Tuesday, September 14, 2010

Thats one BIG elk

Brad had the opportunity to go hunt an elk on some private property over Labor Day weekend. Well he shot one. It was huge. They score them and it came in as a 400, with a 6 inch caliper on the antlers. This elk was enormous. As you can see from this picture the four wheeler was off the ground while they were loading it on to the trailer. Plus they rolled 2 four wheelers just trying to get it off the mountain. They think it weighted in over 1500 pounds. We received over 250 pounds of meat.
As you can see it was a nice looking elk. Yes Hayden and Ty were able to go with him. They had a blast. Ty was a trooper and he is ready to go hunting again. He asks Brad at least once a week when it is his turn to shoot a deer. While they were gutting the elk Brad told Ty to move because he was sitting at the end where all the guts were going and he was getting a little on him. He just said no I OK. So he sat there watching the whole time getting messy and telling the guys to cut off his head. Gross I know.

You can see just how big this thing really is. Brad it standing up he is not lifting the head up. The antlers are all proportionate which makes it an even nicer elk.


This is the place where the boys went. So beautiful. They had a great time. I hope you had a chance to locate Ty in all his camo gear. He blends in really well. Its kind of like finding a Where's Waldo. He was excited to get to wear his new hunting clothes. He is definitely his dads boy.



2 comments:

Robin said...

That is so cool. Congrats Brad.

Brittany Crane said...

Holy Cow or should I say Elk! That is incredible I had to show Ben when he got home from work. That is so funny about Ty not wanting to miss any of the action. Such a tough boy! :) You have such cute kids!