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HANKFAN
09-14-2012, 08:50 AM
Just got back from my first ever hunt in Colorado and I am sure it won't be my last. Ended up harvesting a 280" 5X6 Elk (my first Elk ever) and a 175" Mule Deer. Elk was shot over a water hole at 25 yards and the Mule Deer was a spot and stalk shot at 58 yards.

http://i307.photobucket.com/albums/nn289/1HANKFAN/007-1.jpg

http://i307.photobucket.com/albums/nn289/1HANKFAN/028-1.jpg

http://i307.photobucket.com/albums/nn289/1HANKFAN/026-1.jpg

FallnTimber
09-14-2012, 09:12 AM
Well you got the season started off right!!! Nice job HankFan! You have some really nice trophy's to put on the wall.....in the elk's case a whole wall!!!!

gonehunting 45
09-14-2012, 09:16 AM
Congrats..very very nice.

mrbb
09-14-2012, 11:14 AM
well congrats
and I know all too well the feeling, once you go out west you end up going back again and again, a kill makes it a little sweeter, but its a great time no matter !!

good luck now closer to home, could be a hell of a yr for you at this rate!!

bds9
09-14-2012, 11:52 AM
Congrats!! I can't see the pics for some reason though? They have an x on where the image should be!

Crossfire
09-14-2012, 11:57 AM
Back here in Ohio we haven't even got started. You've already had one hell of season! Great Job!!!

teej89
09-14-2012, 12:00 PM
Great job! If you don't mind me asking, were you on a guided hunt or DIY? I'm looking for a guided hunt in CO next fall to show me the ropes how to elk hunt then I'm going to get into DIY the following years.

smokin_aces
09-14-2012, 01:17 PM
damn way to get a start on the season. congrats man

nomad_archer
09-14-2012, 04:00 PM
Looks like a huuuuuuge taxidermy bill :) good job

Mike F
09-14-2012, 04:20 PM
Very nice, congrats. We are leaving next tuesday, heading west

Seeker Bp
09-14-2012, 06:25 PM
Thats what you call getting it done. Nice Job

Stumpy
09-14-2012, 08:32 PM
Way to get it done. Those are some nice trophys.

tilelayer1
09-15-2012, 11:10 AM
You didn't say if this was a guided hunt or Diy.I have been to WY 3 times (never enough) and have done it 3 different ways.I always enjoy a DIY opposed to any other type of hunt.Anyway "Great Job".

ghunter
09-15-2012, 11:37 AM
Awesome kills congrats.

Stonegod
09-15-2012, 11:49 AM
Congrats on your kills....great job!!!

00buck
09-15-2012, 12:22 PM
nice trophies congrats on the great harvests

ibppmd
09-15-2012, 07:44 PM
Awesome bull and buck! You da man!!!! KB

radicalxl
09-16-2012, 07:18 AM
Congrats, 2 very fine animals. After living in Colo. for a while and still visit when possible, I too would like to where you got them, guided or diy?

buckmaster1100
09-16-2012, 08:35 AM
Congrats. thats two fine trophys. Both are on my bucket list.

Jim D
09-17-2012, 06:55 PM
Very nice!!!! Congrats

ElevenPointer
09-18-2012, 10:27 PM
Nice real nice congrats they look awesome.

shred_thumb
09-19-2012, 06:14 AM
Dude....are you kidding?! Get those photos to www.wudyaget.com, quick! Congrats!

HANKFAN
09-22-2012, 11:01 AM
Thanks guys. This was a semi-guided hunt. We hunted on private land. The owner had a place for us to stay and showed us the water holes and the overall lay of the land but it was up to us to get it done. It was an awesome hunt for my 1st trip ever to Colorado and I am already making plans to go back next year.

ManOfTheFall
09-22-2012, 01:44 PM
Great job. One of these days I will get out there and take out a big bull from those Colorado mountains. Hope your season is filled with continued success.

alpine
09-24-2012, 12:12 PM
What a trip Congrats That Trip will be hard to beat

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Bambislastbreath
09-24-2012, 02:53 PM
WOW!!!!!! awesome job!!!