BigMike's Solo Montana Adventure (link to video loaded)

[JLS]

Looked like a liver hit.   

Checkout the video again. The bull is pumping blood out of his neck.

Congrats on the bull. Man that's some beautiful country.

Did you figure out which predator got to the bull first?

 I did not try to stay any longer than what I needed to get done. In the back of my head its something big enough to open up the stomach cavity and eat a bunch of my elk.  I was yelling HEY BEAR!!! EVERY 5 MINUTES DURING THE PACK OUT.

Eating the butt out first is a classic sign of coyotes.

[CoryTDF]

Big Mike is one of the hardest hunting guys I have ever known. He deserves this and many more like it! Great job Mike!!!!!!

[Woodchuck]

Congrats, nicely done. 

[3dsheetmetal]

Really enjoyed the video great job

[SemperFidelis97]

Great video Mike anyone who watched the video had to see that bull was hit hard there was allot of blood squirting out of his neck area.  I cannot imagine how hard it would be to film yourself especially on an archery hunt.

[pianoman9701]

Looked like a liver hit.   

Checkout the video again. The bull is pumping blood out of his neck.

Congrats on the bull. Man that's some beautiful country.

Did you figure out which predator got to the bull first?

 I did not try to stay any longer than what I needed to get done. In the back of my head its something big enough to open up the stomach cavity and eat a bunch of my elk.  I was yelling HEY BEAR!!! EVERY 5 MINUTES DURING THE PACK OUT.

Eating the butt out first is a classic sign of coyotes.

Or wolves. He was in the right place for them, too.

[JLS]

What was the total time lapse between when you shot the elk and when you recovered him?  Was all of the meat still good, or did you lose any to bone sour?  Where did the shot end up hitting?  Looked like the neck area?

Good job on being persistent.

[haugenna]

Looked like a liver hit.   

Checkout the video again. The bull is pumping blood out of his neck.

Congrats on the bull. Man that's some beautiful country.

Did you figure out which predator got to the bull first?

Ah, I see that now on a bigger screen.  I was going of the DOA part with the stomach open and the orange/brown blood at the base of his nose.  My mistake.

[pianoman9701]

I would have been trying to get another arrow in him instead of calling to him.  Looked like a liver hit. 

How many trips did you make  back to that elk?  Looks like just the one??

I ranged him at 164 yards when I was calling. no a chance in hell I could have fired another arrow.

It took me 5 trips, 2 loads the day I killed him. Then 3 load the following day. The one you see on video was the last load so i figure I could document that. The meat is heavy enough for the pack out I dont want to carry the camera gear all 5 trips. Thanks for the comments.
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You did great on shooting him, video, and packing him out, all solo. What a fantastic hunt and great hunter. You've really accomplished something cool.

[nw_bowhunter]

Big Mike...great job on a solo hunt! I enjoyed the video...bummer on the predator getting some of your elk.  Thanks for sharing. I liked the rawness of the video and you captured my attention throughout the video.

[TylerMulie]

Great Video, very cool to see the process.
Being a Videographer and editor myself I have a few pointers that could really make your videos top notch!

1. Show the full start to finish process of your hunt, like packing the truck, getting your gear ready hiking out the trail head etc. also show some quick shots of scenery every so often.
2. Have shorter scenes. When you have shorter scenes with different shots it will add more content to the whole video, it will draw the viewer in and hold thier attention. when you have legging scenes with a lot of talking and repeating yourself, you will loose the viewers attention very quickly
3.try and keep the interviews of yourself short sweet and too the point. they can be long interveiws, but you want to be talking about different content throughout the interview, this will keep the viewer engaged.
4. add Voice over narrations, try adding in voice over narrations when your editing.
5.GREAT HUNT!!! congratulations on the kill!! so pumped whenever i see a WA hunter killing a animal from a different state!

Not trying to be critical, just trying to help out a fellow videographer.

[deerhunter_98520]

Looks like an awesome hunt .....congrats and great video....keep them comin 

[mulehunter]

   great job!

[JJB11B]

Right on Mike. Hopefully next year our schedules will jive better so we can get some hunts in together. Either way it's always a good time seeing you and the rest of the guys at camp. Congrats on ANOTHER branched bull. Eat good and take care.

[carpsniperg2]

I would say wolves or yotes. A bear would have drug it around more and opened it up a lot more. Congrats on your bull.