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Message: <blockquote data-quote="CJR" data-source="post: 197451" data-attributes="member: 715">so here's the story...I headed out Friday morning and was up on Magpie road. As I was getting my pack on a guy stopped to ask if I was after elk or deer. As soon as I said elk he indicated he has just watched a herd walking a ridge. He walked in with me for a bit to make sure I was headed in the right direction (BTW thanks to him for the tip. I don't know who you are other than you were from Dickinson). . About 45 minutes of huffing it up and down the hills got me to within about 400 yards. They were just topping a ridge when I caught them. A couple shots later (more than I would like to admit), I had him down. It took me a bit to get to him. On the walk to him my chest was a bit tight.  I thought it was my pack riding wrong so I stopped and readjusted it but that didn't really help. I wrote it off as adrenaline from shooting. Once I got to him I snapped a quick pick and started dressing him.  Got the head off and started boning him out. The whole time my chest was getting tighter and tighter.  I decided to throw a couple bags of meat in the pack and head to the truck. By this time my chest was killing me. Decided to take a little longer way out as it would put me on a ridge that a buddy was familiar with and if something happened he would know where to start looking at. I called the buddy as soon as I had signal and let him know I was in trouble and headed for the ridge. About half way out I had to dump the meat as I just couldn't carry it.  Finally made the ridge and worked my way out. Took me about three hours to get back to the truck. I started it up and headed for Hwy 85 while calling the wife to break the news to her.  Ended up at the Dickinson ER. They are thinking it was a mild heart attack.  Lots of appointments tomorrow to get everything worked out.   My buddy, another bud from work and three other folks walked I yesterday and picked up the meat I dropped as well as boned out the rest of the bull. Surprisingly the coyotes hadn't touched a thing. So very grateful for those that offered to help out. Your generosity was very appreciated!!!edit...I was asked about the legality of them retrieving my elk. I had called the warden from the hospital. My buddy also talked to him and got a permit to carry it.</blockquote>

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