wthby breaks in the stw on elk

[wthby]

got to the honey hole early in the morning. snuck into position while moving like stealth ninja reaking of cow elk urine.

set up on a "T" intersection downwind of where i knew the elk would cross. waited about 10 minutes then did a small series of chirps with the hootchie momma. nothing. another 10 minutes goes by and i do the same thing. i thing this time though i hear a distant chirp but not to sure. all of a sudden to my cross wind of me. i estimate about 400 yds a bull lets loose a long loud bugle with a series of chuckles at the end. all of a sudden about 700 yds down the upwind portion of the tee intersection i see heads starting to pop out of the bush. 7 cow elk line up the cutline. to far for a shot i begin to do some more calling with the hootchie. they are interested and start to come closer but the lead cow is edgy and the move quickly into the bush. i wait ten minutes and do a nother set of calling. again the bull answers back but no chuckles this time. all of a sudden the 7 cows show up 250-300 yds cross wind on the cutline in the direction of the bull. the lead cow again looking for love or on edge quickly moves into the bush. but the hootchie stops the rest of the hear and the STW takes down the next biggest cow. see went about 200 feet after the 140gr tsx double lunged her.

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wthby

[TBark]

Good for you bud.
Heard about you elk too around town.

TBark

[BigRackLover]

Good for you x 2

[srp71]

Congrats x3

[7mm12g22lr]

congratulations!!!
exciting heh?

What are those ?Teeth ?

[grizzler]

Congrats... What make of rifle is that ?

[Rather Be Hunting]

Well done, Wthby!
Great being out in the middle of all the action eh?

[Lethalconnection]

Thats a nice cow, lots of good meat there. Congrats

[wthby]

thanks guys for the comments

the rifle is a SAKO chambered in 7mm STW

the cow dressed out a just a hair above 350lbs

yeah those are the canines/ ivories, not sure what i am gonna do with them but imagine i will find something, maybe just polish then and put them in a box for the tooth fairy (i heard see is hot)

Congrats Wthby, mighty fine eatin fer sure. You guys are killin me one the elk hunts this yr!



P.S....( she is hot..)

[roger]

an elk pee ninja!!??!?!!
that do paint a picture

well done! and medium rare at the same time

[TreeGuy]

Congrats! I managed to get my first elk ever on Monday (5X5 bull!). I'm not sure what it dressed, but the rear half weighed in at 173lbs, and the neck and front quarters once boned out came in at about 100lbs. Bite me Safeway this winter! I'm happy for ya and I too have pulled out the ivorys! Anyone know the story on them? I hear they are from prehistoric times. Nice cow man!

Tree