2024 OFFICIAL ELK MEAT POLE

[Packer9037]

First elk ever for my daughter. 10-yard shot and she dropped him.
I can't tell you how proud I was of her. One of the most memorable hunts I have ever been on bar none. We are still in shock as to how it all went down. A special thanks to the man who helped make this hunt happen. Thanks so much John.

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So awesome, congrats sir! Taking my daughter along to Colorado this year as an observer and then she'll get to start too! Can't imagine the feeling, very cool!

 

[ID_Matt]

Wyoming 9/26/24

 

[bz_711]

9/19/24

First time going solo...and I enjoyed every second of it including the 4 round trips up and down the mountain packing meat/antlers.

Can't wait to do it again. Congrats to all those having success!

 

[wannakillabigbull]

Tagged one in Wyoming. Never shot a bull with one normal side so that was kind of cool. He had crazy fronts and seeing he was a 6 on one side was enough for me.

 

[IDbrushswimmer]

Tagged one in Wyoming. Never shot a bull with one normal side so that was kind of cool. He had crazy fronts and seeing he was a 6 on one side was enough for me.

Sweet! Love weird bulls.

 

[Mrs. Carter]

My first time elk hunting and my 2024 bull! @Wyatt.Carter was my guide and pack mule

 

[Maxhunter]

WY bull taken on 9/19/24. Shot was 9yds. Boy was it hot this season.

 

[WaWox]

My first elk hunt and had the incredible luck to draw the Monroe in Utah for it. Had a fantastic time with Russ and Jake from Utah Premier Outfitters there. After an unfortunate bump and then missed shots on a huge bull on opening day, we managed to sneak to 500 yards from this guy on the third day as he was herding his 40 or so cows around. Was wild to hear him bugle just before dawn -- after complete silence for the three preceding days. Two of my 139gr LRX Barnes first broke his spine and then turned his front shoulder into a hand grenade that took out his lungs (and about 25lbs of shoulder meat). Incredible experience to then have horses come in and help with the packout

 

[tuffcity]

Wife tagged her first elk on Wed, night. Yukon has a very limited amount of draw tags (there are OTC but finding an elk in those open areas are very, very slim), 14 in total and 8 are for 5 point or less. She received a 5 point or less tag.

200 yard shot with her Sako 7-.08 and it never took a step.

 

[go_deep]

My son's first bull!!

 

[oregonoutdoors]

Oregon archery 2024, im in the middle. Off to Idaho for bucks and bulls with a rifle Monday.

 

[waspocrew]

Finally found a bull that wasn’t busted up from the rut this morning. He was too hard to resist at 415 yards. 145 LRX out of my 20” 7 SAUM. Realized this was my first bull shot with a rifle in 6 years!

 

[buzzy]

Tule elk that took 24 years to finally draw the tag. He's a 10x9 with a 50" outside spread! Just an amazing old bull.

 

[lifesaver18]

Tule elk that took 24 years to finally draw the tag. He's a 10x9 with a 50" outside spread! Just an amazing old bull.View attachment 777712

Wow! That’s a great catch

 

[nobody]

This year was the first year my 17 year old cousin applied for hunts, and she pulled a limited entry Utah mid-rifle tag. She has a pretty serious bad knee (gymnastics injuries) and was sick on the opener, but persevered. We found 21 bulls the night before opener, and the next morning, poof. They were all gone. The night of opener the wind was ripping at turbo speeds, and so we took her to glass from a spot where you could see forever and not likely shoot an elk. Her knee was swollen and sore from the hike that morning, so she just wanted to glass. We ran into guys on this point who said they had been there all day and only seen 1 bull and 1 cow and were leaving. So we just took their spot and started glassing. 15 minutes later, I spotted a bedded bull with about 10 cows at 180 yards below us. I got my cousin next to me and just told her to look at him and didn’t say anything else. After about 2 minutes of looking through her binos at him, she smiled and said “I wanna take him.” She asked if I could get him out, as she knew she wouldn’t be much help physically with her being sick and having the bum knee, and I assured her my brother and dad and I would figure it out. The bull stood up through this and fed out of sight, but I got her set up anyways on her rifle just in case. About 10 minutes later, his cows started funneling through an opening at 150 yards below us, and the wind flat out stopped. I told her to get set up on the opening and be ready and that I would stop the bull when he came through. About 45 seconds later, he stepped into the opening and I chirped on my cow call and he stopped broad side. She settled, and I said “hammer him right there,” and hammer him she did, he dropped in place, and it was all over. We went down and got pictures and broke him down, but elected to come back the next morning as there was a cliff face we had to get him up, so we went and got some sleep and came back and got him out the next morning. This was a memorable trip, and was a special time to spend with some cousins that we haven’t done much with in the past, but that’s changing moving forward. There’s something special about these mountains, and I love anytime I get to take somebody new there!

 

[Dakota Dude]

^^^ Nice of you to head in early and set up his tomb stone! Great story.

 

[FLS]

10/14/24 Wyoming bull.

 

[WeiserBucks]

 

[Mattyq17]

Tule elk that took 24 years to finally draw the tag. He's a 10x9 with a 50" outside spread! Just an amazing old bull.View attachment 777712

Great bull, which unit in Cali? My father in law drew his tag last year, max points.

 

[Wyatt.Carter]

I posted in the 2024 best photo contest but figured I’d throw up some more pics and video here. This was my 2024 archery bull , all DIY public (it was a draw tag). I scouted a bunch for this hunt and this was my #1 target bull going into the hunt. Luck was on my side and I was able to seal the deal at 45 yards.