Nice one. I am hoping for my first one this year. It would be great if it looked like the one you took, but I'd settle for a smaller one. After years of passing up cow's and spikes I'm ready to kill something. The ride back looks like it was a bit chilly.
Finally Got My First Bull
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Dangerous Dave
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Chambero/Robert, that had to have been one of the most honestly told hunting stories I've heard in a while. Seems like what ever we plan while hunting never turns out that way. Appears that whatever you did worked out great in the end; and that's all that matters. Nice bull, by the way. I get a chance to try for a Colorado bull in another 2 years. Hope mine's as nice as yours whenever I get my first bull. DD
csutton7
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congrats....chris
Bullhound
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It took me more than a few tries, but I finally killed my first bull elk.
I had forgot to turn my scope power down after the miss earlier. On the first shot I think I just pretty much pointed the gun at him and shot. On the second I guess my finger touched the trigger right as I jacked another shell in because I fired into the ground in front of me. Somehow I got a third shot chambered right before he made it to cover and found him in the scope, maybe a 100 yds away. I fired right as he went over a rise. I didn't hear anything or see anything, but I really figured I had missed again.
Congratulations on a great bull! I gotta tell ya that I was crackin up like hell when I read this part.Great story!
Delw
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chambero
Nice bull.
we used to hunt around the meeker area years ago, like you said opening morning is like a shooting range. We hiked out butts off up to the top of one valley and over, darn near took a full day. went to bed and was awaking at 3am with ATVs, horses and tons of people walking. when we got to the trail head that morning there wasn't a sole around, even when we crested the ridge we did see a truck at the trail head. Kinda a disapointment
They got some big muleys up there also I had a shot at 2 of them first light, but thinking it was going to be an easy hunt and i wanted an elk first I passed. a day later we said screw it and went to grand mesa.
Again nice elk congrats
Nice bull.
we used to hunt around the meeker area years ago, like you said opening morning is like a shooting range. We hiked out butts off up to the top of one valley and over, darn near took a full day. went to bed and was awaking at 3am with ATVs, horses and tons of people walking. when we got to the trail head that morning there wasn't a sole around, even when we crested the ridge we did see a truck at the trail head. Kinda a disapointment
They got some big muleys up there also I had a shot at 2 of them first light, but thinking it was going to be an easy hunt and i wanted an elk first I passed. a day later we said screw it and went to grand mesa.
Again nice elk congrats
