bowhunt
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I have never been a huge fan of the Utah Spike hunt until....
This year my 16 year old son decided to take up Bow Hunting. He spent several weeks honing his shooting skills, buying some camo, and talking to me about taking him hunting.
He had his heart set on hunting elk. I think I got the hook in him in 07 when I brought home an Elk off of the Dutton.
He has had the opportunity to hunt Deer, rabbits, etc, but he now wanted to get out in the mountains during this magical time. I think he was just as excited with the prospect of seeing a big bull as he was with the chance to shoot a cow or spike.
Finally the stars lined up and I was able to take him on his first Archery Elk Hunt. We left the house at 2:30pm (just after school was out) and headed to the trail head. We walked in slowly to the water hole that we have shot several elk at over the years. I showed him several other very good areas, and shared with him some hunting stories. I had him worked into a lather by the time we arrived at our destination.
We found LOTS of track and a good spot to sit for the night.
Soon after we settled in we started to hear elk mewing...Here they come he said. He was right.
A dry cow worked her way within 30 yards, and Tanner let the arrow fly.
As the cow ran off, I looked over and said. ?Well you just killed an elk, get ready for some work?
It took us until 11pm to get the elk quartered out and hauled back to the truck. He made about 20 phone calls on the way home bragging about his first archery Elk hunt, and his first archery Elk.
So...Thanks Utah for giving us the opportunity to hunt Elk! Tanner is hooked. He now dreams of the day that he can chase the big one! He has asked me 10 times this week how many points he has, and when he thinks he could draw. What a great HUNT!
Of course the camera batteries were dead...uugh. So here is a photo from my phone.
This year my 16 year old son decided to take up Bow Hunting. He spent several weeks honing his shooting skills, buying some camo, and talking to me about taking him hunting.
He had his heart set on hunting elk. I think I got the hook in him in 07 when I brought home an Elk off of the Dutton.
He has had the opportunity to hunt Deer, rabbits, etc, but he now wanted to get out in the mountains during this magical time. I think he was just as excited with the prospect of seeing a big bull as he was with the chance to shoot a cow or spike.
Finally the stars lined up and I was able to take him on his first Archery Elk Hunt. We left the house at 2:30pm (just after school was out) and headed to the trail head. We walked in slowly to the water hole that we have shot several elk at over the years. I showed him several other very good areas, and shared with him some hunting stories. I had him worked into a lather by the time we arrived at our destination.
We found LOTS of track and a good spot to sit for the night.
Soon after we settled in we started to hear elk mewing...Here they come he said. He was right.
A dry cow worked her way within 30 yards, and Tanner let the arrow fly.
As the cow ran off, I looked over and said. ?Well you just killed an elk, get ready for some work?
It took us until 11pm to get the elk quartered out and hauled back to the truck. He made about 20 phone calls on the way home bragging about his first archery Elk hunt, and his first archery Elk.
So...Thanks Utah for giving us the opportunity to hunt Elk! Tanner is hooked. He now dreams of the day that he can chase the big one! He has asked me 10 times this week how many points he has, and when he thinks he could draw. What a great HUNT!
Of course the camera batteries were dead...uugh. So here is a photo from my phone.
