I Shot My Sons Bull !!!!!

[Curly]

That was a great story and awesome bull.

[Hornseeker]

Paul...that was a Great Read..I was GLUED to the monitor!! Thank you!

When you get time...pop a short thread up with Oct3-19 calling information!!

[Elknut1]

  You should hear the ribbing I've been getting over that one!!! LOL!!!! I guess I might as well have thrown sand in his face & took the shot real quick!! (grin) Yes, that is a day I'll never forget!! It all happened so quick, but how in the heck could I have not noticed his waving of the arms? Good thing it wasn't a mountain lion attacking, I wouldn't have seen a thing!!!!! (grin) Thanks for the comments!!!
  I agree, I owe him big time!!!!!

  ElkNut1

[DeKuma]

I can understand now seeing him wave his arms since you were "locked" on to the bull, but dang, Paul, he hit you in the leg with a rock and you still did not get it! 

Was a great story and one you two will love over and over for a lifetime.  My dad and I share a similar stroy with a deer during a modern hunt.  I was 400yards up the ridge from him, and the deer was 29 yards away from him and I could not get his attention on the radio or by waving and pointing, so I shot the deer and it landed in front of him.

[Slider]

He's a Dandy!!! Congrats!!!

[Ray]

Great little story Paul. Great looking elk too. Congratulations !

I'm sure your son will recover 

[HuntingFanatic]

Awesome!
Coming from a son who loves to hunt with his father......that is so freakin awesome! I would love for my dad to shoot one out from under me!!!
Great story! Thanks for sharing the "moment"!

[vanhornhunter]

Great story Paul!
That is awesome.Nice Looking bull should make for a great mount!

[robb92]

Great story and congrats on a nice bull!

[Red Dawg]

congrats on the very nice bull, I realy enjoyed your story. thanks for sharing.

[Backstraps]

Right on Elknut! Great story!

[cld40]

unbelievable,  that is awesome, congrats!!!

[boneaddict]

Dekuma........

If you have ever hunted much in Idaho, you'll note that a rock hitting you in the leg really doesn't get your attention because there are so many things poking, prodding, slapping, biting, hitting, ripping and or tearing at you. LOL  oh did I mention stinging.   

[SuperDave]

Great story and nice looking bull!!  Way to get er done!

[Elknut1]

 Thanks again guys!!!

  Bone, hit the nail on the head, a rock in the leg was no big deal for the reasons mentioned, it's downfall central out there! Funny thing he was just trying to get my attention, not hit me!! You guys should see him tell it, you'd bust a gut laughing to see his antics , gestures & arms waving all a while calling me crazy, all in fun of course!!

  DeKuma, great story there about your deer & Dad, we Dads sometimes are oblivious to things around us!! (grin) Thanks!

  By the way, my Son is 30 & has taken a lifetime of elk already so hopefully time will ease the ribbing!!! (grin)

 

I did try to make it up to him by calling in a huge ID bull on Monday evening! We were 4-5 miles back in with 20-30min of light left. We had a couple good buglers going & put the Chuckler to the real test on that big guy. We knew we had to make a quick decision on which bull to work as light was fading quickly & we had a 2hr hike out, no doubt in the dark with flashlights!
We decided on the bull above us as it was in the direction we had to leave anyway. I made contact him at about 350yds out several times so he knew who this bull was. We then rushed towards him with no other sounds, when we got aprox 60yds away in this thick stuff my Son setup in back of a small opening facing uphill, there was a 15'x15' patch of thick crap between him & the bull 15yds out which my Son used to his advantage to force the bull around it as he came in where he could have a good broadside shot.
I got back 30 yds or so & introduced myself to him up close & personal like, he didn't care for that much! (grin) He bugled as well as another bull did, these 2 were very close together, I cut him off instantly when he screamed & called quickly a 2nd time before he could even think about it. I also started breaking branches & stomping loudly like hoofs pawing the ground. We exchanged several screams with me cutting him off each time, he was getting a mite riled with that!! He had advanced a bit toward us but not fast enough, this 2nd bull with him made him nervous I suspect about leaving his cows to fiend me off, so I stepped it up a notch & threw in 3 very aggressive hard pants & a seriously loud aggressive scream. The pants were calling his cows to me & the scream is an intimidation to him, it's a two-fold sound all balled into one.
When I did this, this bull came unglued & rushed me to push me outa there NOW!!!! I was on a slight down hill slope from where the bull was so in order for him to see me he had to come to the top of this knoll bringing him right by my Son. (setup is everything) Everything was working as scripted in our minds eye until the bull came straight through the patch of thick crap instead of around it !! (guess I should have only given one pant/huff--grin) This put Paul Jr eye to eye with this bull under 15yds & his recurve, there was a 30 sec stare down & Paul knew he had to try something, he started to draw & the bull turned to leave at his movement, when he did the bull showed him his whole broadside figure at point-blank range, my Son continued his split second draw & fired, the shot went a foot over his back!!! I heard the shot & thought he had connected but it was to no avail, bummer!!!
I go over to him & he has his head down to his knees, he said I just
"shanked it" I said oh well, that's hunting Son!!! I don't believe it eased his disappointment! On top of that he says it's the biggest bull I've ever called to him, he says it'll push between 330-340 that's huge for our part of ID. Paul has taken a lot of bulls so I know he knows what he saw!!
That was his last chance as the season ended the next day! That darned NM hunt stole 10 days out of his archery season this year or I promise you he would have connected!!
Anyway, I tried to make it up to him!!!! (grin) He did say that with a compound he could have drawn easily without detection as the bull entered the thick patch, not true with a recurve however, you don't draw till the shot presents itself, just adds another challenge to bagging a bull !!!!

ElkNut1
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