Hunt Date: 9/9/12
West Side: Archery General Season
This Bull left his cows and was coming in bugling to a would be broadside shot, so upon him arriving at my shooting window I drew my bow back. The bull then turned and froze quartering towards me (a bad bow shot) right as I was about to realease the arrow.
Having never shot an elk before you can imagine what I felt like having this bull stare me down standing within 35 yards. Holding perfectly still already on my knees, I waited the bull out for 45 or so seconds with my bow at full draw hoping he wouldn't catch any movement. He finally began moving on his original path so I let the arrow fly with the propper broadside shot.
The shot was little further back than I had hoped so I ran parallel to the bull hoping for a second shot and sure enough he froze facing me head on, dipping his head below a small tree to get a look at me, so I realeased another arrow. "THWACK!". With his head dipped low to the ground I had hit him in his left antler (see the mark on his left G4). That got him running again and but luckily he dropped 30 or so yards later.
