Post by: JPhelps on November 02, 2021, 01:48:59 PM
On opening day we turned up his buddies and some of the cows but couldn’t turn him up. We assumed he was now holed up and wasn't going to willfully show himself. We looked all day after changing locations and angles and just couldn't find him.
The next day had us in the same area. Elk seemed to be everywhere with the better weather. Within an hour of being able to glass, we had spotted six herds and seventeen bulls. Looking them all over in the spotter we weren't interested in getting a closer look at any of them. Finally we spotted a heavy 7x6 that pulled us 1,500 ft. down the mountain to get a closer look. We relocated him and he was at 400 yards bedded but we could only see bits and pieces of him. We didn’t think we wanted to shoot him but I did want to see him on the hoof to confirm. First he lulled us to sleep by not moving for a couple hours then somewhere between a minute of not checking the spotter he vanished never to be seen again.
After the "rookie mistake", we decided we should hike back out and glass from above. On our way up the ridge I was getting some crazy headaches and stopped to take some Advil/Tylenol and while I was putting my bag back together Brian spotted a bull moving quickly up the mountain at 400 yards and after a quick observation it was the bull we had been looking for. I had a few seconds to get my gun cover off, a bullet in the gun, get a rest and get on the bull. He had one opening he would go through. The guys yelled when he got there and all he did was speed up. I thought he was gone forever. After a few seconds I heard Dirk say he was coming back up and would show in a second. I saw him come into the scope and settled the crosshairs and started to squeeze. One shot from the 338 edge and the bull was piled up.
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Post by: JPhelps on November 03, 2021, 11:32:50 AM
Who are the other 3 guys?
Brian Sanders from Oregon Backcountry Outfitting, Grant and Thomas. We weren’t getting him out of there by ourselves without way too many trips.
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Post by: JPhelps on November 03, 2021, 11:42:50 AM
Tell me you got that hunt on video??? Congrats, another amazing bull!
It is on Video :tup:
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Post by: trophyhunt on November 03, 2021, 12:00:42 PM
:yike: Will you get it on TV or YouTube?Tell me you got that hunt on video??? Congrats, another amazing bull!
It is on Video :tup:
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