EBJ's First Ever Hunt Winner Scores Big

[backwoods_boy]

EBJ Hunt Winner Todd Smythe poses with his huge 7x7 bull, taken on the famed Hill Ranch in southern Colorado. Look at the long and massive beams on this great trophy bull!

[NWBREW]

  I mean 

[GoldTip]

WOW!  Now thats a damned nice bull.

[klikboom]

Absolutely BEAUTIFUL. Seeing these posts makes me love this time of the year.

[andrew_12gauge]

awesome bull but if its eastmans bowhunting journal why did he shoot with a rifle seems they would give away a bowhunt

[rosscrazyelk]

awesome bull but if its eastmans bowhunting journal why did he shoot with a rifle seems they would give away a bowhunt

I was going to ask the same question?

[backwoods_boy]

i think they give the winner the choice. 

[buckhorn2]

Gun or Bow the Choice for me would be to shoot. Thats what dreams are made of.

[matlockmike]

taken on the famed Hill Ranch in southern Colorado.

Taken on a Ranch, what happen to "fair chase, no fences".  Even if it isn't high fence it probaly is a Ranch that spands 1000s upon 1000s of arces that you have to pay to hunt.  Seems not very fair chase to me. 

[bowhunterforever]

  WOW thats a monster!

[MikeJ]

I don't know but the ranch could just be privately owned but completely not fenced in.  So same as forest to the animals but no access to a guy like me

[andrew_12gauge]

yea about that the hill ranch is a huge private ranch that charges tons of money to hunt but there are no high fences, fair chase doesnt mean it has to be public land, i would venture to say most of the animals the eastmans shoot are on big money ranches

[280ackley]

The Hill Ranch in enrolled in Colorado's Ranching For Wildlife program.  Here is a little info.
http://wildlife.state.co.us/Hunting/BigGame/RanchingforWildlife/HillRanch.htm

[RUTNBULL1]

Not exactly sure but I think this is the same Ranch that is reffered to as the Ciela Vista, the same area that Kieth Burgess (from Primos Truth 10) killed that 396 Bull. 

[BoomWhop]

Nice, holy cow he is big big big