raiderbowhunter
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Well, after a long short season due to gaining residency in late archery season, I finally sealed the deal on a MT elk last Wednesday.
Not a whole lot to the story other than perseverance and hard work do pay off, even if it is late in the game. I appreciate all the words of encouragement when I came on here having a pity party back in early November, I stayed after it and kept hunting the state land near my work each week.
Fact of the matter is luck in gun season is 99.999999% of the deal I think. I just happened to tip the scales of luck in my favor last week and stumbled onto a herd with a nice 7x7 and several cows. Unfortunately, it was a draw unit and my tag only allowed a cow, but you can't eat the horns. lol To say that I was happy would be a huge understatement, a public land elk my first season living outside TX is a tremendous trophy to me.
Now, the work begins to prepare for next season and hopefully an archery bull!
Not a whole lot to the story other than perseverance and hard work do pay off, even if it is late in the game. I appreciate all the words of encouragement when I came on here having a pity party back in early November, I stayed after it and kept hunting the state land near my work each week.
Fact of the matter is luck in gun season is 99.999999% of the deal I think. I just happened to tip the scales of luck in my favor last week and stumbled onto a herd with a nice 7x7 and several cows. Unfortunately, it was a draw unit and my tag only allowed a cow, but you can't eat the horns. lol To say that I was happy would be a huge understatement, a public land elk my first season living outside TX is a tremendous trophy to me.
Now, the work begins to prepare for next season and hopefully an archery bull!
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