thecrittergitter
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Well, just got back from one of the most awesome opening days of MT rifle season ever. I took my wife on her first elk hunt (hunt period) ever. One little hitch about taking mamma on an elk hunt, was that our 2 month old baby Lexi had to go with us. Wow, this was gonna be a challenge so i thought if we even saw an elk for her to shoot, i would be happy. Raghorn or not
Well, long story short, night before opener, we saw 17 bulls and i was just tickled to death that there were actually bulls where we were at. So next morning, we hiked in, baby and all to that far ridge we saw the bulls on. We got there before light and sat to wait for glassing. Unbelievably, i started hearing elk bugle! It was so awesome, my wife got to hear that on her first hunt. I finally started seeing elk emerging in the light and when i finally got enough light to see them, i notice nearly 40 head and over 20 of them are bulls!! We never ended up getting a shot due to the wind and i'm here to tell you, a 2 month old baby changes your ability on what you can and can't do on a hunt dramatically!!
About 1 pm that day, we ended up getting onto two bedded bulls and got within 200 yards. Lori got down and settled in. I could tell that the one that was easy to shoot, was about a 260 class bull but the one a little farther back in the timber was definately a better bull. We crawled a little ways to the left to try for a shot at him in his bed. Well, we finally found a gap and she put the hammer on him!
What an experience! Can't say i have ever had to pack "extra diapers" in my hunting pack before but we never even had to dig em out
I'm not sure the Mystery Ranch guys have had many pictures with the pack being used as a baby bed while the elk is gutted and cut
Was my wifes first shot ever at a big game animal and she was just tickled to death.
Well, long story short, night before opener, we saw 17 bulls and i was just tickled to death that there were actually bulls where we were at. So next morning, we hiked in, baby and all to that far ridge we saw the bulls on. We got there before light and sat to wait for glassing. Unbelievably, i started hearing elk bugle! It was so awesome, my wife got to hear that on her first hunt. I finally started seeing elk emerging in the light and when i finally got enough light to see them, i notice nearly 40 head and over 20 of them are bulls!! We never ended up getting a shot due to the wind and i'm here to tell you, a 2 month old baby changes your ability on what you can and can't do on a hunt dramatically!!
About 1 pm that day, we ended up getting onto two bedded bulls and got within 200 yards. Lori got down and settled in. I could tell that the one that was easy to shoot, was about a 260 class bull but the one a little farther back in the timber was definately a better bull. We crawled a little ways to the left to try for a shot at him in his bed. Well, we finally found a gap and she put the hammer on him!
What an experience! Can't say i have ever had to pack "extra diapers" in my hunting pack before but we never even had to dig em out
I'm not sure the Mystery Ranch guys have had many pictures with the pack being used as a baby bed while the elk is gutted and cut
Was my wifes first shot ever at a big game animal and she was just tickled to death.
