Free: Contests & Raffles.
Thank you spin and congrats on your bull my late season is another 19 days jan 1-19 This was a first for me setting a standard on elk and tested me as a hunter like never before. On this hunt realizing I have more willpower than I knew and was looking to set the bar higher than general hunts. I have been lucky enough to harvest handfuls of elk and just felt I could find a mature bull. Score was never a concern because honestly I could care less. I did want to find a old bull hopefully a 6 point but a big old stinky warrior would have been more than welcome. I try not to judge a bull by points however a washington 6 is still one of my goals. I hunted hard solo and was hunting elk farther than i could recover them big giant bodies and realized losing meat could happen. I have packed bulls myself often and have learned what it takes to get them out and to the freezer and that is the main goal. Anyone who has worked over a elk solo and packed all night can understand. I did make memories that will last and spent over a month in the unit seeing all the wildlife it has to offer. Goals are different for each of us as we progress in stages or success what we search for often changes. I am growing older and have seen sweet september come and go and find myself wandering how many seasons do I have left to chase elk . I also wont ever get my dream bull shooting the first little one to run in. Let me be clear I have never passed a legal bull before this hunt. You cant eat the antlers but I sure do enjoy looking at them on the wall. I did my best and and if your just looking for any elk get to know a otc well. Waiting for a draw tag to kill a nice bull may never happen even if you do draw.I wont quit on this tag but also wont wait for late season to fill it. Now is the easiest time of year to kill a bull with a bow and nothing as exciting to have screaming bulls working toward your set up. To me that is what elk hunting is about.
