Old Gray Mare
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I do hope you two had help packing that big boy out?
CHAT What a Monster Idaho Bull Elk
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packyderms_wife
Neither here nor there.
I’m Native American, hair on blankets are a must, with bison or bear being the most desired.
I would probably swap the muley with the speed goat on your scale but either of them are awesome when you're a hungry kid! We didn't get beef on the ranch until I was about 12; before that our only meat was wild game - usually antelope or mule deer with the occasional elk. So I pretty much love anything wild still.
Your speaking of ketchup makes me laugh at an old memory. I went to school at Montana Tech in Butte; back in those days there was only one dorm. The food was pretty good for a college cafeteria, actually, and the old gal who ran the dorm did a good job turning out good groceries while pinching pennies.
One of the ways she did it was on the afternoon Sunday meal, she always served something that had no name except we called it beaver pie - it was basically all the leftover gristle from the previous week and tasted like beaver tails ought to, we thought. Anyway, the only way you could down that stuff was to drown it in ketchup. I always thought the ketchup bill on Sunday had to be higher than the cost of some real meat, but I guess it wasn't!
I still don't care all that much for duck but I do like pheasant and grouse. And quail and dove when I get to hunt down in Texas.
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When they do a Gathering of Nations, there's always that group of female dancers who just kinda pop up and down in one place, and wear what look like fringey leather dresses and boots. I always enjoyed watching the traditional and fancy dancers but that one tradition was kind of intriguing to watch. I never understood how they were judged.
Being a guy and all, I just sorta figured it was the dancer with the biggest boobs.
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packyderms_wife
Neither here nor there.
Have never attended one as competition for dress and dance. My skill level lies elsewhere. Also I’m not pretty which is a requirement for 5hose competitions. The competitions I’d do well in is for shearing and slaughtering sheep, goats, etc.
medic38572
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It is not my Bull or anyone I know. That is Ryan and his dad. Ryan is a moderator on North Idaho Life a facebook page for North Idaho People and of course the wanna be North Idaho people. A lot of beautiful pictures on that page. Should check it out sometime.
Aw, that's a shame that inner beauty doesn't get a chance to surface. I've only been to two GoNs but they were interesting - even if a bit loud with all the drums and singing. I never did understand how the drums and singers were judged, either.
Be an absolute cast iron bitch to get it home.
packyderms_wife
Neither here nor there.
Friends, in their seventies, packed their two bull elks out on their two mules and two llamas. From glacier national park.
6x8 i see, looks to break into 400+
but I can't see it too well on my phone
Its a toad
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My hunt got cut short, last year bro and I packed a bull out a few miles. Gutless method.
Right pack makes huge difference
packyderms_wife
Neither here nor there.
There are years when there is no elk, i get that. Fork autocucmber.
I can't even see that far.
The improvements in calibers and bullets since I retired in the early 2000s has been super impressive. The longer you can keep a bullet supersonic, the further out you can hit with it (if you can shoot). Thus VLD (very low drag) bullet designs. One of the SOTIC instructors I used to work with was turning his own bullets on a lathe out of naval bronze (IIRC), looking for better designs. He did the early testing on the .408 CheyTac after he retired.
psychgirl
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Would you make me one?
Like a long sheath dress, lots of fringe (!) loosely fitted, but still close to the body...it’d be similar to brown velvet, correct??
Heaven!
psychgirl
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Oooo yes! I’m quite the fur blanket freak lol!
Wow that would be so awesome!!
thats alotta bull.. yay
Squib
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Well, I agree stinky mule deer and rank antelope can both test one‘s metal…but…
I had the blessing/misfortune to bring home two big muley bucks one year. The kids were little and didn’t know any different as we always ate game… but boy, those old, grey, worn out tooth deer smelled bad!
The wife and I still laugh about it…
As to duck, yeah, not too big on these wild ones…got a couple one holiday and bought them home…prepared and cooked them…only my youngest daughter - about 4 y/o at the time - tried a bite and spit it out and said, “yucky!” That was it…we ate veges and biscuits that night and that was all!
like you, we mainly eat beef now as one of our kids or us always have one in the freezer by fall, but we did our dance with almost everything that lives and runs out here!
A must do when you’re …economically challenged!
Vulture45-70
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NICE Bull Elk, Planning a trip one of these days. Many Deer taken but no biggies like that one
hiwall
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I don't see elk everyday from my house but I do very often. I don't hunt any more but I am certainly capable of doing so again. I have a very heavy-duty plastic sled I purchased just for the possible transport of elk. I have hunted in several western states and know how to transport dead animals which obviously varies depending on the animal and the situation. The sleds work fine being pulled over grass, snow is not needed (but sure helps).
I have eaten moose, elk, both deer, antelope, and mountain sheep. I liked them all and would eat any of them again and again.
Edit: I did not care for the bear I have eaten.
I have eaten moose, elk, both deer, antelope, and mountain sheep. I liked them all and would eat any of them again and again.
Edit: I did not care for the bear I have eaten.
BadMedicine
Would *I* Lie???
Just over the counter. Remington or Winchester. ($3.50 a round now) Always go boom. Side arm for 'clicks'
I had moose nachos for dinner last night left over from moose nachos the night before. used 2# of ground with taco seasoning and also about a 1# of uncooked moose steak left over marinated from the weekend. Sear fried each size, then let rest a while, then cut real pretty thin to expose the pink and gave another quick fry and in to the nachos! Mmmm...
I agree moose and elk are about he best. Moose elk and deer are all very similar, but it does matter a lot the age of the animal and the diet!! Caribou is delicious too but you definiately don't want a rutty male, and you want to get them cool and dry and out o the field as fast as possible. I got one this year and it's pretty good. Definitely a little 'twangier' than moose but still great. Pronghorn need eat before a very long freezer nap.. like in the first 3 months! :-O
I can honestly say, that the blackbear roasts I've had have been as close to beef of any wild game I've ever eaten! The 'ham' muscle was so marbled with fat I've never seen anything like it in wild game, and it was a SPRING BEAR.. supposedly at the thinnest part of the year.. Mmmm Can't wait to get another, this fall season is in it's twighlight!!
I had a plant manager that drew a Wisconsin black bear tag about every other year. He hunted over dogs and they would usually let the youngest member of the hunt take the shot of a treed bear.
For our Christmas office party, he would bring in a slow cooker chock full of black bear meat and natural gravy. It was amazingly rich and tasty. A little on a cracker or rye bread went a long way.
you got hoof rot issues?
medic38572
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I hollered at Ryan last night on FB he advises that his dad killed it with a 30.06.
vessie
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Yeah, we got that out here in Wa. V
Lone_Hawk
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He had very specific requirements for the rifle. Retired SF, and worked up his own loads before going on the hunt.
Curious as to the optics. 2000 yards?!
Lone_Hawk
Resident Spook
We built the rifle, we didn't put the glass on it, so I don't know.
NoDandy
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Interesting.I can't even see that far.
The improvements in calibers and bullets since I retired in the early 2000s has been super impressive. The longer you can keep a bullet supersonic, the further out you can hit with it (if you can shoot). Thus VLD (very low drag) bullet designs. One of the SOTIC instructors I used to work with was turning his own bullets on a lathe out of naval bronze (IIRC), looking for better designs. He did the early testing on the .408 CheyTac after he retired.
I would also note that last several years has seen impressive improvements in scopes.
