Well it went like this. My 06 muzzy elk hunt started out Sat. am glassing the mountain sides looking for an area to backpack to for my elk hunt. I spotted some elk heading up into a bedding area so I watched then headed to the hillside. Found a spot to set up camp over the other side of the hill. I found a few spots to set up for the evening hunt. Long story shot I put myself between the bedding area and feeding are and had the small heard work past me Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday. The head bull was a nice 6x6 with a broken point on his right side. He had 7 cows and 2 spikes with him. Now Thursday came and I had 4 guys walk up to me around 10:00am and ask how things are going. We talked they said they would head over to the next drainage. At 3:30 I see 4 orange covered men walk out of the bedding are that the elk I had been watching for 4 days had been using. They walk down to me and I said I thought you said you would go to the next drainage. They said we heard a bull in there and we went in after him and bumped him out over the top along with some cows. But did not get a shot. They told me that was hunting and we had a few other words and they left. I spent the next 2 days in the rain hopeing the elk would return. I saw nothing and headed home on Sat. I think they call that public land hunting. On Tuesday I had the bull at 207 yards and all I could see was his head, neck and about 4 inches of his back. I thought that with 4 more days of hunting I would get a better shot. On Wed. I had him at 50 yards after dark again not a good shot still had 3 days to hunt. Then Thursday came. I will try again in a few years
