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<blockquote data-quote="Varmintnv" data-source="post: 1349047" data-attributes="member: 21378"><p>Well she did it again. First [ATTACH=full]81924[/ATTACH] my wife harvested her first Pronghorn on opening morning. We've been swamped with work and family projects since. So last Saturday our son got married. Sunday morning found us running around crazy throwing stuff in the travel trailer so we can head out to hunt her cow elk. First morning we parked on a hillside and just watched the valley below for elk. Nothing moved. So we jumped back in the Ranger and took off. We had never hunted this area so I figured we bounce around, learn where roads went and get the lay of the land. Late that afternoon we spotted a group of elk and tried a stalk. We ran out of legal time. So we headed back to camp with a plan for the next morning. We got about 3/4mi from where we saw the elk the nite before and parked the Ranger. We snuck our way down into the draw in the dark and setup about 200yds from the last place we'd seen them and waited for daylight. When it finally got light enough to see, I found the elk 500+ yds down from us. The wind was swirling, so stalking closer was a bad idea. We waited. 6 of the 10 cows left the 6pt bull and headed our way slowly. Finally after 2+hrs of waiting, my wife found herself sitting 175yds from her target. She fired and I saw the bullet land right behind the cow's shoulder. The others began trotting to her aid and I was afraid they would run her off. So I said "Hit her again". My wife fired a 2nd shot that again hit perfectly behind the shoulder just as the others gathered around the cow. After about 3 seconds, she stumbled and fell dead. Her first elk, and her 2nd big game animal of the year. The antelope was her 1st big game animal ever. She had an awesome year! The last 2yrs she didn't even get to fire shot. Words cannot express how proud I am of this lady!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Varmintnv, post: 1349047, member: 21378"] Well she did it again. First [ATTACH=full]81924[/ATTACH] my wife harvested her first Pronghorn on opening morning. We've been swamped with work and family projects since. So last Saturday our son got married. Sunday morning found us running around crazy throwing stuff in the travel trailer so we can head out to hunt her cow elk. First morning we parked on a hillside and just watched the valley below for elk. Nothing moved. So we jumped back in the Ranger and took off. We had never hunted this area so I figured we bounce around, learn where roads went and get the lay of the land. Late that afternoon we spotted a group of elk and tried a stalk. We ran out of legal time. So we headed back to camp with a plan for the next morning. We got about 3/4mi from where we saw the elk the nite before and parked the Ranger. We snuck our way down into the draw in the dark and setup about 200yds from the last place we'd seen them and waited for daylight. When it finally got light enough to see, I found the elk 500+ yds down from us. The wind was swirling, so stalking closer was a bad idea. We waited. 6 of the 10 cows left the 6pt bull and headed our way slowly. Finally after 2+hrs of waiting, my wife found herself sitting 175yds from her target. She fired and I saw the bullet land right behind the cow's shoulder. The others began trotting to her aid and I was afraid they would run her off. So I said "Hit her again". My wife fired a 2nd shot that again hit perfectly behind the shoulder just as the others gathered around the cow. After about 3 seconds, she stumbled and fell dead. Her first elk, and her 2nd big game animal of the year. The antelope was her 1st big game animal ever. She had an awesome year! The last 2yrs she didn't even get to fire shot. Words cannot express how proud I am of this lady! [/QUOTE]
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