huntFX4
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My son and I finally got within range of a legal spike yesterday afternoon in the Oquirrhs. I spent 20 minutes evaluating him to make sure he was legal. All points branch below the ears. We only had 2 hours to get to him so we had to hurry up about 1000 foot elevation and sneaking through the brush. We had to back out of several attempts to find a new way to go to stay out of sight. Finally ended up low crawling about 30 yards or so in plain view so he could get a clear shot. There were 8 bulls in the area, 5 of which were a little over 300 yards. I was comfortable with him taking the shot as we had practiced out to 300 yards often. His first hit was solid, through the shoulder. The elk turned a walked a few feet. I told him to hit him again. His second shot was through the lower lung about 6 inches behind the shoulder, but he just stood there for about 3-4 minutes, so I told him to shoot for a back shot to put him down. That knocked him down and he stayed there but didn't seem to want to let go of life. I had told him to leave his pack at the truck, but forgot to get the extra ammo out. We headed back to the truck and climbed back up reloaded, but it was too dark to see when we go back up. So we decided to go back in the morning. He packed out a shoulder with backstrap and did great. I'm proud of 3 good connecting shots. Remington 700 in .270 with Federal Nosler Ballistic Tip. Complete pass through on all 3 shots.
Mom even came out to help pack out the elk. Good woman!
HuntFX4
Mom even came out to help pack out the elk. Good woman!
HuntFX4