1st elk down, 70yd archery bull

[jasonco]

My flyfishing/archery friend, got his bull elk on opening morning here in CO! Calls and wake me up at 7am, and I say "What did you kill and where you at, I'm on my way?!". Sent me the OnX waypoint, be there ASAP! When I made it up to the kill site, at 11,500, he made a 70 yard shot on the bull and Muzzy broadheads do some damage, I'd never seen so much blood like that. I forgot what it's like to pack out an elk at above timberline, it hurts, but it;s a good hurt! When your buddy calls you for an elk recovery operation, nothing to it, but to do it. Of course, it made it to the head of the glacier, died, and slide down into the small ravine!
He got his, now I gotta get my 2. He on the track of nice 190 class muley in them high alpine tree's, the rest of the week.

 

[joseph singleton]

get's the old blood pumping Congrads and good luck with your hunt as well.

 

[memtb]

Congrats to your buddy. And a few more like that, and you'll be in elk hunting shape.....if it doesn't kill ya! memtb

 

[jasonco]

Shock the system! 52, 6'3" 275lbs and I can still haul out full quarters with the best of them! As it is, my rifle units are to the North at the top of that ridge.

 

[105Coues]

Congratulations!

 

[memtb]

Shock the system! 52, 6'3" 275lbs and I can still haul out full quarters with the best of them! As it is, my rifle units are to the North at the top of that ridge.

You're just a pup.....but, a big pup! I hope that you can maintain that sort of conditioning. I started "slipping" pretty quickly once I passed 55 or so. Now, at 67 (almost), I don't think I want to hunt at 10,000 feet. And, the packing of game , is in smaller "chunks" and a bit slower! memtb

 

[ub270]

What a buddy ! Sounds like a good time.

 

[zb338]

Nice job Jasonco. Wish more of us had friends like you.

Zeke

 

[ShtrRdy]

Wow, nice going! No wonder I never connected when I archery hunted in the late 90s / early 2000s. I couldn't shoot 70 yards.

 

[LongProng]

You guys are hardcore. I wouldn't make it a half mile at 11,500 feet. I get to 10k and I turn into a sloth. Congrats and great work packing him out!

 

[Huggy]

11,500'?!?
Daaaang! I get winded shooting at 2,700' on the desert floor for a nice desert Muley. Hahaha
They'd be calling a Lifeline helicopter to haul ME out at that altitude!!
(I wonder if I could convince them to haul my elk out, too?) LOL

 

[jasonco]

Trekking poles, good boots, good pack, positive mindset.

Cracking jokes and talkin' bleep on a mountain in dark of night, with you close friends with a heavy pack, that's what it's about!

I'm pumped! E-Scouting is done, it's about time to put boots on the ground to check out my waypoints. Then wait and see what weather will be like in the Colorado Rockies in a couple months, I'm kind of wanting to see moderate, to keep them up high, where a lot of the orange army don't like to go?