Here's the hunt stories. Elk First. Arrived in the Peace River country on Friday night. Up at 5:00 A.M. to head out to the area that the elk are in. Bad scene is that the elk often stay in an area that the owners will not let us hunt. Good news is, the elk cross out of that area into another that we can hunt. On Saturday AM, we drove in as far as possible with a 4x4 and then walked about 1½ Km to the hunting area. After calling and getting two good Bull responses, we found a spot and just "talked" to those bulls. About ½ hour into shooting light we heard a Bull calling closer, so set up to see if he would cross into shootable territory. You guessed it, a Magnificent 6x6 Bull [accompanied by a couple of cows] came up to the fence not more than 75 yards away. He actually stuck his head over the fence and bugled while I watched through my riflescope. What a rush!! but after hanging around there on the safe side of the fence with his cows for about 4-5 mins, they all faded back into the trees. We were hoping they would jump the fence and give me a shot, but no luck. We later saw another 20 or so elk in the shootable area, but through brush so thick we could not hope to hit them. We also saw another 6x6 bull in the no-shoot zone. Hunted in that area till about noon, then packed up and went to another area where a small group of elk had been seen earlier in the week. Hunted till dark but no elk to be seen or heard. Next morning was a repeat of Saturday. Got to the same area, bugled back and forth with a couple of bulls, but none came to the fence this time. Just about the time we were going to move on a bit, a lone cow comes up to the fence and looks around. Called to her with a few chirps, but it looked like she was going to leave for the safe timber again. Lo and behold, she turned around again and came up to the fence a second time, tipped her head back, and jumped right over that fence into the dangerous territory. My partner said that her back feet had barely hit the trail when my 180 grain Nosler hit her. She never even took one step. The shot was about 80-85 yards and that 30-338 packs a fair whallop, so she died quick. I was some pleased, I'll say. Called another friend in with his Quad to help get her out to the pickup. Next day two others in our party scored as well, cow/calf pair. During the 3-days, we saw about 100 elk, including several smaller bulls. If they have a cow season again next year, I'll be back, Hoping that the Bull crosses first!!! Regards, EE
