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Colorado elk

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Didn't have any preference points but scouted the area in Colorado I want to hunt next year and got 4 different bulls on my trail cameras. Looks to be a promising area since it only requires 1 preference point to get drawn.
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Awesome! My buddy killed a heckuva elk yesterday out there!
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That is one hunt that is on my bucket list! Are you going to be hunting public land?
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Gonna be in this spot in a few weeks, hope a good bull is lurking again.

Got my 6.5 creedmoor setup and dialed in.
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How did this hunt turn out buddy? Man you have that CM dialed in!
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Put crosshairs on the bull in the first pic at 70 yards but they disappeared into the pines and wasn't able to get a shot off.
Settled for this one the second to last day of the hunt.
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That is so cool! Congrats on a great bull! That is one hunt that's definitely on my bucket list
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Awesome buddy! That is so cool! I'd like to go someday but I'm afraid I may not ever recover from this covid crap enough to ever be able to breathe good enough to go to that altitude and hunt.
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Great looking bull! Nicely done!
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Is it me or does his hair look really dark?
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WG Taxidermist wrote: Mon Oct 18, 2021 3:02 pm Is it me or does his hair look really dark?
It's fresh mud from the wallowing hole he had just come from, thier hide is already tough and can dull a knife fairly quick, the mud and grime dulled 3 of my knives before I finished skinning. The processor requires them to be skinned.
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That makes sense. Never had any dealing with elk so the tough hide is a new one on me.
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