Post by fyimo on Oct 1, 2009 12:02:23 GMT -6
One of your forum members asked me to post the story of my Grandson Jimmy's first Elk taken last Saturday in Kentucky.
My Grandson Jimmy got his first Elk at 14 years old. His Dad put him in for the first ever Kentucky Youth Elk hunt and he drew. It was quite the deal as a guy from the Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation (RMEF) came in a guided for him. He used a H&R 300 Ultra Rifle in 270 Win that I gave his dad a few years ago. The gun has a FN Mauser barrel action and a Fajen stock and they was marketed by H&R during the 60's. He killed his first Mule Deer in Colorado at 12 with a Savage Model 99 in 300 Savage I gave him that was made in the 1950's and was my Father's and I killed my first deer a Whitetail in Michigan with it.
The RMEF guide took them out right before the dark the night before the season and there were Elk bugling all over. The next morning it rained really hard and the Elk were quiet. He saw another nice bull a 5x5 with huge horns but it was early in the hunt and he said he wanted to pass. They then saw two lesser bulls before spotting the herd with a very large herd bull. The herd bull most have spotted them as he led the herd away. Then all of a sudden the bull he shot came down the same ridge to follow the herd that was leaving. Jimmy set up the shooting sticks and the guide told him the range and it was 200 yards, He aimed dead center chest and made the shot. As it turned to walk to the thicket he shot again and hit further back in the chest cavity but not into the guts. The RMEF guide said that they would probably have to chase the Elk because of the light caliber. The Elk disappeared into the thicket and they waited 20 minutes and then went up there and they could see a horns sticking up from the grass about 20 yards from where the first shot was taken. A 270 Win through the lungs is quickly fatal because you can't go anywhere if you have no lungs.
I was sick so I couldn't go to the hunt in Kentucky but my heart was with him and I was thrilled when I got the call.
I'm trying to get over my cold because my two sons that hunt and I are going on a once in lifetime Elk hunt in Colorado next week. It took 18 years of applying for this hunt and we drew 3 of the 7 tags allotted for out of state hunters. It's in a new area for us so we hired an outfitter for the first time and we hope to do as well as Jimmy.
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My Grandson Jimmy got his first Elk at 14 years old. His Dad put him in for the first ever Kentucky Youth Elk hunt and he drew. It was quite the deal as a guy from the Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation (RMEF) came in a guided for him. He used a H&R 300 Ultra Rifle in 270 Win that I gave his dad a few years ago. The gun has a FN Mauser barrel action and a Fajen stock and they was marketed by H&R during the 60's. He killed his first Mule Deer in Colorado at 12 with a Savage Model 99 in 300 Savage I gave him that was made in the 1950's and was my Father's and I killed my first deer a Whitetail in Michigan with it.
The RMEF guide took them out right before the dark the night before the season and there were Elk bugling all over. The next morning it rained really hard and the Elk were quiet. He saw another nice bull a 5x5 with huge horns but it was early in the hunt and he said he wanted to pass. They then saw two lesser bulls before spotting the herd with a very large herd bull. The herd bull most have spotted them as he led the herd away. Then all of a sudden the bull he shot came down the same ridge to follow the herd that was leaving. Jimmy set up the shooting sticks and the guide told him the range and it was 200 yards, He aimed dead center chest and made the shot. As it turned to walk to the thicket he shot again and hit further back in the chest cavity but not into the guts. The RMEF guide said that they would probably have to chase the Elk because of the light caliber. The Elk disappeared into the thicket and they waited 20 minutes and then went up there and they could see a horns sticking up from the grass about 20 yards from where the first shot was taken. A 270 Win through the lungs is quickly fatal because you can't go anywhere if you have no lungs.
I was sick so I couldn't go to the hunt in Kentucky but my heart was with him and I was thrilled when I got the call.
I'm trying to get over my cold because my two sons that hunt and I are going on a once in lifetime Elk hunt in Colorado next week. It took 18 years of applying for this hunt and we drew 3 of the 7 tags allotted for out of state hunters. It's in a new area for us so we hired an outfitter for the first time and we hope to do as well as Jimmy.
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