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Post by: BLUEBULLS on November 05, 2009, 07:07:35 AM
I know you did your homework for that one.
can't wait to hear the story.
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Post by: HUNT on November 05, 2009, 03:50:44 PM
The fog rolled in just before dark and turned the sky orange. One of the most beautiful sunsets I've ever seen.
Post by: MichaelJ on November 05, 2009, 03:56:58 PM
Michael
Post by: HUNT on November 05, 2009, 04:29:52 PM
It rained most of the night, good thing the tent didnt leak like it did on my Idaho trip. The canvas must have shrunk enough to close the needle holes. It was still raining pretty hard when it was time to head out for the ridge. The other two guys with the tags took off for the ridge, but I decided that I wasnt going to head out til the rain let up some. I waited for about 45 minutes and there was a lull in the rain. Jake, Chad and I headed for the ridge. We got there about 20 minutes after daylight. The rain had quit. Jake headed up to a point to glass for me and try to find a good bull. Chad and I headed into the shed. One of the changes this year for the watershed tag was that you were allowed to take one person into the watershed with you as long as they stayed within talking distance. Chad and I dropped down the ridge. After about 20 minutes we spot a bull 2 drainages over at about 1200 yards. We set up the spotting scope to get a good look at him. He was a pretty decent six point, right on the edge of what we were looking for. We decided not to go after him. You don't want to shoot the first bull you see, right? We keep glassing for the next hour but the fog moved in on us and the visibility dropped to about 50 yards. We headed back up to the top of the ridge and over to where Jake was spotting for me. Jake saw three 5 pt bulls and good old Broken Horn before the fog moved in. I figured the fog would move back out again in the afternoon, so we built a fire and warmed up until about 3 pm when the fog looked like it would finally lift. Chad and I dumped back into the shed and down the same ridge we were on that morning. We got down to about the same level and immediately saw 5 cows feeding out on the next ridge. We moved down the ridge a little more and glassed. We saw 5 bulls in a little bachelor herd in the same opening we saw the bull in that morning. One 6 pt bull, 3 five pt bulls and a spike that had at least 40 inch antlers. By far the largest spike I had ever seen! No shooters in this group to go after so we kept moving down the ridge and glassing. About an hour before dark we see a bull at about 1000 yards across the drainage to our west. He is slowly working his way up the hill through the alder brush. We catch glimpses of his tops and he looks like a really good bull with big G4's. We also spot a 6 pt and a 5 pt bull but not shooters yet. We talk about what our best plan of action is to work in on the bull in the alder brush. We decide that we probably dont have enough time to get to the bull before dark and rather than push him out we would come back in the morning early and be there at daylight.
Post by: ELKBURGER on November 05, 2009, 07:59:53 PM
Post by: mulehunter on November 05, 2009, 08:10:04 PM
Mulehunter :drool:
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Post by: HUNT on November 05, 2009, 09:26:44 PM
We were up and at em early, 4 am. Walked in using our headlamps up the trail to our dropping off point. Chad and I dropped down the ridge we had been focusing our efforts on, while Jake went to a glassing point. Soon after daylight We spotted 2 5pt bulls in an opening on the end of a ridge about 400 yards from where we saw the big bull the night before. We watched them for about 5 minutes and a 6 pt bull stepped out onto the edge. None of these bulls were shooters. We watched them for another couple of minutes before another bull stepped out where we could see him. This bull needed a closer look so we set up the spotting scope and looked him over for about 2 minutes before he fed out of sight. We decided we should try and make a stalk on this bull. We could tell that the fog was moving in again for the 3rd day in a row. We hoped it would last as long. We gathered our gear and made a plan to come in above them staying on the ridgetops instead of dropping off into the bottom and coming back up. We hustled up the ridge back almost to the top and over onto the ridge that we saw the elk on. The fog was setting in and visibility was down to less than 100 yards. As we dropped elevation down the ridge the fog started to lighten. We got closer and closer to where we had last seen the elk. We heard a shot from up above us. A few minutes later we saw 5 cows busting down the hill across the drainage from us. We hoped they wouldnt spook the bull we were after. The fog finally lifted and we continued down to where we saw them and didnt see anything. They were gone. It had been less than an hour. We glassed the drainage we thought they may have gone into and nothing. As we were talking about what we should do next we heard 4 shots that sounded like they were only a couple ridges over. We glassed the drainage again and I picked up 3 bulls moving their way across the hill at 600 yards out. No shooters in this group. A couple of minutes later a good bull came out about 300 yards lower on the hill sidehilling around moving toward us. As soon as he hit a patch of timber, Chad and I sprinted about 50 yards closer to get to a better vantage point to see more of the drainage and get a good rest for the rifle. The bull continued to work his way around. Chad was continually calling the yardage to me... 515..... 465 .... 425.... 400.... The bull never stopped for a good shot so I let him keep walking. He walked into another patch of timber and I told chad that I would shoot him when he came out the other side. We waited and waited and the bull didnt come out.... He had held up in the the timber. :bash:
Post by: cle elum bowhunter on November 05, 2009, 09:34:36 PM
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Post by: HUNT on November 05, 2009, 10:08:00 PM
Chad and I continually glassed the timber that the bull had moved into. Couldn't find him. I glanced down the ridge to my left a saw a 5pt and a 6 pt standing 150 yards below me. Neither one was quite what I was looking for. So i kept glassing the timber pocket where the shooter had moved into. Chad tells me another bull came out below us. Another 6 pt but not a shooter. Now our focus has turned to the elk below us. They have no idea we are even in the area. We are both behind a broken off tree with a big rock next to it that I put my backpack on. Perfect rest against the tree and on my pack.
