First Muzzleloader Kill and bull

Jared Black a good friend of ours was able to get his first muzzleloader kill and his first bull elk this morning , We spotted a herd of 25 Elk , Jared and Cody stalked to within 90 yard . Jared put a 300 grain Xtp behind the shoulder of the 2 x 1 bull . :thumb

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Jared and Cody , admiring Jared's bull in the back of my pickup.

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MuleyMadness
Great job guys, glad you succeeded. :thumb
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neat! :thumb
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Shedfreak88
congrats. my dad got one thursday night at 200 yards with his muzzle loader. double lunged it.
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Made it out this evening for a little scouting , and saw around 30 elk , no spike bulls , but we are off all next week so i hope we can find another spike or two . :thumb I will let my son Cody get the first chance at a bull again this year and then if we see another spike , IT WILL BE MINE !! :thumb

Also , what they thought was around 90 yards shot was actually 142 yards , checked with range finder !! :-k Sure is hard to tell !!!
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AGCHAWK
CONGRATS!!!!! A double first...can't beat that!
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Hiker
Congrats to Jared and Cody! =D> Thanks UtahRob for the photos.
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After Jared shot his bull the herd went up and over the mountain and has not returned . Usually the herd will return after a few days , but not this time. Also all the good weather is not helping ether. Last year we had very cold weather and a good amount of snow . Most of the Elk we are seeing are on top and a lot further than i will pack out. Its been cold at night and tee shirt weather during the day . Every one hunting in our area , are seeing way less Elk this year . But it still great to be out !! :thumb

Anyone having any luck !!!
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bigbuck92
Hey Rob were you hunting in strawberry. it kinda looks like it from the pics.
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"bigbuck92" wrote:Hey Rob were you hunting in strawberry. it kinda looks like it from the pics.
 No , north cache !!!
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We finally get some good ( bad ) weather . I sure wish it snowed a week ago . That would have helped bring the Elk down a little and maybe bunched them up into larger herds . Plus , i sure love hunting in all that white stuff !!
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:-k hey utahrob, that pic of the SS muzz, is that a CVA wolf?
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"mossbak" wrote::-k hey utahrob, that pic of the SS muzz, is that a CVA wolf?
 If you talking about the one laying on the Elk its a Traditions pusuit with nickle barrel and camo stock. If your talking about the one below , its a TC encore with SS barrel.
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oh, i thought it was a CVA wolf...
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"mossbak" wrote:oh, i thought it was a CVA wolf...
 My son has a CVA optima , 78.00 close out at Walmart . :thumb

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Buck Fever
Nice kill with the smokepole.. :thumb
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"Buck Fever" wrote:Nice kill with the smokepole.. :thumb
That was his first animal of any kind , that he has ever shot at . :thumb

I have yet to shoot a Elk !! ](*,) But we have only lived in Elk country 2 1/2 years . So hopefully next year !! :thumb
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