Khunter
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Might as well start a thread to drop some pictures from our elk hunts? Do not figure every bull, mine included, needs its own thread...
This little bull thought he was "The Man" cruising in alone on a big herd of about 80 elk that held even smaller raghorns plus cows/spikes. Total pandemonium from that group for about 30 minutes at a range of 50-200 yards out in a meadow.
This bull came in alone and bugling, from behind me right at the buzzer (tail end of legal shooting light). His bugle sounded like what you would expect from a spike for about 20 minutes right up until he had come in closer to about a hundred yards and was ready to make his move on the herd, then it was a pretty dominant bugle that made me reposition about 10 yards 'just in case'. First popped out from behind a cedar at 50, and I let him stroll in to 40 yards and stop broadside before letting arrow fly. He was fixated on the herd and never knew I was kneeling in front of him with no cover as I was swapping from binos to rangefinder to drawing my bow.
Bull wrecked a fence in first 30 yards and only made it perhaps 100 before tipping over.
Love the thirds on this bull and the fronts are pretty nice as well for OTC Colorado. Private land, no trespass fee.
Have been watcing these elk pile off of steep BLM lands onto this ranch in the evening for awhile. Landowner was gracious and offered to let me park on their land to access BLM. And then said " I know the kind of person you are and know you will do right by us, 'If you see something on my place that you like--take it'. I never even asked for access but was instead looking for a deer voucher, which they did not have.We got to talking about all the elk and deer running about their place and they just offered when they realized I was an archery hunter and knowing they never have anyone hunting that season.
Pass on this bull every time and every year during most hunts, but not this year. This one exceeded my expectations for the areas, public and private, that I was hunting in a few westren Colo counties. Funny how each season can bring vastly different goals, each equally as fulfilling as the previous.
This bull came in alone and bugling, from behind me right at the buzzer (tail end of legal shooting light). His bugle sounded like what you would expect from a spike for about 20 minutes right up until he had come in closer to about a hundred yards and was ready to make his move on the herd, then it was a pretty dominant bugle that made me reposition about 10 yards 'just in case'. First popped out from behind a cedar at 50, and I let him stroll in to 40 yards and stop broadside before letting arrow fly. He was fixated on the herd and never knew I was kneeling in front of him with no cover as I was swapping from binos to rangefinder to drawing my bow.
Bull wrecked a fence in first 30 yards and only made it perhaps 100 before tipping over.
Love the thirds on this bull and the fronts are pretty nice as well for OTC Colorado. Private land, no trespass fee.
Have been watcing these elk pile off of steep BLM lands onto this ranch in the evening for awhile. Landowner was gracious and offered to let me park on their land to access BLM. And then said " I know the kind of person you are and know you will do right by us, 'If you see something on my place that you like--take it'. I never even asked for access but was instead looking for a deer voucher, which they did not have.We got to talking about all the elk and deer running about their place and they just offered when they realized I was an archery hunter and knowing they never have anyone hunting that season.
Pass on this bull every time and every year during most hunts, but not this year. This one exceeded my expectations for the areas, public and private, that I was hunting in a few westren Colo counties. Funny how each season can bring vastly different goals, each equally as fulfilling as the previous.
