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in reply to: Filled My Buck Tag #40233
Nice, Jason! Congrats!!!:D
in reply to: Carbon in longbows #37182Speed and stability
in reply to: After the Harvest #36698Yes, best aging between 36-39 degrees. Also, keeping the hide on will keep the moisture in the meat, and age it even better
in reply to: Orange Co. NY #36694Nice! I hunt across the River in Putnam and Dutchess Co.
Have fun this season!:D
in reply to: Introduction of new member #34222Welcome, Paul !
in reply to: Looking for compressed cedar shafts #32134thanks, Forager
in reply to: The 2013 Season Bulletin Board #28822A few more pictures….
Joey Downing
TDowning and his son! Priceless!
TDowning with removable cast. Passion,Dedication!!
Going down in the dark holes where the elk are
in reply to: The 2013 Season Bulletin Board #27788Nice shed, Bruce! Yes it snowed and got colder up there where we were too starting Sunday
in reply to: The 2013 Season Bulletin Board #26744colmike wrote: Alex
Well done my friend, great pics and stories.:D A successful hunt by any definition.
Mike
Thanks Mike! I missed my connection flight to NYC! Spending the night in Denver! It’s hard to let go of Colorado, it seems!!:D
Reddog! Wow, congrats, bruh!!!
I finally had a chance to look thru every page of this thread, and all I’ve gotta say is… Oonnbelievable!!!:D
Great pics, Bruce !!
in reply to: The 2013 Season Bulletin Board #26401Yesterday was the last day hunting at the Downing camp. Joey and I decided to go back down the canyon where we saw the most elk: where I missed the bull Saturday while the spike was watching.
We setup on the ridge and called once the wind was in our favor on the west slope. Nothing for about an hour and a 1/2.
At about 11:30, we decided it was time to hike/hunt/cowcall back up to camp, pack and come off the mountain. So basically my hunt was kinda over! At that time we heard a bugle and a monster roar down the sunny east slope! And another, closer! We quickly setup, Joey on the ridge, me 20 yards down the slope. A few minutes after calling, I saw an elk coming up. I was ready for a close shot if he came to Joey. He stopped, looked uphill, and instead of coming up in my shooting area, he continued to traverse 10 yards downhill from me, stopped behind trees, kept going. By the time he was open, he was 1/4ing away and too far for an ethical shot. he was a magnificent 5×5! Minutes later we saw a zillion cows galloping thru the ridge above us, and we heard that monster roar again! That 5×5 was shadowing the herd and what Joey said must have been a really big herd bull!
So, Another incredible encounter in the Elk mountains!!
Slept at Dave and Caroline last night after dinner in town with them and TDowning! Nice hunt this morning close to Dave’s house. What a great hunt this week has been! Tons of knowledge, memories…. Until next year, because I’m now a stage 2 or 3 Elkaholic!!!!:D
I missed the bull Saturday down this hill. Yesterday’s encounter was behind me, in the sunny steep slope:
Sometimes the best way to be silent in blow downs is to navigate on logs! Beware a wet log, though!!:D
Grateful for my Bikram yoga training right there!:D
Oh yes, snow!
Gear
My tired ass!! I don’t look like a happy hunter, but I am!!
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At durango airport. tomorrow i will wake up in my bed in Harlem, NY!!! I’m not ready to leave this high country quite yet, but I play 2 nights in Cleveland this weekend, sooo gotta go make the doughnuts!!:D
in reply to: The 2013 Season Bulletin Board #23321Biblical hale, lightning, rain and thunder after the morning hunt.Off the mountain for the afternoon. Shower, lasagna, Wifi, photobucket at TDowning’s. going back up tonight!
Joey Downing. 72 years old, hikes like a 20 year old!!
Waiting
Joey Glassing
in reply to: The 2013 Season Bulletin Board #22400I missed a 4×5 yesterday afternoon. Tough shot, 20 yards steep uphill on an elk moving thru trees, that Joey Downing ( TDowning’s dad) called in with cow calls. I had a split second to choose in which lane to shoot. The arrow passed perfectly behind its front left shoulder, but 6 inches too low and grazed its sternum. The spike bull to my left witnessed the whole thing and was looking at me and his buddy the 4×5 with complete disbelief!
We would have got a 2hours steep uphill pack job to the truck, had I killed this bull!!:D
Today, I filmed a bear coming straight to me! He came within 4 yards of me. I was walking around the ponderosa to keep the tree between me and him!!
He stopped, then ran away downhill at supersonic speed! The most incredible event of my life in the woods!!!
I got it all on my iPhone!
Magic , big country up here! And steep is not the adequate word here. Vertical is more like it
Unfortunately no pictures yet. I only have 1 or two bars of reception on my phone in camp at 11000ft, which is a miracle already, but not enough for photobucket. Maybe tomorrow
Peace out!
in reply to: The 2013 Season Bulletin Board #20196Moonrise over Elk camp…
in reply to: The 2013 Season Bulletin Board #17988First day in the mountain!!
Wallow located at 7:10
Sitting over wallow at 7:15
Heard first bugle in the distance at 7:20!!
Should have gone after him but I stayed put, just to soak everything in, just incredibly happy being there!!
At 9am the wind was swirly and I got busted by a mule deer who was coming in to drink!! At 11:30 I climbed up to where bugle came from, got a good vantage point on a ridge, had lunch, glassed and listened for bugles. Then I still hunted until sunset thru aspens/ponderosas. Great first day!!!
Yes! @ Denver airport waiting for connection to Durango, and the sky is blue!!
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