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Sweet Nevada bull!
nmelktrout
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Great bull. I'm also a big fan of big 5s. Thanks for sharing.
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Clyde Hollinger
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Dog- You gotta be a Topham??? Am I right? That's a sweet bull!
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Elkster, yes I am. Thanks guys for all the comments. I drew this tag in 2007. I spotted a great bull (380+) the night before the opener. The next morning we had to hike over an hour to get up to the bowl where the elk were. When we reached the bowl area, I spotted a nice 350ish bull feeding broadside at about 200 yards. I was ready to punch my tag then and there, but was talked out of it by others in the party. We decided to move another 50 yards up the ridge to get a better view. We reached a big pine tree and set up the spotter to look things over. Upon studying the bull a little closer it was decided that I SHOULD shoot that bull. Of course, as I sat down, the wind shifted and elk went everywhere. The 350 bull only had 5 steps and he was in the pines. The giant bull from the previous night ran out the other end of the pines and up the hill with about 5-6 other smaller raghorns and 10- 15 cows and calfs. We all stood there in amazement at just how big he was up close. They all stopped at about 500 yards, no shot with little bulls and cows all around him. It was discouraging to see him run over the hill and onto the other side of the mountain. We looked for the herd for three more days and never saw them again. Each day we looked over 10-15 raghorn bulls, but nothing I really wanted to shoot. Over the nest week we did see 2-3 other great bulls that I would have taken, but just couldn't close the deal. Those dang Junipers are so thick and by 20 min after light all the elk were heading into the thick.By day 7 I was ready to head home for the night and return in 2 days for the last few days of the hunt. I had some friends come up for the weekend, and right at dark they spotted this bull way up this burnt canyon. We watched him on video in the trailer that night and decided we would try for him at first light. We hit the trail with the horses early and had spotters down low to guide us. As daylight came they spotted the bull, but because of the shape of the canyon we couldnt see him. He was also A LOT farther up the canyon than we thought. By the time we finally saw him, all I got to see was his rump as he headed over the ridge heading for the bed. I wanted to just sit down and be done at that point, but my brother pushed me to the top of the ridge to see if we could locate him. It was a burnt wasteland on the other side, but there was a small patch of quakies that had been left. We figured he was heading for those trees and began to look. I was able to find his tracks in the soft burnt dirt and we followed them to a little draw. After a few minutes and much to my surprise we saw the old man standing looking back at us at about 200 yards in between burnt trees. From here on out it becomes a bit fuzzy to me, but I know I shot 5 times. All practice goes out the window and lead starts flying. I did not hit him until the last two shots, but I know I put some dead trees out of their misery!! All told it was a really great time spent with friends and family and some wonderful memories with a lot of highs and lows. I headed into this wanting a clean 6x6, but I
am very happy with the bull I got. Turns out he was 9 years old on tooth data, might not have ever been a 6. I will hopefully get that 6 point this year as I drew the
Manti early tag with 13 points as a non-res. I grew up hunting that mountain and hope to put a good one down, but it will be a great time no matter what. Sorry about being so long.
am very happy with the bull I got. Turns out he was 9 years old on tooth data, might not have ever been a 6. I will hopefully get that 6 point this year as I drew the
Manti early tag with 13 points as a non-res. I grew up hunting that mountain and hope to put a good one down, but it will be a great time no matter what. Sorry about being so long.
