We have been down on this unit multiple time this past year and was on there last year for this same hunt. WE got some nice bulls last year so i had high hopes for her this year but was a little on the nervous side because she did not want this tag due to the cold but i talked her into it so this whole year all i have heard about was how cold its gonna be and how she better get her self a nice one.
I pulled into 2 days before her hunt started so i could glass around and hope to find some elk. Well we found elk and lots of them but nothing to big as of yet but the fact of seeing lots of elk and bulls made me pretty excited to get her down here and get the hunt going. Had camp all set up and ready to go..
Finally opening day arrived and we was off. Seen a few bulls nothing to big but she was excited about seeing elk. And did i mention it was cold!!!!!She froze
We decided to hop on the horses the second day and take a good ride. Well it took us a while but we finally found some bulls. Got the spotting scope out and BAM!! good bull. Although he was only a 5X5 he was a good one. WE spent the rest of the evening tying the horses up and hiking up into this area this bull was in. Once up there he and another 6 had bedded down in a little patch of pines. He came out about 350 yards and i wanted her to shoot him so bad cuz for some reason i have a thing for a huge 5X5. This whole time she kept telling me she does not care about the score she just wants a nice symmetrical 6X6. She decided to pass so we went home for the night.
The next three days was not very eventful seen very few elk and she froze. By day 6 every body had left for home and it was just me and her on the mountain with only a few days left to kill something. WE got onto some bulls first thing in the morning and decided one was a shooter especially for how late in the game it was. Off down the mountain I go with her tailing. Took us about an hour or so to scale this mountain to get within shooting range and just as we pop over the ridge i see his tail end disappear into the trees. NOW for you who have been in the hills with your gal in freezing temps and not seeing many animals on a ten year waiting period tag know what i am talking about. She was done, ready to call it quits and go home. She straight said to me "Lets go home k." I could not believe what i was hearing but 6 long days into it with nothing but cold. I explained to her we could do it we will get one.
On our way up and out of there i turned around to where we just came from and found a bull. A SHOOTER i told her. WE hurried down got to 250 yards. BOOM...miss... the bull runs up the hill and i yell out aim higher. BOOM I have never seen an animal hit the ground that fast. HE was dead before he hit the ground. From there it was tears of joy and high fives.
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She could not believe it when we got to him. I think she cried for a good hour or two. Well she was still crying when i was done cutting him up. Awesome bull she could not be happier. It took me and her two days to get him packed out of there
I pulled into 2 days before her hunt started so i could glass around and hope to find some elk. Well we found elk and lots of them but nothing to big as of yet but the fact of seeing lots of elk and bulls made me pretty excited to get her down here and get the hunt going. Had camp all set up and ready to go..
Finally opening day arrived and we was off. Seen a few bulls nothing to big but she was excited about seeing elk. And did i mention it was cold!!!!!She froze
We decided to hop on the horses the second day and take a good ride. Well it took us a while but we finally found some bulls. Got the spotting scope out and BAM!! good bull. Although he was only a 5X5 he was a good one. WE spent the rest of the evening tying the horses up and hiking up into this area this bull was in. Once up there he and another 6 had bedded down in a little patch of pines. He came out about 350 yards and i wanted her to shoot him so bad cuz for some reason i have a thing for a huge 5X5. This whole time she kept telling me she does not care about the score she just wants a nice symmetrical 6X6. She decided to pass so we went home for the night.
The next three days was not very eventful seen very few elk and she froze. By day 6 every body had left for home and it was just me and her on the mountain with only a few days left to kill something. WE got onto some bulls first thing in the morning and decided one was a shooter especially for how late in the game it was. Off down the mountain I go with her tailing. Took us about an hour or so to scale this mountain to get within shooting range and just as we pop over the ridge i see his tail end disappear into the trees. NOW for you who have been in the hills with your gal in freezing temps and not seeing many animals on a ten year waiting period tag know what i am talking about. She was done, ready to call it quits and go home. She straight said to me "Lets go home k." I could not believe what i was hearing but 6 long days into it with nothing but cold. I explained to her we could do it we will get one.
On our way up and out of there i turned around to where we just came from and found a bull. A SHOOTER i told her. WE hurried down got to 250 yards. BOOM...miss... the bull runs up the hill and i yell out aim higher. BOOM I have never seen an animal hit the ground that fast. HE was dead before he hit the ground. From there it was tears of joy and high fives.
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She could not believe it when we got to him. I think she cried for a good hour or two. Well she was still crying when i was done cutting him up. Awesome bull she could not be happier. It took me and her two days to get him packed out of there
HA she aint buying it.