Then we notice another bull is stepping up onto the little flat below us. I see his fronts first as they come into view. Good fronts I think to myself. Then I see the G4 on his left side. I could tell this was a good mature bull. Chad says to me "Oh my god, shoot that one". I put the crosshairs on his front shoulder just as he stops to eat a clump of grass and gently squeeze the trigger. The bull tumbles and rolls down the hill. He is down.
Chad and I walk up to him and high five each other smiling from ear to ear. We have hunted elk together for almost 15 years, just the two of us. This is definately our most memorable hunt. The four shots that we heard earlier was Mark (one of the other tag holders in our camp) killing his 6 pt bull 2 finger ridges away.
I would like to thank the guys that allowed us to stay at their cabin. I also would like to thank all of the guys in our camp for helping make this such a memorable hunt. I know We all made some new friends. I would also like to thank Jake for going with me on most of my 8 scouting trips and listening to my constant talk about my hunt. Thanks Mark, Chad and Jake for helping me pack out, it doesnt get much worse than that.
I would also like to thank all of you guys on here that helped me prepare for my hunt and gave me advice. You all know who you are, and if I can help you with something sometime, just let me know.
Post by: mtn. goat on November 05, 2009, 10:18:56 PM
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Post by: fishm@n on November 06, 2009, 09:08:32 AM
Thank you. God I love big bulls. After eating my Peaches Ridge Archery tag this year, nice to see some big bulls coming out of our state. Congrats.
Did you eat your tag because you were picky or didn't get close enough? I wish I had that tag this year. I've got to stop putting in for group tags, we can't seem to draw.
Post by: shag on November 06, 2009, 09:59:28 AM
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Post by: gadwall on November 06, 2009, 12:58:44 PM
Now that's the way to tell a hunting story. Thanks for putting us all right there in the timber with you!! Again, what cartridge and bullet do you shoot? Factory or Handload?
Gadwall
Post by: HUNT on November 06, 2009, 01:07:30 PM
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Post by: gadwall on November 07, 2009, 08:36:12 AM
I shoot a Remington Sendero in 7mm Remington Ultra Mag. I handload Barnes TTSX 150 gr bullets. 3600 fps
I am a 7mm fan myself. I have a Win M70 Laredo LRH with a bull barrel in 7mm Rem mag. I Think both the 7mm Ultra Mag and the 7mm WSM do not get the attention they deserve. My next 7mm will be a 7mm-08. Thanks again for a great story and hope you enjoy all that great elk meat. I have a late muzzleloader cow tag for the Bluecreek
unit and am really looking forward to that hunt. Have a good weekend.
Gadwall
Post by: HUNT on November 07, 2009, 11:01:24 AM
Post by: clearwater on November 07, 2009, 12:44:19 PM
Congrats
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Post by: HUNT on November 07, 2009, 06:31:47 PM
Great hunt and stories Hunt. I also want to thank you for selling me the J107. Packed a lot of meat with it this year.
Thanks. I should have called and borrowed that pack from ya. I was missing it on the day I killed my bull. Would have made the cape/head/horns pack out much more enjoyable. Glad you got some use out of the pack.
Post by: Schmalzfam on November 07, 2009, 06:40:34 PM
Nice Bull.
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