Well I got my elk on my elk hunt near my hometown up in the Gila/Mogollon mountains, sorry I can't resize, so I have to use my myspace pics... I hope you can see the pictures....

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Congrats on the bull. Temps must be a little warm there.

 

Yes, it has been warm, but we had rain on Friday night into Saturday morning this past weekend and that really got them talking, I used a hoochie mama cow call and it brought him off the mountain. I shot him at around 615 in the evening... I was up around 9,000 feet according to my Garmin Rhino 530HCx, I know the lookout tower is at 9,220 feet.

 

Cool, they are going pretty heavy here right now. I gave up bow hunting for a while now but plan to pick one up again as my kids have gotten older. The 9 year old is the oldest and he's itching to go. I still rifle hunt but I miss bow hunting, hearing the calls and grunts gets your blood pumping. It's tough to take the little dudes during rifle season when there's a couple feet of snow and it's below freezing.

 

Yeah, my kids are 6 and 3, so still a lil young, but it won't be long and they'll be taking lessons like I did with my dad and pass down the torch, Kids who hunt, fish and trap, don't mug lil ol' lady's....

 

NICE!!

I added one of your pics as a 'thumbnail' to your 1st post for the dial up folks.

 

Nice Elk.

Price on shipping some steaks to 79912 please!!


Specs on the bow?

 

Buddy's friend just took that Elks twin at about the same distance.....I know he was in Gila somewhere. Congrats on the nice Bull.

 

That is what I am talking about!!!! Big Elk and using a BowTec ....

I shoot the 2008 TomKat. Brother has the Guardian! Best Bows I have ever shot! My Twin has the new Matthews Monster ..... Fast but really top heavy and just plain heavy! Congrats and if you need a buddy to shoot some of those Elk just give me a shout

 

Thanks guys! The specs on the bow are, 2008 TomKat 71LBS 28" Draw, used a 75 Muzzy, 286 FPS with the field tips 375 grain arrow. I have the Octane one piece quiver, Octaine 11.5 3D Hunter stabilizer, True Glow .19 7 pin sights and rip cord drop away rest and love to shoot!!! I also have a Admrial, but just got it and haven't had the time to set it up the way I want for hunting, talk about smooooth and quiet.... Anyway, he was coming down the trail and using my Nikon archers choice range finder I ranged him at 39.6 yards, I hit his coraded artery and both lungs and he bleed internailly pretty quick, he didn't even run, just stood there like what was that.... It was getting dark so I was like c*** did I hit him good? Next thing I knew he looked like he was drunk and then BAM!!! CRASH!! He went down, I'll never forget the sound. I slowly backed away and called my dad on the radio and told him to bring the field bags and lantern, we have our work cut out for us. Sence it was opening day, once we got everything out, we spent the 5 days kickin it, riding 4 wheelers and just being lazy... Thanks again for the comments and Shovelhead for redoing my picture. "Boostjunkie" you put in and get drawn I'll guide.... Anyone for that matter, Unit 16A, but only 100 tags are givin for the 3rd hunt...

 

Excellent

I will be hunting Unit 15 in a couple of weeks. Muzzleloader.

B

 

With this warmer weather here now, they have shut up, but in a few weeks they should be hot and heavy with these cooler nights we're having.

 

Roger that.

I am ready!

B

 

Country Boy..... I will put in for a tag next year and hold you to it ..... I shoot a 28" Draw, Easton Epic 400's, 100 Grain RAGE 2 Blade, Wisker Biscuit Rest, Blazer Vanes, Cobra Release, 8 Gauge Peep, Tru-Glow Micro Dot Site, at 68 lbs......I call her the Silent Death.... Hopefully I will have some pics to place on here after this weekend. BIG DEER!

 

Boostjunkie, you get drawn and I'd love to guide someone up there.
Sounds like you have a nice set up, but after this hunting season is over try a Rip Cord drop away rest and you'll ask your self way you put up with a whisker bisket.... My Tomkat came with a whisker bisket and it kept ripping my vanes off my arrow's and I was getting frustrated so tried the rip cord and have one on my two bows and wifes Razor's Edge... I found myself shooting even tighter groups and 20 and 30 yards splitting arrows...

Man, you guys should see the Special edition SWAT on Bowtech's web site! All flat black with custom Octane stabilizer, put a black rip cord and some .19 spot hoggs and what a rig that would be....