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<blockquote data-quote="Timber338" data-source="post: 961038" data-attributes="member: 33822"><p>In my humble opinion (imho - had to throw the internet lingo in there for you Tony), packing a BIG set of elk antlers out of the mountains is every hunters dream. Last time I did it was in 2012, and I still remember every painful step... the caped out hide was still attached to the head since I did not have the right knives to separate them. Carried the hide/head a couple miles back to my camp after I shot it, all through bushes and forests so thick I got stuck several times. Packed out all the meat over the next couple of days and my last trip was with the head and hide. So far this is the biggest bull I've killed and packed out. There's definitely bigger elk in the woods, but I'm very happy with it. The boone and crockett score came out to 322, and that includes several inches of busted tines. So before the rut we figured he was right at 330 inches.</p><p></p><p>After about the first few hundred yards of the final pack out, the cords slipped and the head rotated out of position. Ended up not being a huge deal, it still balanced OK and actually I was able to rotate/move the head/antlers a little easier over big rocks and around trees and stuff. Anyways, what a great memory it is. Nothing better than packing a big bull out of the mountains. We'll see if I can have another chance again this year... I'll be hunting for a bull with an over the counter either sex archery tag. </p><p></p><p>Here's a few pics. Hope you all have a great day.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Timber338, post: 961038, member: 33822"] In my humble opinion (imho - had to throw the internet lingo in there for you Tony), packing a BIG set of elk antlers out of the mountains is every hunters dream. Last time I did it was in 2012, and I still remember every painful step... the caped out hide was still attached to the head since I did not have the right knives to separate them. Carried the hide/head a couple miles back to my camp after I shot it, all through bushes and forests so thick I got stuck several times. Packed out all the meat over the next couple of days and my last trip was with the head and hide. So far this is the biggest bull I've killed and packed out. There's definitely bigger elk in the woods, but I'm very happy with it. The boone and crockett score came out to 322, and that includes several inches of busted tines. So before the rut we figured he was right at 330 inches. After about the first few hundred yards of the final pack out, the cords slipped and the head rotated out of position. Ended up not being a huge deal, it still balanced OK and actually I was able to rotate/move the head/antlers a little easier over big rocks and around trees and stuff. Anyways, what a great memory it is. Nothing better than packing a big bull out of the mountains. We'll see if I can have another chance again this year... I'll be hunting for a bull with an over the counter either sex archery tag. Here's a few pics. Hope you all have a great day. [/QUOTE]
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