Free: Contests & Raffles.
THE YEAR WAS 2004, AFTER SEVEN YEARS I WAS DRAWN FOR A BIG BULL TAG,OCT,1THRU THE 10. I WAS FINALLY IN ANY BULL EARLY OCTOBER ,RIFLE.THE BULLS WERE BUGLING THE NITE BEFORE RIGHT IN CAMP,OKAY 50 YARDS AWAY OPENING MORNING BROUGHT A HARDY BREAKFAST AND HIGH HOPES.IN THE TRUCKS OFF WE GO,WE'RE ALITTLE EARLY SO WE PULL OVER AND WAIT FOR DAYLIGHT.ITS GETTING CLOSE TO SHOOTING TIME,HEARING TRAFFIC COMING UP IN THE TRUCKS OFF WE GO,6 MINUTES SHOOTING,I HAVE A TAG AND MY COUSIN WAS DRAWN ALSO.AS WE GO UP THE ROAD ELK CROSS BETWEEN MY TRUCK AND MY COUSIN THEY STOP I PULL UP THE FIRST BIG WIDE SPOT WHICH HAPPENS TO LOOK OVER A LOGGING UNIT,THEIR STOPPED LOOKING AT SOME COWS AND SMALL BULLS,I PARK GET OUT 2 MINUTES TILL SHOOTING TIME ,AS I OPEN MY REAR DOOR TO GRAB MY PACK AND GUN I HEAR IT....A BUGLE THAT SOUNDS LIKE A GOOD BULL THEN IT STARTS AGAIN A DEEP GROWLY,RASPY,BUGLE . ITS SHOOTING TIME AND MY FATHER AND I WORK OUR WAY DOWN,BUGLES AGAIN,MY DAD SAYS TO THERE HE IS AS I LOOK DOWN 200 YARDS THERE IS THE BULL FACING STRAIGHT AWAY,I GOT DOWN IN A GOOD SHOOTING POSITION 3 MINS INTO THE SEASON FOR ME,SUDDENLY HERE COMES COUSIN THE OLD DODGE DEISEL SOUNDS DEAFENING THEY BAIL OUT WORK THIER WAY TO US ,I LOOK BUT CANT,I SAY DAD IS IT A SHOOTER YES HE SAYS,THEN I PULL UP PUT THE CROSS HAIRS ON HIM AND SQUEEZE, BOOM.. ITS OVER MY SEVEN YEAR WAIT WAS OVER IN 7 MINUTES.THE BIG BULL RAN ALITTLE WAY AND WAS DONE I CAUGHT GLIMPSE OF A HUGE RACK .WHEN I MADE IT DOW TO THE ELK I COULDNT BELEIVE MY LUCK,A 6X7 BULL SCORING 327,7/8.SEVEN MINUTES INTO THE SEASON .
Nice bull,Congrats! Eastside or westside bull,what unit?
