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Daughter’s first bull
« on: November 08, 2021, 11:21:03 PM »
What a day...
After getting home from Hawaii Friday afternoon, I had to get everything all ready to take my daughter Whitney out for opening day of rifle elk season in search of her first bull. Going off some intel that was too good to ignore (basically, if you’re on this landing at daylight, you’ll kill a bull) I knew we had to make damned sure we were there first. So with the alarm set for 12:15am, I got a few hours of sleep (after getting none on the flight home), and Whit and I were on the road at 1:00am. After getting to the gate and getting everything ready, we headed in at 3:30 on our 3 mile, steep uphill trek to the top. We got there at 5:00 and parked the bikes on the short spur we were planning to hunt. It was super windy with some rain and hail, plus a little thunder and lightning, so with the bikes in place to claim the spur road, we took refuge back in the timber out of the wind, under some trees against the road bank and shivered there in the fetal position for 2.5hrs until it was time to head to the landing. We get down to the landing and right when you can just start to see, I spot what looks like 3 elk across the canyon, feeding in a clearcut. One of the light colored spots finally moves, confirming my suspicion. So now, we’ve got to get as close as we can, which means heading down the ridge that angles toward the elk. At this point we don’t even know if there’s a bull, but one of them is noticeably bigger and blonder than the other 2. As we were headed down the ridge I looked back and said “I bet you’re not cold anymore, are ya!?” She said “nope!” 😂 We got in position with the tripod downhill so she could sit down and shoot. She nestled in behind my 300RUM as I confirmed the bigger one was indeed a legal bull. It was starting to move a bit so I kept ranging it and adjusting the dial on the scope. I told her whenever he stops broadside and you’re comfortable, go ahead and take the shot. The last range I got was 441yds and he walked another 10yds or so. I reached down and set the Zeiss to 5moa and she settled in on him and sent a 200gr Accubond across the draw, right on the money. I have never seen a bull drop dead like that and not even twitch. It took a while to get over and around to it because my buddies Jacob and Michael were watching two other bunches that were just off the road that we would need to come down to get over there, so we didn’t want to mess up their hunt. Someone else shot one of the bulls they were getting ready to shoot, so I told Jacob someone needs to get over here because now we can see that both the elk that were with Whitney’s bull are also legal bulls. So Jacob came over and snuck down on top of them and killed one, which Whit and I got to watch unfold from across the draw. Michael was also able to get his girlfriend on a bull, which she killed, so we now have 3 bulls down all within a quarter mile of each other. After some phone calls and Facebook inquiries, we had plenty of help on the way. We finally reached reached the bull and went to work on it, which was a real pain in the &@$ on the face of this steep clearcut with basically zero flat spots. After getting his horns untangled and out from underneath him, we managed to roll him down to the next spot where a stump would stop him. We took the meat off one side and then had to yank him out from behind the stump so he could slide down to the next stump that would catch him, while rolling him over as he slides. It was not an ideal situation lol. We got the meat all bagged up Jacob helped me pack it down to the road. Then all the help started showing up. My uncle and cousin  came to help and since Jacob and Michael had help showing up, we weren’t going to need to make another 8 mile round trip...PHEWWW! Whit got to experience the best feeling ever....finally setting that pack on the tailgate 😂. It was a great day with great people. Whit got the full experience and got to see the lengths you need to go to be successful in a very competitive season and area. I told her “It’s going to absolutely suck. We have to get up super early and you’re going to be cold, wet, and miserable, but we HAVE to be there before anybody else.” She was a trooper, going off just a nap on the way there. On the way home, while still wet, sore, and exhasted, she said she can’t wait for next year! I’m one happy Dad.

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Re: Daughter’s first bull
« Reply #1 on: November 08, 2021, 11:24:15 PM »
A couple more

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Re: Daughter’s first bull
« Reply #2 on: November 08, 2021, 11:32:15 PM »
Congrats to your daughter and great write up.
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Re: Daughter’s first bull
« Reply #3 on: November 09, 2021, 04:41:05 AM »
That’s good stuff right there ! Ya and the pic of her exhausted on the bike is priceless!

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Re: Daughter’s first bull
« Reply #4 on: November 09, 2021, 04:42:30 AM »
How cool is this!!!!!
Nice work to both of you
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Re: Daughter’s first bull
« Reply #5 on: November 09, 2021, 04:44:52 AM »
Congrats on a great hunt

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Re: Daughter’s first bull
« Reply #6 on: November 09, 2021, 05:23:57 AM »
Awesome Bull!!  Congratz!!

