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I posted about my Nevada elk hunt over on the Nevada forum, but figured I'd post up about it here too, since lots of elk aficionados don't check the state forums.
I drew an early rifle bull tag, and it was a heck of a good hunt, with some frustration thrown in for good measure. We scouted a total of four days, in October and again just before the hunt. Found lots of bulls, actually about 75% of the elk I saw were bulls, and most of those were mature bulls. Between scouting and hunting, I probably saw close to 80-90 elk total with about 60-70 being bulls. As you might imagine, broken antlers are fairly common with so many mature bulls.
I had my son and a good friend along for the first part of the hunt, which included 1 1/2 days of scouting and 6 days of hunting. After that, we all had to get back to work. During that time, we found a giant bull and I got a shot at him on the 3rd day. This was where the frustration came in as I did not get what I believe is the largest bull I've ever shot at. After working this week, I snuck away for a long weekend, only having 2 1/2 days that I could hunt and I was doing it without my son or buddy, so with a full moon, I was just looking for a bull that was 'good enough'. I managed to find a 'good enough' bull easily enough, but an old dude handling a big bull and packing him on his back to the truck was a bit more than I was in shape for. All in all, it worked out and I'm happy, very tired and sore from head to toe.
Here are some pictures of the hunt.
It was looking good for the start of a rifle hunt. Snow and cool temps. That wasn't to last, as the snow melted within 24 hours and temps reached 68 degrees before the first portion of the hunt ended.
I posted about my Nevada elk hunt over on the Nevada forum, but figured I'd post up about it here too, since lots of elk aficionados don't check the state forums.
I drew an early rifle bull tag, and it was a heck of a good hunt, with some frustration thrown in for good measure. We scouted a total of four days, in October and again just before the hunt. Found lots of bulls, actually about 75% of the elk I saw were bulls, and most of those were mature bulls. Between scouting and hunting, I probably saw close to 80-90 elk total with about 60-70 being bulls. As you might imagine, broken antlers are fairly common with so many mature bulls.
I had my son and a good friend along for the first part of the hunt, which included 1 1/2 days of scouting and 6 days of hunting. After that, we all had to get back to work. During that time, we found a giant bull and I got a shot at him on the 3rd day. This was where the frustration came in as I did not get what I believe is the largest bull I've ever shot at. After working this week, I snuck away for a long weekend, only having 2 1/2 days that I could hunt and I was doing it without my son or buddy, so with a full moon, I was just looking for a bull that was 'good enough'. I managed to find a 'good enough' bull easily enough, but an old dude handling a big bull and packing him on his back to the truck was a bit more than I was in shape for. All in all, it worked out and I'm happy, very tired and sore from head to toe.
Here are some pictures of the hunt.
It was looking good for the start of a rifle hunt. Snow and cool temps. That wasn't to last, as the snow melted within 24 hours and temps reached 68 degrees before the first portion of the hunt ended.