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mark
09-22-2008, 08:47 PM
So Georgia and I only managed 1 week off work this sept. and decided to make the most of it! We left friday night headed north for elk, but took a major detour and drove out to some mountains where I took a nice alpine muley many years ago! Sat morning We hoofed it into the alpine, It hadnt changed a bit in 10 years. As soon as we busted into the open I spot a nice tall symetrical 4x4 still in full velvet, out about 500 yards. Georgia prepared to drop him if he came into range while I videotaped him. He seemed curious about us and came in to 300 yards before veering off and making his way over top of the highest peek. He was a little to far for her comfort and bit to small for my tag!

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We hiked and glassed our butts off, saw lots of nice country!

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The weather was perfect, the view was awesome, but we didnt see any other deer that day.

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We did see a couple other hunters coming in from the other end of the range so we decided to book it off the mountain and head north for elk!

mark
09-22-2008, 09:01 PM
Day 2 we arrived in our elk camp, hooked up with "Caveman" and "Justin 07" and their dads. (All elk virgins) The first morn I sent everyone in the right direction and everyone had elk action, I had 2 bulls going, and closed the gap down to 50 yards on a pretty good one but it wast good enough for Georgia to get a good shot. Caveman on the other hand smacked a nice lil 4 pointer for his first elk! On the eve of day 3 I pulled in another bull but he came in so carefully and quiet we only had a far and narrow shot through the aspens so I decided to put him down!

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Tis the smallest elk so far for me but at least it was bigger than Gregs!
After that the weather got warm, the elk clammed up and the hunting wasnt so hot for a few days. We were hiking far and hard into the best areas Ive ever found in 15 years of hunting the area.

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On day 6 our luck changed again!
Ironically, Georgia made the game plan to return to a spot where we saw a bull. We did exactly as she wanted and began to bugle, Ill be dammed if a bull didnt start running our way, he got hung up at 80 yards with cover, but a few lil squeeks and grunts and he figured he could whip my but. At 50 yards I stopped him broadside and she nailed him in the spine with her 30.06 given to her from her grangfather, and she had her first elk!!!

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That seemed to bring luck to our camp. The next morn, Justins dad bagged a cow elk, then the following eve he got a nice 5x5 also! That made for 5 elk in our camp in 5 days, all other camps I visited only had 1. Twas a great time!
OK IM DONE!

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browningboy
09-22-2008, 09:09 PM
Nice trip Mark! Way to go with the elk, looks like the pine river area, well anyhow congrats.

quadrakid
09-22-2008, 09:17 PM
hell of a nice way to spend your one week off,nice pics congrats

Gateholio
09-22-2008, 09:18 PM
Looks great!!

Also looks liek you had nice weather for the most part.:shock:

Congrats to all!

Caveman
09-22-2008, 09:19 PM
Tis the smallest elk so far for me but at least it was bigger than Greg's
Smart Ass!!!!

srupp
09-22-2008, 09:28 PM
well done bud...GREAT ACTION..

Steven

tracker
09-22-2008, 09:30 PM
cool pic's ,congrats on the dump truck full of elk :shock:

Kody94
09-22-2008, 09:31 PM
Awesome! http://www.huntingbc.ca/forum/images/icons/icon14.gif http://www.huntingbc.ca/forum/images/icons/icon14.gif

steepNdeep
09-22-2008, 09:41 PM
Wow, you guys slayed them!! Sweet lookin' trip. Now you can hold out for that HAWG of a muley... :cool:

Fisher-Dude
09-22-2008, 09:46 PM
Congrats to all the lucky hunters! Of course, Georgia bagged hers with that pure hunting SKILL that she possesses! :-P

Alpine85
09-22-2008, 09:47 PM
Awesome trip!!!! Congrats to everyone on there Elk. Good to see you were able to hit the alpine also Mark. Nice to fill the freezer right up, now you both can hold out for some good muleys.

BearSniper
09-22-2008, 09:51 PM
Awesome job:smile:

A successful hunting trip for sure.

dave_fras
09-22-2008, 09:52 PM
great work mark!!.... i wish i could have made it out for elk:(

Blainer
09-22-2008, 09:57 PM
Absolutely great story with great success.
Good on ya all.

