First elk.....solo....I'm beat

[PolarBear]

Congrats and well done man!

[Timberlineduke]

NO KIDDING....HELL OF A STORY.....GREAT JOB ALL THE WAY AROUND.....RELAX AND HAVE BEER NOW...YOU'VE EARNED IT!!!

[elkaholic]

awesome, i see you gotthe gloves on, no glove no love, great BULL!!!

[FANATIC]

thanks for all the nice replies. I just finished a tenderloin dinner, and it was delicious!   I'm still giddy as a schoolgirl. This hunt further instilled the practice, research, scout method. I get just as much enjoyment from the preseason research than I do from the hunt.....well not as much. I put a hundred times more hours researching before the season than I did actually hunting. Its just nice to confirm that if you do some homework, get some tips from the people on this site, and put in your time scouting and hunting, you can connect. And the fact that I was so tired when I got back to camp, I didn't even eat dinner or celebrate with a beer before I went to bed, cements in my mind that this was a success mentally and physically. I cant get the sound of that bull screaming at 20 yds out of my mind.

This weekend its back in the mountains with Jackelope to try and call in a bull for him. SWEET!

And the white gloves are not a fashion statement, I just went in auto pilot and started cleaning him and then remembered to take some pictures. That's why the pics are from the neck up.

[jackelope]

yahoo!! can't wait. i have a day and a half solo too...maybe i'll get it done before you show up...

don't try and fool anybody about your white gloves.
 

[elkaholic_74]

you have some serious skills man not only for hunting but for writing as well! Congrats and thank you for the awesome read and pics.

[Crunchy]

I feel sorry for u if u packed him out solo.  I helped a friend pack out one last week.  it was 6 miles for camp about an hour before dark.  We had left camp that morning at 5am and got back at 1130pm.  I think I covered about 20plus miles that day.  I was beat.

[hard hunter]

Thanks for the great story and pic. Beautiful bull.

[Tony 270WSM]

Great job!

[boneaddict]

Excellent Job Fanatic.  Thats how its done.  Double thumbs on a great trophy.

[Curly]

And the white gloves are not a fashion statement, I just went in auto pilot and started cleaning him and then remembered to take some pictures. That's why the pics are from the neck up.

I didn't even notice the gloves until you mentioned it.  That is a nice bull.  Good job.

[PA BEN]

What do you mean not a great bull. That bull for a 5 point is a good bull, and a bow kill to boot and first elk!!! most bow hunters would hope for a spike or a cow, but end eatting tag sup. My first elk with a bow was a calf and it was my first elk. Solo, man this is the best, you are the man, to test yourself like that well set this memory for life. Good job and thanks for the post.