Big flintlock elk

[waksupi]

https://www.outdoorlife.com/blogs/h...g2fSY2kYyzcjVHGeTgnUB3pj8ObuCNHfEriM1tYnz5gtg

 

[jarentz]

I have read that article before, that elk might not ever be beat with a flintlock.

 

[1BadDart]

Great elk! Interesting choice of powder, definitely goes against the grain.

"The rifle sports a 42-inch .54 caliber barrel, iron sights, and a hand tuned Siler flintlock. It shoots just under two inch groups at 100 yards when stoked with 120 grains of FFFg Goex black powder, a linen patch, and a 235 grain hand cast round ball. Pretty fine accuracy for a “flinchlock.”

 

[Quicksilver]

Think that was a while ago. That was a huge bull. Not many walking around that get that big. Harvesting it with the flinter made it even better.

 

[Stykbow]

That’s one heckuva bull!

 

[Brokennock]

Yummmmm....
400 class antlers, so tasty

 

[Stykbow]

Oh come on @Brokennock. It’s ok to be impressed by a big set of antlers.

 

[waksupi]

Yummmmm....
400 class antlers, so tasty

I agree, after killing one big bull, I was blind to them after that, and always took cows when possible.

 

[nhmoose]

Lotta knife and handgun scales in those horns.

 

[VA Hawken]

Quite the bull elk there!

 

[Brokennock]

I agree, after killing one big bull, I was blind to them after that, and always took cows when possible.

It’s ok to be impressed by a big set of antlers.

I agree. And I'm not saying one should only kill cow's or does. Nor am I saying antlers can't be impressive.
But I don't understand the celebration over them as opposed to how many meals a big animal will provide,,, especially of some or much of it is being donated to hungry people. Why do we celebrate the antlers (or "I made a 437 yard shot on this ____) instead of the hunt itself, the stalk, the staying stone still when it counts, the homework and scouting done (when the hunter actually did this for themselves), the closing to 50, 30, 10 yards?
A bull of average or below average antler size or a big cow, hunted under tough conditions and taken close is far more impressive than a bunch of ornaments on the animal's head.

Not to mention that situations of rich folks paying a couple guys to find animal's like this one and monitor them all year, then call in a final location so the rich guy can just come in and shoot it, have completely soured me on any of this "trophy" animal nonsense.

 

[Rifleman1776]

I would be grinning too if I shot something like that.

 

[cannonball1]

I think anyone that cannot enjoy an elk like that for the for the size of the horns is a little bit teched. Especially if it was shot on public lands. Anybody that knows anything, knows if you want an elk for the meat you shoot a spike or young cow. Those big bulls taste a bit strong. I'd take the big horns any day. Can you imagine a bull like that over my high ceiling fireplace with my beautiful long flintlock below it. I would retire that gun and enjoy the view. Heck with the meat, give it to the needy.

 

[flconch53]

After a ye

I agree. And I'm not saying one should only kill cow's or does. Nor am I saying antlers can't be impressive.
But I don't understand the celebration over them as opposed to how many meals a big animal will provide,,, especially of some or much of it is being donated to hungry people. Why do we celebrate the antlers (or "I made a 437 yard shot on this ____) instead of the hunt itself, the stalk, the staying stone still when it counts, the homework and scouting done (when the hunter actually did this for themselves), the closing to 50, 30, 10 yards?
A bull of average or below average antler size or a big cow, hunted under tough conditions and taken close is far more impressive than a bunch of ornaments on the animal's head.

Not to mention that situations of rich folks paying a couple guys to find animal's like this one and monitor them all year, then call in a final location so the rich guy can just come in and shoot it, have completely soured me on any of this "trophy" animal nonsense.

After a yearthe meat will be gone but you can look at those antlers the rest of your life.

 

[user 48679]

Them's not antlers, they're more like a Giant Sequoia tree ! !

 

[Okie Hog]

Awesome elk.

 

[Dale Lilly]

Rump scratcher!

 

[Robby]

I shot one just like it last week, then I woke up. Pretty sure I got it though.
Robby

 

[2 shots]

i. also shot one ...... like robby did