Back from the Blues (Finally its Finished!)

[BENCHLEG]

you would charlie. your thread was awesome, this one will be 2.

[yelp]

Anxious to see this big bull.  Did he say how many points it had?

[Limhangerslayer]

Maybe he is searching the web for the best Idaho high fence bull pic he can find before he posts a story ?

[yelp]

Nice..Every inch counts in my book! 

[nwhunter]

I apologize for dragging this out even though you asked for the long version this was some what cruel. I was out looking for elk tonight so that takes presidence over satisficating ya'll. Since I am sharing my brothers story I am not going to include every detail as I know he wants to do a magazine story so this is the condensed version of the kill day. And yes he is one of those shady lurkers who won't post but likes to snoop so let him have it after you congratulate him.

So day five rolls around and our camera man Emmett has to go home this day so plan was made to hunt out a ridge so he could drop down to the trail and head out to his pickup. He loaded all his jive in his pack and off we go. We actually run into the other two tagholders who were hunting up there on the trail in the dark and when they told us there plans for the day we changed ours and let them have the ridge we were going to hunt ahhhhhh KARMA! Shortly after passing our ridge we hear a bugle and when we finally get to where we can see we spot several satelite bulls and the bull he kills. We see its big but no time to really size it up just that its a shooter. Long story short we sneak through multiple satelite bulls  and then I stay behind and call. I get the bull fired up with cow calls but he wont come so then start bugling and raking a tree with a stick. The bull starts to thrash a tree and seemed to want to kill it. With all the racket Jeff and Emmett are able to sneak in and after about 35 minutes the bull walks towards them presenting a shot and Jeff hammers him at 20 yards. This is all caught on video so maybe someday you can watch it! The bull goes 40 yards and lays down where he dies after a while. We were able to see him and it was quite a sight to see those big ol horns sticking up over an old log swaying back and forth before they went down for good. He is an 8x8 with split fourths that is heavy and long tined all the way up even good thirds. The points that make him an eight arent much but they are a couple inches so he is a legit 8x. Havent had him scored yet(I know I am irritated about it too talk to my brother) but rough score in camp done with a dollar bill has him pushing 380 on the conservative side so ya his bull and my bull from 07 will be real close in size.
At that point it was high fives and handshakes and best of all the elation of having a dead bull in the BLues a stones through from a trail. Unbelievable after all the holes we have been in over the years in that country.
So was it karma or luck or skill or fortune? I think a little of each combined with a ton of effort and patience to wait for the tag and wait for the bull of a lifetime. It takes a good tag and good hunting partners and in this case a good packer(thanks mtcook) and everything to go just right that one time to have a hunt like this come togethor and it did and we wont ever forget it. Hope you enjoyed the  ride me fellow HuntWa buddies cause this is where I get off. Scott/nwhunter

[CementFinisher]

  Awesome guys!

[dewandgin]

    awesome bull

[DRENALINJUNKIE]

Sweet bull!

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[huntnphool]

 

[denali]

wow what a stud bull

[Scottystyle]

 

[jackelope]

Outstanding bull!

[fair-chase]

Worth the wait. Outstanding bull. Congrats. 

[buck man]

IncrediBULL!!!!

[Quackwhacker]

Great bull!