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LAST EDITED ON Jun-30-08 AT 11:30PM (MST)[p]Well our first trek to the Dutton was a big hit, Bart, Chad, Jason, Jerry and I left Utah county around 3:00 pm on Friday with a hope of finding the right bulls to fill 3 archery tags and possibly picking up a once in a life time moose tag in an archery shoot. This weekend had the makings of what dreams are made of.
We arrived a little late so we just went out for a quick trip the first evening. Bart showed us a monster spike in the first meadow we came to. Wow he is the man when it comes to elk
Here is a picture of that
The next morning we arose to one of the prettiest sunsets I have ever seen
Bart cold trailed this big bull better than one of Houndawgs champion Airedales LOL. You should have seen the head gear on this one.
This is the smallest bull we located this morning
We also came across this bull that died a tragic death of old age
It was getting kind of late so we left and headed further south for our chance at the moose tag. The tournament was one of the finest shoots I have ever been in. Thanks to SFW!
I shot pretty good and made it to the final 4 where they announced that the top 4 shooters would be going head to head where the best score would be going moose hunting. I was stoked as I had won the same style shoot about two weeks before and picked up a new Mathews DXT. This is what all my practice was going to come down to. My heart felt like it was going to beat out of my chest but unlike the previous shoot I shot the first leg poorly and let my chances slip away. I ended up taking 3rd and winning a dozen Easton arrows and an Eberlestock Sling Shot back pack.
Congrats to Shawn Larsen and good luck with the tag.
Well it was back to business looking for a few perfect bulls. We looked high and low and from the southern part of the unit to the northern part leaving no canyon unseen. We even might have accidentally stumbled on to KTC?s old stomping ground down in a nasty cedar canyon. It might have been just a coincidence but we found a big and tall set of white shredded grippies lying next to an old cedar tree with an old single horse track next to it. I'll spare you the photo LOL.
Our evening came to an end with this beautiful sunset.
The final morning left Jerry and I headed in a different direction than Bart, Jason, and Chad. Jerry and I walked out on to a ridge were we found a place we nicknamed the war room. It was loaded with hundreds of tore up quakie trees. Some of the rubs were over eight feet high indicating to us it might also be a bar ?where no kids are allowed so to speak?. It was impressive to say the least.
Although Jerry and I didn't locate a shooter bull Bart did. I guess that is why they call him the PRO!
KTC is right on one thing the food at the backdoor caf? has got to be the best food around I can't wait to eat another one of these bad boys.
Stay tuned for round two in a couple of weeks.
Archery is a year round commitment!!
We arrived a little late so we just went out for a quick trip the first evening. Bart showed us a monster spike in the first meadow we came to. Wow he is the man when it comes to elk
Here is a picture of that
The next morning we arose to one of the prettiest sunsets I have ever seen
Bart cold trailed this big bull better than one of Houndawgs champion Airedales LOL. You should have seen the head gear on this one.
This is the smallest bull we located this morning
We also came across this bull that died a tragic death of old age
It was getting kind of late so we left and headed further south for our chance at the moose tag. The tournament was one of the finest shoots I have ever been in. Thanks to SFW!
I shot pretty good and made it to the final 4 where they announced that the top 4 shooters would be going head to head where the best score would be going moose hunting. I was stoked as I had won the same style shoot about two weeks before and picked up a new Mathews DXT. This is what all my practice was going to come down to. My heart felt like it was going to beat out of my chest but unlike the previous shoot I shot the first leg poorly and let my chances slip away. I ended up taking 3rd and winning a dozen Easton arrows and an Eberlestock Sling Shot back pack.
Congrats to Shawn Larsen and good luck with the tag.
Well it was back to business looking for a few perfect bulls. We looked high and low and from the southern part of the unit to the northern part leaving no canyon unseen. We even might have accidentally stumbled on to KTC?s old stomping ground down in a nasty cedar canyon. It might have been just a coincidence but we found a big and tall set of white shredded grippies lying next to an old cedar tree with an old single horse track next to it. I'll spare you the photo LOL.
Our evening came to an end with this beautiful sunset.
The final morning left Jerry and I headed in a different direction than Bart, Jason, and Chad. Jerry and I walked out on to a ridge were we found a place we nicknamed the war room. It was loaded with hundreds of tore up quakie trees. Some of the rubs were over eight feet high indicating to us it might also be a bar ?where no kids are allowed so to speak?. It was impressive to say the least.
Although Jerry and I didn't locate a shooter bull Bart did. I guess that is why they call him the PRO!
KTC is right on one thing the food at the backdoor caf? has got to be the best food around I can't wait to eat another one of these bad boys.
Stay tuned for round two in a couple of weeks.
Archery is a year round commitment!!
Bart, I am really rootin for ya man. I hope you stick a real toad!