Caveman
09-22-2008, 10:08 PM
As Mark said I got mine the first morning. My dad and I hiked up a old trail and he tried his hand at bugling. We got a response almost immediately. We played with the bull eventually drawing him out onto the trail but he didn't present us with a good shot. After the young bull took off into the bush we walked to the end of the trail where it enters the cut. I decided I would walk into the timber where the bull went in. After about 45 min I heard a cow call so I grabbed my "Hoochie Mamma" and answered her after a couple calls a light bugle came from behind her. The cow was about 45 yds coming to me and the bull was about 75yds out. The cow came within 15-25yds and was trying to wind me, so one of two things was about to happen, either she was going to bust me or the bull would come out of cover. When the bull finally came out from behind some cover allowing a shot. I squeezed off a shot through the lungs watched him run about 30yds and drop. I then grabbed the camera and took a picture of the cow before she gave a big bark and run off.
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Here's the retrieval team left to right; Justin_07,Ron,Mark,Georgia and myself
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Caveman
09-22-2008, 10:23 PM
On Friday morning Justin and I went out and dropped the quad off at the head of a trail into a newer cut. We had walked in about 500yds when I let out a bugle. I got an answer right away from the direction of the cut. We hustled along and at about 200 yds from the cut I bugled a couple more times and got another response. Now we are at the edge of the cut. I bugle again to pinpoint where the bull was. We now have a direction but no cover to work from. The bull is standing his ground so we venture out into the cut to close ground on him because he is somewhere on the other side of a dry slough. We make it to a couple of trees standing on there own in the cut when a second bull comes trotting in our direction silently. I bugle again and he stops in his tracks. Justin pulls up his rifle counts points, "1,2,3," aims and pulls the trigger. A perfect lung shot at about 175 - 200 yds The bull ran about 40yds and piles up in the cut. I don't have the pictures, Justin will have to upload them. A nice 5 point none the less. We used my quad and one of those Costco atv trailers to retrieve it, which worked fantastic by the way.

Shed Hunter
09-23-2008, 04:45 AM
congrats to all you lucky hunters

Stone Sheep Steve
09-23-2008, 04:51 AM
Good work Mark, Georgia, Greg and the rest of the crew!!

Mark-Looks like you did a fine of training the new elk hunter recruits!

That's a sweet load of meat and as Steep said it's time to concentrate on some monster mulies.8)

SSS

M.Dean
09-23-2008, 05:05 AM
That's about as perfect as it gets! That hunt will be relived around your camp fire for years to come! Congrats to all!

kennyj
09-23-2008, 05:51 AM
Good hunting guys and girls!Your freezers are looking good.Great story and awesome photos as well.
kenny

Little Hawk
09-23-2008, 06:16 AM
A-a-a-a-g-g-g-h-h-h! Help! Too much 'Elk-drug'! Call me an ambulance-quick!

Congrats to all!

BiG Boar
09-23-2008, 07:13 AM
Pretty sweet man, would like to have seen your guys faces driving home!

bighornbob
09-23-2008, 08:36 AM
Caveman

Maybe if you didn't have a beer in your hand you could have shotten a bigger bull:razz::razz:

BHB

Caveman
09-23-2008, 08:45 AM
Caveman

Maybe if you didn't have a beer in your hand you could have shotten a bigger bull:razz::razz:

BHB

Where's your proof!!! If you're referring to the group picture, that's not a beer but a decal on my shirt

bighornbob
09-23-2008, 08:55 AM
Where's your proof!!! If you're referring to the group picture, that's not a beer but a decal on my shirt

A decal come on you could have at least said it was a pop??? :razz::razz:

BHB

NEEHAMA
09-23-2008, 09:51 AM
holy crap that whole story is great ! forgive me but what mu region does this elk action take place?

Rock Doctor
09-23-2008, 09:59 AM
Very Nice, Congrats.

Nice pics

CT.45
09-23-2008, 10:09 AM
Congrats on a very successful trip.
Georgia's bull is almost as nice as her smile.

HighCountry
09-23-2008, 10:16 AM
Well done Mark congratulations to all of your guys successful hunt.

wildman 22
09-23-2008, 05:17 PM
well done , congrats to the entire group.

Buckwheat
09-23-2008, 06:15 PM
Were's all that meat going to go!!!!:eek::eek::eek::eek:

congrats:razz:

dime
09-23-2008, 08:51 PM
What a trip! It will be tough to beat that in years to come.
Congrats

Tikka7mm
09-23-2008, 10:26 PM
Now that's a hunting trip!...great pics by the way. Thanks for sharing.

todbartell
09-24-2008, 09:33 AM
That seemed to bring luck to our camp. The next morn, Justins dad bagged a cow elk, then the following eve he got a nice 5x5 also! That made for 5 elk in our camp in 5 days, all other camps I visited only had 1. Twas a great time!


Is this a typo? I was under the impression that the provincial bag limit for elk was the same as moose. Maybe I need to read the regs :sad:


looks like a great trip, awesome pics! :D

Spuddge
09-24-2008, 09:53 AM
Great story and pics, a very succesful hunt indeed!!!

Caveman
09-24-2008, 10:19 AM
Tod, Justin's dad shot the cow Thursday morning and Justin shot his 5 point bull Friday morning.......Clear as mud???

mark
09-24-2008, 09:15 PM
Is this a typo? I was under the impression that the provincial bag limit for elk was the same as moose. Maybe I need to read the regs :sad:


looks like a great trip, awesome pics! :D

Poor grammar on my part, by He, I meant Justin. Every hunter shot his own elk!!!!

