2021 Big Game Hunts

[brutal]

I was looking for a 21 hunt thread to post my harvest I put over on PWT.

Here's your "dink" picked out of a large group.

Had this on the ground by 0715 opening morning, drug it out 200yds, waited for the vehicle to return. In the cooler by 0830, gutless quarters and backstraps.

300yds prone up a little rise. Easy shot but he moved just as I squeezed. Exit seen here. 178gr ELDX Hornady Precision Hunter .308WIN.

I'm still sore from the drag and bending over to quarter it.

Hunting buddy had his dink on the ground by 0900, Satellite buck at 100-150 yds he had to shoot at 4 times. It just turned and looked at him the first two. LOL.

We went home after lunch in the truck and a chat with the landowner.

[Irving]

What unit?

[Hummer]

Good work, Brutal. You're fortunate to have access to private land. It's a relationship worth keeping. The landowners I've encountered in NW Colorado seem to want big trespass fees that are beyond reason to me.

[brutal]

What unit?

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[brutal]

Good work, Brutal. You're fortunate to have access to private land. It's a relationship worth keeping. The landowners I've encountered in NW Colorado seem to want big trespass fees that are beyond reason to me.

It's secondary through an old friend. Only cost is a tiny part of the harvest.

We're also hunting some private land bordering public forest outside Grand Lake 3rd rifle. I have cow elk and buck deer tags. First hunt with a different group but we got burned out last year.

[TRnCO]

Congrats to you other successful hunters. I also got lucky on opening day. Most of the luck was the fact that I actually had antelope on my property to start with. Used my AR15 .243 WSSM.

IMG_0207 by Tim Richard, on Flickr

[Hummer]

What a beauty, congratulations! Guessing a 15"+ pronghorn and worth mounting.

Mine was about 13.5" and the best buck I've gotten beyond an atypical with a down curved horn. I mounted that one because he was so unusual.

[brutal]

Congrats to you other successful hunters. I also got lucky on opening day. Most of the luck was the fact that I actually had antelope on my property to start with. Used my AR15 .243 WSSM.

IMG_0207 by Tim Richard, on Flickr

Nice TR!.

Looks like the view from your back yard. Or is it looking west? Is that the 100yd berm? LOL

[TRnCO]

Good guess Hummer, only off by an inch. 14".

Yep brutal, looking west back toward the house. It's just over the big hill in the background.

[Hummer]

Today I met forum member Henpecked, an avid outdoorsman who often posts photos to the wildlife thread. He reached out to me last month to offer advice about the area he has hunted elk for many years. Henpecked and his friends are hunting elk, I'm hunting buck deer in an area new to me. What a nice group of people! Maybe we can help one another with reports of what we see.

This evening while scouting before season I saw 67 mule deer including three decent bucks between 4-5:30 p.m. No elk yet. A snow storm could change that quickly. Wish us luck.