My fall season

Dennis H · 10-17-2018, 06:27 PM

The antelope gave me the slip but I filled the freezer with elk steaks! The cow was alone, dry, and huge! The bull is obviously young and should be delicious! Weather was rough, 6 degrees Sunday morning! Marlin guide gun 45-70, leverevolution 325grain. Shots were 40 and 60yds. I can't seem to edit and rotate pics.

RidgeRunner · 10-18-2018, 03:26 AM

That is a great hunt. Congratulations.

Terry_P · 10-18-2018, 04:21 AM

Who needs Antelope when you put two Elk on the ground. Good job, congrats.

44s Rock · 10-18-2018, 05:47 AM

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Originally Posted by Terry_P

Those pictures are breath taking and I'm sure for us flatlanders being there would be breath taking.

Congrats on the meat and what looks like a great hunt.

Not just Flatlanders! I live with mountains all around me and still breathtaking!!

gunjunkie · 10-18-2018, 08:16 PM

Glad yall had a good hunt, Dennis. You'll be eatin good this Winter.
Nice camp too.

Dennis H · 10-18-2018, 08:35 PM

Thanx men! That was the base camp junkie. Heres a pic of our spike camp. The three guys I hunted with are 69 and two are 71 including my dad. Worked my tail off for em in hopes someday some young 51yr old whippersnapper does the same for me!��

north country gal · 10-19-2018, 07:34 AM

Good luck, Denis. I, too, love elk, but, especially antelope, though I've never had a chance to hunt either one. Fortunately, have had good friends that were willing to share meat after a hunt.

Dennis H · 11-16-2018, 09:32 PM

Opening morning was good to me! The cooler weather had the bucks answering natures call! Smith and Wesson model 1500, 300 win mag, federal blue box 150 grain, 120yd shot sitting position, complete pass thru double lung. After the shot he ran into a stand of trees, came out the other side making snow angels, I took that as a good sign! Didn't have my phone opening day so these are day two picks. Packed the hinds out day one and the rest day two. Steep country, the pics don't do it justice! The postcard mountain is Mt Meeker in all its glory! 4 for 5 with one tag to go, doe antelope.

Edit: all the pics are sideways

. The live buck was spotted on private on the drive in. Also saw a pair of cow moose on private! Was a first, have seen droppings but these were the first live moose in this area for me.

RidgeRunner · 11-17-2018, 03:55 AM

That looks like very rugged country. You are having a very good season. Congratulations. How far up did you climb the tree?

Terry_P · 11-17-2018, 05:41 AM

Good job, congrats that looks like a fine buck and a great hunt.

44s Rock · 11-17-2018, 06:41 AM

Congratulations! Great pictures!

Dennis H · 11-17-2018, 07:17 AM

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Originally Posted by RidgeRunner

That looks like very rugged country. You are having a very good season. Congratulations. How far up did you climb the tree?

I hang it as high as I can reach if I have to leave it overnight. The biggest threat to it is generally coyotes so I try to get it out of their reach. Lions and bears can climb better than I so the hope is they feed on the carcass and leave the meat in the tree alone for a night. I usually hang a piece of sweated up clothing with it. In this case it also shaded the meat late in the day.

RidgeRunner · 11-18-2018, 06:22 PM

That's some fabulous memories......and eatin".

Dennis H · 12-18-2018, 02:23 PM

My 2018 big game season came to an end a couple hours ago, with my fix for one of my favorite big game meats. Couple miles from my house, 150yd shot Smith and Wesson model 1500 300 win mag, 150 grain federal blue box. Caught her high after she got up from a couple hour rest, DRT. Never tried antelope liver and onions, tomorrow night I'm gonna give it a try. I love fresh elk liver, I'm not sure this will come close to that but I'll find out. Time for geese and coyotes. Unless that badger shows up in my yard again, then he's next! He caught me empty handed the other day and I wasn't about to go hand to claw with a badger with a bad attitude!

RidgeRunner · 12-18-2018, 03:03 PM

Makes me want to leave Georgia.

gunjunkie · 12-18-2018, 08:16 PM

Congratulations, Dennis. That's a heck of a way to end a season.

I ain't messin with a badger, even if he's in a good mood.

Terry_P · 12-19-2018, 05:34 AM

Great thread and sounds like you are eating good this winter. Congrats.

44s Rock · 12-19-2018, 07:06 AM

You had a great year Dennis! Congrats!!

gemihur · 01-02-2019, 09:58 AM

With season winding down, all I have to show is a couple that I got in the swamp with a bow.
Hopefully I'll get a crack at something this Saturday, the last day of muzzleloading season.

Dennis H · 01-02-2019, 11:31 AM

Good luck!

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10-18-2018, 03:26 AM	#22
RidgeRunner Senior Member Joined: Nov 2015 From: Buck Ridge, Georgia Posts: 3,431	That is a great hunt. Congratulations.

10-18-2018, 04:21 AM	#23
Terry_P Super Moderator Joined: Apr 2008 From: Where it's warm Posts: 10,490	Who needs Antelope when you put two Elk on the ground. Good job, congrats.

10-18-2018, 08:16 PM	#25
gunjunkie Senior Member Joined: Jan 2014 From: Texas Panhandle. Posts: 3,824	Glad yall had a good hunt, Dennis. You'll be eatin good this Winter. Nice camp too.

10-19-2018, 07:34 AM	#27
north country gal Senior Member Joined: Jan 2013 From: northern wisconsin Posts: 6,001	Good luck, Denis. I, too, love elk, but, especially antelope, though I've never had a chance to hunt either one. Fortunately, have had good friends that were willing to share meat after a hunt.

11-17-2018, 03:55 AM	#29
RidgeRunner Senior Member Joined: Nov 2015 From: Buck Ridge, Georgia Posts: 3,431	That looks like very rugged country. You are having a very good season. Congratulations. How far up did you climb the tree?

11-17-2018, 05:41 AM	#30
Terry_P Super Moderator Joined: Apr 2008 From: Where it's warm Posts: 10,490	Good job, congrats that looks like a fine buck and a great hunt.

11-17-2018, 06:41 AM	#31
44s Rock Senior Member Joined: Jan 2009 From: Far Western WA. Posts: 10,901	Congratulations! Great pictures!

11-18-2018, 06:22 PM	#33
RidgeRunner Senior Member Joined: Nov 2015 From: Buck Ridge, Georgia Posts: 3,431	That's some fabulous memories......and eatin".

12-18-2018, 03:03 PM	#35
RidgeRunner Senior Member Joined: Nov 2015 From: Buck Ridge, Georgia Posts: 3,431	Makes me want to leave Georgia.

12-18-2018, 08:16 PM	#36
gunjunkie Senior Member Joined: Jan 2014 From: Texas Panhandle. Posts: 3,824	Congratulations, Dennis. That's a heck of a way to end a season. I ain't messin with a badger, even if he's in a good mood.

12-19-2018, 05:34 AM	#37
Terry_P Super Moderator Joined: Apr 2008 From: Where it's warm Posts: 10,490	Great thread and sounds like you are eating good this winter. Congrats.

12-19-2018, 07:06 AM	#38
44s Rock Senior Member Joined: Jan 2009 From: Far Western WA. Posts: 10,901	You had a great year Dennis! Congrats!!

01-02-2019, 11:31 AM	#40
Dennis H Senior Member Joined: Apr 2014 From: colorado Posts: 5,644	Good luck!