Would you rather...

[cohunter14]

If you hunted elk for the next ten years, which of the following resumes would you want and why?

1) 8 elk killed in 10 years, including 3 cows and 5 bulls. The largest bull measures 280\".
2) 2 elk killed in 10 years, both bulls. One bull is 290\" and the other is 320\".

 

[iccyman001]

I\'d prefer #1

It wouldn\'t matter if all 8 were cows or spikes. My freezer would be happy!!!

 

[cnelk]

#1

 

[WW]

#1 for sure. A 280 bull is a good one where I hunt.

 

[bowhunter]

#1 for sure

 

[Swede]

I can\'t eat the antlers. They look cool but are pretty useless.

 

[elkmtngear]

Resume #1, please!

 

[bnsafe]

depends on how far i am from the truck, but prob number one,

 

[Bowfreak]

I would be in heaven with the #1 resume.

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[otcWill]

I\'d take 1 even if the 2 bulls were 380 and 400. I like to try for big bulls but not if it takes 5 years to kill one

 

[F M]

# 1

Taste way to good to go that many years without.

 

[cohunter14]

Alright, so 10 answers and all 10 were for shooting more elk. So, my next question would be this:

A single cow passes by you opening morning 45 minutes into your hunt. Easily within shooting distance for whatever weapon you have and gives you a perfect broadside shot. Assuming you have an either sex tag, do you shoot? Why or why not? Does your answer change if that is a 4x4 bull?

 

[iccyman001]

Alright, so 10 answers and all 10 were for shooting more elk. So, my next question would be this:

A single cow passes by you opening morning 45 minutes into your hunt. Easily within shooting distance for whatever weapon you have and gives you a perfect broadside shot. Assuming you have an either sex tag, do you shoot? Why or why not? Does your answer change if that is a 4x4 bull?

Day one and that early? No shot on the cow.


I hunt archery which is probably a 2 week season depending on where I am.
I know the area and I know that I have the ability to see another cow later in the hunt if I pass now.


A 4x4? As a rookie hunter still.... he gets it. :mg:

 

[JohnFitzgerald]

#1 minus the cows.

 

[Zpd307]

well, 4 years of tag soup.... #1 for me, even though I still hesitated on that cow this year.... and my freezer is getting awfully empty...

 

[bowhunter]

First question: #1

Second question: shoot the cow or 4x4 on day 1 :mg: . Tag soup is bitter and after I tag my elk I can relax and help my partner. Some of the best days I had elk hunting were after I tagged out just helping my partner. The pressure is off and I don\'t have to carry my bow anymore.

 

[cnelk]

Thwack the cow - punch my B List tag.

 

[otcWill]

2nd question: Assuming I have only one ES elk tag I\'d pass both the 4x4 and the cow. Why? I like the challenge of hunting for mature bulls. I would shoot a cow in the last few days of a hunt if I needed the meat.

 

[SGH31]

#1 and shooting the cow

 

[Old School]

#1 and I shoot the cow.