CHAT What a Monster Idaho Bull Elk

medic38572

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Ryan Scaggs
317hsrec ·

This beautiful beast was Harvested in Southeastern Idaho but this North Idaho guy (me) is super happy for my Dad and his once in a lifetime Bull Elk.

Remember that hunting in Idaho is the greatest form of conservation. The most respectful people of our lands are our hunters, and those that contribute the most money to protecting game and habitat are our hunters.
Any harvest is worth celebrating. A ton of work and effort goes in to providing for your family and putting meals on the table, huge rack or not, celebrate your harvest!

**If you angry face, talk down to, or negatively respond to those that hunt in this group. You will be removed. Hunting is not only legal, it is a way of life for many. If you dont like it... Scroll on, or leave the group please.**

 

West

Senior
Bull of a lifetime. The mass is super impressive. Most excellent!

Regarding true environmentalists. Meaning licensed responsible hunters who also eat their game.

Thanks to them we still have big and small, game to hunt. As well as upland game birds and migratory birds of all kinds.

Bleeding hearts idiots that don't hunt usually have not even a percentage of what hunters have invested into the wild life management systems and they know not.

Your dad has probably paid $1000 a pound for that elk! But I still think its therapeutic and great exercise. And the people's who pay to exercise and pay a shrink are just crazier.
 

NoDandy

Has No Life - Lives on TB
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Ryan Scaggs
317hsrec ·

This beautiful beast was Harvested in Southeastern Idaho but this North Idaho guy (me) is super happy for my Dad and his once in a lifetime Bull Elk.

Remember that hunting in Idaho is the greatest form of conservation. The most respectful people of our lands are our hunters, and those that contribute the most money to protecting game and habitat are our hunters.
Any harvest is worth celebrating. A ton of work and effort goes in to providing for your family and putting meals on the table, huge rack or not, celebrate your harvest!

**If you angry face, talk down to, or negatively respond to those that hunt in this group. You will be removed. Hunting is not only legal, it is a way of life for many. If you dont like it... Scroll on, or leave the group please.**

Beautiful !! What caliber did he take it with, and at what range ?
 

packyderms_wife

Neither here nor there.
I did not know that ! WOW

They're worth a lot of money, bought some from Moscow Trading Post back in the day when I was still doing porcupine quill work and they were expensive!


People also ask
How much are elk ivory teeth worth?
A matched pair of cow ivories typically cost between $30-40 a pair depending on size, and color. Bull teeth typically cost $40-60 a pair and the author has seen a very large set of bull elk teeth with unique coloring sell for $200!

I'd love to get my hands on that hide and do a hair on tan to it!

Link to an article with videos, and LOTS of pop ups, on how to extract the ivories.

 

Walrus

Veteran Member
Love the taste of elk. Probably my favorite meat.
Being raised in Montana, I was firmly in the elk camp - I wonder why they don't call the meat elkison or something.

Anyways, I was in that camp until we moved to Alaska and started eating moose. That was it! I still wouldn't turn down any elkison, though, especially the sausage that my brother-in-law up in Great Falls makes.
 

NoDandy

Has No Life - Lives on TB
Being raised in Montana, I was firmly in the elk camp - I wonder why they don't call the meat elkison or something.

Anyways, I was in that camp until we moved to Alaska and started eating moose. That was it! I still wouldn't turn down any elkison, though, especially the sausage that my brother-in-law up in Great Falls makes.
Interesting! I have heard that moose was very good. Never tried it, and never talked to anyone that did.
 

Seeker22

Has No Life - Lives on TB
They're worth a lot of money, bought some from Moscow Trading Post back in the day when I was still doing porcupine quill work and they were expensive!


People also ask
How much are elk ivory teeth worth?
A matched pair of cow ivories typically cost between $30-40 a pair depending on size, and color. Bull teeth typically cost $40-60 a pair and the author has seen a very large set of bull elk teeth with unique coloring sell for $200!

I'd love to get my hands on that hide and do a hair on tan to it!

Link to an article with videos, and LOTS of pop ups, on how to extract the ivories.


