Post by: JPhelps on October 06, 2020, 05:46:23 PM
It fit the traditional format of “this hunt is tough and we may be lucky to kill anything”. On day 8 of 10, Dirk and myself still had our tags in our pockets and we were getting a little nervous. We had been on bulls but nothing in our playbooks seemed to be working.
Get close and cow call...the elk run away
Try and cow call from a long ways away...the elk run away
Get close and bugle...the elk run away
Bugle from along ways away...the elk run away
On day 8 after getting winded by a herd with 3 bulls bugling we were in the dumps and really questioning what we were doing. We decided to hike out and regroup. On the hike out we decided to bugle one last time and to our surprise we heard a faint bugle. We went in to chase mode and got across from the bugling bulls. After about a 15 minute bout we had called the giant into 30 yards but Dirk had no shot. We watched the bull take a cow back across the ridge and as soon as it crested, I decided to run across the drainage and get right back on them. Once there the bulls were bugling like crazy. Dirk motioned me to move forward and setup. After a crazy 10 minutes of lip bawls, grunts and back and forth craziness Dirk had a migraine and had lured this bull into 25 yards and I placed a good arrow into it. He tipped over within 75 yards.
Post by: fishngamereaper on October 06, 2020, 05:53:16 PM
Well done.
Post by: Sutherland on October 06, 2020, 05:57:42 PM
Post by: CNELK on October 06, 2020, 05:59:23 PM
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Post by: TVHunts on October 06, 2020, 06:03:28 PM
Post by: BAR C3 on October 06, 2020, 06:20:40 PM
Was the a guided or do it yourself? How long did it take to draw? Looking to go to there
Post by: cantstump on October 06, 2020, 06:27:11 PM
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Post by: pd on October 06, 2020, 06:50:16 PM
What do you do for an encore?
Post by: Milkman on October 06, 2020, 06:57:37 PM
Post by: Turkeyman on October 06, 2020, 07:14:36 PM
Post by: X-Force on October 06, 2020, 07:25:41 PM
Impressive bull
Post by: teanawayslayer on October 06, 2020, 07:42:14 PM
Post by: JPhelps on October 06, 2020, 08:03:17 PM
Been able to chase goats yet?
Impressive bull
Not yet. Hoping to get up there next week.
Post by: rosscrazyelk on October 06, 2020, 08:04:12 PM
Post by: SeatoSummit88 on October 06, 2020, 08:16:59 PM
Post by: JPhelps on October 06, 2020, 08:21:38 PM
Congrats on nice bull!
Was the a guided or do it yourself? How long did it take to draw? Looking to go to there
It was all DIY. After not being able to draw a tag for the 8th year in a row, I bought a unit wide landowners tag (public land).
Post by: jstone on October 06, 2020, 08:30:16 PM
Great job
Post by: carlyoungs on October 06, 2020, 08:34:02 PM
Post by: callturner on October 06, 2020, 08:42:26 PM
Post by: full choke on October 06, 2020, 08:47:33 PM
Congratulations on a beautiful bull!
Post by: elkrack on October 06, 2020, 08:54:28 PM
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Post by: JPhelps on October 07, 2020, 08:26:20 AM
That makes for a great hunt when you tag out towards the end of the hunt!👍🏻 Great bull
I was thinking “stressful”, LoL
Post by: JPhelps on October 07, 2020, 08:26:59 AM
Too bad you didn't have a better caller, lol.
I’m trying to teach him some stuff :chuckle:
Post by: D-Rock425 on October 07, 2020, 08:31:59 AM
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Post by: Shawn Ryan on October 07, 2020, 02:00:33 PM
I don't want this to sound like I don't want you to be successful--I really do--you do a lot of good for hunters, but it is heartening to know that callers as good as the two of you still have elk run away when you call. The fact that you tell us that happens to you, too, makes us believers in your products. Honesty is the best marketing.
Post by: JPhelps on October 07, 2020, 04:29:39 PM
Way to be persistent. Real nice bull.
I don't want this to sound like I don't want you to be successful--I really do--you do a lot of good for hunters, but it is heartening to know that callers as good as the two of you still have elk run away when you call. The fact that you tell us that happens to you, too, makes us believers in your products. Honesty is the best marketing.
We will always tell it how it is. We got our tails whipped for 8 straight days.
We believed in and stuck with our plan and most importantly never gave up. We are always reminding each other throughout hunts like this “it only takes one” and “it can happen any second”.
Post by: OutHouse on October 07, 2020, 05:16:03 PM
Post by: sjhgraysage on October 08, 2020, 08:26:37 AM
:tup:
Post by: Hurricane on October 08, 2020, 12:19:53 PM
Post by: LDennis24 on October 08, 2020, 01:08:55 PM
"We are always reminding each other throughout hunts like this “it only takes one” and “it can happen any second."
Great bull man!
Post by: luvmystang67 on October 09, 2020, 10:04:31 AM
Your last statement says it all!
"We are always reminding each other throughout hunts like this “it only takes one” and “it can happen any second."
Great bull man!
I think it takes a lot of experience to begin to feel this way. I think I'm just starting to get there. You can feel a million miles away from elk, and then it just happens.
Post by: Wanttohuntmore on October 09, 2020, 10:20:49 AM
Post by: LDennis24 on October 09, 2020, 02:03:26 PM
Your last statement says it all!
"We are always reminding each other throughout hunts like this “it only takes one” and “it can happen any second."
Great bull man!
I think it takes a lot of experience to begin to feel this way. I think I'm just starting to get there. You can feel a million miles away from elk, and then it just happens.
Yeah I took my cousins from Boise hunting one year up towards Indian Heaven Wilderness. It was SUPER dry all over the state. This was around 2005-2006. The first day we just drove around looking for sign in the usual places and don't see anything. So we went back to camp and I got out a map and looked for water furthest from all the roads. We picked a spot and went to the best looking approach on the map and started hiking. About a mile from the road we found a nice big scrape on a lodgepole and I told my cousin to hit his bugle. He hit that bugle and another bull answered and came in on top of us in about ten seconds. It was scary how quickly the elk were suddenly in our front laps.
Post by: Gentrys on October 09, 2020, 06:56:10 PM