OneWhoKnows goes bow hunting for elk!

[onewhoknows]

This may be a repost for some of you haha.

Unfortunately, this time around, no elk were caught (or even seen), but 95% of the trip is to have good company, hike and climb through amazing forest and the thrill of tracking an animal.

Here are some pictures from the journey:

Some fresh tracks we were tracking. We got the bull elk to call back to us a few times, but he kept retreating instead of coming to investigate. It may have been that he wind was at our backs.

 

[onewhoknows]

These trees were growing nearly horizontally.

 

[thrawn]

awesome pictures

 

[Atan Nolme]

Thread OWK

 

[Syrup Beaver]

Nice!

Always a good excuse to go for a hike somewhere like that

 

[fly]

Beautiful. Where is this at???

 

[Thorn Bird]

gorgeous pictures. i would've loved to have been there!

 

[theacoustician]

How the hell would you get a downed elk out of an area like that? It looks mighty steep and those guys have to be at least 500 lbs. if not more.

Also how does elk taste in comparison to venison? Pretty similar?

 

[polo]

fantastic pictures sir!

very impressive landscape too

 

[Mrs. Valve]

How the hell would you get a downed elk out of an area like that? It looks mighty steep and those guys have to be at least 500 lbs. if not more.

Also how does elk taste in comparison to venison? Pretty similar?

helicopter, or ATV.

elk is richer then venison, because it's generally a larger animal, but the idea is the same- leaner meat, more flavor, and just all around

 

[Mrs. Valve]

and also, I AM TOTALL FSCKING JEALOUS!!!!!
bow hunting for elk is like my dream hunt. seriously. i don't even have time to hunt this season

 

[onewhoknows]

Beautiful. Where is this at???

In Oregon, in the Tillamook County area

How the hell would you get a downed elk out of an area like that? It looks mighty steep and those guys have to be at least 500 lbs. if not more.

Also how does elk taste in comparison to venison? Pretty similar?

Basically, depending on where it is, you kick the elk and let gravity do its work. It'll get caught on something and you just repeat haha. Once it's at the bottom, we use a sled after deboning it to get it to the truck.

And what F33nX said above about the meat

and also, I AM TOTALL FSCKING JEALOUS!!!!!
bow hunting for elk is like my dream hunt. seriously. i don't even have time to hunt this season

We're planning a trip next year to go moose/bear bow hunting in Alaska and then caribou bow hunting in Canada.... you should come with! I love bow hunting so much more than rifle hunting... it's just so much more of a challenge.

And thanks everyone for the comments!

 

[onewhoknows]

And for the hunters:

A picture of the bull dropping we came across while we were tracking a herd. It was fresh, no more than an hour old and the flies were just starting to congregate.

http://www.r1r6.com/pictures/Hunting/Image_115.JPG

Look at the size of the dropping, it was a big one. We were SO close to them, but we just ran out of day light.

 

[theacoustician]

And for the hunters:

A picture of the bull dropping we came across while we were tracking a herd. It was fresh, no more than an hour old and the flies were just starting to congregate.

http://www.r1r6.com/pictures/Hunting/Image_115.JPG

Look at the size of the dropping, it was a big one. We were SO close to them, but we just ran out of day light.

You sure it wasn't Drool?

 

[Mean Mr. Mustard]

Ive never been or Oregon

 

[fly]

In Oregon, in the Tillamook County area

I'm too much of a vagina to hunt, but I'd sure like to go hiking around there. Beautiful.

 

[Mrs. Valve]

We're planning a trip next year to go moose/bear bow hunting in Alaska and then caribou bow hunting in Canada.... you should come with! I love bow hunting so much more than rifle hunting... it's just so much more of a challenge.

And thanks everyone for the comments!

PM me w/ details. I may actually have vacation time by then. Or hell, just PM me w/ details on hunting up in Oregon. Season opens here next week and I have no stamps, renewed license, or practice w/ my bow

 

[Onnotangu]

Bah real men hunt with spears and hounds.

CROM!!!





yer still cool owk

 

[onewhoknows]

Bah real men hunt with spears and hounds.

CROM!!!





yer still cool owk

Hounds are more of a crutch than bows

Thanks

 

[Onnotangu]

Hounds are more of a crutch than bows

Thanks

exactly hence the reason to do it.Oh yeah and mail armor.