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[Stocker]

Haven’t even got to the first kill and it’s epic!

 

[Deleted member 28227]

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[Deleted member 28227]

Not

 

[Deleted member 28227]

Next hunt isn't until first week of sept so I'm not sure if I will be making any more updates to the thread.

For all you whiners out there...

 

[seeth07]

Not too shabby bud....not too shabby. I take back what I have all said...well most of it!

 

[Ben Lamb]

 

[noharleyyet]

Nice job wllm...word and deed.

 

[Irrelevant]

Not sure how many animals were in the band as they kinda swirled around us... but I'm guessing 20ish. Not a bull in the group.

Eventually they started to move off and we stood up... whelp I guess we keep going?

About 500 yards later, we glimpsed another couple of cows. I pulled up by binos, and gave a hushed whoop to my buddy, there's a small bull in the back.

We decided to sit tight and see what they would do...

The bull and cows side hilled in front of us and made it to about 350, and seemed like they were about to exit the basin with the rest of the band.

I decide to take the shot... (wind... always forget the wind).

Boom, thwack... "you hit him way back"... Boom "same spot"... he starts running... per @JLS turned into a bit of a gun fight, pocked full of spent brass later I walked up on the bull, excited we were able to get one but admonishing myself for chitty shooting, and not paying attention to conditions.

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We butchered the bull and toted him back near our camp, it was getting late so we piled the meat a couple hundred yards away and passed out from a long day.

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The pack out wasn't especially far but we had a decent uphill section we had to climb. We did one heavy load down to the creek, then did two loads to get us to the car... ~10hours later we were back in the car headed for home.
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So how many more bulls did you see after pulling the trigger (the first time)?

 

[Jbotto]

Nice work! I guess I’ll stay tuned for the next chapter too.

 

[Deleted member 28227]

So how many more bulls did you see after pulling the trigger (the first time)?

0, I mean I’m sure there were some spikes that I couldn’t distinguish from cows, but my assumption is the big bulls are still in bachelor groups waaay up there and this was just a small bull hanging with the ladies.

 

[MTGomer]

I’d recommend eating a bunch of that caribou because it’s delicious, getting big and strong from how delicious it is and then heading in early to find a ram.

 

[Bambistew]

Great pics and story. Congrats on the bou!

 

[Scott85]

Just when we start to give up all hope.

 

[Irrelevant]

0, I mean I’m sure there were some spikes that I couldn’t distinguish from cows, but my assumption is the big bulls are still in bachelor groups waaay up there and this was just a small bull hanging with the ladies.

Gotcha, seems like it's usually the opposite in terms of hunting luck.

What made you want to pull the trigger on that bull on that day? Lack of bulls in the area? Sounds like lack of time wasn't an issue, but maybe you really want to devote that to scouting for a ram.

edit: that sorta comes off as passive aggressive... it wasn't meant like that, just wondering. There's only so much someone can glean from a dozen pics and a couple hundred words.

 

[Sytes]

Nice stuff. Looking forward to Part II and III.

Great pics and brief commentary. It's my favorite Playboy article!

 

[seeth07]

Gotcha, seems like it's usually the opposite in terms of hunting luck.

What made you want to pull the trigger on that bull on that day? Lack of bulls in the area? Sounds like lack of time wasn't an issue, but maybe you really want to devote that to scouting for a ram.

edit: that sorta comes off as passive aggressive... it wasn't meant like that, just wondering. There's only so much someone can glean from a dozen pics and a couple hundred words.

Don't feel bad. I kind of had the same question myself. With a lot of time left to hunt, even a solid quality bull would have been hard to take on just the evening of the second day. Especially since it appeared like you were spotting quite a few critters to keep you busy and having fun.

 

[andrew11]

Congrats!! Good luck on the sheep hunt. Looking forward to seeing what you turn up!!

 

[RobertD]

Mine’s 0 stars until my comedy of errors and blunders start. It’ll basically be the Bill Dance blooper reel but for hunting. I’ll most likely be shamed and ridiculed off of HT.

At least you won't be wearing a damn Vols hat, then you would deserve the shaming/ridiculing IMO

 

[MNElkNut]

1 down 2 to go! Congrats!

 

[npaden]

Congrats! Way bigger Caribou than I've ever shot and I think the same would go for most of the folks posting as well.

Hopefully this gives you the time to have you sitting on a nice ram on opening day.