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LAST EDITED ON Nov-15-07 AT 00:51?AM (MST)
This is my bull that I shot this year on the awesome MD LE. It was everything that I could've asked for in a hunt. I had opportunities to take many different bulls over several days and to my own surprise held out.
On the eighth day of the hunt my friend / bishop spotted this bull along with a dozen or so cows. He called me over the radio as they sky lined a couple canyons away from where I was. At the time I, along with my dad and brother were sitting in a big bowl that had five bulls bugling back and forth at each other and two had finally presented themselves. I was literally seconds away from pulling the trigger on a smaller but descent six point when the call came across. It was the toughest decision to leave those bulls with the hunt nearing its end. Reluctantly, we got up and left the bulls to go stalk this herd bull.
By the time we reached the spot where these elk were it had started to rain pretty hard. It was already close to noon and we felt the elk would probably be bedding down just over the ridge where they were out of sight. Sure enough as we neared the top of the saddle where they had gone we bellied down and there they were across from us about 300 yards.
When I pulled up my binos there he was across the canyon laying under a pine tree looking straight at me. A few seconds later he turned his head and my heart skipped a beat as I could see that there was no doubt he was the one I wanted.
Bishop was spotting our stalk and called over the radio informing us that there were also two satellite bulls that looked to be challenging this bull. My brother then bugled and our bull stood up and slowly began to move in our direction. When he finally turned broadside I fired and piled him up, one shot with my trusty 30-06!!
I haven't had him scored officially yet but I couldn't be happier. I hope everyone who loves elk hunting gets an opportunity like this. It was a hunt I'll always remember.
LAST EDITED ON Nov-15-07 AT 00:51?AM (MST)
This is my bull that I shot this year on the awesome MD LE. It was everything that I could've asked for in a hunt. I had opportunities to take many different bulls over several days and to my own surprise held out.
On the eighth day of the hunt my friend / bishop spotted this bull along with a dozen or so cows. He called me over the radio as they sky lined a couple canyons away from where I was. At the time I, along with my dad and brother were sitting in a big bowl that had five bulls bugling back and forth at each other and two had finally presented themselves. I was literally seconds away from pulling the trigger on a smaller but descent six point when the call came across. It was the toughest decision to leave those bulls with the hunt nearing its end. Reluctantly, we got up and left the bulls to go stalk this herd bull.
By the time we reached the spot where these elk were it had started to rain pretty hard. It was already close to noon and we felt the elk would probably be bedding down just over the ridge where they were out of sight. Sure enough as we neared the top of the saddle where they had gone we bellied down and there they were across from us about 300 yards.
When I pulled up my binos there he was across the canyon laying under a pine tree looking straight at me. A few seconds later he turned his head and my heart skipped a beat as I could see that there was no doubt he was the one I wanted.
Bishop was spotting our stalk and called over the radio informing us that there were also two satellite bulls that looked to be challenging this bull. My brother then bugled and our bull stood up and slowly began to move in our direction. When he finally turned broadside I fired and piled him up, one shot with my trusty 30-06!!
I haven't had him scored officially yet but I couldn't be happier. I hope everyone who loves elk hunting gets an opportunity like this. It was a hunt I'll always remember.
