A Poor Elk Hunter With A Good Elk Tag

[IEATELK]

So how’d the hunt go? Any info on this unit would be great! Looking to draw this tag next year. Thanks


Great adventure! Thanks for the write up

 

[Elk59729]

Thanks and congratulations! Awesome story!

 

[daltrix99]

Wow, I just read the whole thread! Shooting *any* bull at two yards is a trophy if you ask me! What an experience. I can't imagine the heart pump and adrenaline rush that must have been. I shot my bull at five yards this year (closest ever shot), and that was wild, just can't imagine being six feet away. Congratulations sir!

 

[802flyfish]

Great write up!

 

[klwinter921]

This was so cool and an archery shot at a mature bull at 6 feet!!?? Epic!! I love these threads where we get to "tag" along. That will be a memory not soon forgotten for sure. Nice work NR!

 

[klwinter921]

Inch by inch. Even dragging a bull downhill on dry ground alone is an inch by inch thing. I backed the truck up to the hill and dropped the tailgate and it was about even with the slope of the hill. Tough part was getting the tailgate closed. Kind of a one-armed hip sled/deadlift pull and pray.

Pretty glorious feeling.

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what a great way to "reflect" on your success.

 

[klwinter921]

Hunt 10

Full draw on this fellow this morning at 50 yards. He didn’t stop and so I couldn’t get a shot and he and his cows headed off to a different world.

So so close.

Facing away at about 80 yards.

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I would blow this up and frame it if it were me. That is a cool pic!

 

[Luke_with_a_lab]

Fantastic thread. Man, a bull at 2 yards. I would've been shaking in my boots.

 

[noharleyyet]

Always smile when this thread is bumped.....one of my favorites

 

[Duck-Slayer]

I had too go reread all 9 pages again!
Matt

 

[Hilljackoutlaw]

Somehow I missed or forgot about this thread. Just read thru the whole thing. That was an awesome adventure. Thanks for sharing it was good reading for sure.

 

[MO Betta]

Thanks for the great thread, NR. Congratulations!

 

[BrinkOutWest]

Congrats! Heck of a story! Thank you for sharing the journey along the way with all of us!

 

[bmontang]

Great tag. Congrats. Would that be Elk veal?

Yummy...

 

[Nameless Range]

Final piece to the story I suppose.

Got a letter from FWP today regarding the tooth I sent them. The bull was aged at 5.5 years old. Certainly young for a bull of the Elkhorns, and about what I figured.

He was born in the spring of 2014, very close to the same time as one of my sons. His meat is nearly all gone, and my sons have had a big part in it too.

 

[mountain monster]

Very cool, thanks for sharing that.

 

[bigskybanker]

Congratulations on a well earned bull! Very well written story, thanks for sharing. I’m excited to put my name in the hat this year for the Elkhorn tag for the 18th year. One of these years I’ll get it!

 

[elkduds]

Congratulations on a well earned bull! Very well written story, thanks for sharing. I’m excited to put my name in the hat this year for the Elkhorn tag for the 18th year. One of these years I’ll get it!

Welcome to HT.

 

[Gulf of America]

Welcome to HT.

I don't mind this thread being brought back from the dead. Somehow I missed it back in 2019 but it was a fun read and inspired some dreaming as application season is right around the corner.