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KILLERBEE
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i know these are crummy pics, the back of the truck- bloody- pics, but i didn't bring a camera and was in a hurry.
my hunt started with my 9 month prego wife throwing a VERY RARE emotional "your going to be gone on my birthdayday" fit............
[ but i suppose thats o.k.] so i bagged my 4 day bivy hunt to go camping, in warm camp trailer, with the wife and daughter. WE HAD A BLAST!
anyway- we were camping in a unit i only turkey hunt in. i've never elk hunted there at all. i was just taking a few 3-4 hr hunts each day. well sunday morning i tried a canyon i've worked a few turkeys in and got into a heard of elk. 500 yrds from the truck[ with my head down] i walked up on a bull and busted him out at 50 yrds i hit a bugle and another bull answered. it went back and forth about 5-6 times but he was going away the whole time. so i put up the calls and started hooofing it. i could see the elk the whole time from 100-200 yrds and just kept flanking them for about an hour. finally they were heading to a draw, so i ran as fast as i could to get there before them. when i was about 5 yrs from the edge i stopped and slowly krept over the edge. right then the heard was single file down the draw. this 5 point came out first and i put 40 yrd pin on him and tried to settle down. for some reason---- maybe it's the elk hunting--- i could not get settled on his vitals. finally made myself settle down and set my pin. at the release i lost my arrow.i thought it was good but was worried. i couldn't take it and had to go look for my arrow. when i got to where the bull was standing i found the fletching half of my arrow covered in blood!from there it was a 2 foot wide path of blood as far as i could see!!I KNEW I WAS GOING TO FIND HIM!!! i tracked him for all of 40 yrds[ which was just barely out of my site- over a ridge-] and there he was.!!!!!!
i've been on a little drought for a couple yrs with my bow and was really losing confidents. i've let a handfull of bulls walk that were bigger than this one. but it was time.and after the whole
"family" outing it was very rewarding!
once again - sorry for the crummy pics, and i know this aint no 350+utah LE bull, but it was fun!
my hunt started with my 9 month prego wife throwing a VERY RARE emotional "your going to be gone on my birthdayday" fit............
[ but i suppose thats o.k.] so i bagged my 4 day bivy hunt to go camping, in warm camp trailer, with the wife and daughter. WE HAD A BLAST!
anyway- we were camping in a unit i only turkey hunt in. i've never elk hunted there at all. i was just taking a few 3-4 hr hunts each day. well sunday morning i tried a canyon i've worked a few turkeys in and got into a heard of elk. 500 yrds from the truck[ with my head down] i walked up on a bull and busted him out at 50 yrds i hit a bugle and another bull answered. it went back and forth about 5-6 times but he was going away the whole time. so i put up the calls and started hooofing it. i could see the elk the whole time from 100-200 yrds and just kept flanking them for about an hour. finally they were heading to a draw, so i ran as fast as i could to get there before them. when i was about 5 yrs from the edge i stopped and slowly krept over the edge. right then the heard was single file down the draw. this 5 point came out first and i put 40 yrd pin on him and tried to settle down. for some reason---- maybe it's the elk hunting--- i could not get settled on his vitals. finally made myself settle down and set my pin. at the release i lost my arrow.i thought it was good but was worried. i couldn't take it and had to go look for my arrow. when i got to where the bull was standing i found the fletching half of my arrow covered in blood!from there it was a 2 foot wide path of blood as far as i could see!!I KNEW I WAS GOING TO FIND HIM!!! i tracked him for all of 40 yrds[ which was just barely out of my site- over a ridge-] and there he was.!!!!!!
i've been on a little drought for a couple yrs with my bow and was really losing confidents. i've let a handfull of bulls walk that were bigger than this one. but it was time.and after the whole
"family" outing it was very rewarding!
once again - sorry for the crummy pics, and i know this aint no 350+utah LE bull, but it was fun!
hopefully we can get up to hermiston to see everyone soon. danner wants to see "darla"
