Im still grinning ear to ear over this bull. He is by far the biggest bull I've ever taken and everything I'd want from this magical Gila hunt.
Passing all of those other bulls had paid off and I am just tickled pink!
Some more random pics
I mentioned the bull was 310 yards away.
The wind was perfect as I snuck down to the little bowl he was feeding in. I was side skirting a cliff using game trails and eventually was able to stalk my way to about 40 yards above him. He fed under me as calm as can be and I had all the time in the...
Alright, so lots of time had gone by and lots of bulls had been passed.
CJ and my friend Chad left and now the weather was starting to get a lot better.
Sept 9th.....
Well that morning was kind of silly. I went to an area I’ve been working all week, super excited because it was finally cooler...
The weather was extremely hot (4 or 5 days with temps over 90s) and very dry. Most people fought over water, so I decided to stay away from that drama.
A few days into the hunt, CJ and another buddy showed up to play in the mountains.
The first day CJ and I went out we ended up almost sealing...
Arriving back to camp on opening day we found out one of the guys in the neighbor camp shot a bull at a tank 4.5 miles away (YUCK!)
So we offered to help them pack it out the next day.
So day two we spend most of the day packing out the bull.
It was a long day's pack, but they certainly...
Well I made it back, everything is cleaned and unpacked, head is dropped off to become a euro mount, and meat is processed! Life is still crazy as can be, but I have some time so I figured I'd sit down and write some stuff out.
I arrived into camp mid day August 31st. I had planned on being out...
It's fun to catch velvet bulls on cam, but I echo what BTS says.... they will move once that velvet comes off.
Find the cows... those will be your golden ticket on this hunt ;)
I got in some great shooting this weekend with the bow.
My little arrow caddy was a great help!
Then I grabbed my weighted back this evening and went out to hike/scout an area that I want to archery hunt this year.
I saw a total of 17 deer, mostly does, one turkey, and this guy...
It...