Bull of a lifetime, hunt of a lifetime

[Ben Long]

I'll be writing more about this elsewhere, but I thought you might be interested. This was my 40th Elk Tag (most of which have gone into tag soup.) This year, my childhood hunting buddy and I had a reunion hunt. To make it special, we hired Wilderness Lodge Outfitter to haul us into the Bob Marshall Wilderness. We were there just as a historic fall blizzard was building steam. My buddy Tod called in this bull for me. I shot the bull at 50 yards. I am humbled and thankful. The bull is special for many reasons, especially for a public land, over-the-counter hunt.

 

[Deleted member 28227]

Heck of a bull congrats!

 

[JCS]

That's awesome

 

[Muskeez]

Wow! Big fronts! Congrats on a perfect ending to a memorable trip!

 

[Ben Long]

This gives you a sense of some of the country we traveled. The only time I've looked DOWN on mountain goats while hunting elk.

 

[JV842]

Wait a minute, I thought there were no more good bulls in the Bob!!!

 

[TakeABreakAndTouchGrass]

Beautiful. Congrats on a great hunt!

 

[JMG]

Very cool. It’s great you were able to hunt with your childhood hunting buddy in such a beautiful place. Nice bull ... good mass ... dark antlers.

 

[Nameless Range]

That is amazing. The bull and the country. Congratulations!

 

[cahunter805]

Simply amazing country and beautiful bull! Congrats

 

[BuzzH]

Looks like that hunt had a lot more meaning than just the taking of a great bull...but, its still never a bad thing when you get to take a great bull.

Congrats!

 

[LCH]

One of the great adventure hunts. I've only backpacked in the Bob and bear hunted the very edge of it. A pack-in elk hunt would be a OIL type adventure IMO.

 

[Deleted member 16014]

Awesome! Cool looking bull too.

 

[bts09]

Wow, congrats!

 

[Jwill]

Awesome! Looking forward to the full account.

 

[Lone Elk]

Congrats on an Awesome bull. The backdrop scenery is simply beautiful and amazing.

 

[Pagosa]

That is an amazing bull!! Congratulations and that is a great hunt in beautiful country!! I plan to hunt/hike/fish the Bob some day. Enjoy your trophy and some fine eating. I know he is big, what do you think he will score and how old do you think he was? 345/350? Doesn’t matter, just an beautiful creature.

 

[Jape]

Fantastic! Love his fronts. Congrats on both a great hunt and time with friends.

 

[Festus]

Beautiful - the scenery and the bull! Headed to scratch the Bob itch in a few weeks...

 

[rustneversleeps]

Really cool bull, love the dark antlers....and you shot it in THE BOB!!