My First Elk

recoil junky · June 30, 2014, 09:41 AM

I hope this is where a thread like this should go.

Quite a few people ask me "Why are you such an avid elk hunter?" I think this explains it.

This was taken in late October 1964 (I was 5) when we live on the O/Z Ranch, 9 mile up Lolo Creek. Seems like it was yesterday. The mount is in Don Vanaman's house in Bozeman. He scored 380 something I think.

RJ

AllenJ · June 30, 2014, 03:32 PM

Nice picture RJ, one to cherish.

I did not catch the elk bug until the early 90's. Prior to that I chased bucks in Utah and California. When our Utah hunt got cut due to drought conditions reducing the herd, we ended up getting to hunt the Deseret Land & Livestock ranch in Northern Utah on management hunts for doe deer and antelope, and cow elk. It only took one time and I was hooked. When the Deseret manager changed hands and they wanted us to pay a guide fee we started hunting southern Colorado.

tahunua001 · July 1, 2014, 02:08 PM

nice...
I haven't been up lolo for a few years now, I should probably take a good road trip some time.

Dirty_Harry · July 2, 2014, 02:05 PM

Wow! Awesome! What did you get him with?

recoil junky · July 2, 2014, 05:44 PM

A 1917 Remington Enfield in 30-06AI. K2.5 Weaver with a Varmint Master 6X adapter on King Pike mounts. Some kid (

me) was using it and lost the ebony fore end cap.

Here's my oldest with his first deer shot with that rifle.

And his second elk.

He takes after his Grampa.

RJ

Kreyzhorse · July 2, 2014, 07:52 PM

That is a great photo from 1964!

recoil junky · July 3, 2014, 09:03 AM

Mom took 'em with her Brownie Hawkeye camera. I think she used up a roll of film because there's at least eight pictures that I know of, but that one is the only one in "captivity"

RJ

mardanlin · July 3, 2014, 05:13 PM

Great to see a rifle passed down and used by multiple generations!

June 30, 2014, 09:41 AM	#1
recoil junky Member Join Date: June 20, 2014 Location: TheElkHuntingCapitol CraigCO Posts: 60	My First Elk I hope this is where a thread like this should go. Quite a few people ask me "Why are you such an avid elk hunter?" I think this explains it. This was taken in late October 1964 (I was 5) when we live on the O/Z Ranch, 9 mile up Lolo Creek. Seems like it was yesterday. The mount is in Don Vanaman's house in Bozeman. He scored 380 something I think. RJ

July 1, 2014, 02:08 PM	#3
tahunua001 Senior Member Join Date: July 21, 2011 Location: Idaho Posts: 7,839	nice... I haven't been up lolo for a few years now, I should probably take a good road trip some time. __________________ ignore my complete lack of capitalization. I still have no problem correcting your grammar. I never said half the stuff people said I did-Albert Einstein You can't believe everything you read on the internet-Benjamin Franklin

July 2, 2014, 02:05 PM	#4
Dirty_Harry Senior Member Join Date: January 11, 2006 Location: Kalamazoo, MI Posts: 1,484	Wow! Awesome! What did you get him with? __________________ "The only purpose for a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you never should have laid down." "I won't be wronged, I won't be insulted, and I won't be laid a hand on. I don't do these things to other people and I expect the same from them." -John Wayne

July 2, 2014, 07:52 PM	#6
Kreyzhorse Senior Member Join Date: April 12, 2006 Location: NKY Posts: 12,463	That is a great photo from 1964! __________________ "He who laughs last, laughs dead." Homer Simpson

June 30, 2014, 03:32 PM	#2
AllenJ Senior Member Join Date: December 11, 2009 Location: Northern California Posts: 1,766	Nice picture RJ, one to cherish. I did not catch the elk bug until the early 90's. Prior to that I chased bucks in Utah and California. When our Utah hunt got cut due to drought conditions reducing the herd, we ended up getting to hunt the Deseret Land & Livestock ranch in Northern Utah on management hunts for doe deer and antelope, and cow elk. It only took one time and I was hooked. When the Deseret manager changed hands and they wanted us to pay a guide fee we started hunting southern Colorado.

July 2, 2014, 05:44 PM	#5
recoil junky Member Join Date: June 20, 2014 Location: TheElkHuntingCapitol CraigCO Posts: 60	A 1917 Remington Enfield in 30-06AI. K2.5 Weaver with a Varmint Master 6X adapter on King Pike mounts. Some kid ( me) was using it and lost the ebony fore end cap. Here's my oldest with his first deer shot with that rifle. And his second elk. He takes after his Grampa. RJ

July 3, 2014, 09:03 AM	#7
recoil junky Member Join Date: June 20, 2014 Location: TheElkHuntingCapitol CraigCO Posts: 60	Mom took 'em with her Brownie Hawkeye camera. I think she used up a roll of film because there's at least eight pictures that I know of, but that one is the only one in "captivity" RJ

July 3, 2014, 05:13 PM	#8
mardanlin Senior Member Join Date: December 28, 2013 Posts: 208	Great to see a rifle passed down and used by multiple generations!