Elk down in UT

[Rheron]

Last week I was lucky enough to take this calf in UT. Originally I was looking for a larger cow. However after a quick assessment of my situation-Solo, limited cooler space/ice, pretty decent vertical climb and a lengthy hike back to camp I was convinced she was the one. After a very short calling session she came straight in and gave me a 15ish yard quartering to shot. Hit a perfect double lung on a shot I happened to have practiced all preseason at home. I stayed another 4 days in hopes of helping a friend who showed up a couple days later tag out as well, we got into many more branch antlered bulls but hunting a spike only unit we came up short. All in all it was a fantastic trip.
Bow setup for those curious-
21” whitefeather lark
Long blackmax 2.0 40# (about 48# at my draw)
Black eagle vintage 400s cut to 32 1/4
100gr inserts
125gr two blade cutthroats
Total arrow weight is 555gr

Good luck to all of you headed out soon.
Ryan

 

[Laramie]

Congrats! That will be excellent table fare.

 

[ledflight]

Congrats, gonna be great meals!

 

[Nwernig]

Nice job

 

[axeforce6]

I still see milk on its lips.

 

[svivian]

I still see milk on its lips.

The best eating

 

[bowhuntercoop]

Awesome! Congrats.

 

[SliverShooter]

Congratulations, there is some tender meat there.

 

[Sled]

Good job. Those burn areas can be fun to hunt. Did you pull it in with some cow calls?

 

[ledflight]

I still see milk on its lips.

Wild veal.

 

[twdjr]

Congrats!

 

[Fridaythe13th]

You know you can quarter them out. Lol. Nice shoot good eating

 

[Salmonchaser]

Well done

 

[SwampGhost]

Congratulations on some fine eat’n with the recurve! What’s was your setup? Arrow weight, Broadheads? Thanks

 

[Gutshot007]

Great job. Congrats

 

[Broomd]

Nice! Butter tender...

 

[Gutshot007]

HQ roasts are now steaks !

 

[Rheron]

Thanks for all the kind remarks! Like most others I have dreams of taking the biggest bull on the mountain- but this time this calf was the trophy my freezer needed! Was just a fun hunt and a memory I’ll cherish for a long time

 

[cck311]

Nice job. I'm hunting elk with traditional gear in Utah as well. Going out for a 4 day stretch over Labor Day weekend. I thought there was only like 4 of us traditional archery guys in Utah, but there must be 5 lol.

 

[sneaky]

You must have a helluva draw to be pulling 48# on those limbs on that riser. Most of theirs are rated on a 17in riser and you lose a pound per length of riser over that. With a 21" riser you must be looooong armed