RE: freakin dutton rags
Thanks for all the nice replies! I couldn't have been happier watching over my brothers shoulder as he put this bull to the ground. Actually I was filming, but the footage did not turn out very good.I have to raz my brother a bit. When we closed the gap to about 75 yards we peaked over this little rise and there he was chasing off rag horns. My brother immediately turned to me and said "I don't know if he's big enough".....hell I about jumped out of my skin yelling for him to shoot now.
The sheer remotness and ruggedness will keep big bulls on the dutton for many years to come, however, with the amount of activity on that rock pile from scouters, hunters, sheep herders, campers, spike hunters.....you name it. The elk were very stirred up. I did not see rut activity like I thought I would. The herd we took my brothers bull out of was the most rut activity I seen during my 11 days on that mountain. I think it had a lot to do with the remotness of this herd and there was no one else in the area.
I'm curious to see how the muzzy guys do!