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Big Game Hunting => Elk Hunting => Topic started by: Craig on November 03, 2009, 04:32:53 PM

Title: My Utah trip is about to start.(UPDATE: BULL DOWN this AM, pics to come)
Post by: Craig on November 03, 2009, 04:32:53 PM: Getting ready to go. I leave Thursday morning and the hunt starts Saturday. The end of last week the area I am hunting got 2-3 feet of snow up high and started pushing the elk down to lower parts of the unit. The guide called me on monday morning and told me about his Saturday and Sunday scouting trip. On those two days he seen 120 bulls. The biggest ones were in the 350 range. he called today and said he found a Big bull. Who knows if they will stick around tell the hunt starts but it should be a fun hunt. Then I go from Utah to Montana to hunt Mule deer. I hope to have some good pictures when I get back. I will try and send Ridgerunner some text messages with hunt updates. I will see if he can keep people updated.
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Post by: rasbo on November 03, 2009, 04:35:52 PM: good luck sounds like the weather is working for ya
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Post by: bowhunterforever on November 03, 2009, 04:38:14 PM: Good luck, hope you kill a monster.
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Post by: Ironhead on November 03, 2009, 05:41:30 PM: Hope you get a giant, Craig. Sounds like things are going your way take lots a pics and enjoy. Good Luck
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Post by: Ridgerunner on November 03, 2009, 06:10:38 PM: GO GET EM! Hope you kill a monster!
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Post by: buckhorn2 on November 03, 2009, 09:16:39 PM: Hope you get what you hope for looks like the weather will play a role. Good Luck
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Post by: Ridgerunner on November 06, 2009, 01:29:58 PM: Craig is in UT scouting for his big bull, the hunt officially starts tomorrow, hopefully he finds a 350 bull today to keep tabs on.
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Post by: HUNT on November 06, 2009, 01:31:37 PM: Good luck! Sounds like you have a couple of great hunts planned! Go get em!
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Post by: Craig on November 06, 2009, 01:45:20 PM: Rolled into town about a hour ago. It is 65 degrees out. Not to good. Melting a lot of the snow at the lower elevations. Going out scouting in about a hour. Going to look for some bulls seen earlier in the week. I bought a new digiscope thing. I will se if it works tonight. Suppse to cool down into the low 50s after today.
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Post by: bucklucky on November 06, 2009, 03:58:06 PM: Thanks Craig, keep us posted man!!
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Post by: bow4elk on November 06, 2009, 04:00:05 PM: Quote from: Craig on November 03, 2009, 04:32:53 PM
Getting ready to go. I leave Thursday morning and the hunt starts Saturday. The end of last week the area I am hunting got 2-3 feet of snow up high and started pushing the elk down to lower parts of the unit. The guide called me on monday morning and told me about his Saturday and Sunday scouting trip. On those two days he seen 120 bulls. The biggest ones were in the 350 range. he called today and said he found a Big bull. Who knows if they will stick around tell the hunt starts but it should be a fun hunt. Then I go from Utah to Montana to hunt Mule deer. I hope to have some good pictures when I get back. I will try and send Ridgerunner some text messages with hunt updates. I will see if he can keep people updated.

What time will I need to be out front waiting to be picked up?
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Post by: Craig on November 06, 2009, 06:36:05 PM: Just got back from scouting. Seen about 35 bulls tonight. About 6 or 7 shooters. There are four real good ones. We were not the only guys watching these bulls. So we need to be the first ones out there in the morning. The good thing is two other guys that were watching them can't hike to get to them ( we were about a mile away spoting them ) it's going to be quite a hike to them. Straight up and over the mountain. Will se how it goes tomorrow.

Here is a little side story. I am hunting the fishlake unit but we were in the Monroe unit spotting back across to my unit. The guy that is with me took me to the spot that spider bull was killed. About 5 minutes from were we were spoting from. I don't know how that bull lived so long. Wide open sage brush. He must have been in some dark hole hiding and finaly made a bad move and got shot.
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Post by: bucklucky on November 06, 2009, 06:56:02 PM: Sweet, cant wait to hear how tomorrow goes for ya!!
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Post by: Ridgerunner on November 06, 2009, 08:27:38 PM: 35 bulls with 6 or 7 shooters, rest up tomorrow could be a BIG day. Can't wait to see the pics. Sounds like itll be an awesome hunt.
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Post by: carpsniperg2 on November 06, 2009, 08:32:52 PM: good luck
Title: Re: My Utah trip is about to start.(UPDATE: BULL DOWN this AM, pics to come)
Post by: Ridgerunner on November 07, 2009, 09:06:25 AM: Craig got a bull down first thing this morning, pics to come.
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Post by: bucklucky on November 07, 2009, 09:08:11 AM: SWEET, what am I mounting?? I need to know :chuckle:

Congrats Craig!! Cant wait to see some pictures!!
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Post by: carpsniperg2 on November 07, 2009, 09:08:34 AM: :drool: can't wait to see pics :drool:
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Post by: sjhgraysage on November 07, 2009, 09:18:38 AM: Congrats Craig!
Have you been in touch with antlerrick yet???
Impatiently waiting for pics, jk.
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Post by: HUNT on November 07, 2009, 06:57:26 PM: Congrats on the bull! Need the pics! Get on it! :chuckle:
Title: Re: My Utah trip is about to start.(UPDATE: BULL DOWN this AM, pics to come)
Post by: Craig on November 07, 2009, 07:28:58 PM: Short update. I can't post any pictures because I don't have a computer with me. Only my little itouch. He is a nice bull. Not the one we were after. Only 23 permits for the whole unit and there were 8 people hunting the bulls we seen the night before. We did not expect that.

The wind was crazy this morning and they must have smelled the dumb asses that came right up from the bottom with a 20 mph wind that was blowing right up the hill to the bulls. We went around the mountain and up and over the top. Let me tell you it's a bitch climbing over a mountain at 8500 feet.

The bulls ran up the hill right to us. There was 14 bulls in about a 10 yard circle. I don't know if we thought he was the other bull or what. But we had to decide fast because the other hunters were just about to them. I shot my bull at 290 yards. He is a heavy wide 5x6. I am on my way to Montana for a deer hunt. I will post pictures and a better story when I get home.
Title: Re: My Utah trip is about to start.(UPDATE: BULL DOWN this AM, pics to come)
Post by: bucklucky on November 07, 2009, 08:53:38 PM: Congrats man, cant wait to see some pictures!
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Post by: C-Money on November 08, 2009, 05:44:59 PM: Congrats! Good luck in Montanna!