well..... what can I say, these past few years the hunting has been good, the tablefare excellent 
and the experiences with good friends in the outdoors..... irreplaceable and unforgettable. The only thing missing for me was an Elk hehehehe
so last spring I sent my limited entry cards in and got drawn for late season antlerless elk in northern BC (7-20 zone A). With work and a super busy hunting partner, I was looking at the last week of my draw and the possibility I would have to go alone or tear up my tag. At the last minute Tony called and said he was leaving for my place, a 5hour drive. The next morning we hit the highway for the 10 or so hour drive up north arriving late at night on the 23rd.
Dawn came and blessed us with awesome weather and we spent all day cruising the ridge lines on the quad and hiking well worn game trails, all the while glassing the slopes for Elk..... and only finding mule deer, white tail and moose...... awesome country , elk sign literally everywhere for kilometers.
that afternoon as we were cruising down one of the access roads to a trail we know that heads out to the slopes, a small group of elk crossed in front of us and into impossibly thick timber. We made an effort to get in for a shot but we were flat out busted and with the wind at our backs...... wasting our time LOL
so day 1 ended with lots of animals seen and we found some elk.
The next day we saw one elk (and lots of deer and several moose), but the elk was on the valley floor, impossibly out of range and all we could do was watch it thru the glass and wonder where it's herd was hiding LOL. The weather, while nice and sunny, was turning out to be incredibly warm for February in peace country.... +10 and a very odd lack of snow pack.
so Day 3 began much the same as the other days tho by the end of the day we were feeling a bit frustrated. seems other guys had this draw and there was several road hunters doing laps thru the area all day. We were bummed.
So, we decided to go to where we had seen the highest amount or reasonably fresh Elk sign and park our azzes on the ground in the cover of a small point of trees separating the slopes from the forest above. Turns out it was the smartest thing we could have done as day 3 , with only 2 days left till my tag expired, end with a 60 yard shot from my ruger m77 mkII 7mm rem mag and the nosler accubond did the rest.
despite looking dog tired , I'm a pretty happy camper in that pic LOL
she weighed 309 dressed and quartered, gonna be oh so tasty
and the experiences with good friends in the outdoors..... irreplaceable and unforgettable. The only thing missing for me was an Elk heheheheso last spring I sent my limited entry cards in and got drawn for late season antlerless elk in northern BC (7-20 zone A). With work and a super busy hunting partner, I was looking at the last week of my draw and the possibility I would have to go alone or tear up my tag. At the last minute Tony called and said he was leaving for my place, a 5hour drive. The next morning we hit the highway for the 10 or so hour drive up north arriving late at night on the 23rd.
Dawn came and blessed us with awesome weather and we spent all day cruising the ridge lines on the quad and hiking well worn game trails, all the while glassing the slopes for Elk..... and only finding mule deer, white tail and moose...... awesome country , elk sign literally everywhere for kilometers.
that afternoon as we were cruising down one of the access roads to a trail we know that heads out to the slopes, a small group of elk crossed in front of us and into impossibly thick timber. We made an effort to get in for a shot but we were flat out busted and with the wind at our backs...... wasting our time LOL
so day 1 ended with lots of animals seen and we found some elk.
The next day we saw one elk (and lots of deer and several moose), but the elk was on the valley floor, impossibly out of range and all we could do was watch it thru the glass and wonder where it's herd was hiding LOL. The weather, while nice and sunny, was turning out to be incredibly warm for February in peace country.... +10 and a very odd lack of snow pack.
so Day 3 began much the same as the other days tho by the end of the day we were feeling a bit frustrated. seems other guys had this draw and there was several road hunters doing laps thru the area all day. We were bummed.
So, we decided to go to where we had seen the highest amount or reasonably fresh Elk sign and park our azzes on the ground in the cover of a small point of trees separating the slopes from the forest above. Turns out it was the smartest thing we could have done as day 3 , with only 2 days left till my tag expired, end with a 60 yard shot from my ruger m77 mkII 7mm rem mag and the nosler accubond did the rest.
despite looking dog tired , I'm a pretty happy camper in that pic LOL
she weighed 309 dressed and quartered, gonna be oh so tasty
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