Just got back from an elk hunting trip in northern NM

[1slow01z71]

Well actually I got back late thursday night and Im just now getting around to posting the pics. If you dont like seeing pics of a dead elk or me skinning and quartering it up this thread isnt for you. Anyway, I took tons and tons of pictures, NM is very beautiful in its own way. Southern and SE NM is pretty damn boring but northern NM is very pretty. I left Austin early thursday morning and headed to Hobbs NM to meet up with my dad then we headed on up to Cuba NM after having a blowout on the trailer just outside of Roswell but we got new tires all the way around on it and did fine for the rest of the trip at speeds up to 85.
Right before I left, had to take teh jeep out for some final tests after isntalling all the goodies

Wind farms


My copilot Smokey

Roswell

relaxing on top of all stuff

Entering the the big city of Cuba, NM:jest:

Random pics


One of the river beds we hunted pretty hard that had quite a bit of elk traffic crossing

Toating the 4wheeler out to do some scouting and a cool background

After one of the morning hunts

Old house built in the 1800s, Im a geek about old buildings I have about 100 pics between the two houses

Amazing how they built stuff back then

[1slow01z71]

Another house small ass doors, Im only 6'

Someone had to hand shape these planks

My dad caught me sleeping, oops:emb:

BLACK sand hills

Whole lotta nothin heading towards Farmington, NM, we were literally 45 minutes from the four corners, but we just didnt have time to go out there and make it back for the evening hunt which was a good thing because thats the evening hunt I got my elk

320#s field dressed out, not a big one but big enough for two guys trying to throw it on the rack

Not bad shot placement for a 365yd shot when she was in a dead run because my dad scared her, two other cows and a bull up after he dropped me off. I was a bit surprised I hit her to be honest but I guess all those countless hours at the gun range paid off.:bigun2:

Skin'n her out


Something Ive never seen before in all my years of hunting a double knee
Good leg

bad leg

[1slow01z71]

Loadin up getting ready to head back to Texas

Continental divide


Cool looking bluff

Eastern NM sunset

Smokey trying to give my dad kisses

I had fun but damn it was good to be back in TX:judge:

For those that dont know me well, my last name is Hicks

Passed the hell out, starting to get the picture of how my dog is?:jest:

And last but not least what he does to windows, all my windows looked like that

The elk is at the processors right now getting made into sausage, steaks and roasts, the roast is going to make some damn good jerky I had a great time, and it was the first time in a long time my dad and I have been able to spend some good quality time with each other. I think we are going to start doing it every year:fluffy:

[00shortbox]

Great pics man! Nice elk you got there. That sure is some different looking country compared to up here!

[Flyingchipmunk]

Nice looks like fun. I want to learn how to hunt some day..

[bud8fan]

good kill and great pics....i wanted to go but wasnt off...my bro in law goes every season...

[skeet]

nice size, perfect!!!

man thats pretty country up there or over there!!!

[ducky]

that looks like a lot of fun cody! and the truck still looks sick as hell

[1slow01z71]

Thanks guys.

Pic from where I was sitting and about where she was at

I should also say it took three shots for one to finally connect. I consider myself a good shot but Ive always shot a stationary targets or when Im whitetail hunting shooting one running from a 100-150yds, as you can imagine its a big difference with that extra 200yds tacked on

A point to note is the Dmax got 12.5mpg average over the whole trip, which aint bad considering I never went slower then 75 mostly cruising at 80, at some parts where the speed limit was 75 I bumped it up to a little under 85. Not bad since the trailer is a sail and I was on my 35s, I crossed the scales at just under 19K. Have I ever said how much I love my truck

[txarkitekt]

Uh....did someone try to shoot a snot rocket out of the window--but later found out the window was rolled up?