First Elk

[junior88]

Nov. 25 was opening day for late season bull elk here in AZ. It wasn't a very long hunt for my son and I. I was walking up a hill when i heard a branch snap. I dropped to one knee to see three elk walking my way. All bulls, a spike and two 5 pointers. I waited for the elk to walk into an opening and let the crosshairs settle on one of the 5s. The shot couldn't have been more than twenty five yards and he couldn't have run much further than that. My hunt was over at 7:30am! About a mile away my son shot a broken 6 point at 9:05am. Sometimes things just work out.

 

[fishing4sanity]

Congratulations on the father/son hunt and two nice bulls, it's nice to see it all come together like that once in awhile.

 

[SWMontana1]

That is AWESOME!! Great story! It's truly amazing when things just come together like that! Congrats on 2 nice bulls! Was it the first elk for you? your son? or for both of you?

 

[Elkmagnet]

Nice bulls way to go guys! Is that the first elk for both of you?

 

[elk_hunter]

Sweet! Nice job guys!

 

[junior88]

it is my first bull and my son's second. he now has two bulls in three hunts. here's a pic

 

[Oak]

Congrats on the bulls!

 

[Up North 8]

What a hunt! Congratulations!

 

[highmountian]

Looks like an awesome time and great country.. congrats..

 

[Horn Seeker]

Sweet...god I love elk hunting.

 

[Mikeflies]

Congrats to both of you guys.

 

[noharleyyet]

Dad & son elk success...too cool...thanks for pics.

 

[CABugle]

Great job!

CABugle

 

[fishfrey]

Congrats to both of you.
That's a lot of meat for a morning hunt.

 

[Devil Diver Down]

Great job, both of you! You got to love that little dusting of snow to make critters stand out a bit better.

If I'm not mistaken, you've drawn elk something crazy like 3 straight years? I'll have my license and info to you in plenty of time before the deadline.

 

[Big luke1981]

Congrats on some great bulls.

 

[junior88]

DDD, our luck may have run out. Elk tags will be a 1000 fewer next year and with the online application process up and running, draw odds will be much lower. What the hell, we can start applying in a week or so. Looking for 4 in a row!