Colorado Bull Story (a bunch of bull about a Bull)

[Spitz]

Another story superbly told. Great photos and a beautiful bull. Congrats again.

 

[stillkickin]

Wow, wow, and wow! Thats all I have to say!

Well done guys!!

 

[Joe Hulburt]

You are a tough bugger Big Fin! Congrats on a heck of a nice bull.

 

[noharleyyet]

That bull deserved a great story. Well done.

 

[SixPoint]

That sounds brutal. Well done and congratulations! I hope I have half of your fitness and drive when I'm 52.

 

[elkduds]

A splendid characterization of some of the charms of 61. It has many moods, limitless nuances, and it is elk heaven. Man, I love that country.

 

[bowhuntmontana]

Incredible effort rewarded. Congratulations! Thank you for taking the time to put together this great recap. It was awesome. Like being there...without the poked eye, oak brush battle, and sore muscles.

 

[kmf]

Thanks for sharing and great bull. That was fun to read and sounds like a unique area. That bull must be up there with some of your best bulls?

 

[Big Slick]

Great story and bull! I now know why you use the hiking sticks, to rest on when your beat.

 

[recon6036]

Great bull Big Fin! Big congrats to yah.

 

[Brittany Chukarman]

Great story. Brutal pack out that I could no longer do but like reading about. How does that bull rank in your personal collection?

 

[Nameless Range]

Awesome story and photos. I like that photo of you leaning on your trekking poles experiencing the suffering we're all chasing after. Thanks and congrats!

 

[Big Fin]

Great story. Brutal pack out that I could no longer do but like reading about. How does that bull rank in your personal collection?

Thanks. It will be #2 or #3 among those I have taken.

 

[Curvebow]

Congratulations Randy! Awesome bull and great write up!

Remember - you're younger today than you will ever be again for the rest of your life! Better to die trying!!

 

[Southern Elk]

Congrats Randy! That makes the 19 year wait worth it.

 

[Hem]

Great job Randy! Sweet bull.Sometimes going up is easier than going down,but not often.

 

[7mm08mo]

Congrats on an awesome bull. Maybe with the supreme effort on the pack out you can put this one in the house.

 

[ShootsManyBullets]

So now that it's over would you have had more fun going on 3 or 4 more Colorado elk hunts vs. waiting 19 years for a tag?

 

[Big Fin]

So now that it's over would you have had more fun going on 3 or 4 more Colorado elk hunts vs. waiting 19 years for a tag?

Easy answer - Give me 3 or 4 hunts on other units, versus one hunt in 19 years. That's not a complaint against this unit, just that I prefer to hunt more often. And, I'm not hung up on big bulls as much as I am the experience gained by hunting more often, in more places, in different conditions/seasons.

I did not purposefully accumulate 19 points. Colorado seasons just never fit my schedule, so each year I would buy a point knowing that someday I would use them. Finally, I realized the foolishness of that strategy and just blocked out the calendar for the Colorado dates.

 

[Duck-Slayer]

Helluva a great on your own adventure Randy, congrats on a well deserved big bull! Note: you don't pay your camera men enough Also I do have some pack goats that would have been happy to help
Matt