Nice bull...So did someone else find the bull for you guys and you just show up and shoot it? I'm a bit lost in all the thread conversations....
Folks in Wyoming have to be a little careful doing this. Reference the four part series of articles (two already out and two to go) in the Cody Enterprise about a fellow doing something of this nature.
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To put an end to any rumors, I'll post this quick synopsis. And I'll provide some background that MN Public Hunter likes to stir shit in a way he thinks comes across as innocent and just wanting to know, yet every time he gets the chance he likes to state outright, or imply, what he has questioned here. I get it; he doesn't like how we do things, and he likes to use this forum and our FB page to cast his aspersions.
As Bob said, the answer to MN's question is "No." Buzz, being a long-time friend who has hunted this unit in the past, was invited to join us and be part of this hunt. He knows this unit almost like his backyard. And it allowed us to follow through on a long-standing and unmet commitment that we would share a camp/hunt sometime. I'd be a fool to not take up the offer of a friend to join us who has this much to offer in the way of information and experience.
As for the bull that was killed, we drove into a big area that Buzz was familiar with and where Marcus had seen a bull disappear the day before. We all split up, heading different directions to glass different areas. I went west, Buzz went east, with Marcus and Matthew taking the north and south viewscapes. I found two bedded bulls, then hiked back to get the crew and grab the spotter. We all returned to the glassing area and the two bulls I saw turned into six bulls by the time we returned to that glassing knob.
While we took turns inspecting those bulls, Matthew asked why we weren't looking at the three bulls closer and to our southeast. He pointed them out to us and we turned the spotter to them. The bull Matthew shot turned out to be one of the three he found while the rest of us were analyzing a different group of bulls.
So there you have it, MN Public Hunter, Matthew actually found the bull that was shot. After passing many others over the prior day and a half, he decided this bull and this situation was one that represented what he was hoping for in this hunt. And after a very patient set up that lasted 20+ minutes of the bedded bull in his crosshairs, Matthew shot the bull at 285 yards after it rose from its bed. When you see the footage, you will see how this unfolded, so you should no longer be "a bit lost."
That said, I can say with all certainty that if Buzz had not been with us, we would have never looked in this part of the area. We would have not hunted a lot of places Buzz's experience pointed us to glass. It would have taken a lot longer to turn up as many bulls as we did, if at all. And without Buzz's help it would have required a lot of luck to turn up a bull of this quality.
