (grin)

    Nice job! That is a beautiful bull...super symmetrical!
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    Colorado Success! First Archery Elk

    Nice job! That's a beautiful bull!
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    Journal of a New Elk Hunters First Season

    BTW. A great read. Thanks for posting this thread. I'm really enjoying it. My son always tells me the same thing "I wish we had a time machine!" There's a common thread in those youngsters, however I couldn't agree more with their recommendation! As far as the topic of "gut instincts" go...
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    Who's plans have changed so far this year?

    Now THAT is FUNNY! I'd be 6-feet under had I said that...but have to say that your is fully understood by those in this forum.
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    Gross weight of elk meat?

    I'd agee at ~250lbs + or - 35lbs. Last year's harvest numbers from my bull: -5x6 mature bull elk (Rocky Mountain) -antler gross score 307 -4 quarters (bone-in - no lower leg) plus tenderloins/backstrap. -No neck meat (heat soured) -Weight at butcher = 308lbs ...so probably about 235 if bone...
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    score this bull

    I'm continually amazed too...especially with the headgear. I've hunted elk in the areas around the Flathead my whole life as well, tagging along with my dad and brothers until I became able to fire my own bullets back in 1982. We just might know one another.
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    score this bull

    Nice bull! Enough have said ~320 that I'd fully agree...and I wouldn't think twice about passing on him if an opportunity was there. There are some real pigs in our corner of the state that hide out in the brush all year (even though your photo looks like an open area)...you must have felt a...
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    Worthless....

    Now THAT is AWESOME! Good for you!
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    Which type/brand of meat bag?

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    Hunting in grizzly country.

    I drive 2 hours to hunt the same range where Ross hits it...for this very reason. It's a place where the USFWS keeps trying to get Grizzlies to live, but it just isn't sticking. I've had enough hair-raising griz encounters (when I DIDN'T have blood all over me and a carcass nearby) to make me...

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