Son's 1st bull elk

Richard

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Well, after a hard hunt, my oldest son was able to fill his youth muzzleloader elk tag with a bull. The weather was hot, windy, full moon, and elk behavior definitely changed couple days before the opener and the bulls went silent like a light switch turned them off. It was getting close to the end and he said if he didn't get a bull today, he was going to try and fill the freezer with the first elk that gave him a chance tomorrow, the last day of the hunt. Luckily he took advantage of his opportunity to kill this bull this morning. He still had an opportunity at a beautiful, unbroken 6x6 for opening weekend but it was like that bull knew we had a muzzleloader and he kept teasing us just out of range that my son was comfortable shooting. It was a great time, challenging, and he is extremely happy with the unique bull he harvested. Now back to school and work!

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Great job guys that's an awesome Elk . Congrats to you both . I hope you many more hunts together . Nothing better than father and son/daughter hunts .
 
Cool stuff right there. Memories for a lifetime meat in the freezer and a great rack for the wall. Congratulations
 
Thanks to all! I just use two triple 7 magnum pellets equaling 120 grains powder with triple 7 primers and 295 grain power belts. Accurate out to 250 yards but really drops out after that, couldn't close the distance on the 6x6, he hung up at 300. The shot on the bull he killed was 75 yards through the shoulder, recovered the bullet on the opposite shoulder, he went 30-40 yards before tipping over leaving a great blood trail
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