WesternSky
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Here my 07 Colorado Bull. I figured that the score needed to be handicapped to compare with all of the big bulls taken in Utah this year!
365 3/8 B&C gross
+ 25 Colorado
+ 25 DIY
+ 10 Public land
+ 10 muzzloader
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435 3/8 adjusted!!!!!!!!
He is by far the largest bull I have had any oppritunity to take in all my years of hunting. I will have a hard time ever doing any better unless I draw some premium tag.
I was able to harvest him on the second day of the season after turning down a few other bulls including a 330 bull that left me wondering about afterwards.
I scouted the area I drew a tag for every weekend for 5 weeks prior to the season. I had to hike into the area 1.5 hour before daylight to get where I needed to be. I ended up hiking about 10 miles a day round trip. I defiantly put the work to get it done and fortunatly it worked out.
While packing the bull out, the horse packing my elk wrecked. The horse toppled end over end about 8 times and 200 ft down a hill. Needless to say I thought my horns were now done and even worse we thought the horse was dead or seriouly injured. After running down to the horse I seen that that the antlers had survived. The horse must have knocked himself out but then woke up and jumped to his feet. We checked him out and found that there were no broken legs and a punture wound from an antler was the worst of it. The horse was my buddys wifes and I didnt know how we were going to explain killing it. I carried the horns out of the canyon and then the horse packed everything out 8 miles back to camp.
I couldnt be more excited about the bull and will always remember the experience of working hard to find success.
Justin