I would post this in the Hunting forum, but it kinda sucks. Maddog move it if you must. Here we go
Huge rub. full stop
Fresh. maybe we should let out a bugle? I began to dig out the tube from my pack when I look down the road and see something. I raise my binocs, focus them to see a bull elk walking out of the ditch and straight away from us.
Is he a 6? bull is half a KM away. wind is right, lets get closer
We got to where we last seen him, bull is nowhere to be seen. I set up along road edge with rifle in shooting stix. Partner lets out a cow chirp or two, we wait for a minute or two but nothing shows. I stand up and here he comes, out of the brush and across the road at 400 yards. I tried to stop him with a squeel on the grunt tube but he just headed into the opposite side of the road's brush. Wind is still good, lets get closer
A few minutes later he pops back on the road, 280 yards. 95% sure he's a 6, but he just wont face us and show us his eyeguards so we know for sure. Facing straight away from us for half a minute then he steps into the brush again, dissapears. We wait a few minutes, but he doesnt show. Wind is still good, lets get closer
About a hundred yards from where he disappeared, we stop and listen. I can hear some brush breaking ahead, I though the bull was moving away from us. Then I seen the tops of the willows shaking. Charge him!
I walk up the road, see the bull working over a willow off the left side of the road. I confirm he has both eye guards and move in for the shot. 60 yards, too much brush covering him. Get closer! 40 yards. Still too much brush. Bull is still raking the tree, stopping every 10 seconds for a moment then continuing on. Time to get closer
25 yards, one last bush in my way. Confirm scope is on 3.5x, side step around bush and the crosshairs settle low on his shoulder. Bull is still doing his thing. At 20 yards I send the 200gr Barnes TSX on its way at 3000 fps. At impact the bull stumbles, catches his footing and turns, quartering away hard. Ive reloaded and have a bunch of willow in the way but I gotta send one now before he is swallowed up by the brush. Swung with him but I think I led him too much.
I reload and sprint off after the bull, he begins to stumble and is now plowing dirt with his antlers and front shoulders. He made it 15 yards from the rub tree
I couldn't be any more happier with how the hunt turned out. Great bull, gotta love elk hunting
video upcoming soon..................
tb
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Huge rub. full stop
Fresh. maybe we should let out a bugle? I began to dig out the tube from my pack when I look down the road and see something. I raise my binocs, focus them to see a bull elk walking out of the ditch and straight away from us.
Is he a 6? bull is half a KM away. wind is right, lets get closer
We got to where we last seen him, bull is nowhere to be seen. I set up along road edge with rifle in shooting stix. Partner lets out a cow chirp or two, we wait for a minute or two but nothing shows. I stand up and here he comes, out of the brush and across the road at 400 yards. I tried to stop him with a squeel on the grunt tube but he just headed into the opposite side of the road's brush. Wind is still good, lets get closer
A few minutes later he pops back on the road, 280 yards. 95% sure he's a 6, but he just wont face us and show us his eyeguards so we know for sure. Facing straight away from us for half a minute then he steps into the brush again, dissapears. We wait a few minutes, but he doesnt show. Wind is still good, lets get closer
About a hundred yards from where he disappeared, we stop and listen. I can hear some brush breaking ahead, I though the bull was moving away from us. Then I seen the tops of the willows shaking. Charge him!
I walk up the road, see the bull working over a willow off the left side of the road. I confirm he has both eye guards and move in for the shot. 60 yards, too much brush covering him. Get closer! 40 yards. Still too much brush. Bull is still raking the tree, stopping every 10 seconds for a moment then continuing on. Time to get closer
25 yards, one last bush in my way. Confirm scope is on 3.5x, side step around bush and the crosshairs settle low on his shoulder. Bull is still doing his thing. At 20 yards I send the 200gr Barnes TSX on its way at 3000 fps. At impact the bull stumbles, catches his footing and turns, quartering away hard. Ive reloaded and have a bunch of willow in the way but I gotta send one now before he is swallowed up by the brush. Swung with him but I think I led him too much.
I reload and sprint off after the bull, he begins to stumble and is now plowing dirt with his antlers and front shoulders. He made it 15 yards from the rub tree
I couldn't be any more happier with how the hunt turned out. Great bull, gotta love elk hunting
video upcoming soon..................
tb
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