Your Move 2020, Episode #1

[WapitiTalk1]

Tag: Bull tag
Season/Hunt: Archery, solo hunt
Time/Date/Location: Mid-September; WA or OR; early-mid morning
Camp/gear: Base camp.
Hunting journal: Solo elk hunt in W Washington or Oregon; day 5 of your 7 day hunt; 3 PT or better bull only tag. The bulls in your area have started to get pretty vocal over the past few days so you decide to set up and try an advertising sequence.  After doing a quick distance range in several directions, but before you rake a tree, stomp some dry sticks, or throw out any verbal elk sounds, you hear a bugle coming from your right……next, you hear cows talking.  Arrow knocked, you determine they're are in fact coming from right to left from the cow chatter, and now you have a visual…..up over the small rise comes a cow, another cow, BULL, and another cow in tow. They are walking, not running, and obviously are heading somewhere (probably from feed to bed). At any rate, from the ranging you did minutes before, they are passing in front of you a bit over 30 yards.  Thermals are as shown; your position is as shown.   

Your move. Are you shooting, not shooting here?  Trying to stop the bull with an elk sound?  What is your move to try and bring this fine Roosey home for dinner?



Reminder that if you save the picture to your desktop and open in MS Paint, you'll be able to place a spot, X, or whatever on the critter before you save it back to a jpg and add the marked up pic with your post.

[kentrek]

Yeah i dont see any reason why not to kill him...most likely just drawing your bow one of the cows will spot you and stop wich would most likely stop the bull too

[bearpaw]

  and your cow call is your friend in this situation

[fishngamereaper]

I'm drawing, find the pin, quick cow bark and let it fly..

[Martinhunter]

I'd definitely take that shot... Looks like I wouldn't have much cover so assuming they don't see me first I'd let out a light cow chirp to stop the bull and put the 30 pin right at the red dot.. 50 yards and he tips over!!

[444Marlin]

The scenario is all messed up when you said, 'stomp some dry sticks'.  I have yet to find a dry stick on the coast! 

Yes:  Draw back, and stop him with a cow/calf call.  Wait for my bow to stop shaking.  And let er' go zip when he stops.  At a bit over 30, I'd hold at tiny bit higher than center with my 30 pin.

[WapitiTalk1]

The scenario is all messed up when you said, 'stomp some dry sticks'.  I have yet to find a dry stick on the coast! 

  No trout about that 

[Mudman]

Heck I would already be full draw.  SHooting at that close range.  Not making a peep or movement to any calling.

[buglebrush]

I would've already drawn, but either way I'd draw, give him a popping grunt and release when he stops.