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AJBert
12-05-2024, 02:36 PM
for this year at least.

I didn't have a tag for anything, but my wife and cousin had tags both for cow elk and mulie bucks. My cousin's tags were for 3rd rifle season and my wife's elk tag was for 3rd rifle season and buck tag for 4th rifle season here at the house for private land. My cousin got his buck on the second evening hunt, a big bodied with average 4 point antlers. Out west, mulies are counted by the points on one side only. Some count brow tines, some don't. For those that do, it would be a 5 point with a spread of 20 inches. He didn't want to take a pic with it, so no pic.

No elk were taken, though my cousin and myself did find them opening morning. Too far for him to shoot (a little over 400 yards away on the side of a ridge above us) as he is much more comfortable shoot under 25 yards. No, not 250 yards, 25 yards. I told him to get closer by keeping trees between him and the elk. Of course, he walked where he could keep an eye on the elk, and they could keep an eye on him, too. He got about 100 yards closer when the elk decided to top the ridge. I told him if he wants to follow, we will. He said no and I was very glad, as there was 12 to 16 inches off snow on the ground, and that ridge was tall and steep. Woke up the next morning, he didn't want to hunt. A few hours later he said he was done hunting. Not a surprise as he has done the more often than not over the years.

My wife passed on elk hunting as she was under the weather a bit. I could understand that.

However, on opening morning of her deer hunt, she was recovered. A really nice buck came out of the trees on the backside of the house down the slope a little ways. One shot later, off the back deck, the buck was down and the work started for me. She did let me take a pic of with the buck, but she had problems holding the head and antlers up for a good pic. This was bigger than my cousin's buck in every way. Much larger body, 4 point with a 26 inch spread. It is the biggest buck for her, and the biggest we've seen on the property during hunting season. Until...the next morning when a BIGGER buck showed up.

I might have to rethink where I hunt deer in the future. I get a buck tag every third years hunting on public land and she draws every year here at the house. Both deer are in the freezers, bagged, tagged, and ready to eat. The dog has meat left over from last year's deer, and no has enough to where he can eat it probably every other day. He only eats a 1/4 lb a day, but I might bump that up to 1/2 lb a day, breakfast and dinner for him.

Anyways, here's the pic. My guess is he weighs in the 275 lb range, on the hoof. Not counting the scraps we ground up for the dog, we somewhere around 65-70 lbs of meat. My cousin's buck came to around 45-50 lbs. The dog, from both bucks, over 100 lbs. We process them here at the house.

Ok, I can not upload a picture on here for some reason. I've done it before with no problems, even tried a couple of days ago. I need to find a 12 year old to do it for me now.

The wife's buck is getting the Euro treatment right now and we should be picking it up this week or next. It'll be hanging on the front of the garage when the snow is no longer coming and is gone on the snow. So, sometime late May/early June. I'll keep trying to get the pic up, but I am at my wits end.

dao
12-05-2024, 03:13 PM
Are you selecting Go Advanced before trying to attach the pics AJ?

AJBert
12-05-2024, 11:47 PM
I'll give it a try now.

It will not let me upload the photo I have on my computer, and is in .jpeg format.

kenemoore
12-06-2024, 05:40 AM
Pic is most likely too large for the site.
This site is much more restrictive than most.

Bawanna
12-06-2024, 01:05 PM
We had a little picnic yesterday, there's usually 7 but 3 were AWOL for some reason.

medezyner
12-14-2024, 07:19 AM
I might have to rethink where I hunt deer in the future. I get a buck tag every third years hunting on public land and she draws every year here at the house. Both deer are in the freezers, bagged, tagged, and ready to eat. The dog has meat left over from last year's deer, and no has enough to where he can eat it probably every other day. He only eats a 1/4 lb a day, but I might bump that up to 1/2 lb a day, breakfast and dinner for him.


Jez, your dog eats like a king! Can I be reincarnated as your dog? Sounds like a good hunt and plenty of meat for the year. Me: got a medium size doe which is my preference because the days of dragging a big buck over hill and dale is in the rearview mirror. She came out behind me 75 yards away and only a few hundred yards away from the truck. Nice easy drag...for my son! I process my own also and its probably the tenderest venison I've ever had. Japanese wagyu beef...not on my table, this was better.

AJBert
12-14-2024, 05:07 PM
You should try a calf elk. They run about 300-350 lbs on the hoof, by far the best meat I have ever eaten. I always try to get a yearling cow, they tend to be 450-600 lbs in the hoof, and tender meat, too. At my age, I only hunt up hill these days.

As for the dog, yes, he eats well. I figured he can eat the deer meat for dinner every day this year, so he's been a happy camper lately. I just hope he doesn't get too spoiled. He'll still get his dry food in the morning. I've also been saving up pike that I catch when I'm out trout fishing in the soft water months. I'll grind those up one of these days and combine them with some apples and yams. Supposed to be good for dogs I hear. A couple of years ago on his annual visit to the vet, they asked what his diet is. I told them a mix between dry and ground deer/elk, along with a couple of snacks mid-day and before bed time. The vet asked if we would adopt her as she doesn't eat that well in her own home.

Should be getting the wife's buck back from the guy doing the euro mount soon. I'll take a picture of it with my little, trusty camera and try to post it up when we get. I've always had problems getting pictures off my phone for some reason. Sometimes they work, other times not. Hopefully, I'll get it to work off the camera.

Bawanna
12-14-2024, 06:18 PM
Here's a shot of AJ's wife's buck. Dandy and looks like a big body.

jeepster09
12-14-2024, 06:30 PM
Pic is most likely too large for the site.
This site is much more restrictive than most.

I use this:
https://picresize.com/

medezyner
12-15-2024, 06:50 AM
One of the easiest methods to reduce the image size (if on a Windows machine) is to take a screen shot. The keyboard short cut: Press Windows logo, Shift key, and S all at the same time, follow the prompts to save it. It will dumb-down the file size, but the resolution is still good enough for things like forum postings (and texting/emails).

AJBert
12-16-2024, 09:55 PM
I did check the size and it was only 5mb. I could have sworn it was in .jpeg but come to find out it was something called html, whatever that is. I have to give the Col. a huge thanks for getting the pic on here!

And, yes, I know it isn't the best pic. My wife couldn't hold the head up properly to show the rack, said it was too heavy for her. She did have a stroke a few years ago and her left side is pretty weak. Hopefully, she will be able to hold the euro mount in a proper way. If not, you will more than likely see my ugly mug that will more than likely take away from the mount.