Colockum quality late… (Mission complete and pics added)

[Rainier10]

You never know when it’s going to happen but you have to be in the woods when it does.

Things will settle down a bit during the week and as the season goes on.

[fireguy459]

Day 9: the last two days havnt been great. I’ve been following a lead that I have heard from three different guys that a “370” bull was standing here two days in a row and let us take pictures. Well I’ve been there two days and hiked all over and no such luck. We head to a different area and a few different people say 350+ bull saw him two hours ago working across the knob.. great… send the search party and nothing… I was lucky enough to see a 150” 4pt deer up reecer today on public.. lol holding strong but I am exhausted… day 18 looking for the one.. tomorrow is another day..

[scottfrick]

Good luck man!!! It’ll all come together eventually!!!

[HntnFsh]

Thanks for the update. Best of luck to you. You will find what your looking for!

[Mtnwalker]

I am impressed, 18 days is a long time to grind. Way to stay after it and not settle! Really hoping you smash a giant bull after all that work, keep the faith!

[Rainier10]

Keep at it. You never know when it is going to happen.

Thanks for the update.  You've got this!

[fireguy459]

I don’t even know what day it is today…. But still at it… maybe tomorrow… every time I’m close to the magic X someone moves that son of a B****!! 😡😡 I can tell you it’s not from a lack of hiking and looking… sun up to sun down … I’ve passed a lot of bulls… I’ve seen lots of big ones that have been shot… 3 days left.

[Mfowl]

Keep at it and enjoy! Best of luck out there!

[Rainier10]

Fingers crossed today is the day.

PM sent.

[fireguy459]

Day 21 in the woods.. day 12 of the season… had 2.5 days left.. I have literally spend from sun up to sun down in the woods with the exception of Wednesday which I took a day off because my wife with the ankle issue had a cow tag. I needed a day off and I did to help her get a cow in a different unit… she made a perfect shot at 517 yards and it took 7 steps and dropped.. I was actually very jealous of her shot! She killed it! She was shooting my new 28 nosler custom built by straight jacket out of Wyoming. The thing drives nails!! Anyways. I have been searching all over for a monster… I have met tons of guys in the woods that are keeping an eye out.. one of the guys on here sends me to a location with a 370 bull.. Thursday I head in and talk to guys that are coming out and literally 20 mins before say the elk and big bull. I hike and belly craw for 300 yards on this herd and after 5 hours decide to get them up out of bed. 70 cows and a fork… F Me! So tomorrow is another day. My wife who has been dealing with 20 days camping in the woods days they are taking camp home.. (I live in Cle Elum). I would love to help but I have a focus. So my buddy meets me at the parking area and we head up. Get to the area I saw 70 and we see a small 6, rag and a cow feeding into a draw. I look left and see elk all over a hillside… we work up that way and there is a herd of 3-400 with two decent bulls but not the one… so we work back to where we were looking and hike further down so we can spot into the draw where they were headed and we see 15 elk with a small 6 with a great 2… prob 20
Inches but that’s all he has lol… I look above him and see a good bull… at this point I’m running out of time… so we hike 600ft elevation down and 1000 ft elevation up to this knob…. Walk over the top and have a small 6 at 40 yards…. He sees us and works down at a 45 away… we walk the ridge back and elk start pouring out of the bottom… and then start pouring out from our left… two different groups! They meet up prob 150 elk and my buddy says two bulls working out… I liked the character of one.. I told him I would shoot a small bull in this hell hole… but things happened and I did… I saw thousands of elk over 21 days… I hunted the entire unit… followed leads from everyone…. Was a day late and a dollar short… but as others have mentioned it will feel right and it was time… 500 yards.. end of season… in a hell hole… but I know my dad would be looking down proud as hell of me for all the miles and work I have put in looking for a monster. They are for sure there… I’m not 1 bit sad… I did my work… I passed so many bulls… and here I am.. done and happy! Love you dad.

[lewy]

 

[pianoman9701]

Nice story. 

[mburrows]

A hunt you’ll certainly look back on fondly. Thanks for sharing.

[Rainier10]

Great story. You did it right. You will never forget this hunt. Your dad is no doubt looking down proud of your effort.

Thanks for taking us along on the journey.

I hope your wife’s ankle heals up. Congrats to her on the cow.

You need another freezer.

[Rainier10]

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