Who will shoot a cow elk this year?

Cow or Bull?

  • Cow

  • Bull only


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Chief23

FNG
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Won't hesitate at all to take a cow this year. Love the taste of pressure-cooked elk. Hopefully it's a tasty two-year-old.
 

bpitcher

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Couple buddies and I have some cow tags in NM this year. Looking forward to it!
 
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After three years in a row of hunting bulls and going 2 out of 3, I’ve got me a cow tag this year. I’ve enjoyed the bull meat very much, but can’t wait to harvest another cow. Any elk is good IMO for sure!
 

5MilesBack

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Lots of "if's" for me. I'm going on my buddy's draw archery hunt first. If he kills a bull before ML is over, then my daughter has a ML cow tag to fill. If she shoots a cow, and "if" I get an OTC tag after her hunt, then I'll hold out for a bull. If she doesn't shoot one, then I'll shoot whatever I get a shot at first. And if she doesn't hunt during ML or doesn't shoot one with that tag, then there's always the later rifle seasons she can hunt as well.
 

Dave_

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I usually say if I'm down to the last 2-3 days of the hunt and things have been slow I'll take a cow. But honestly if it's a real easy packout she's probably going down and I'll just hunt with/call for my buddy the rest of the trip. I love bugleing bulls but at the end of the day I want to fill my freezer.

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wytx

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Hope to get both , for the both of us. We have unlimited cow licenses so might try for a couple of cows each and a bull.
 

bz_711

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Bull Only this year as my tag says so. Other years with ES I would have taken a cow. Skipped my first shot ever off a cows back...since then I've passed cows twice when I had better tags...but would have always taken a cow in OTC or 0 point unit.

My experience tells me it's far easier to get closer with archery to a bull than a cow...like maybe a 10:1 ratio of bull encounters to cow in archery range.
 

Gerbdog

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Im gonna hold for a bull ... i may regret it .... i'd like to fill the freezer for sure this year cause next year i think i'm gonna be focused on Mulies with friends ..... That said.... i'd probably take a cow that last week .... assuming i even have the chance.
 

Slick8

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Cow tag is what I have so I'm a little one sided on that decision.

If I had an either sex it would be hard to punch a cow tag and would have to be a game time decision based on how the hunt was unfolding. Bird in the hand and all... :)
 
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