Colorado OTC Archery Bull

FamousAddiction · Sep 26, 2010

I shot this bull Thursday night with my father-in-law and brother-in-law right by my side. He fed out in front of me 45 yds and I was able to tuck it right behind his shoulder and get a complete pass thru double lung shot. He spun and ran downhill only to tip over 50 yds from where I shot. As you can see this bull was in a pretty intense battle breaking his main beam on the right side. Broken or not I couldn't be happier with him, this is my first archery elk and I took him in a unit that had an overall 6% success rate last year for ANY elk!!!

treedagain · Sep 26, 2010

good job on a nice bull

woodtick · Sep 26, 2010

Can't complain about that, especially when the success is that bad.

TICK
TALL, WIDE, AND HANDSOME

backpacker · Sep 26, 2010

Good job! Were you hunting up high and were they bugling much after the muzzy hunt?

FamousAddiction · Sep 26, 2010

Thanks guys!!!

Backpacker, yes we were hunting pretty high, somewhere between 10,000 and 10,500 feet. They were bugling pretty good after the muzzy hunt, I heard bugles just about everyday between Sept. 18th and the night I shot him. They weren't bugling alot, but they were bugling just enough so I could close in on them. The night I shot this bull, he did not bugle once. He had about 20 cows and a small 3x4 with him, the day before he was responding to cow calls only but I was unable to get a shot in the black timber.