1st day success

utah general elk hunt.
Never had 1st day success on general elk hunts until now.
I was usually the guy getting up @ 4:30 and sitting at my chosen spot by 5:30 just when everything starts getting inky light. And you always have that excitement and anticipation of what the dawn is going to bring.
Usually it is over much to quickly listening to other people's gun shots and hopefully wishing they just pushed the game to you.
And ending back at camp by 11 for breakfast and a nap until 3:30 for a evening hunt.
It usually takes me until after the 1st weekend to get a opportunity on a elk.
Unfortunately it's not exactly everything I hoped for because now I figured that since I had a whole 2 weeks vacation I could spend the time butchering my elk .
I think I'd rather still be trying to find one and pay the butcher on the last day then putting myself through the work of cutting and wrapping.
Oh well I'm still not at work and at least I can drink beer while butchering.

Congrats, and stop complaing about a day one elk.

Congratulations. Cut it, wrap it and put it in the freezer. Enjoy the rest of your vacation. Elk steak tastes so much better than tag soup.

"Never pass up on the first day what you would shoot on the last day!"

Congratulations! Thank you for sharing and enjoy the rest of your time off

Nice!!

Nothing wrong with a fine elk like that half day into general opening day.

Congratulations. A full freezer is a good thing.

Very nice! Feels a little different being one of the guys others hoped missed and pushed the game their way. Congratulations

Ol' Red said:

Congratulations. Cut it, wrap it and put it in the freezer. Enjoy the rest of your vacation. Elk steak tastes so much better than tag soup.

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Fact!

Everyone has remorse for passing and waiting for a better one if you have hunted for any amount of time. Im not getting any younger so I gave up on that strategy and run with bird in hand concept. Not yearlings! But not everyone gets a trophy shot theory.

Very nice elk! Congrats !!!

I felt like I didn't work hard enough to earn it when I got one on opening day. Both times. Congrats! Can't eat the horns.

One of my favorite meats, congrats, careful with a sharp knife and too much beer