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rpleish

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FINALLY CONNECTED LAST NIGHT. ITS BEEN A HARD HUNT BUT IT WAS FUN.

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HIS LEFT IS A 5 POINT FRAME HIS RIGHT IS A SIX JUST CANT SEE THE SIXTH IN THE PIC.
 
Congrats on a great bull! What area? (I'm looking for broad unit as opposed to exact locale)
 
Great "stick flipper" bull Mr. rpleish!
Congrats on getting the job done with such a nice trophy.

Zeke
 
Thank you! Lots of country up that way! Looks like you were in around the 8000' mark as well. Congrats once again.
 
Congrat's on a great bull. If you have time in a few days can you give us a story? Those hard hunts are always rewarding. Good shoot'n

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Sorry in advance, I will have major spelling and punctuation errors!! Anyways, I have hunted and scouted the same area since the 5th of July (that's the earliest the gates opened). Its an area we found a few years ago, and has always been a good producing spot. But scouting was a little tough, with all the water and feed the elk were really spread out. The spot we hunt always holds tons of cows, but not to many bulls during the summer. But my theory was stay with the cows, and the bulls will eventually show up.
At the beginning of last week I was doubting my logic when out of no where bulls started cruising. I saw some good bulls but nothing was talking at all just kind of feeling things out I think. There would be weak bugles here and there but nothing really that hot. That all changed on wed night! I got up there late so was in a hurry and as soon as I got into the spot I wanted to be I spotted a bull. I slipped down through the quakes, and heard one weak bugle, but there was a cow going crazy all over the hillside. I started calling back to her, and in about ten minutes all hell broke loose.
I had a couple different bulls bugling and cows were everywhere. I started trying to ease through the cover, and every time I would call both bulls would instantly call back. I moved in on the first of the two and he went silent. I couldn't figure out what was going on until, I saw him at 20 yards staring a hole through me. He busted out, and I thought I had screwed up big time. But the other bull was still going off, so live and learn and I was after him.
I could tell he was chasing a cow by the way they were moving around the hill. It finally came to a point I was able to get between him and the cows. So I hunkered down and started cow calling like crazy. That was all it took. I heard brush exploding, and chuckling coming straight at me through the brush. As he got closer he pushed a cow right into me and I thought I was screwed. But she went right by with him hot on her hills. I got him stopped at 15 yards, let the arrow go and he piled up about 30 yards further down the hill.

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A good pic to show how webbed he is on the left side.

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Colten showed me a picture of your bull a few days ago on his phone. Congrats. Heck of a Cache South archery bull.
 
For me personally, I will take a bull with character any day over a bull that scores better. Congrats on very nice bull. And by the way, the hard hunts are ALWAYS the ones that remain in the front of my mind.


It's always an adventure!!!
 
That bull will be looking good on the wall. Nice Job.

"I have found if you go the extra mile it's Never crowded".
 
Nothing better than getting it done after a LOT of hard work, time and effort! Congrats on a great bull!
Kelly
 

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