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Well we finally got qtpie to pull the trigger on a navajo bull. Heck, we had to keep her off the trigger because she was to the point of just wanting to take some meat home.
We started the hunt off good. We were instantly into elk and were seeing herds of 10 to 30 bulls at a time. By the end of day 1 we had spotted around 70 bulls. One bull was a shooter but was too elusive for us.
The second day we started off by seeing a giant 400 "class" bull 50 yards from the truck. He had 63 or so inch beams. mid 60"s on mass, and about 45 to 48" inside spread. His g1 on his right was about 22" and his 3rd on his left was probably over 24". And that was all he had. Everything else was busted clean off. We quickly learned that every bull that was at or over 350 in september was not at or below 250 because of broken points.
At one point qtpie wanted to shoot a "used to be" 370 bull because he had his right side completely intact.
On monday we finally spotted this bull from about a mile and a half off. All we could see is that his left side was huge and that his sword and 5th on the right seemed to be a little weaker. We figured he was busted but was the best lookin busted bull we had found and decided to get on him.
Well 1 mile later we had blown out several bulls and made it to where we had last seen the bigger bull. Needless to say that our bull had been spooked and was now standing broadside at 1000 yards heading away. Jason looked at me and said lets take him! I was thinkin to myself WTF???! He told me later he figured all my talk on the internet must be true and it was time to put up or shut up. Well the bull was about a mile from the navajo border and we were on our last chance with this bull.
I had loaded some new ammo for my 338 lapua which was suppose to be balistically identical to my factory rounds but was definitely more accurate. (one hole 3 shot groups at 200 yards!). I had shot one round at 100 yards which showed it was zeroed and then one shot at 600 yards which was dead on which seemed to show promise to be identical to my old drop charts.
Anyways I decided to use my old data and dialed in the scope. Jason ranged again and the bull was standing broadside at 981 yards! I made final adjustments, put the gun in the triclops and locked down the tripod. Qtpie got behind the gun, found the bull and wiggled in the last adjustments and let fly. 2 seconds later snow kicked up directly behind the feeding bull. Funny thing is that with the suppressor on he never heard a thing. He simply kept grazing and none of the bulls even knew what happened. I loaded another bullet for qtip and put the binos back up. a few seconds later I heard an air rifle go off. 2 seconds after that I see the bull lurch forward and disappear into the trees.
1 hour later we managed to get to where we had last seen the bull and the rest is history. He hadn't gone 50 yards before he decided to give up.
It's not the 400 inch bull we were hoping for but the navajo isn't know for 400 bulls either. They have some great ones and terra was lucky enough to harvest a really good bull.
Some key measurements are his 19.5" g3, 22" sword, 15" g5, and 52" beams. he had about 6" busted off his right sword, and only had 4 1/2" left of his right g5. His inside spread was 37". Broken he came out right at 340". Unbusted he would have been a 360" 6x7. give or take 5" either direction. Either way I was completely dumbfounded to see my wife make that shot. Now she wont quit bragging about how much better of a shot she is than me. She's even thinkin about changing her screen name on her to ONEHOTSNIPER!
I just keep telling her theres only one stinky!
Here's a picture of her packing out 3 quarters, the cape and horns, and the 30lb trg 42 all at once. She wouldn't let me carry a single thing. Heck she even quartered and loaded the meat herself. And no I wouldn't be making fun of that guy who claimed his wife killed that colorado deer with her muzzy and cleaned and packed the entire animal herself with no help without getting any blood on herself anywhere. Heck, I'd never do that! LOL
and heres a picture of us standing above the canyon her bull was laying dead in. Mind you qtpie had to pack the bull out of that near vertical canyon all by herself.
and here are some pics of qtpie with her bull and the other guy in the pics is our totally awesome navajo guide Jason Hungowya.
We started the hunt off good. We were instantly into elk and were seeing herds of 10 to 30 bulls at a time. By the end of day 1 we had spotted around 70 bulls. One bull was a shooter but was too elusive for us.
The second day we started off by seeing a giant 400 "class" bull 50 yards from the truck. He had 63 or so inch beams. mid 60"s on mass, and about 45 to 48" inside spread. His g1 on his right was about 22" and his 3rd on his left was probably over 24". And that was all he had. Everything else was busted clean off. We quickly learned that every bull that was at or over 350 in september was not at or below 250 because of broken points.
At one point qtpie wanted to shoot a "used to be" 370 bull because he had his right side completely intact.
On monday we finally spotted this bull from about a mile and a half off. All we could see is that his left side was huge and that his sword and 5th on the right seemed to be a little weaker. We figured he was busted but was the best lookin busted bull we had found and decided to get on him.
Well 1 mile later we had blown out several bulls and made it to where we had last seen the bigger bull. Needless to say that our bull had been spooked and was now standing broadside at 1000 yards heading away. Jason looked at me and said lets take him! I was thinkin to myself WTF???! He told me later he figured all my talk on the internet must be true and it was time to put up or shut up. Well the bull was about a mile from the navajo border and we were on our last chance with this bull.
I had loaded some new ammo for my 338 lapua which was suppose to be balistically identical to my factory rounds but was definitely more accurate. (one hole 3 shot groups at 200 yards!). I had shot one round at 100 yards which showed it was zeroed and then one shot at 600 yards which was dead on which seemed to show promise to be identical to my old drop charts.
Anyways I decided to use my old data and dialed in the scope. Jason ranged again and the bull was standing broadside at 981 yards! I made final adjustments, put the gun in the triclops and locked down the tripod. Qtpie got behind the gun, found the bull and wiggled in the last adjustments and let fly. 2 seconds later snow kicked up directly behind the feeding bull. Funny thing is that with the suppressor on he never heard a thing. He simply kept grazing and none of the bulls even knew what happened. I loaded another bullet for qtip and put the binos back up. a few seconds later I heard an air rifle go off. 2 seconds after that I see the bull lurch forward and disappear into the trees.
1 hour later we managed to get to where we had last seen the bull and the rest is history. He hadn't gone 50 yards before he decided to give up.
It's not the 400 inch bull we were hoping for but the navajo isn't know for 400 bulls either. They have some great ones and terra was lucky enough to harvest a really good bull.
Some key measurements are his 19.5" g3, 22" sword, 15" g5, and 52" beams. he had about 6" busted off his right sword, and only had 4 1/2" left of his right g5. His inside spread was 37". Broken he came out right at 340". Unbusted he would have been a 360" 6x7. give or take 5" either direction. Either way I was completely dumbfounded to see my wife make that shot. Now she wont quit bragging about how much better of a shot she is than me. She's even thinkin about changing her screen name on her to ONEHOTSNIPER!
I just keep telling her theres only one stinky!
Here's a picture of her packing out 3 quarters, the cape and horns, and the 30lb trg 42 all at once. She wouldn't let me carry a single thing. Heck she even quartered and loaded the meat herself. And no I wouldn't be making fun of that guy who claimed his wife killed that colorado deer with her muzzy and cleaned and packed the entire animal herself with no help without getting any blood on herself anywhere. Heck, I'd never do that! LOL
and heres a picture of us standing above the canyon her bull was laying dead in. Mind you qtpie had to pack the bull out of that near vertical canyon all by herself.
and here are some pics of qtpie with her bull and the other guy in the pics is our totally awesome navajo guide Jason Hungowya.