6 K
09-24-2008, 09:41 PM
Holy smokes :eek:I hope you folks can get a deal on several new freezers.:lol:
That is almost as good as the action on the Q.C.I. But those critters are alot heaver to pack out.
Congrats to all especially those who got their firsts.
Great story Thanks for shareing.

BMF300win.
09-25-2008, 05:43 PM
hey greg ask mark if he ever shot a buffalo.......lol:lol:

jrjonesy
09-25-2008, 06:07 PM
Well done Mark! Some nice looking Elk there! Congrats to Georgia!:razz:

mark
09-25-2008, 07:45 PM
hey greg ask mark if he ever shot a buffalo.......lol:lol:

Actually I have back in 96, I shot 1, my buddy shot 1, and I hunted down and killed another that some other guys wounded, and were too scared to go in the thick stuff to find it.
So whats yer point???

As for the meat, I can eat 1 in a year, the other will be split between family and friends!

BMF300win.
09-25-2008, 07:53 PM
just sounded like you were picking on him.lol I thought he might have 1 up on you but.......i guess not.....hahahaha greg.:lol:

Vansmasher
09-25-2008, 09:11 PM
Great hunt...... Congrats.

todbartell
09-25-2008, 10:37 PM
Tod, Justin's dad shot the cow Thursday morning and Justin shot his 5 point bull Friday morning.......Clear as mud???


Poor grammar on my part, by He, I meant Justin. Every hunter shot his own elk!!!!

got it now :D just seemed odd, I figure'd you guys were legit :lol: congrats again on a great trip

lunatic
09-26-2008, 08:23 PM
Well first off I will definately say congrats, especially to those with their first elk. I do have reservations though about this whole " Region 7-20A " elk slaughter. I'm sorry but that's how I see it. I understand the need to cull the herd in the area as I do sympathize with what the ranchers and farmers are dealing with. My problem is that the area covers a lot more than farm / ranch land and is a lot farther from farm land than lots of these elk will travel. I hope the genious wildlife managers know what they are doing. I think it would have made a lot more sense to possibly have say a 2-3 week season this year to see what the impact will be, instead of 6 weeks. The amount of elk being taken is crazy. I especially don't like this open cow season. If even half those cows are or would be impregnated then the impact will be huge. Lets all get ready for another decade of 6 points only. For years we had a 9 day 3pt or larger season and that was cancelled eventually due to low numbers....so what is this going to do? I really hope it's a one time deal. I don't mean to rain on anyones parade.....I just have concerns, as do most of the hunters i've spoken with that live in this area. Lots of us "locals" have made a personal decision not to take a cow or anything samller than say a 5x5.

mark
09-26-2008, 11:20 PM
Well first off I will definately say congrats, especially to those with their first elk. I do have reservations though about this whole " Region 7-20A " elk slaughter. I'm sorry but that's how I see it. I understand the need to cull the herd in the area as I do sympathize with what the ranchers and farmers are dealing with. My problem is that the area covers a lot more than farm / ranch land and is a lot farther from farm land than lots of these elk will travel. I hope the genious wildlife managers know what they are doing. I think it would have made a lot more sense to possibly have say a 2-3 week season this year to see what the impact will be, instead of 6 weeks. The amount of elk being taken is crazy. I especially don't like this open cow season. If even half those cows are or would be impregnated then the impact will be huge. Lets all get ready for another decade of 6 points only. For years we had a 9 day 3pt or larger season and that was cancelled eventually due to low numbers....so what is this going to do? I really hope it's a one time deal. I don't mean to rain on anyones parade.....I just have concerns, as do most of the hunters i've spoken with that live in this area. Lots of us "locals" have made a personal decision not to take a cow or anything samller than say a 5x5.

No offence taken here Looney! I pretty much feel the same way as you do! I wouldnt be bothered if it were a one time deal, but it sure did make for a sucessful trip! If it were a 6 point season we would of all been skunked! Should be interesting to see what the winter herds look like!

hunter1947
10-12-2008, 11:02 AM
Well done mark and gang ,you have enough meat there that you won't need to go out next year.

Congrats on your first elk Mark http://www.huntingbc.ca/forum/images/icons/icon14.gif.

Also congrats to the rest of your party on a fine hunt http://www.huntingbc.ca/forum/images/icons/icon14.gif.

You don't get a hunt any better then that one ,good going on a successfully hunt http://www.huntingbc.ca/forum/images/icons/icon12.gif.

justin_07
10-19-2008, 01:19 PM
I'd like to give a big thank you to Mark for taking us on this awsome trip and giving us all the info we need to bring home some elk. He gave us places to check out and stratagies on how to get them in.... and they worked! It was another trip I will never forget. I will post some pictures as soon as I can. oh and just in case your wondering, I am definatley hooked on elk! Thanks again Mark from both Dad and I.