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<blockquote data-quote="RockyMtnMT" data-source="post: 1281755" data-attributes="member: 7999"><p>The elk did not cooperate on Fri. They were in an area that we could not hunt so we spent the day watching them. We did see three wolves that were hanging around the herd. When we spotted them is was getting late and we did not have time to make a play on them. Would have loved to get another wolf. As the sun was going down the herd moved back onto the property that we were hunting. Was quite a site to see, about 400 elk trailing out across the hills.</p><p></p><p>I wound up getting my two elk yesterday. The 1st one was a calf that we had seen the day before that looked to be injured. Was pretty much a mercy killing. She had been shot quite a while ago in her left hind leg. The leg below the injury was dead. Amazing that she was still alive. Hopefully the rest of her will be ok to eat. Shot her at 500y with the .375 BigDog and the 329g Hammer Hunter. Bullet performed perfectly, caliber size entry with quarter size exit with three smaller exits around the main exit. These are from the petals of the nose coming off. Shot the cow at 650y with the .338 Lap imp and the Hammer Hunter 260g. The whole set up was pretty quick as the elk were on the move and looking pretty itchy to get out of Dodge. Hind site on the shot I was looking at a different cow than what Brian gave me dial up dope for. Dialed for 630y and hit a few inches lower than I would have liked. Hit the bottom of the heart with a little collateral damage to the bottom of both lungs. She died within seconds of the shot and traveled between 50 and 100 yards. Turns out I could have taken another easily if I had not taken the calf. The herd moved towards us after the shot since they could not tell where it had come from. I still feel good about putting the calf out of her misery. The cow that I took was a beautiful coming 3 year old cow in perfect health. Nice young cow that should be as good as it gets for eating. </p><p></p><p>This appeared to be a different bunch of elk compared to the ones we hunted a week ago in the same spot. These elk seemed much less tired and in better shape coming through a tough winter. My cow has a lot more fat on her and the herd seemed to be able to cover ground much more easily than the elk we hunted last week. </p><p></p><p>All in all glad to have the chance to fill the freezer with elk meat. Brian has some pics from the cow showing terminal performance that I will get up after he emails them to me.</p><p></p><p>Steve</p><p></p><p>Read more: <a href="http://hammerbullets.boards.net/thread/50/late-season-elk#ixzz4Xp6egCLA" target="_blank">Late Season Elk | Hammer Time</a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="RockyMtnMT, post: 1281755, member: 7999"] The elk did not cooperate on Fri. They were in an area that we could not hunt so we spent the day watching them. We did see three wolves that were hanging around the herd. When we spotted them is was getting late and we did not have time to make a play on them. Would have loved to get another wolf. As the sun was going down the herd moved back onto the property that we were hunting. Was quite a site to see, about 400 elk trailing out across the hills. I wound up getting my two elk yesterday. The 1st one was a calf that we had seen the day before that looked to be injured. Was pretty much a mercy killing. She had been shot quite a while ago in her left hind leg. The leg below the injury was dead. Amazing that she was still alive. Hopefully the rest of her will be ok to eat. Shot her at 500y with the .375 BigDog and the 329g Hammer Hunter. Bullet performed perfectly, caliber size entry with quarter size exit with three smaller exits around the main exit. These are from the petals of the nose coming off. Shot the cow at 650y with the .338 Lap imp and the Hammer Hunter 260g. The whole set up was pretty quick as the elk were on the move and looking pretty itchy to get out of Dodge. Hind site on the shot I was looking at a different cow than what Brian gave me dial up dope for. Dialed for 630y and hit a few inches lower than I would have liked. Hit the bottom of the heart with a little collateral damage to the bottom of both lungs. She died within seconds of the shot and traveled between 50 and 100 yards. Turns out I could have taken another easily if I had not taken the calf. The herd moved towards us after the shot since they could not tell where it had come from. I still feel good about putting the calf out of her misery. The cow that I took was a beautiful coming 3 year old cow in perfect health. Nice young cow that should be as good as it gets for eating. This appeared to be a different bunch of elk compared to the ones we hunted a week ago in the same spot. These elk seemed much less tired and in better shape coming through a tough winter. My cow has a lot more fat on her and the herd seemed to be able to cover ground much more easily than the elk we hunted last week. All in all glad to have the chance to fill the freezer with elk meat. Brian has some pics from the cow showing terminal performance that I will get up after he emails them to me. Steve Read more: [url=http://hammerbullets.boards.net/thread/50/late-season-elk#ixzz4Xp6egCLA]Late Season Elk | Hammer Time[/url] [/QUOTE]
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