Late season Wy pays off

rodney482 · Oct 31, 2014

I am feeling very blessed

rodney482 · Oct 31, 2014

Myself and great friend Troy Owens packed into the back country Sunday night, set up camp and settled in for a very chilly 15 degree night.

rodney482 · Oct 31, 2014

After some granola milk and blueberry breakfast we headed out to a glassing point Troy calls the crows nest

rodney482 · Oct 31, 2014

We spotted 3 diffetent bulls about 2 miles below us. Our plan was to drop in and be on them when they came back in the meadows at dusk.

rodney482 · Oct 31, 2014

Our plan worked perfectly, wind was correct and I had a good rest. The elk started to filter out... Only problem was that the elk were about 800 yds away and dark settling in. We backed out and dropped all the way into the bottom and settled in for another night of cold temps..... (Thank you Kifaru! The 0 degree bag was awesome) BIG but awesome.

rodney482 · Oct 31, 2014

An hour before light we headed out towards a meadow that the biggest bull was spotted the day before.
At first light we spotted two bulls and a cow but they were 1500 yds away. As we put together a plan and gathered up our gear I looked to my left and spotted a yellow object on the hillside.

Troy quickly pulled up his binocs and said 6 point.. I grabbed the CRF and two readings said 354 yds. I threw my pack on the ground and went prone. I put the crosshairs just a touch high and squeezed off a shot, the bull flinched and ran up the rockslide. He then turned and ran down and stopped in the same spot. I squeezed off shot #2 and he crashed.

rodney482 · Oct 31, 2014

rodney482 · Oct 31, 2014

One happy guy right here

rodney482 · Oct 31, 2014

rodney482 · Oct 31, 2014

After a few pictures we broke down the bull, caped it of the skull and stashed it in the dark timber.
We were 1 mile from our camp and 6 miles from the truck (all uphill). We were only 1/2 mile from the head of the lake so Troy started texting people with a boat... It would be an 18 mile trip by boat.

rodney482 · Oct 31, 2014

By the time we broke down camp and hiked to the truck it was dark. Troy came through big time and located a boat!

rodney482 · Oct 31, 2014

The packout to the boat

rodney482 · Oct 31, 2014

rodney482 · Oct 31, 2014

Packed up and headed home

luke moffat · Oct 31, 2014

Awesome job Rodney!!! I dig the extraction vehicle too!!! Not everyday you see an elk taken out via boat in the lower 48! Too cool!

jdmaxwell · Oct 31, 2014

Congrats..

daddie63 · Oct 31, 2014

Awesome congrats. Looks like a great bull. I'm curious what your gear list looked like.

Sounds like a great hunt

River Rat · Oct 31, 2014

Congratulations ! Thanks for sharing.

bikerdavet · Oct 31, 2014

That's great Rodney. Really good to see all the time and effort pay off for you!

danarnold · Oct 31, 2014

Great job! Looks like a blast!

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