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Re: Killing animals
« Reply #900 on: October 31, 2016, 08:10:56 PM »
is that thing a cow

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Re: Killing animals
« Reply #901 on: October 31, 2016, 08:16:19 PM »
did you eat the heart yet?
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Re: Killing animals
« Reply #902 on: October 31, 2016, 08:36:03 PM »
:surprised: Sounds like a rough night.
Also: what's the etiquette of taking a cow with calf in tow? LEHIQ

I was wondering that too.  I wouldn't have done that in a Rocky Mountain ecosystem with much tougher winters.  Even with deer I wouldn't, but deer are much more abundant and I didn't think I was going to get another chance.  I really need the meat to meet some of my dietary goals for the next year.  Anyway I'll research the odds of the calf surviving and report back. 

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Re: Killing animals
« Reply #903 on: October 31, 2016, 08:37:07 PM »
How's the finger bud?

Little sore, otherwise fine.  Lucky the bone was there to stop the blade from doing serious damage.

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Re: Killing animals
« Reply #904 on: October 31, 2016, 08:38:38 PM »
did you eat the heart yet?

I did the gutless method so all that stuff stayed inside.  I think if it were colder and I help I would have been more ambitious and retrieved heart and liver and tongue.

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Re: Killing animals
« Reply #905 on: October 31, 2016, 08:40:23 PM »
how are the underpants (yeti?)

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Re: Killing animals
« Reply #906 on: October 31, 2016, 08:43:54 PM »
I really need the meat to meet some of my dietary goals for the next year.



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Re: Killing animals
« Reply #907 on: October 31, 2016, 09:05:31 PM »
how are the underpants (yeti?)

One reason I took so long with her was I sick again.  There was an iffy moment or two (both ends). 

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Re: Killing animals
« Reply #908 on: October 31, 2016, 09:07:17 PM »
:surprised: Sounds like a rough night.
Also: what's the etiquette of taking a cow with calf in tow? LEHIQ

I was wondering that too.  I wouldn't have done that in a Rocky Mountain ecosystem with much tougher winters.  Even with deer I wouldn't, but deer are much more abundant and I didn't think I was going to get another chance.  I really need the meat to meet some of my dietary goals for the next year.  Anyway I'll research the odds of the calf surviving and report back.

Best of luck to you, Bambi  :cry:

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Re: Killing animals
« Reply #909 on: October 31, 2016, 09:09:28 PM »
calf should be fine, or at least as fine as it would have been with the cow hanging around nagging it all winter.
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Re: Killing animals
« Reply #910 on: October 31, 2016, 10:34:55 PM »
Mods please lock this disgusting/embarrassing thread.

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Re: Killing animals
« Reply #911 on: November 01, 2016, 08:49:30 AM »
So I've done some research.  Even elk cavles that lose their mothers in August in Rocky Mountain ecosystems are expected to survive.  Of course this is nearly November, on the Great Plains, and we don't have lions or bears or wolves to contend with.  I could hear elk talking in the draw as I was working and bumped a few as I drove out.  Good chance the calf got linked up with some other animals that night.

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Re: Killing animals
« Reply #912 on: November 01, 2016, 08:52:36 AM »
I think Fuji is probably harder than that trip, Emo.

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Re: Killing animals
« Reply #913 on: November 04, 2016, 01:12:07 AM »
Great story, Emo.  That was definitely some perseverance.  What grain bullet were you shooting.  I'm guessing by your anticipated drop it was 130?

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Re: Killing animals
« Reply #914 on: November 04, 2016, 08:51:39 AM »
It was the Hornady 140 grain boat tail spire point.  It shot the best out of my rifle so that's what I went with.  It killed my buck last year pretty clean, he only went 50 yards.  Killed a whitetail doe this October, big pass through, devastating, only went 100 yards or so.  I think elk are damn tough animals no doubt.  I'm sure there are better bullets out there but I'm trying to sell this rifle so I don't really want to shoot it much more.

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Re: Killing animals
« Reply #915 on: November 04, 2016, 11:28:10 AM »
It was the Hornady 140 grain boat tail spire point.  It shot the best out of my rifle so that's what I went with.  It killed my buck last year pretty clean, he only went 50 yards.  Killed a whitetail doe this October, big pass through, devastating, only went 100 yards or so.  I think elk are damn tough animals no doubt.  I'm sure there are better bullets out there but I'm trying to sell this rifle so I don't really want to shoot it much more.

Obviously rifles don't have odometers, so what's the thought here? Low ballistics IQ. Can you tell from inspecting the rifling? Heat stress? No idea.

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Re: Killing animals
« Reply #916 on: November 04, 2016, 12:45:14 PM »
It was the Hornady 140 grain boat tail spire point.  It shot the best out of my rifle so that's what I went with.  It killed my buck last year pretty clean, he only went 50 yards.  Killed a whitetail doe this October, big pass through, devastating, only went 100 yards or so.  I think elk are damn tough animals no doubt.  I'm sure there are better bullets out there but I'm trying to sell this rifle so I don't really want to shoot it much more.

Obviously rifles don't have odometers, so what's the thought here? Low ballistics IQ. Can you tell from inspecting the rifling? Heat stress? No idea.

There's a psychological odometer for rifles.  If I tell you the rifle has only fired 20 bullets, and I cleaned it after each firing, you'd think it was in near pristine condition and that the barrel was on it's way to being broken in properly.  If I told you it had been fired 200 times and I hadn't cleaned it once you would think the barrel must be mumped.  Some people would buy rifle A in this scenario, even if rifle B was shooting tighter groups.  It's weird, people are weird about rifles. 

Anyway, if I'm going to sell it I have nothing to gain by firing it more.  It's costly, takes time, reduces value, and I can't benefit from anything I learn shooting it.

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Re: Killing animals
« Reply #917 on: November 04, 2016, 11:29:29 PM »
I don't know which of you KSU cats are gong to the game tomorrow but i pulled some lbs of venison from my harvest last year out of the freezer and made some pretty kick ass chili.  Just me and Schwestersonntag tailgating all day if anyone wants a bowl!

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Re: Killing animals
« Reply #918 on: November 05, 2016, 01:09:49 AM »
just tilt the mini fridge on its back and pour?

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Re: Killing animals
« Reply #919 on: November 05, 2016, 01:10:36 AM »
what kind of generator/fridge smoker do you have?  combo unit?

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Re: Killing animals
« Reply #920 on: November 05, 2016, 01:11:42 AM »
you ever punk'n chunked frozen parcels of chili from one job site to the next?

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Re: Killing animals
« Reply #921 on: November 05, 2016, 10:44:50 AM »
You shot a calf bud.  I could pick that up with 1 arm

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Re: Killing animals
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Re: Killing animals
« Reply #923 on: November 09, 2016, 04:30:31 PM »
Constitutional amendment on hunting passed last night, guys!  Aren't elections great?

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Re: Killing animals
« Reply #924 on: November 09, 2016, 05:23:50 PM »
Constitutional amendment on hunting passed last night, guys!  Aren't elections great?

Great. You can have the constitutional right to hunt but my friends can't have the constitutional right to be treated like human beings.