2016 elk

[todbartell]

Hiked a couple KM at first light into an area which had shown some good sign of elk activity. I seen fresh tracks on the trail so decided to stop and make a bugle. Seconds later I heard some crashing up ahead and a bull bugled back a couple hundred yards away. Nice throaty gravely scream. Oh yeah baby this is happening! I moved towards him slowly and set up when I had a decent shooting lane. He bugled again on his own and I gave him a half dozen cow calls, shitty ones I could barely call I was pretty jacked up. He bugles again, screaming.

A minute goes by, silence. Then I hear some crashing and spot movement ahead. A cow is coming right towards me on a pretty good clip, and the bull is hot on her tail. He screams again, and hes charging towards me. Crosshairs settle on his chest frontal and I take the shot with my 338-06, 210gr Barnes TTSX @ 2750 fps. WHAP I can hear the bullet impact and he staggers and lurches to my right and out of sight. Cow keeps trotting towards me and stops, looks around. It's dead quiet, no crashing, nothing. Cow turns and walks off out of sight and I slowly make my way up to where the bull was. I get about half way and he's standing there broadside looking right through me. One more shot behind the shoulder and he takes off, disappears out of sight shortly after. Again, silence. No crashing or gurgling. I wait 15 mins and head in downwind of where he was last seen. Piled up

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[nano]

Very nice, well done !

[Rackmastr]

Awesome stuff!! Great bull and great photos! Congrats on what sounds like a cool/quick/exciting hunt!

[Whonnock Boy]

Funny how fast things happen. Good for you!

[gamehunter6o]

Congratulations, that was just too easy. Sort of makes up for all the previous unproductive hard yards no doubt you've done.

[markt308]

woo nice bull!

[albravo2]

Awesome bull!

How is that for efficient? Well done.

[Stone Sheep Steve]

Congrats Todd the Elkslayer Bartell!
Love that backstrap pic! Makes me drool.

SSS

[wos]

Great job that's awesome

[todbartell]

Congrats Todd the Elkslayer Bartell!
Love that backstrap pic! Makes me drool.

SSS

we ate the heart that night, fed 7 of us and I even had a little leftover for snack the next day. Last night was tenderloin wrapped in bacon. This is the real trophy pic!

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[todbartell]

Congratulations, that was just too easy. Sort of makes up for all the previous unproductive hard yards no doubt you've done.

have hunted 8 days so far, hiked about 80km before I pulled the trigger. Had some great encounters but this was only the 4th elk I'd seen. Was glad to drop the hammer, now time to try and get another one with friends and family.

[Bugle M In]

Great Job....congrats

[Arctic Lake]

Boy that's a nice elk !
Arctic Lake

[The Hermit]

Great bull Mark! Love the "meat" pic! LOL Terrific!

[nature girl]

Beautiful elk and nice pictures.

[landphil]

Way to go Mark, nicely done!

[Rattler]

Congrats, real nice bull and a big body on him...

Amazing how how much those bulls can soak up... Would have thought with that gun it would have tipped over after the first shot.

[Rugernator]

What an Elk! Congrats!
Bo

[Buck]

Nice work looks like some fine table fair.

[Spy]

Awesome bull, congrats :-) What happened on the first shot, did you find the bullets? Thanks for sharing :-)

[todbartell]

Awesome bull, congrats :-) What happened on the first shot, did you find the bullets? Thanks for sharing :-)

looked like first one might of landed a bit high and into the neck, just grazed the bone I did the gutless method so never did dig around the chest cavity to see where it went. The follow up shot centered a rib and smashed a pretty big hole thru and thru broadside, lungs were mush

[Spy]

looked like first one might of landed a bit high and into the neck, just grazed the bone I did the gutless method so never did dig around the chest cavity to see where it went. The follow up shot centered a rib and smashed a pretty big hole thru and thru broadside, lungs were mush
Thanks thats awesome congrats :-)

[todbartell]

some pics from my hunts this fall

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[todbartell]

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[goatdancer]

That's a very nice bull. Congratulations.

[Timbow]

Right on, way to get it done! Thanks for sharing, looks like a future elk hunter in the works.

[Knute]

Congrats on a nice bull.

Enjoyed the pics as well.

[moosinaround]

nice job Mark, Looks like a flavour of the day kinda gun selection there! Gettin er dun!!! I see the little fella admiring dads elk rack, good pics, Thanks!! See ya next week, gotta come pick up that new pea shooter!! Moosin

[Bugle M In]

whats the 1st rifle in the series of pics?

[Weatherby Fan]

Nice Elk Mark, great pictures and story.......thanks for sharing.

PS if you were shootin a Weatherby you would have only needed one bullet ;-):p
WF

[todbartell]

whats the 1st rifle in the series of pics?

Ruger no1 300 Win Mag stainless / laminate, packed it for most of the first week of season.

Here's my 338-06 with Vx3i 3.5-10x40, it's a Winchester Model 70 with a 23" Pacnor #1 contour in a McMillan Edge. Timney trigger and PT&G bottom metal. 3rd elk it's killed so far I really like it

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[Shikari300WSM]

Beauty elk congrats. Nice dark rack

[swampthing]

Excellent work!! Looks pretty tasty.

[huntcoop]

Great pics and elk! How'd the EXO work?

