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YES I am archery deer hunting at the moment. And I happen to have had a cow elk tag in my pocket. So while archery deer hunting I threw my .308 Scout Rifle in the truck justncase.
Last night I was watching a herd of deer right at dark. While I’m watching them a herd of cow elk start filtering out of the tree line into the open. It’s obvious that I don’t have enough time to put an archery stalk on the buck I’m watching, AND it’s getting pretty late to try and slip in on the cows with archery gear as well.
So I do what any red blooded American would do, I walk back to the truck and grab my rifle. I was able to get into about 300 yards with not too much trouble. I picked out a fat cow dropped the integral bipod on the Scout went prone from a small rise and sent a 165 Gr Accubond through her heart. She dropped to the shot.
She was a big cow, it took me about an hour to quarter her up and get her loaded into the truck. Dressing and loading elk solo is getting to be less fun every year, my back was sore this morning.
The wife was just complaining that we were almost out of elk meat, problem solved!
I’ve lost count of how many elk we’ve killed with a .308 Win. But it’s more than 10 I’m pretty sure. No drama, no fuss just dead elk.
YES I am archery deer hunting at the moment. And I happen to have had a cow elk tag in my pocket. So while archery deer hunting I threw my .308 Scout Rifle in the truck justncase.
Last night I was watching a herd of deer right at dark. While I’m watching them a herd of cow elk start filtering out of the tree line into the open. It’s obvious that I don’t have enough time to put an archery stalk on the buck I’m watching, AND it’s getting pretty late to try and slip in on the cows with archery gear as well.
So I do what any red blooded American would do, I walk back to the truck and grab my rifle. I was able to get into about 300 yards with not too much trouble. I picked out a fat cow dropped the integral bipod on the Scout went prone from a small rise and sent a 165 Gr Accubond through her heart. She dropped to the shot.
She was a big cow, it took me about an hour to quarter her up and get her loaded into the truck. Dressing and loading elk solo is getting to be less fun every year, my back was sore this morning.
The wife was just complaining that we were almost out of elk meat, problem solved!
I’ve lost count of how many elk we’ve killed with a .308 Win. But it’s more than 10 I’m pretty sure. No drama, no fuss just dead elk.