Cow elk down

My buddy from Wis. got his cow elk yesterday. Real nice one too. Bad part is that he shot it 3 miles back in. We left the truck, 3 of us with 2 game carts at 4:30. We finaly got back to the truck at 10:30. 6 hrs. of fun. We were wore out. Completely exhausted. It hurt to raise a can of pop up to our mouth. When we were in the truck driving home I said that was fun, lets do it again. Next year. There wasn't one inch of flat ground to be found. I'll see if I can get some picts. up here.

It's kind of a fun hurt I think

Yeah it hurts so good.

No pain, no gain my friend. It's a good hurt.   LOL!!!!!! Congrats to the fellow cheddarheads.

Gary Scheel
NAHC LM,RMEF LM,NRA Member, Lonestar Bowhunter, TexasHogHunter Pro Staff Member

That landscape is absolutely beautiful. I must have scrolled up and down 10 times. Congrats to your buddy.

Awesomeness!!!

Thanks much for sharing!!  Congrats to your buddy!

Take care and Good Hunting!

Best Afield,

Steve

Hey Wey, sure you were checking out the sceninc views. You were doing the same thing as the rest of us and hunting Elk. Lol  But yeah it is beautiful country too.
Steve Albers

Got my frist elk I shot a big cow last nite.There was about 75 in the field the bulls were in the middle of the herd and it was getting dark so I filled my tag with a cow.I was thinking it was better any tag soup again this year.

Good job, dan!

Cannot wait to see some pics!

Take care and Good Hunting!

Best Afield,

Steve

Good choice Dan. Congrats. Them cows eat much better than those horns by a long shot anyway.

Gongrats Dan good job.

Way to go Dan. Still aint no recipe for horns.  LOL!!!!! Be some good eating this winter.

Gary Scheel
NAHC LM,RMEF LM,NRA Member, Lonestar Bowhunter, TexasHogHunter Pro Staff Member

Good job Dan. I don't know if there's a better table fare than elk meat.  

Good luck, be safe and shoot straight

dodgeman_29

Not to argue, dodge' ... but ... given a choice, we'll take moose before elk, for average table fare ... NOT that we'd ever turn down elk ... merely ... given a choice ...

(Besides, more meat on a moose ... heck, we've still got a fair dab of white-wrapped packages in the freezer frum my '09 moose ... been about 13 months since I picked it up frum the butcher shop ... no "freezer damage" yet, and we're still enjoyin' it ... )

All of life is six-to-five against, just enough to keep you interested. (Damon Runyan)

Gravity makes all the important decisions ... (John R. Powers)

NRA, REMF, PF, NAHC-L, NAFC-L, KC, NPPA

I would say, however, that how well one takes care of the meat after the harvest has a MAJOR role in how good it'll taste on the table ... no matter whut kinda critter ...

(Another joke: friend of mine in the club does a LOT of huntin' ... went to New Zealand a couple years ago ... LOTS of trophies, and lots of different meats ... SO ... he once took sum jerky to werk @ the mine/plant ... the others were snarfin' it perty fast, and he asked 'em if they liked it ... they did ... until he told 'em it wuz coyote ... that's when the pukeage started ... )

All of life is six-to-five against, just enough to keep you interested. (Damon Runyan)

Gravity makes all the important decisions ... (John R. Powers)

NRA, REMF, PF, NAHC-L, NAFC-L, KC, NPPA

I wouldn't turn down either one O. I love both elk and moose meat. Personally I think elk meat is just a little milder, not much, just a little. I'd take a moose for the same reasons as you. The one I shot this fall will probably last us until at least this time next year or beyond and we eat moose meat a lot. In fact my wife told me she don't want me to hunt em again until we polish this off so I told the boy he'd better ask for seconds and thirds. LOL.

Good luck, be safe and shoot straight

dodgeman_29