LAST EDITED ON Oct-28-12 AT 12:07PM (MST)[p]Got lucky this year and beat the 1% odds and drew a Wyoming elk tag with zero points. Did not get much scouting time in with working out of town but did make it up there once. Had some great help(thanks monte) so when the bowhunt started had a good idea where to start. spent two weeks chasing bulls with the bow,but with hot weather and a slow rut could not get it done, had some close calls and called in a few small bulls. went back to work for a week then went back up to try with a smokepole. Opening day of rifle had some bulls bugling good with action til about 10:00 a.m. then that afternoon the crowds found me(or I found them) but that shut the bulls up for most part with bugling right til daylight then they would shut up and head for cover. The next few days only turned up a few rag horns. On the fourth day left the truck a good hour before shooting light and snuck in on a bull that was bugling in the dark, when it came light enough to see I had him at 200 yards. Looked him over and decided it was time to end it as there would be a possible additional 75 hunters come saturday to chase cows. This is a bull I passed on the bowhunt. It was a fun hunt with lots of miles on the boot leather.
some scouting pics
some scouting pics
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