Post by: Pazn25 on November 07, 2012, 07:14:07 PM
Next day I head back up to see if my herd is back and of course all I see is the rookie hunters which I had a talkin to about how they screwed me opening morning. Good guys just need to learn to hunt before heading out. Now on to Monday our whole group of 5 head up to try and find a cow for my buddies dad who is 65 so he can get his cow tag filled before all of us youngsters have to head home on tuesday. Well we all are on our stands until about 9 am with nothing moving in the area. I get on the radio and tell the group we should all pack it up and head down 5 miles to our spot where we can push through some woods as a group and get the elk up off their beds and out in the open. We head up and the push begins . With three of us pushing in the woods two in the clear cut our plan begins to unfold. About an hour into the push my brother hears some noises of moving elk and see a legal bull, he pulls up, shoots and off he goes. After following a trail for a bit he sees no blood and no dead elk. We are thinking he hit a branch. :bash:!!! We continue searching for his bull to get off another shot. About 40 minutes in I start to hear noises from behind me, I drop to to ground and get ready for action. I see 3 cows heading my direction and they end up 20 ft from me feeding and never knew I was there. Off in the distance there is more cows passing by. After no action for 10 mins I then hear more noise coming my way and this one is BIG and appears to be a bull but he veers off and heads up hill giving me no chance at a shot. I decide to head up after him slowly as he is not spooked at all when I hear noise from behind me now. I slowly turn around to see a bigger bull heading my was at about 75 yds through some downed branches. He takes two leaps over a log and then is in clear view and stares at me. I pull up my 300 wby and BOOOOM, he freezes as a branch blows up right in front of him, I reload and torch off another round and BOOOOOOM down he goes and at 130 pm the work begins. :IBCOOL: :IBCOOL: We are in a horrible location for pulling out an elk but its possible non the less. Truck is miles away as it is a closed gate situation and 8 hours later and 5 sore dudes we get the elk back to the truck at 9pm. With my deer tag filled and now my elk it has been a successful hunting season and now has come to an end. Great times with the best hunting partners.
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Post by: Deep Forks on November 08, 2012, 02:58:24 AM
Very nice bull.
Post by: chukar58 on November 08, 2012, 05:13:09 AM
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Post by: jackmaster on November 08, 2012, 07:00:02 AM
How did the rookie hunters screw you opening morning?was wondering the same thing, how do you know a rookie elk hunter from a normal elk hunter :dunno:
Very nice bull.
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Post by: cem3434 on November 08, 2012, 08:34:27 AM
How did the rookie hunters screw you opening morning?was wondering the same thing, how do you know a rookie elk hunter from a normal elk hunter :dunno:
Very nice bull.
Its sounds like they rolled out of bed earlier and beat them into the spot! :chuckle:
Post by: cem3434 on November 08, 2012, 08:36:49 AM
I hope you gave the rookie hunters a helpful lesson... We all know that most people learn by the experience of screwing up a few hunts. I realize it is frustrating, but then again we were all rookies at one point in time. Congrats on a successful hunt and a great bull.
:yeah: Everyone has to learn somewhere. We have all had hunts messed up by people that arent completely aware of what is going on around them, but that is hunting.
Post by: elkoholic1 on November 08, 2012, 08:40:29 AM
Post by: Pazn25 on November 08, 2012, 08:48:03 AM
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Post by: Pazn25 on November 08, 2012, 02:47:32 PM
Sounds like regular elk hunters to me..... :chuckle:
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Post by: Kc_Kracker on November 08, 2012, 06:29:19 PM
SWEEEET... :tup: Wish I was that smart to back out the head on a pole :tup: :chuckle::chuckle: :chuckle:
Post by: Kc_Kracker on November 08, 2012, 06:30:12 PM
Congrats on a very nice Bull!
dandy of a bull? all we been shown is a head, could have been a scrawny 2 legged pirate bull for all we know :dunno:
Post by: Pazn25 on November 08, 2012, 08:11:01 PM
Post by: Doc Sauce on November 08, 2012, 08:23:05 PM
Just curious... How are supposed to learn to hunt before we go hunting??
I'm glad you gave some advice and tips to the new hunters.
Post by: Pazn25 on November 08, 2012, 08:34:21 PM
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Post by: cem3434 on November 09, 2012, 08:17:59 AM
I'm not claiming to be any kind of pro but I feel pretty good about my the choices I make when it comes to respect for other hunters. I was glassing a clearcut at first daylight when two hunters walked behind me, I make it very clear what's going on. They give me the nob and continue on. With the herd below me and across the hillside the "rookie" hunters head along the ridge and into the thick loud noisy clearcut with the wind blowing right at their backs and down the draw where the elk were. Needless to say the elk bolted and that was that. I hung out for a few minutes to see if anything else was lingering around and then I hear from the clearcut about where I could see an orange vest a hoochie mama going to town like they were trying to call the herd back. When I saw the hunters the next day I explained what I witnessed and how they could have done things differently. They were good dudes just needed some guidance.
Good for you! All kidding aside, congrats on a nice Rosie. :tup: