rimrock bull wait until.morning

[chukar58]

Wishing you luck on finding your bull. 

[boneaddict]

I am watching and waiting.   Horrible weather to have to leave an animal overnight.  I am not sure a deer would have even made it.  I used to see so much of that on TV.  I know those animals were toast.  Hoping for the best for him.

[elkh8me]

Update?

[hntrspud]

Tag. Get this bull! Hope the meat is good

[jrebel]

I have been in the hills for the last two weeks.....If the bull did what most wounded animals will do....it buried itself in a deep, dark, wet hole and laid down to die.  With that being said I am sure if they found it and immediately got the guts and hide off it will be fine.  It has been getting down to upper 40's and low 50's at night where I have been camping and that is plenty cool enough (as long as they found it before the heat hit today).

Also....I believe it is better to let a wounded animal lie rather than push it.  I have witnessed many of animal lost cause they were pushed by trackers in the dark.  If it was not an ideal hit and the animal did not go down within 100 yards.....I would have waited too.  Better to find an animal and salvage what you can than push it and possibly never find it. 

It is possible that the elk is still very much alive (though wounded) and the meat will be fine. 

Lots of scenarios here......I personally like the decision to not rush things.

Hope you found him and hope to see pics.

[jackelope]

This scenario is a double edged sword. Chase him down in the dark and bump him, keep him moving and he'll never bed to die. Leave him to bed when it's too warm and die and he bone sours. I suspect he'll go down in a dark hole and die and you'll find him in the morning, but I'm not sure about the quality of the meat. One thing for sure by the description of the blood is that he's dead. Hope you found him.

[beaslayer6]

We have been all over the mt and no sight of uim we.lost blood. About 200 yards in know we.fanning out and coving the hole mt.. hope we get him..

[hntrspud]

Hes gotta be there, keep at it.

[elkh8me]

Hang in there bud

[dreamingbig]

I would never have the left the bull in that heat and I would never have posted this online.   

[HHPro]

I would never have the left the bull in that heat and I would never have posted this online.   

Number one reason why nobody wants to post here anymore...the internet experts always ruin it forothers glad you never make mistakes maybe we should come learn your ways.

[dreamingbig]

If you are that inexperienced then you really shouldn't be saying things like "I stuck an arrow in him..."  An animal left overnight will bone sour in that heat.  Those are just facts.

Might benefit more from responses if details like this were posted:
1.  Shot angle (broadside, quartering to, quartering away?)
2.  Where were you aiming, did you hit where you were aiming?
3.  Did the animal run down hill, up hill?

Then you need to have good lights and should be searching all night unless you really think it wasn't a fatal shot and he is still alive.

And it would still be better for the sport as a whole if these type of posts weren't on here but that is just my opinion.

[HHPro]

He said bubbles in the blood with dark spots so that's clearly a lung possibly two and a piece of the liver which is a fatal shot,being dark and good possibility he won't go far and lay down why push it?Hunting elk in 90 degree weather isn't the ideal conditions but thousands of people do it so why question his decision to let the bull go bed and die instead of bumping him miles into the woods with flashlights?

[scoyoc5]

Please do not sit here and judge other hunters...people post things like this for help not to be ridiculed online.    good luck on finding your bull. I know a lot of us would have done the same thing.no reason to push a animal in the dark

[boneaddict]

Its a good learning experience for all.   I wont take a shot that late anymore.  Not worth it.   I did it once and it turned out OK.  I heard him go down hard so was able to get on him without waiting.    In this scenario, I would have waited, and since it was obviously fairly close to the truck either went for help or better lights then got on him after the short wait.   I would be very worried about wasting the meat in this heat.   Its quite warm over here.  It was almost 100 in Yakima yesterday.  Not being judgemental or expecting folks to do what I do. Just my two cents.   If he is having trouble in daylight, it might have been fruitless all night anyways.