[375shooter]

Nice elk, Mark! Beauty pics! Good write up! It looks like that rifle is a "lucky" one.

[todbartell]

Great pics and elk! How'd the EXO work?

love it. You'll be seeing a brand new Mystery Ranch Metcalf/Pintler combo on the buy/sell soon! And the MR is a great pack

[Harvest the Land]

Wow, what a monster - Congratulations!

[guest]

Very Nice TB ....... interaction with a good bull is Second to None ....... wish it could happen more often.

Congrats to you, hes a Dandy, lots of good eats there !

CT

[rocksteady]

At least you were not shooting a savage. ;)

[Stone Sheep Steve]

we ate the heart that night, fed 7 of us and I even had a little leftover for snack the next day. Last night was tenderloin wrapped in bacon. This is the real trophy pic!

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more drool.......mmmmmmmm..... elk heart... and beer

[Stone Sheep Steve]

Ruger no1 300 Win Mag stainless / laminate, packed it for most of the first week of season.

Here's my 338-06 with Vx3i 3.5-10x40, it's a Winchester Model 70 with a 23" Pacnor #1 contour in a McMillan Edge. Timney trigger and PT&G bottom metal. 3rd elk it's killed so far I really like it

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How much does that #1 weigh? 😁

[todbartell]

9.5 lbs scoped, gets a bit old after a few days :D

my 338-06 m70 is 7.5ish, makes a difference

[kennyj]

Awesome bull!!
kenny

[quadrakid]

Great bull, love the bloodied knife pic

[tomahawk]

Great Bull Mark, was the father in law with you?

[sniper ren]

Very nice Bull! Congrats!

[Bear Chaser]

Great pics and story. Thanks for sharing.

[.264winmag]

Beauty, well deserved bull. Congrats!

[killman]

Nice work Mark. You the man.

[renegadeowl]

Nice pickup, I mean nice bull but the truck is worth mentioning.

[kevan]

Mark,
Coming from you it's the awesome thread I have been waiting patiently for.
We spoke on the phone shortly before you left and I knew then that I was in for a good thread on your return.
Thanks for posting, it's going to get a couple " re- reads " for sure.
One thing that interests me is the fact that you have relied on the 338-06 many times considering the variety of other toys available to you.
What can it be? Familiarity and comfort with one particular rifle knowing full well that it is capable ?

Again, Thanks TB.

[REMINGTON JIM]

Excellent ! Congrats a very nice BULL Elk . Cheers :-D RJ

[Hank Hunter]

Congrats Mark, way to get it done on a very nice bull.

[RiverOtter]

Nicely done Mark. Seems to be a good elk season all around.

[Brambles]

Nice job Mark, nice dark antlers.....

[todbartell]

thanks guys it's always fun to share a story with some pics.


Awesome bull, congrats :-) What happened on the first shot, did you find the bullets? Thanks for sharing :-)

hah. Was trimming up some meat for the burger bin and cut into this. In the neck somewhere, probably where it meets the body. Likely clipped a vertebrae in the neck and blew off a petal, 93% weight retention. Expanded diameter on the widest point is 2.2x original diameter

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Great Bull Mark, was the father in law with you?

not to start but he caught up to me, showed up just as I finished with the knife work lol the bugger...he's got elk fever bad this year so I hope to get to hunt a few more days this month with him


Mark,
Coming from you it's the awesome thread I have been waiting patiently for.
We spoke on the phone shortly before you left and I knew then that I was in for a good thread on your return.
Thanks for posting, it's going to get a couple " re- reads " for sure.
One thing that interests me is the fact that you have relied on the 338-06 many times considering the variety of other toys available to you.
What can it be? Familiarity and comfort with one particular rifle knowing full well that it is capable ?

Again, Thanks TB.

I got the 33806 built specifically for elk. I wanted more jam than my 338 Federal and the 210gr TTSX just screams ELK BULLET when I look at it. I like the cartridge, it's nothing magical but it's very effective. Took my first bull with it in 2012 using the 225gr Accubond, then switched to the TTSX 210gr the next year to pick up 150 fps and not give up any penetration. I am happy with how it works on game and accuracy is pretty nice too. It's a terrible situation to have too many hunting rifles, my No1 300wm hadn't been packed for a couple years until this fall. Wife gave it to me as a wedding gift and I like to pack it when she comes along on a trip. Maybe next year it will see some action :D

[180grainer]

I was part of the committee of the Vanderhoof Chapter of the Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation back in the day........back in the day when there wasn't a season. Hope some of them folks are on here and can see the results of their efforts. Good job......and very nice bull.

[Salty]

Use your magnum next time only need one bullet then :mrgreen: Looks like junior is right with the program good times..

[HarryToolips]

Wow congrats on a beauty bull elk....seems like there's lots of good elk coming out of region 7a that's a great sign..

[338 whisper]

nice bull great work

[325]

Beauty bull!!

[Boner]

Nicely done Mark! I always listen to what you have to say about hunting because of results like this!!! :)

[Krico]

Wow. Stud bull. Well done

[nazarow]

Beauty Elk. Thanks for posting.

[lightmag]

Nice bull , can't beat elk screaming at you

[todbartell]

thanks guys. Spent six hours turning him into dinners today

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