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Offline Jonathan_S

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NE Bull, First Elk
« on: September 18, 2014, 01:12:24 PM »
On Sept 3rd I managed to call in a young bull in the NE.  It was pouring down rain and about 6:15 p.m.  He saw my movement from 120 yards in the timber and got suspicious so I gave it a few minutes of hiding behind a tree before I cow called and got him into 60 yards.  He stopped in some jack-pines and I had no shot so I cow called again and he ran past me at 3-4 feet   :yike:

I couldn't get him to stop running so I just released and hit him way too far back.  Tougher to hit vitals at 1 yard than at 30   :chuckle:  Anyway, he never really identified me or what happened and he jogged/walked off in the pouring rain so I trailed him by sight and waited for him to bed down.  He bedded down after about 5 minutes and I stalked to within 15 yards and put one through the vitals.  He never got up.

He's an odd bull for certain but he is my first and I was proud to take a NE Bull as my first elk.  I apologize for a lack of pictures but it was raining insanely hard and lenses were foggy/too dark and it was just not in the cards.

I need to give a SHOUT-OUT here to Broken Arrow and his buddies.  The best guys I've ever hunted with and they can break down an elk in 30 minutes.  Without them I would have been quartering and packing an elk for hours into the night. 
« Last Edit: September 19, 2014, 08:53:10 AM by Jonathan_S »
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Re: NE Bull, First Elk
« Reply #1 on: September 18, 2014, 01:14:01 PM »
Congrats man. Some good eats there.
I've got a couple bulls  on my cameras that are wierd like that.

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Re: NE Bull, First Elk
« Reply #2 on: September 18, 2014, 01:14:49 PM »
 :tup:   congrats!!!!

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Re: NE Bull, First Elk
« Reply #3 on: September 18, 2014, 01:15:21 PM »
WTG!!!!
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Re: NE Bull, First Elk
« Reply #4 on: September 18, 2014, 01:15:52 PM »
Cool elk...congrats.

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Re: NE Bull, First Elk
« Reply #5 on: September 18, 2014, 01:20:22 PM »
that's a great conversation piece there. I can hear it now, you cant believe how many I let walk before I found this guy with character  :chuckle:  congrats!

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Re: NE Bull, First Elk
« Reply #6 on: September 18, 2014, 01:20:35 PM »
Nicely done!

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Re: NE Bull, First Elk
« Reply #7 on: September 18, 2014, 01:25:13 PM »
Very cool, congrats.  :tup:
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Re: NE Bull, First Elk
« Reply #8 on: September 18, 2014, 01:32:22 PM »
Very nice bull.
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Re: NE Bull, First Elk
« Reply #9 on: September 18, 2014, 01:38:04 PM »
Good job! You'll never forget that hunt.

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Re: NE Bull, First Elk
« Reply #10 on: September 18, 2014, 01:46:11 PM »
Thanks everyone, yeah he has some weird character.  It's tough to tell from the picture how knobby and gnarly his bases are for such a small elk.  Not your normal 1.5 yr old elk appearance-wise.
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Re: NE Bull, First Elk
« Reply #11 on: September 18, 2014, 01:53:00 PM »
Thanks everyone, yeah he has some weird character.  It's tough to tell from the picture how knobby and gnarly his bases are for such a small elk.  Not your normal 1.5 yr old elk appearance-wise.

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Re: NE Bull, First Elk
« Reply #12 on: September 18, 2014, 01:56:24 PM »
I would be very happy to get a bull like that in the NE. Some day I'll get these elk figured out or I'll get lucky lol
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Re: NE Bull, First Elk
« Reply #13 on: September 18, 2014, 01:57:03 PM »
Nice and even in velvet...
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Re: NE Bull, First Elk
« Reply #14 on: September 18, 2014, 02:23:51 PM »
I would be very happy to get a bull like that in the NE. Some day I'll get these elk figured out or I'll get lucky lol

Well I'd say I'm far from figuring them out.
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