Just got back home from my first trip to Colorado. It was a tough hunt but I managed to harvest my first elk. Not the biggest bull on the mountain but a huge trophy in my book. Killed him on Wednesday after 4 days of not seeing much of anything, and this being the first legal bull anybody in camp had seen. 330 yard shot, 340 wby with a 225 gr Barnes ttsx, 2980 muzzle velocity. Quartering to, bullet entered high shoulder and exited about 6 inches in front of the off hind quarter. It pierced the skin and was hung up in the hide when we skinned him. Didn't destroy any meat to speak of on the shoulder, entrance hole was small but once it went thru the shoulder there was a baseball sized hole going thru the rib cage. Was an awesome trip that I'll never forget and I'll for sure be back to try again.
First elk hunt success
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Congrats on a great hunt!
Excellent!
ShtrRdy
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Congrats on your first elk, and a bull!!
sierracharlie338
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Outstanding work on a successful hunt! Thanks for sharing!
gwh15hammer
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Congratulations
Congrats on your first bull! It never gets old!!!
basinman
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Congratulations! Enjoy the meat!
john k
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Congratulations. Thanks for showing us the bullet performance results. Critical information to a lot of hunters. Thanks again and enjoy that first bite of tenderloin!
Flintlock
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Congratulations on the Elk. I sure wanted to go this year. That is a nice bull. Don't know the are you hunted but we see a lot of them that size around SW Colorado where we hunt back in about two miles on public land.
Good shot and looks like the Barnes did what it is made to do. I started shooting Barnes in my .460 pistol and in my 6.5 JDJ Contender pistol. That have been good for whitetail so far and a couple of hogs.
Will be some good table fare.
Mike
Good shot and looks like the Barnes did what it is made to do. I started shooting Barnes in my .460 pistol and in my 6.5 JDJ Contender pistol. That have been good for whitetail so far and a couple of hogs.
Will be some good table fare.
Mike
