mattdeere
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Tell us about that hunt? How far did you pack in? Weapon? Solo? What did you see? Thanks MM!i was hunting Elk
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Musket Man
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Lets just call it a learning experience! It was a general rifle hunt. I packed in 2 or 3 miles i think. I saw 1 elk, a smaller 5x5, the wind was not doing what i thought it was doing and I completely misjudged it. It was so cold the bolt in my gun was sticking enough it fired 3 shots out of I dont know how many (always take your bolt apart and clean and dry lube it). I hit this bull 3 times to far back since the wild was blowing were i was but not where he was (figured this out when I was looking for blood). Couldnt get bolt warmed up enough to shoot anymore. He made it out of where i hit him at and I backed out to give him some time and some other hunters found him and claimed him. I hunted there a couple more days and went to the Gravelys the last couple days where I saw some cows and spikes but nothing exciting. Killed a deer in eastern MT before that. It was a good hunt and my first backpack hunt but i made a couple mistakes that cost me a nice bull. I guess thats how we learn.
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Musket Man
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I know someone else that had a similar thing happen in the same general area in MT. maybe it was for the best. Maybe I wouldnt have found the elk? Atleast I know the elk was found and not wasted and didnt suffer very long. Bottom line is if I had cleaned my bolt properly I could have finished the job when he walked by at under 200 yards after I hit him, but all I got was click click click. Most helpless I have ever felt while hunting.
mattdeere
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My experience in Montana has been similar. If you wound an animal and he runs over a ridge and another guys kills it. It's his or hers.
MM, how did you find out someone else got the elk?
MM, how did you find out someone else got the elk?
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Musket Man
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Herd a shot right where he went for starters and talked to another hunter that said some hunters camped below me were bragging about the elk they got "that was just standing there".
extreme minnesotan
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Granted this thread isn't meant for this topic, but thought I would chime in and say I had a similar experience in Minnesota with a doe whitetail believe it or not. I was in stand on private land when I shot it and it crossed onto state land where I watched it drop. I watched a guy walk up to the deer and shoot it between the eyes. Now this guy shot at a deer about an hour earlier in the day so when I walked up to him he told me "I'm not sure who got it first." I shook my head and said it's yours and I walked away.
Jrod
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Amazing that people would claim an animal they know they didn't shoot, or know someone else wounded. I have had a bead drawn on me over ducks that I shot, so I guess anything is possible
Musket Man
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There are some greedy people out there. At the time I was mad but looking back I dont know how well that elk was hit or if I would have found it so maybe it was for the best. Atleast someone got the elk and it didnt suffer to long from my mistakes.
TeamOC
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Here is a scouting picture and what I call the "holy crap what am I doing here...backpacking picture" All I can say is Colorado can be a beast when it comes to weather...
6mm Remington
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Kootenai Creek Selway Bitterroot Wilderness on a 2011 Mtn Goat hunt. Man you guys have some great pictures.
Montana side of the wilderness where I was hunting. North Kootenai Lake
Montana side of the wilderness where I was hunting. North Kootenai Lake
6mm Remington
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North side of St. Mary's Peak in the Bitterroot Mountains on the goat hunt.
Still on the goat hunt.
Still on the goat hunt.
6mm Remington
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Got to go with a buddy in the Cabinet Mountains north west of Thompson Falls the next year.
Starting to snow on us.
Sure was fun and gorgeous country!!
Starting to snow on us.
Sure was fun and gorgeous country!!
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