My chicks first animal

born_2_hunt

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Heres the bull my girlfriend got last night. Its her very first animal other than a dove she got a month ago. I found this bull near the end of archery season this year but could not get a shot on him. I decided to take my girlfriend in there the 1st rifle season to see if we could get him. After finding him the morning of the second day but not being able to seal the deal we came back that evening. After an hour of glassing I spotted him in some thick timber about a half mile away.

An hour and a half of crawling on our hands and knees we were as close as we could get without pushing him out. At 300Yds it was a pretty far shot for the .30-06 but it was our only chance. So we decided to shoot as soon as we had a clear shot. He stepped out into and small clearing and I told her to shoot when ever she was ready. She settled on the shooting sticks and bam! Perfect shot right behind the shoulder. He went 40yds.and stopped and she put one more in him dropping him in his tracks.

The bull tumbled down the steep mountain side 100yds before finally stopping. I was really worried he broke some tines off but to my amazement he hadn't broke anything off. We left him last night and packed him out this morning. Just the two of us.

He is one hell of a first animal and hes bigger than any elk I have ever killed. I haven't put a tape on him yet but Im guessing hes around 320. What will he score? I'll score him tomorrow and give you the verdict.
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295 net, your chick is a 10 and scores high in any book! Be careful in your relationship and remember she can hit a pie plate at 300 yards with a nosler.:) good luck and congrats to a gal that will try it and love it>
 
Congrats on a good looking bull and congrats on finding a chick like that :7

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Awesome bull and congrats on finding a girlfriend that likes to hunt..... Now my only question is why did you ruin that cape....Her first big game animal and a bull that size off an open unit belongs on the wall........ When you decide that you really should have got him mounted pm me and ill give you my taxidermists # he has 5 or 6 extra capes.... :)
 
I knew I was gonna catch some crap for not keeping the cape. The fact is I've got a really small house and my walls are already full of heads plus I've got another antelope at the taxidermist right now so I cant afford another head right now. I will just do a europian mount for now and then when I get some more wall space and cash I'll get another cape and have him mounted.
 
LAST EDITED ON Oct-13-09 AT 09:20PM (MST)[p]thanks for taping him out. I thought he was gunna go 340. I heard the lower numbers thrown out and knew he had to be higher. You need to mount that bull!
 
Born, thanks for the tape out. Love it when guys put up the real deal. Treat the hunter really well, looks like she would have many hunting partner offers here :)
 
>That is way cool congrats on
>a stud bull, but I
>do have to agree that
>he needs to be on
>the wall if for no
>other reason than being her
>first animal!!!
>
>www.brokentine.blogspot.com

I argree, my taxidermist said he'd give me a cape when I had the money and the wall space.
 

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