Welcome to the Jungle

[TheTone]

I was fortunate enough to punch my 2015 elk tag the other morning on this great bull. Overall it was a pretty great season as I heard bulls every day I was out and saw 9 different bulls; this one was just the first that gave me a shot. I heard him bugling cross canyon from me, got the wind right and dropped down into the hole through some old growth after him. I spent about 15 minutes with him bugling 150 yards away before he decided to come in and give me a 25 yard shot. My arrow deflected and hit a little farther back than I wanted, but I got lucky and he was down within sight. He then did me the favor of rolling down the hill into a root ball pit from a fallen tree and onto another rotten log which made quartering him and getting him ready to go a bit more of a challenge than normal. I had a sliver of cell service and was able to get a GPS point sent to a friend who showed up after a couple hours to help with packing. Overall he was only half a mile from a road, but it was typical north Idaho steep, brushy and covered in downed logs. After 5 hours of packing the last load was to the truck. Maybe hunting elk in these nasty jungles agrees with me?

 

[LCH]

Nice bull!

 

[BrowningBLR]

Awesome bull! Nice job!!

 

[shoots-straight]

Great bull! Hope the get out wasn't too bad, but your young, what the hell.

 

[HSi-ESi]

Great hunt. That bull would agree with me too.

 

[Oak]

I see, you're going to be one of these guys that just goes out and shoots a 6-point with his bow every year. Nice......

 

[Barn]

Congrats! Are you from Idaho & knew where to go?

 

[1_pointer]

Very well done!

 

[MT_elk]

Congratulations on a great bull!

 

[Deleted member 16014]

Great bull, congrats!

 

[HighDesertSage]

Nice! That's a good bull.

 

[MN Public Hunter]

Nice bull and even nicer you have friends that just show up for the crap work of humping and hauling the critter out, LOL

 

[pabearhunter]

Congratulations ! nice bull.

 

[kansasdad]

Jungle, and steep jungle at that. Congratulations on the adventure and for having friends that could help. Priceless.

 

[mtmander]

nice , enjoy your jungle hunts

 

[elkrchr]

Nicely done! Now you can enjoy the great table fare he will provide you and your family.

 

[michsteelguy]

Great looking bull..... congrats!

 

[TheTone]

I see, you're going to be one of these guys that just goes out and shoots a 6-point with his bow every year. Nice......

Is their something wrong with hoping I become one of those guys? To be perfectly honest I probably should have killed a different six point about a week before this one.

 

[LukeDuke]

Well done. Congrats on a great looking bull

 

[rjlefty3]

Well done! Congrats!