Utah LE Early Rifle Bull Hunt

[rtraverdavis]

That is a seriously beautiful bull. Congratulations!

 

[2rocky]

Tuesday morning I packed up my tent and sleeping bag. (I had put most of my camp in the truck Monday night). I met Wayne at his shop and loaded my Igloo 165 full with solidly frozen cut and wrapped packages. Even my bulls cape was a solid frozen block in a banana box. Wayne told me his cooler could freeze two tons of meat in 12 hours. That was well beyond the ability of previous operations I'd dealt with. By 9:30 I was loaded and on the road.

I got a lot of heads turned and thumbs up from folks as I passed through small towns. Fuel stops had plenty of positive comments. By 5 pm the sun was shining in my eyes and I headed towards a friend's ranch along the Carson river in Western Nevada. for an early night's rest in the bunkhouse. Just as I began drifting off to sleep the other residents of the building decided to have play time....

I did get to sleep shortly after dark, but rain on the roof woke me at 2:00 am. By 2:30 I was on the road driving through thunderstorms over the Sierras, through Tahoe, and down into the Sacramento Valley. I pulled in the driveway at home at 7:00 am and delivered my daughter to her high school with the antlers sitting high and drawing a crowd of curious teenagers.

It was 9:00 pm before I was done putting away meat in the freezer, delivering the cape to the taxidermist and drying out my tent and gear. All in all a good "Six Days on the Road"

 

[huntandfly]

Awesome bull with an awesome story, congratulations!

 

[Sask hunter]

Congrats!!

 

[BEvans]

Those dark antlers are amazing, congrats.

 

[bonedogg]

great bull and story, thanks for sharing !

 

[Elkhunter24]

Great bull and awesome story!!

 

[MTLabrador]

What an awesome bull. Congratulations.

 

[appaloosa]

Great bull!

 

[Caseknife]

Very pretty bull, love the dark antlers.

 

[CPAjeff]

Congrats!!

 

[kiwi hunter]

Choysa, very enjoyable

 

[TNHUNTER]

Nice bull and great story

 

[Hem]

Like the dark horns.
Congrats on a successful hunt.
Thanks for sharing.

 

[Hunting Wife]

Very nice. Love those dark antlered bulls. Congrats!

 

[ashersdad]

Outstanding bull and fabulous adventure!

 

[MarvB]

Excellent bull and great recap, also sounds like you’ve made a good friend along the way. Win-win

 

[prhunter]

Congrats on your bull. TFS

 

[npaden]

Congratulations on a beautiful bull.

 

[BenP]

Beautiful bull. Love the dark horns.

Cannonball launcher is something I need in my life.