2025 elk meat pole

[Pharmseller]

Meat pole, gotta have meat hanging.

My bull

 

[Pharmseller]

My brother’s

 

[peterk123]

View attachment 976880
Forgot to take a better pic. After getting my butt kicked opening week, snuck back out for a long weekend pre Thanksgiving and was able to take a MT cow elk with my daughter. We had a herd come off private and walk up to within 40 yds on public. Sometimes it pays to get a little lucky. Such a cool memory for the both of us!

That right there is what its all about. Hunting with family. Thank you for sharing.

 

[BRoering73]

Arizona Late Rifle..played cat and mouse with this bull the entire hunt and finally sealed the deal on day 6.

 

[Rogue Bay]

That’s a stud of a bull! Congrats!

 

[roosiebull]

It is called the meat pole so I guess this is appropriate. This is the only pic I took of the cow I shot this year. 565 yards with my 6.5 prc.

View attachment 975111

You’re in good company

I filled my late archery cow tag yesterday and only took one pic as well… took a couple more packing her out, because all 4 trips I walked below the whole herd and they didn’t ever notice me, but they only bumped about 100 yds when I shot the one and calmed right down and started feeding

The biggest reason I took no pics yesterday is because it rained 2” between daylight and noon, and it was horrible when I shot until I was done breaking her down so the phone was not really an option, I couldn’t get the touch screen to work

The other side of that was she died in a flooded marsh, took me a good while to find her, knew she was dead right there close (2 good arrows, a mini mag, and a T2 both full pass through) but it was torrential downpour so blood and tracks disappeared instantly… I couldn’t imagine her going out in the tangle of brush and water, but I knew I had to check, and found her floating in thigh deep water

Had to wade out and then pull her as far as I could get her, but couldn’t get it on dry ground so she was just a wet muddy ugly mess

It was the worst elk to break down that I’ve ever had, by myself breaking her down in water and soupy mud and blood, couldn’t get footing the whole time and it just sucked

Type B fun for sure

 

[Rogue Bay]

You’re in good company

I filled my late archery cow tag yesterday and only took one pic as well… took a couple more packing her out, because all 4 trips I walked below the whole herd and they didn’t ever notice me, but they only bumped about 100 yds when I shot the one and calmed right down and started feeding

The biggest reason I took no pics yesterday is because it rained 2” between daylight and noon, and it was horrible when I shot until I was done breaking her down so the phone was not really an option, I couldn’t get the touch screen to work

The other side of that was she died in a flooded marsh, took me a good while to find her, knew she was dead right there close (2 good arrows, a mini mag, and a T2 both full pass through) but it was torrential downpour so blood and tracks disappeared instantly… I couldn’t imagine her going out in the tangle of brush and water, but I knew I had to check, and found her floating in thigh deep water

Had to wade out and then pull her as far as I could get her, but couldn’t get it on dry ground so she was just a wet muddy ugly mess

It was the worst elk to break down that I’ve ever had, by myself breaking her down in water and soupy mud and blood, couldn’t get footing the whole time and it just sucked

Type B fun for sure

My back aches just reading this lol. More than once I’ve sworn “ I’m never doing this again.” Two days later I’m making plans for next elk season. Congrats on getting it done!

 

[NWBLKTAIL]

You’re in good company

I filled my late archery cow tag yesterday and only took one pic as well… took a couple more packing her out, because all 4 trips I walked below the whole herd and they didn’t ever notice me, but they only bumped about 100 yds when I shot the one and calmed right down and started feeding

The biggest reason I took no pics yesterday is because it rained 2” between daylight and noon, and it was horrible when I shot until I was done breaking her down so the phone was not really an option, I couldn’t get the touch screen to work

The other side of that was she died in a flooded marsh, took me a good while to find her, knew she was dead right there close (2 good arrows, a mini mag, and a T2 both full pass through) but it was torrential downpour so blood and tracks disappeared instantly… I couldn’t imagine her going out in the tangle of brush and water, but I knew I had to check, and found her floating in thigh deep water

Had to wade out and then pull her as far as I could get her, but couldn’t get it on dry ground so she was just a wet muddy ugly mess

It was the worst elk to break down that I’ve ever had, by myself breaking her down in water and soupy mud and blood, couldn’t get footing the whole time and it just sucked

Type B fun for sure

im not sure what part of the coast you are on, but it was absolutely dumping yesterday mid coast where im at. Kudos for
A. Even being out there
and B. filling you anterless archery tag

big congrats

 

[roosiebull]

im not sure what part of the coast you are on, but it was absolutely dumping yesterday mid coast where im at. Kudos for
A. Even being out there
and B. filling you anterless archery tag

big congrats

Central coast, it was absolutely horrible weather

I put a stalk on them the night before but it was raining and getting dark and I didn’t like the situation, yesterday the weather was a lot worse but I had plenty of daylight to work with, they weren’t where I expected, they didn’t come out to feed until after I shot the one

It was a rough one yesterday, breaking it down in the water and mud, and then packing it in xtratuffs that were full of water, and soaked as it gets.

I was trying to pull it around to get it in a better spot, slipped backwards and landed in the soupy mud and had mud up my back and all on my waist line which got all chapped packing quarters