this hunt started off after my cousin visited with me this summer after not seeing each other for many years. he has 4 boys and he brought them over to see my family. in the course of events he told me 3 of his 4 boys drew a nm youth bull elk tag. he asked if i knew the area and could point him in a specific direction.
i eagerly replied that not only did i know the area but that i knew where some monsters lived as well. i told him i would personally take them but they had to agree that at least one of them would wait until i told them they could shoot.
well day one found me with his son named ray chasing a bull well north of 380 i had scouted up. the hunt lasted half a day resulting in a blown out bull so i scrapped the hunt and decided to come back in and hunt the bull the next day after he calmed down. well that evening my cousin took ray to where we had scouted dozens of 6x6's and he allowed him to shoot the first bull they saw. about a 310 class bull. i was a bit dissapointed but there were still two tags remaining and they were beyond excited about the bull so i was happy for them.
conner, his eldest son missed the first day to play in a football game. so day two found me guiding him. right off the bat we had competition. there was a white dodge with wto outfitters sticker on the truck. i told conner that this area had a big bull and that the rainstorm of the previous day had broke meaning the bulls would be bugling.
well it just so happens they were. i told conner that if he wanted this bull we had to beat the outfitter to him. well conner is a running back, and as the ever envious 1911 can attest, my body building physique is in top shape. we figured the outfitter had no chance and after walking and jogging for about 3 miles we caught the bull. i couldnt see his tops but his bottoms were insane. i told conner he had to take the 478 yard shot or risk loosing the bull to the outfitter who was surely close. well i dialed in my blaser r8 300 wby mag for 478. conner laid down and pulled off a neck shot. i was totally shocked.
well walking up to this bull i have to admit i was extremely impressed. i didnt have a tape measure but i had a dollar bill. each of his g1's g2's and g3's were just shy of 4 dollar bills long. each dollar is 6". conner was dumbfounded. he kept saying he looked huge! he asked me several times if that was a big bull and i just laughed and said a 370 bull is a pisscutter! about 10 minutes after we got to the bull the outfitter shot another smaller bull from that herd and i looked at conner and said its a good thing u made that shot. i guess the thing that meant the most was that these boys love to hunt and rarely get the chance. their dad had a walmart tent
up and was hard pressed just to find money to buy food and gas for the hunt. i got to take this kid who has never experienced a really good hunt and show him tons of rutting screaming bulls.
he was overly excited. he told me the only hunts they can ever draw are in areas for deer and they rarely ever even see deer. he couldnt believe the number of mature 6x6's he saw and was totally excited from chasing that screaming bull.
i feel like thats a hunt he will never forget and its things like that which make hunting worth while. btw conner is totally hooked on elk hunting now.
i eagerly replied that not only did i know the area but that i knew where some monsters lived as well. i told him i would personally take them but they had to agree that at least one of them would wait until i told them they could shoot.
well day one found me with his son named ray chasing a bull well north of 380 i had scouted up. the hunt lasted half a day resulting in a blown out bull so i scrapped the hunt and decided to come back in and hunt the bull the next day after he calmed down. well that evening my cousin took ray to where we had scouted dozens of 6x6's and he allowed him to shoot the first bull they saw. about a 310 class bull. i was a bit dissapointed but there were still two tags remaining and they were beyond excited about the bull so i was happy for them.
conner, his eldest son missed the first day to play in a football game. so day two found me guiding him. right off the bat we had competition. there was a white dodge with wto outfitters sticker on the truck. i told conner that this area had a big bull and that the rainstorm of the previous day had broke meaning the bulls would be bugling.
well it just so happens they were. i told conner that if he wanted this bull we had to beat the outfitter to him. well conner is a running back, and as the ever envious 1911 can attest, my body building physique is in top shape. we figured the outfitter had no chance and after walking and jogging for about 3 miles we caught the bull. i couldnt see his tops but his bottoms were insane. i told conner he had to take the 478 yard shot or risk loosing the bull to the outfitter who was surely close. well i dialed in my blaser r8 300 wby mag for 478. conner laid down and pulled off a neck shot. i was totally shocked.
well walking up to this bull i have to admit i was extremely impressed. i didnt have a tape measure but i had a dollar bill. each of his g1's g2's and g3's were just shy of 4 dollar bills long. each dollar is 6". conner was dumbfounded. he kept saying he looked huge! he asked me several times if that was a big bull and i just laughed and said a 370 bull is a pisscutter! about 10 minutes after we got to the bull the outfitter shot another smaller bull from that herd and i looked at conner and said its a good thing u made that shot. i guess the thing that meant the most was that these boys love to hunt and rarely get the chance. their dad had a walmart tent
he was overly excited. he told me the only hunts they can ever draw are in areas for deer and they rarely ever even see deer. he couldnt believe the number of mature 6x6's he saw and was totally excited from chasing that screaming bull.
i feel like thats a hunt he will never forget and its things like that which make hunting worth while. btw conner is totally hooked on elk hunting now.