Post by: javman on November 12, 2009, 07:30:15 PM
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Post by: Huntbear on November 12, 2009, 07:31:56 PM
However, the title says COUPLE Rosies Down. Where is the other one???? :dunno:
Post by: javman on November 12, 2009, 07:32:25 PM
About an hour later and a half mile along, I came to an open draw and could actually see more than 20 yards! I glanced up the draw... nothing. I looked downhill and... holy antlers!! :o This bull was facing me, standing up with his head down, munching on some ferns at about 70 yards. I crouched to get a rest, but some bushes were in the way. He still had his head down, so I slowly took about ten steps down the hill, and again crouched to get a solid shooting position.
I don't know how long I waited. 20 seconds or 5 minutes. Probably 20 seconds. Finally he lifted his head to glance around and I let him have it, direct to the chest. One shot, clipped his heart, hit a lung and the bullet exited before the guts. He dropped right there, and was done by the time I got to him... This was going to be my third year of hunting hard the entire week of modern elk season, and I finally had my first bull on just the second day! A beautiful 5x6.
That's when I realized how much work I had in front of me. Since he was pinned against a log on a hillside, I had no choice but to cut from the top down. Got the quarters and everything else off his right side, and it took everything I had to get him turned around. By myself, it took almost 4 hours to get him cut up, in game bags, tied to a tree. Took about 45 pounds out in a game bag, which sucked without a pack frame.
When I got back to cell range I called my dad and told him to get packed! The five of us from the day before, plus my pops, rode in early the next morning and got him out in one trip... five hours roundtrip. We were all pretty soaked by the end.
I'm glad I have good friends!! The next time I tell them I'm going somewhere steep and deep, they'll probably lock me up in the shed. :chuckle:
Luck was on our side this weekend!
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AWESUME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :IBCOOL:
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Post by: javman on November 13, 2009, 06:41:40 PM
nice bulls i notice you got your friends to pack all the meat while you packed the head, lol those are good friends
Good friends indeed! Actually it was their decision that I had to pack out the head. Nice thing was, I could just lean back and rest on the antler tips anytime I needed to :chuckle:
Hopefully tomorrow one of them will tag out and it'll be my turn to carry the meat...
Stiknstringbow -- I didn't see any sign like that anywhere...
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Post by: STIKNSTRINGBOW on November 14, 2009, 11:30:06 AM
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Stiknstringbow -- I didn't see any sign like that anywhere...Oh well, if it is the same place or not , still a nice bull ! congrats!
without knowing the unit, all roads pretty much look alike...It is just what you said about going behind gate a couple miles to old growth, and a place I know like that where all the ferns are clipped off about 6" and a bull we saw a couple times in area.........I was just wondering if he would be there next year, or if you got him.
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