COLORADO/DIY/PUBLIC LAND REDEMPTION BULL 6X6 BLK POWDER

naymex22 · Dec 5, 2011

I shot at this bull in 2004. I missed and he just looked at me and was like is that all you got. I reloaded and he still was there. During the reload of my 54 cal. Thompson Center inline. I realized I forgot my 209 caps! I was hitting myself and then he was just there and walked away! It took 4 hours of calling to bring him in, he had a high bugle, and he came in like mike tyson! I was inbetween two bulls and sitting in wait/ sweet/. This bull haunted me and in 2008 he did't appear! The full moon kicked our ass but I got a small but even 5x5! I shot and missed the nice 6x6,2004(the one mentioned above). A nice 5x5 2004, an even 6x6 2008 and then I finally got this 5x5! I reajusted my shot to the upper front of the body that way if I miss a dead on shot I would still connect. This 5x5 was far 80 yrds and I also learned to absorb both recoils to line up the shot! I use 540 grain http://www.muzzleloading-bullets.com/ these are the only grain bullets above 500 grain thomphson center stopped making the 530 grain bullets! This was in Colorado non guided, public land, and not in a wilderness area but a 1.5 mile hike into the forrest from a road. My father has been hunting there since 1979 and has taken several bulls with a nice 5x5 and a nice 6x6 to his credit.I had the bull scored with the 6th points being so grown in he scored 315 silly since he has 55 main beams huge mass 16 inch fronts and a 12 in 6th point! This is my bull and in 2010 i knew he would show up it took 5 hours to call him in this time it was me on the end of the call! The whole herd came in a lead cow, cows, and a calf, and a spike 15 elk total in was a stampeade! the cows told him to hang up and he was hung up in the smallest brush. He again had the high bugle of a rag horn and came in after a long time like mike tyson pissed off but this time wiser because of his cows! He had much more mass and as dard on the cape! He onlt presented a front shot so I figured this is it take him with a deadly front shot he dropped and did not take a step! He rolled over his huge rack and his whole body flipped over legs and all! He went upside down to the creek bed and crashed kicking but unable to move his head! I think I broke his spine! I can't believe he didn't break off any points! Now the work begins! This elk looked like a horse with a round rump! It took my dad and I 2.5 days to pack him and our camp out! Eight heavy loads 1.5 miles up 1000 ft. We had 3 big coolers with 28 gals. of milk jugs of ice. We brought from Illinois! We dropped the head to Shane Tucker STAND ALONE TAXIDERMY HE KICKED ASS ON MY MOUNT AND SHANE CAN BE SEEN ON FACEBOOK AND BACKWOODS LIFE IN THE CREDITS SECTION SEE THE VERY END UNDER TAXIDERMISTS. I HAD HIM PEDISTAL MOUNTED AND MY WIFE EVEN LET ME GIVE HIS OWN BEDROOM! TRUELY THE BEST HUNT I WILL EVER GO ON BUT WITH ELK HUNTING MAYBE I COULD BE WRONG I AM HOPING FOR A DOUBLE BETWEEN MY DAD AND I! P.S. I USED AN ALIBI SERVICE WITH A DOCTOR'S NOTE WITH A WORKING NUMBER! 450.00 WELL WORTH IT SEE ALIBI SERVICE UNDER SEARCH ENGINES! GOOD LUCK BOYS THE THESE ELK DIE OF OLD AGE!

MY FIRST ELK 2008 5X5

SMALL BUT EVEN!

FINNISHED MOUNT! THANKS SHANE TUCKER STAND ALONE TAXIDERMY FORT MORGAN COLORADO!

DAD'S 5X5 UPPER LEFT AND 6X6 UPPER RIGHT PICTURED

SIDE VIEW PEDISTAL MOUNT SHANE TUCKER STAND ALONE TAXIDERMY FORT MORGAN COLORADO!

FRONT PHOTO JUST AFTER THE SHOT IN THE CANYON!
LAST PHOTOOO HE HAS 11.5 INCH BOTTOMS! NASTY FRONTS AND LOTS OF MASS! EVEN BUMPS AS A SIGN OF MASS/AGE! I THINK HE WAS 11-13 YEARS OLD!