Elk Hunting in Rimrock - Oct 2008

[built not bot!]

I.O.R.E. and I set camp at the 613 trail head, on sunday the 18th oct. Great times decent weather for the time of year, and a much needed retreat from everyday life!

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Did alittle saw work and made a cookink area
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need to keep that in easy acsess
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dinner prep.
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now thats a dutch oven!
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one thing about the Rimrock area is that it is steep!
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WTF!!!
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snow in camp
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Mixed a drink for a really great friend that would have loved to be there! I'm sure he was watching over us though!
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Yea theres elk down there! :headbang:
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this is the view back to the top, I was sitting on that ridge when I shot! :banghead:
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Now the work starts!
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Had to leave him there, and put an extration mission together for the next day. My dad and bro. were EXCITED!!! to help!
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we ran alot of cable attempting to get in.
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and for any one that says it cant be done... that is the entire elk strapped to a 4-wheeler!
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finally got it to the jeep
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then got the jeep to the trailer!
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finally got him home! :occasion5:
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Have more pics to post in other areas!

[gasman]

Congrats :thumbright:

I quartered and straped my first elk to my quad, and yes they do fit (but i did not get any pic).

[Jay W]

Congrats. Nice Elk!!

[93YJCowboy21]

nice bull!!! did you see any cats down there???

[Fish]

Very nice :salute:

[built not bot!]

nice bull!!! did you see any cats down there???

no but I was lookn!

[Jeepscum]

What? everytime I took a tent you 2 give me crap. Suprised the old man didnt make you work all night for the elk. :thumbright:

[THE PUNISHER]

:headbang: well done congrats

[Demontang]

Nice elk, looks like it was fun trying to get it out. :laughing6:

[Barry]

That whole scenario will make for a great campfire story for years to come. :thumbright:

[TooRisky]

Now that is how it is done...very well played, congrats on the meat.

[Jeepscum]

I never thought I would miss eating elk but some microwave cube steak mmm. :drunken:

[built not bot!]

I never thought I would miss eating elk but some microwave cube steak mmm. :drunken:
:sad11:

[93YJCowboy21]

yeah there has been alot of cat sightings around rimrock this year... up here in chelan county we can only hunt cats till like nov. 5th or something...

[Demontang]

If I see a cat it wont be alive long, I have been hammering the predators latly :salute:

[built not bot!]

Well we're done! :headbang: Two tags awarded two tags filled! Brother killed a nice bull by Conrad meadows, lucky sucker!
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the bs time! :occasion5:
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[Ceg]

:headbang:

[93YJCowboy21]

rock on!!!! yeah we have been nailing the coyotes and bobcats pretty hard around here... already at 15 cats for this season and I don't know how many coyotes... we are entering into a coyote derby in feb.... won last years and should win this years... :) or I hope so anyways... lol

[I.O.R.E.]

That whole scenario will make for a great campfire story for years to come. :thumbright:


YES, it surely will ! great times and memories were indeed made.
( totaled my jeep four times ) :evil4: