New Mexico Elk Hunt - Tradmark and Company

[whitworth]

Tradmark asked me to post these photos of last week's New Mexico free-ranging cow elk hunt. He, his son and his cousin zipped it, got it done with their .454 Casull revolvers and got out. Mark will fill in the blanks and details. I think you will agree that it was a job well done!

Group photos first:





Mark's son Mikey with his first semi-big head of game.



This is cousin Michael's:



Mark and his:



Elk lung after encountering 250 grain Barnes XPB:

[bushog]

Great job!

It can be tough to get close to those cows this time of year when they're all ganged up.

Lots of eyes and big wet noses!

Damned crying shame there is anything BUT a free ranging elk heard....IMO

[markhampton]

Congrats to all -- well done!

[tradmark]

Thanks, and thanks for posting these for me im a computer-tard. We had 2 days to get it done. In short, my son took his first after a short stalk and made a great 68 yd shot which dropped the elk in its tracks. High houlder and when we walked up he put one more in to stop the suffering. He was very excited and it was his first big game revolver kill. With a rifle he has taken african lion and numerous plains game and deer and he felt this was his best and favorite hunt, cuz the revolver was what he used. I think we have an addict here. I took mine later right at dark and on the stalk i got with in 30 yards of a huge 7x7 and sure wish i had a tag for that one. My shot was quartering Away and very rushed. Hit one lung but the 250 barnes xbp took out the onside lung only but took out almost the whole lung and she only ran 80 yarda and piled up. On monday my cousin took his when we were driving to where the elk had been hanging out and busted a hige herd while in the truck as they were crossing the road. The were spooky as the whole herd took off at sight of the truck. We were a little bummed they all took off but noticed the herd got split and 3 were back up in the trees. My cousin jumped out and got behind a small pine tree and we drove on past letting the elk remaining in the tree line settle and come back down which they finally did. They were real jumpy and as he got the shot and raised his gun the elk spun to run and he hit her in the shoulder with his barnes from his 454 taking her in the onside ahoulder and passing thru the guts. She only ran 15 yards and puled up. We are now calling this the barnes bailout. All in all i was theilled with being able to take 3 freerange cows in 2 days and see my 3rd child get their first revolver kill!

[whitworth]

Dec 22, 2017 9:46:01 GMT -5 bushog said:

Damned crying shame there is anything BUT a free ranging elk heard....IMO

Huh?

[jfs]

I`ed say there`s more then enough to feed the family this winter.... shooting skills also were more then enough....

[bushog]

Dec 22, 2017 11:32:39 GMT -5 whitworth said:

Dec 22, 2017 9:46:01 GMT -5 bushog said:

Damned crying shame there is anything BUT a free ranging elk heard....IMO

Huh?

Some are high fenced....

[bushog]

Dec 22, 2017 10:47:46 GMT -5 tradmark said:

Thanks, and thanks for posting these for me im a computer-tard. We had 2 days to get it done. In short, my son took his first after a short stalk and made a great 68 yd shot which dropped the elk in its tracks. High houlder and when we walked up he put one more in to stop the suffering. He was very excited and it was his first big game revolver kill. With a rifle he has taken african lion and numerous plains game and deer and he felt this was his best and favorite hunt, cuz the revolver was what he used. I think we have an addict here. I took mine later right at dark and on the stalk i got with in 30 yards of a huge 7x7 and sure wish i had a tag for that one. My shot was quartering Away and very rushed. Hit one lung but the 250 barnes xbp took out the onside lung only but took out almost the whole lung and she only ran 80 yarda and piled up. On monday my cousin took his when we were driving to where the elk had been hanging out and busted a hige herd while in the truck as they were crossing the road. The were spooky as the whole herd took off at sight of the truck. We were a little bummed they all took off but noticed the herd got split and 3 were back up in the trees. My cousin jumped out and got behind a small pine tree and we drove on past letting the elk remaining in the tree line settle and come back down which they finally did. They were real jumpy and as he got the shot and raised his gun the elk spun to run and he hit her in the shoulder with his barnes from his 454 taking her in the onside ahoulder and passing thru the guts. She only ran 15 yards and puled up. We are now calling this the barnes bailout. All in all i was theilled with being able to take 3 freerange cows in 2 days and see my 3rd child get their first revolver kill!

Where in NM were you?

[sixshot]

Congratulations to all 3 of you, 3 elk in 2 days with revolvers in very impressive! To me there is nothing tougher to hunt than free ranging elk & doing it with a six gun puts it right up there with hitting the lottery. Good job getting them with your son's.

Dick

[tradmark]

Thanks dick that means alot coming from ya. I love hunting elk in the mountains and somewhat jealous of guys like you that get to live there and do it regularly.

Bushog— we were at a large ranch that runs from mayhill to weed to the eat/south end of cloudcroft.

[sheriff]

Congratulations! Outstanding job!

[Fowler]

Gentlemen 3 cow elk in 2 days with wheelguns is very impressive. I am envious...

[bigbrowndog]

Very nice work, I do like late season western hunting. Congratulations on a successful new memory.

Trapr

[jfs]

Dec 23, 2017 0:15:58 GMT -5 Fowler said:

Gentlemen 3 cow elk in 2 days with wheelguns is very impressive..................................

Oh yea...................

[tradmark]

Thanks for the kind comments. It was a memorable hunt, but a fast one. I think more carrying and dragging than hunting.