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Herd Bull Tactics
As others have mentioned - everyone is going to have a different answer based on experience. The one that has worked for me on 3 occasions is this - wait for the herd to bed, then slip in as tight as possible and let loose with challenge bugles and raking. Seems like once the cows are bedded... -
Frontal shot with a bow
Took this bull with a 10 yard frontal this season. My first attempt at the shot, and I'm a believer as long as the conditions are correct like has been stated. He might have been just the slightest bit quartered, but it happened so fast its hard to picture. My arrow penetrated about 12-14". He... -
Elk Success
He was definitely a young bull, I would guess 2.5. He was small bodied too. He had a puncture wound in his backstrap on one side. Looked like he got gored by another bull. -
2022 ELK MEAT POLE
My buddy's LE bull and my OTC bull this year. I'll let you guess which is which... No denying we got super lucky this season. -
Elk Success
I had to follow up on this one. Headed up with that same buddy to a OTC area so I could take a crack at filling my tag. Got on the mountain at 11:30 am, with plans to hunt the next 2.5 days. My buddy and I were 1.5 hours into our hunt, when we sat down for a sandwich and made some cow calls... -
Elk Success
No, the charging bull was what happened after the shot. He didn't shoot him on the run. I just didn't realize he was shot until after he piled up. -
Elk Success
He was feeling it for sure. It was a pretty terrible packout. Lots of mileage, elevation, scrub oak and heat! -
Elk Success
My buddy got super lucky and drew a LE archery tag on his first attempt this year. This was his first season elk hunting. I had the same tag in 2020, so I had a pretty good idea of the unit and was excited to play guide for him this season. He injured his shoulder mountain biking this summer... -
Bull hiss/moo/blow/huff--> What is he saying?
Not sure, but I have seen a bull doing something similar before. It was like he was trying to bugle, but had lost his voice. The sound that came out was a quiet, hoarse, whisper sounding bugle. I was 40 yards away and could barely hear him. -
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2021 failures, close calls, and lessons learned
Had a bull responding down the ridge from me and by brother. It was my turn as shooter, so he stayed on the ridge to keep the bull talking while I dropped in on him. It was early season and some bulls were reluctantly talking, but not coming into calls yet. I try to match elevation side hill... -
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Elk Age Guess
He was definitely acting like he was in his prime. He had fought off a satellite bull just 10 minutes before I put an arrow in him. I snuck within 10 yards of his cows during the chaos, waited for him to come check on them, and he gave me a shot. While we were field dressing him, the other bull... -
Elk Age Guess
I'm really curious to know if he was just genetically always going to be a 5-point, or if the dry year last year stunted his antler growth.
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