ARROWHNTR
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When we found out that I drew a limited entry archery deer tag this year we debated weather or not to get my wife an archery elk tag or a rifle elk tag knowing that time would be limited to archery hunt elk. After a whole summer of scouting deer we figured I would be done pretty quick on my LE tag and have pleanty of time to chase elk, and she really wanted to get one with her bow so we got her an archery tag.
Well as luck would have it I am still chasing deer and my wife was looking at spending the last weekend of the archery hunt helping me instead of hunting elk. She never complained though and was happy to do it. Well last night with a free evening we decided to try a stand realizing it may be her only night to hunt. We left work and we were in the stand at 5:30, at about 7:30 I heard a stick crack up the draw and realized immediatly that we had elk comming in. I couldnt believe it we hunted hard last year for an elk for her without much luck, and now on the first night out we had elk comming in. They came in and this cow turned broadside for her at 27 yds, she made a great shot and it only went 50 yds.
I am a proud husband today not only did my wife get her first elk with a bow but she helped me bone it out and all 100 pounds of her packed two front shoulders and backstraps to the truck. I have killed a lot of animails in my life but there is nothing better then seeing the excitment on the face of my wife when she realized she had killed an elk with her bow.
Well as luck would have it I am still chasing deer and my wife was looking at spending the last weekend of the archery hunt helping me instead of hunting elk. She never complained though and was happy to do it. Well last night with a free evening we decided to try a stand realizing it may be her only night to hunt. We left work and we were in the stand at 5:30, at about 7:30 I heard a stick crack up the draw and realized immediatly that we had elk comming in. I couldnt believe it we hunted hard last year for an elk for her without much luck, and now on the first night out we had elk comming in. They came in and this cow turned broadside for her at 27 yds, she made a great shot and it only went 50 yds.
I am a proud husband today not only did my wife get her first elk with a bow but she helped me bone it out and all 100 pounds of her packed two front shoulders and backstraps to the truck. I have killed a lot of animails in my life but there is nothing better then seeing the excitment on the face of my wife when she realized she had killed an elk with her bow.