Idaho & Wyoming bound: pics added 10.28

[fishngamereaper]

Dang man..heck of a roll your on...need any help with last year's elk meat let me know..

Quick question..do you lightly close the truck door or does slamming it get them coming..

Well done..good luck in WY

[Machias]

Nice bull!!!!  Good luck in WY!

[nitroelk]

cool pictures in the dark. Nice bull and boy what fun, you're a lucky man!!

[Hoythunter]

cool pictures in the dark. Nice bull and boy what fun, you're a lucky man!!

Couldn’t agree more, I thank my lucky stars everyday!  Last minute packing for Wyoming, hit the road tomorrow.  I’d  love to repeat the magic but the idea of wall tents, hunting elk off horseback, and a week in the high country of Wyoming already has the making of a successful hunt, regardless if a tag is punched.

[bowhunterforever]

Great bull Good luck in wyoming

[Hoythunter]

BBD

[fishngamereaper]

Well of course there is .. with the roll your on i wouldn't expect anything less...

Looking forward to pics

[Hoythunter]

Well of course there is .. with the roll your on i wouldn't expect anything less...

Looking forward to pics

Not sure what I did to deserve such fortune but I’ll take it!  On way home from WY so will upload a few pics once service allows.

[sjhgraysage]

Congrats
Hope to see pics of your Wyoming bull soon 

[Hoythunter]

Sorry about that.  Was hoping to put together a storyline as I find it fun to look back on prior posts / pictures etc. years down the road.  I'm playing some serious catch-up at both work and home so I'll get to the point and post a few pics....

Wyoming didn't disappoint.  It's been roughly 20 years since I last hunted this area and I've dreamt about my return ever since.  This area in particular gets hammered being that its an OTC tag for residents (non-res requires 1 point to draw) and virtually 100% public land.  Being a 3 week general season had us once again weighing the pros/cons of each week; eventually the 2nd week won out due to the first being a full moon which was essentially the only fact we had to go on early in the planning process.  As luck would have it, the decision to hunt the 2nd week of general was the right one.  The first week was unseasonably warm with highs in the upper 50's / low 60's, up until 3 days before our hunt when the cold front came in accompanied with moisture.....the perfect making for a dump of snow in the high country!  On paper this was turning out to be what we all dream of

[Hoythunter]

Winter...

[Hoythunter]

As hoped, the snow not only made spotting elk much easier but also proved valuable as the elk were moving down out of the high country.  My bull, from what I gathered by many who know the country well, is virtually a unicorn for this heavily hunted unit.  I feel very, very fortunate as I was nothing more than in the right place at the right time. 

[Hoythunter]

Try this again

[full choke]

Awesome! 

[sjhgraysage]

Double wow!
Thanks!