Guess I could post this- Bull elk-

[arniejl]

I took this squatty 6x7 on the 13th of September. And that is a meat bag behind me. It is not attached to my head. Next time, I will take a picture and then empty my pack out

[BentRod]

Nice bull!

[Amx]

That's a bunch of bull.

[schu7498]

Wow congratulations! That's a trophy roosevelt!

[natetreat]

That's a sweet rack! Go ahead and send some of that extra sausage my way ;)

[knotabassturd]

Wow, an amazing elk.

Ran into someone yesterday excited to get their 'shot' at a big bull after 16 year wait where he was loooking to hunt. Over Chinook Pass on the east side. Incidentally, we saw a BIG black bear just west of Tipsoo on the way home on the road. My 9 year old was pretty excited about that .

I don't hunt but that sure looks like a BIG bull elk. Probably a BIG workout getting it out of there and into cooler storage given our nice fall weather although I forget what Sept 13 was like... Oh ya, no rain.

[arniejl]

Thanks everyone! The pack out is always the hardest. You kill the thing and then look at it, by yourself, and think "Man, I got a lot of work to do!" And that is just cutting it up and getting the head, pack and bow out. Then you come back with others, the following day, to pack it out thinking "I got help, this will be a snap!"

Well, this one took 8.5 hours from the time that we left the pick up in the morning until we got back to the pick up in the afternoon. My right knee was swollen for a week and a half because of it. Now, this Saturday, I get to repay one of my meat packers as I will take him in for muzzle loader season. Hopefully, we can find a bigger one!

[knotabassturd]

Whoa, getting a bigger one than that for the meat packer in same year sure sounds memorable. The nice thing about stuff like the knee is it sucks that first week and a half and stays in the memory for a little while but the bull elk will always win out down the road when it comes to remembering/reminiscing . Well at least until the potential knee surgery catches up with aging.

Hope all the hunters out there are being extra careful with the potential fire danger. It was real dry over Chinook pass but luckily not as smoky nor firefilled as it was north of Snoqualmie pass on the east side.

Good luck and happy hunting during the muzzleloader season.

['OL GREY DOG]

Whoa, getting a bigger one than that for the meat packer in same year sure sounds memorable. The nice thing about stuff like the knee is it sucks that first week and a half and stays in the memory for a little while but the bull elk will always win out down the road when it comes to remembering/reminiscing . Well at least until the potential knee surgery catches up with aging.

Hope all the hunters out there are being extra careful with the potential fire danger. It was real dry over Chinook pass but luckily not as smoky nor firefilled as it was north of Snoqualmie pass on the east side.

Good luck and happy hunting during the muzzleloader season.

yea be realllyyyy carefull ... i was raise'n up the old 12 ga to shoot a grouse the other day while out check'n some shroom spots (still wayyy to dry down here) and stop'd ... i looked around at the canopy above me and could clearly see the dead brown needles in the firtree i was about to shoot threw ... i truely believe that my muzzle blast could have started a fire that day ... when i grab'd the branch even the green needles crumbled in my hand ... so you guys go'n out with the old smoke pole need to be extra careful ... all the way walk'n outta there i kept imagine'n ... what it'd be like if that canopy 10ft above my head on that side hill had caught fire ... WOW .... hope it rains before modern fire arms season .... like walk'n in cornflakes out there ... DOG

[racfish]

Yummmmm Elk Steaks... Very nicely done. Bravo.