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Re: Daughter’s first bull
« Reply #7 on: November 09, 2021, 06:12:58 AM »
Awesome! Congrats to your daughter!

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Re: Daughter’s first bull
« Reply #8 on: November 09, 2021, 06:22:28 AM »
Congratulations on your first bull!

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Re: Daughter’s first bull
« Reply #9 on: November 09, 2021, 06:32:55 AM »
You guys had a great hunt! Congrats on all your success!
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Re: Daughter’s first bull
« Reply #10 on: November 09, 2021, 07:43:04 AM »
Totally awesome!!! One tough little gal man handling that 300RUM!!! Congratulations to everyone!!!

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Re: Daughter’s first bull
« Reply #11 on: November 09, 2021, 08:03:33 AM »
Congrats to you all.  Great write up.  It just goes to show, hard work pays off.  She will never forget that day.

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Re: Daughter’s first bull
« Reply #12 on: November 09, 2021, 08:17:51 AM »
Congrats good job you two!! :tup:
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Re: Daughter’s first bull
« Reply #13 on: November 09, 2021, 08:28:40 AM »
That’s awesome !

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Re: Daughter’s first bull
« Reply #14 on: November 09, 2021, 09:09:23 AM »
Awesome! Congrats to both of you!
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Re: Daughter’s first bull
« Reply #15 on: November 09, 2021, 09:13:21 AM »
Good work! :tup:
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Re: Daughter’s first bull
« Reply #16 on: November 09, 2021, 09:25:35 AM »
Nice! Still waiting for my first bull after many cows!

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Re: Daughter’s first bull
« Reply #17 on: November 09, 2021, 09:32:39 AM »
Totally awesome!!! One tough little gal man handling that 300RUM!!! Congratulations to everyone!!!

The brake helps a ton, but her ears were ringing lol.

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Re: Daughter’s first bull
« Reply #18 on: November 09, 2021, 09:34:49 AM »
That’s good stuff right there ! Ya and the pic of her exhausted on the bike is priceless!

Haha she was beat. But like I told her, the most miserable hunts and pack-outs make the best memories. She gets it now that it’s all over!

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Re: Daughter’s first bull
« Reply #19 on: November 09, 2021, 10:17:54 AM »
Beautiful young lady and awesome elk. Great job dad.

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Re: Daughter’s first bull
« Reply #20 on: November 09, 2021, 07:01:24 PM »
Pretty awesome, I just showed this to my 6 year old daughter, whose name is also Whitney. She thought it was pretty cool.  Congrats to you both


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Re: Daughter’s first bull
« Reply #21 on: November 11, 2021, 11:40:35 AM »
Great job to you and your daughter! Excellent write up! Gets me excited for when my daughter will be old enough to hunt with me and harvest her own animals!
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Re: Daughter’s first bull
« Reply #22 on: November 11, 2021, 12:15:20 PM »
Awesome bull and dad work going on there!  :tup:
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Re: Daughter’s first bull
« Reply #23 on: November 12, 2021, 01:44:35 PM »
Thanks y’all. She’s still on cloud 9...but she’s not getting out of butchering ;)

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Re: Daughter’s first bull
« Reply #24 on: November 12, 2021, 04:54:02 PM »
This. Kicks. Ass.  Congrats to you and your daughter.

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Re: Daughter’s first bull
« Reply #25 on: November 12, 2021, 05:16:14 PM »
My favorite photo is the one of your daughter slicing up the trophy. She has done a lot of hard work getting that elk to her slicing board! You can be very proud of that young lady. :tup:

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Re: Daughter’s first bull
« Reply #26 on: November 30, 2021, 07:26:14 PM »
Absolutely.
Awesome.
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Re: Daughter’s first bull
« Reply #27 on: November 30, 2021, 07:29:48 PM »
That's awesome  :tup:

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Re: Daughter’s first bull
« Reply #28 on: November 30, 2021, 07:58:24 PM »
“It’s going to absolutely suck. We have to get up super early and you’re going to be cold, wet, and miserable, but we HAVE to be there before anybody else.” She was a trooper,

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Re: Daughter’s first bull
« Reply #29 on: November 30, 2021, 08:08:11 PM »
Not sure how I missed this one. Congrats Whitney and dad. You both will remember this one forever.

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