We have taken 17 elk, most have been one and done.
2 have taken 3 shots
3 have taken 2 shots
Both elk that two 3 shots just stood there and took it until they tipped over.
I have a few that I really like. I'm a sucker for laminates.
Recently I replaced the ugly boat paddle stock on my late fathers Ruger with a new Boyds.
A very old pic of another Ruger with a laminate
My Rem 700 elk rifle with a laminate
My Rem 700 CDL SF that my dad used on his Tule elk hunt
After posting about helping to keep my dad hunting for several more years I was thinking about starting a post just like this to those that got us into hunting, I'm glad Pd did. For me it was my dad. He was a life long deer hunter here in California so it was natural for me to start hunting...
That became my hunting life for about the last 5 years of my dad's life. His age caught up to him and he began to develop dementia. He lived for hunting though and I knew it would kill him quickly to take that away from him so I made changes to how I hunted so I could keep him in the field for...
I dealt with severe tendonitis in both elbows for years. Went through the PT route and cortisone injections for a long time until they no longer gave relief. Also did a round of PRP injections in one elbow, didn't help much. Finally had to go the surgical route as I had multiple issues...
Dumped a few, no big issues, mostly not being prepared or way to much whining. Have a great hunting partner who I have hunted with since about 2008 for deer locally and has been going to Colorado for elk with me since 2012 and we're on the same page. Lost my dad in 2018, really miss hunting...