I'd slip that hair in a heartbeat and do a beaded fringed long dress. Cozy warm, velvet soft.
 

Red Baron

Paleo-Conservative
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What a magnificent beast!

My dad and brother were my frequent hunting buddies. Mostly upland game and waterfowl.

We often talked about going on an elk hunt out West together but it sadly never did happen.

I bought a Winchester Model 70 Safari chambered in .375 Holland and Holland Magnum for the task with a Leupold 2-7X scope mounted on Weaver rings.

I fired couple of hundred handloads through it. Finally settling on a compressed load of WW-760 and a 270 grain Hornady spire point. Next project was to develop 300 grain Nosler Partition and 300 grain Sierra spitzer boattail loads.

I went with the .375 H&H because I wanted an authoritative 300 yard elk rifle that would also serve nicely as an anti-Grizzly rifle if we stumbled into one up close.

In .375 H&H, a 270 grain will do 2,700 fps and a 300 grain will do 2,550 fps.
 

BadMedicine

Would *I* Lie???
In .375 H&H, a 270 grain will do 2,700 fps and a 300 grain will do 2,550 fps.
I've got the .375H&H in Remington 700. Shot a few moose with it, couple bear and couple caribou. Pushes the 300gr the same speed at .338 win mag pushes a 250gr. Actually went bear hunting with it two evenings ago as a friend saw some BIG grizzly tracks out on my brothers property. It was a full moon so we tried our luck calling right at dusk. Clouds rolled in though and it wasn't very light.

You ever sat motionless from near dark until dark dark with the only light being moonlight reflecting off a patch of snow about 30 yards long while a recording of dying rabbits and deer fawn serenade the stillness for about an hour hoping an 8' grizzly comes in from the direction you have visibility in?? .... it was a first for me too.
 

Red Baron

Paleo-Conservative
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I've got the .375H&H in Remington 700. Shot a few moose with it, couple bear and couple caribou. Pushes the 300gr the same speed at .338 win mag pushes a 250gr. Actually went bear hunting with it two evenings ago as a friend saw some BIG grizzly tracks out on my brothers property. It was a full moon so we tried our luck calling right at dusk. Clouds rolled in though and it wasn't very light.

You ever sat motionless from near dark until dark dark with the only light being moonlight reflecting off a patch of snow about 30 yards long while a recording of dying rabbits and deer fawn serenade the stillness for about an hour hoping an 8' grizzly comes in from the direction you have visibility in?? .... it was a first for me too.

Awesome!

The Remington 700 is a fine rifle. I have one in 7mm Remington Magnum. Took my first Wisconsin deer with it using a Nosler 175 grain Partition handload. That was my woods/moose load for the 7mm. It vaporized the lungs and exited the deer. The deer took three steps and just keeled over. The blood spray on the exit side was rather impressive.

What handloads or factory ammo did you use in your .375 H&H?
 

Shooter

Veteran Member
very impressive animal. Remingtons are very good rifles, I think i have6 or 7 of them,

that must have been the hunt of a lifetime, glad he was able to get it. how did they pack it out? and how far?
 

Squib

Veteran Member
Being raised in Montana, I was firmly in the elk camp - I wonder why they don't call the meat elkison or something.

Anyways, I was in that camp until we moved to Alaska and started eating moose. That was it! I still wouldn't turn down any elkison, though, especially the sausage that my brother-in-law up in Great Falls makes.

Yep, for our family/kids at least, there was a scale of good, better, best…

Mule deer if nothing else
Antelope
White tail
Elk
Moose
Buffalo (bison)

The lower down the scale of meat that year, the higher the ketchup bill was!

The upland game birds were all roughly the same for us…crock pot and BBQ sauce or gravy and you’re golden!
 

Babs

Veteran Member
Our first year in Idaho, my dh and I both got an elk the same day. I got a huge cow. Took her with my 30/30 at 200 yards. Blew the bottom of her heart off. She just looked my direction and fell over. Hubby got a young bull. That is, without a doubt, the best meat we've eaten and it fed us for over 2 years, even after gifting quite a bit away.

That is a beautiful bull!!
 
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