2014 Breaks elk

[double_a85]

A little late getting this on here...

Here is my 2014 Breaks Bull. Not a big bull by any means, but by far the biggest bull I have ever shot.

I am not as good as most of you at the storytelling--- but the highlights:

I got this tag with 6 bonus points. Being a "trophy" tag, I put a lot of pressure on myself. I thought I needed to shoot that monster... never being a horn hunter this was a big change in attitude. By the 3rd day of the season the stress and pressure I had put on myself was beginning to take over. On the way back to camp in the cold, rain/sleet/snow/wind, we saw a bunch of bulls. I had had enough, said if the 2 bigger ones gave me a shot, I would take it...

Ran about 100 yards to the top of the ridge and shot the smaller one, a 4x6. He will fill the freezer very well--- which is ultimately all I cared about anyway.

Thanks to a few fellow Hunt Talkers for sharing valuable info on this hunt.

 

[MThuntr]

Congrats...a full freezer is always a good thing to brag about.

 

[Festus]

That's one more than I killed this year...
Congrats!

 

[Big Fin]

Congrats. Happy hunter = happy story.

 

[MT_elk]

Congrats! I'm still looking to fill my freezer too!

 

[sra61]

Nice Bull! There's no better trophy than a full freezer! Especially with beef prices the way they are this year! Congratulations!

 

[dewclaw]

congrats, way to fill that freezer

 

[TheShootist.41]

Congrats. You told the story well.

 

[BrowningBLR]

Nice work! I've never passed on a legal bull...

 

[elk_hunter]

Way to go! A full freezer is everything! Can't eat the horns!

 

[Art Vandeley]

Nice bull! Thanks for sharing.

 

[raiderbowhunter]

Nice bull. Congrats on the success!

 

[Ben Long]

Excellent work! My daddy taught me never pass up a legal elk. Words to live by! Enjoy those steaks!

 

[sbhooper]

Nothing wrong with that bull! A full freezer trumps antlers any day in my book. He is great.

 

[pointingdogsrule]

CONGRATS!!!!!! "It's the hunt not the kill" and you made the hunt fun! Enjoy that elk.

good luck to all
the dog

 

[ashersdad]

Great hunt and great elk. Congrats!

 

[Big luke1981]

Congrats!!!!!

 

[recon6036]

Nothing wrong with that! Congrats!!!!

 

[fishing4sanity]

Congratulations! That bull and a full freezer sure beat the heck out of my un-notched Washington elk tag. I'm getting quite the collection of those un-notched tags ............ wanna trade?

 

[2rocky]

You are right on about putting the pressure on yourself when you burn a bunch of points for a tag. It is tough having "expectations ". Congrats on setting an elk PR . It is a funny feeling when you look at the result of a tag laying there and the thought is "I'm glad to be done hunting".

That bull was well deserved and you beat the elements to get him. Well done!