Dad's 2003 Elk (pic)

berto · Dec 4, 2003

this is the bull i helped my dad pack out this year. that was 9 hours of pure fun in 0 degree weather!

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my dad was on his way out when he cut a fresh set of tracks across his. followed them for about 1/2 mile and spotted this bull bedded in the thick stuff. my dad thought it was already dead because he got within 15 yards of it, but he chose to put a bullet in it just in case. as he raised his rifle and looked through the scope, the bull moved it's head slightly and BOOM! one shot and the bull never left it's bed.

berto

AndymanSavage · Dec 4, 2003

That's a great looking bull and a cool story. congrats to your dad. Hunting bulls in the snow would be a blast. (I said hunting, not packing)

Tuffbucker · Dec 4, 2003

That is a great bull! Congrats to your dad!!

kilowatt · Dec 4, 2003

Congrat to your dad there berto on a fine bull. Great looking pictures too with the back covered in snow, burrr.

Brian

Hornseeker · Dec 4, 2003

Cool! That is one of my dream elk hunt scenarios!

kingfish · Dec 4, 2003

Elk, Snow, 15 yards..... bedded???. Doesn't get better then that
Congrats dad!!!.

DonV · Dec 4, 2003

Great, where and what unit?

berto · Dec 5, 2003

DonV,

public land in mt,
otc elk tag.

Cass · Dec 5, 2003

Congrats.

-Cass

OSOK · Dec 5, 2003

Cool story, and a really nice bull.

DeerKing · Dec 5, 2003

Nice looking bull, congrats to your dad.

vitalzone · Jan 5, 2004

Congrats on a fine Bull!!! What did he measure???

muzz · Jan 5, 2004

That is a fine bull. Congrats to him.

berto · Jan 6, 2004

vzone,

we didn't measure him, the biologist at the check station measured 43 inch main beams and 43 inch spread. i'd guess him right at 300 gross.

not huge, but very nice for a public land bull with an otc tag.

berto