mdunc8
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So my season took a turn for the better this evening. After loosing a nice buck opening week, I was able to close the deal on a nice bull (at least a nice one for me). I finally found a hot bull a few nights ago and had him ripping down the mountain to me before he winded me. Never did see him, but he sounded big. I gave him a day to settle down and then went back for him this afternoon. I wish I had a great story, but it happened pretty quickly and only 200 yards from the truck. I hadn't been hiking five minutes when I came around the corner and there were two cows feeding in a meadow at 3:30, which was surprising given that is was 85 today. I looked behind them in timber and saw some horns. I grabbed an arrow, got my release on, and ranged the cows at just over 40 yards just before he came out of the woods. He followed right behind them. I cow called to stop him and stuck him right behind the ribs as he was slightly quartering away. I heard him crash on top of the hill not 75 yards away. I gave him a little over 30 minutes before I made my way up the hill. He's not one of the monsters I saw early in the year, but I'll definitely take him for my first first bull. Good timing too since I'm down to my last two packs of meat from last year. Sorry for the fuzzy picture. The autofocus is busted on my camera and I didn't realize the picture was out of focus until we got back to the truck. Packing him out took all of 20 minutes.
