Cow Elk Tag – 38 Miles, 4 Days, One Perfect Shot

[spinninggriller]

Solo hunt, 2nd rifle season, central Idaho. Covered 38 miles total with 2,400 ft gain daily. Finally spotted a small herd in thick aspens at 230 yards. One 165 gr Fusion through both lungs — she dropped after 30 yards.
Packed out in two trips, 6.5 hours total. Gear MVP: Stone Glacier Xcurve frame.
Worse part? My freeze-dried meal leaked inside the kill bag. Still worth it.

 

[D_wit22]

Nice job

 

[mad_angler]

Two trips? How heavy were your packs? You're an animal...

 

[mad_angler]

Pictures or it didn't happen...

 

[AZ Gator]

Congrats! That’s no easy task going solo.

 

[Ranchdoc]

Solo hunt, 2nd rifle season, central Idaho. Covered 38 miles total with 2,400 ft gain daily. Finally spotted a small herd in thick aspens at 230 yards. One 165 gr Fusion through both lungs — she dropped after 30 yards.
Packed out in two trips, 6.5 hours total. Gear MVP: Stone Glacier Xcurve frame.
Worse part? My freeze-dried meal leaked inside the kill bag. Still worth it.

Nice

 

[davsco]

Two trips? How heavy were your packs? You're an animal...

And 38 miles! You earned it!

 

[T-Rex]

Congrats! Sounds like you earned it!

 

[5MilesBack]

Worse part? My freeze-dried meal leaked inside the kill bag.

Freeze-dried meal inside your kill bag??????

 

[Alph]

Congrats, sounds like all your effort really paid off.

 

[Pacific_Fork]

Two trips? How heavy were your packs? You're an animal...

Immature cows are like a mule deer buck

 

[doc holiday13]

you hike a total of 38 miles in a day or is this over several days??. Still did better than me

 

[MuleyFever]

I have a cow hunt coming up. Hoping i'm done in .38 miles in 4 hours.

Good job though and way to get after it. Now you know what you are capable of.