nfh
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LAST EDITED ON Oct-14-12 AT 08:11PM (MST)[p]Hunted hard for 5 days. put a lot miles on the horses. was 15 miles in the backcountry. seen 14 bulls and finally found the one i wanted. seen a lot of bulls from rag-horn to 320. but i would like to seem grow for another few years.
i was watching a herd of 25 elk everyday. had a couple of bulls in the group. finally on the 5th day while watching them like clock-work this big boy came out. he must of been hiding the last few days. he was 1200 yards away so i snuck through the trees and set up at 150 yards and let the 300 mag bark. he walked 75 yards and laid down and watched him expire.
this was a odd year for us. usaully the bulls don't come out till the las min of shooting light for us and this year they were moving right at 4 in the afternoon.. had a blast. than goodness for the horses to carry me and the meat out.
i forgot to add that saturday night while riding the horses back to camp we were riding in the dark and the horses just stopped. turn on the head-lamp and a grizzly bear was in the middle of the trail. yelled at the bear he ran off a few yards and stopped so we yelled again and he took off for good.
getting ready to tie the head down
i was watching a herd of 25 elk everyday. had a couple of bulls in the group. finally on the 5th day while watching them like clock-work this big boy came out. he must of been hiding the last few days. he was 1200 yards away so i snuck through the trees and set up at 150 yards and let the 300 mag bark. he walked 75 yards and laid down and watched him expire.
this was a odd year for us. usaully the bulls don't come out till the las min of shooting light for us and this year they were moving right at 4 in the afternoon.. had a blast. than goodness for the horses to carry me and the meat out.
i forgot to add that saturday night while riding the horses back to camp we were riding in the dark and the horses just stopped. turn on the head-lamp and a grizzly bear was in the middle of the trail. yelled at the bear he ran off a few yards and stopped so we yelled again and he took off for good.
getting ready to tie the head down
