2017 Elk meat pole
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publichunter1
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- Jan 27, 2016
- 97
My 2017 Colorado archery bull
cohunter14
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- Jul 10, 2017
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Congrats everyone! Some great bulls hitting the ground this year. otcWill, would love to hear the story if you get a chance! You've told some good ones in the past :upthumb:
Matt Brimmer
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- Dec 28, 2012
- 52
Congrats to everyone whom killed out or had the chance to experience the outdoors like only Elk Hunters can!
WY 2017
WY 2017
cohunter14
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- Jul 10, 2017
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Ol Arky said:
X2, great bull Matt!
wyoelk300+
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- Apr 16, 2013
- 121
Final day of WY archery season. My best bull to date. 12 yds quartering towards me. Complete pass through, he went 40 yds and piled up.
Bowhunter1
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- Aug 16, 2017
- 369
Well done....Great bull and you didn't waste any hunting season by tagging out early.
Justin Byers
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- Apr 5, 2015
- 35
Johnny-come-lately... Just got transferred over from Backtrac Outdoors
Montana 10/06/2017
Day 7 of 14. Passed a lot of good bulls that had me questioning my sanity until I wrapped my tag on this one.
Started hunting that morning at 6:45am and didn't stop until I killed this bull at 5:40pm. Dogged the herd all day and snuck into the edge of the herd with 20 different bulls bedded around me. I had no water with me, but decided to wait them out anyway and stood under a big pine in the freezing wind for 4 and a half hours waiting for one of the herd bulls to give me a shot. I finally decided to climb the tree to get warm and get a better view of what was above me on the hill. At about 4:30 they started moving off and I had to make a move. I decided to risk bumping some of the smaller bulls in order to get in a better position to intercept the herd. They grouped up and began moving along the edge of a rocky ridge line. I quickly made my way down the rocky outcroppings, feeling more like a sheep hunter than an elk hunter. I finally caught them transitioning over the ridge with this bull standing in the open and didn't hesitate. By the time I got him boned out and back to camp it was 1 am only to find the wind had pulled my stakes out of my tipi and blown it, and my stuff, all over the place . By the time I got it all put back together it was 3 AM. I had got up that morning to head out and hunt at 5 am so from the time I woke up till the time I hit the sack was 23 hrs, hunting, hiking, or working the whole time. I Don't think I've ever put in that long of a day in the woods before. One of these days I'll learn to kill my elk in the morning!
Montana 10/06/2017
Day 7 of 14. Passed a lot of good bulls that had me questioning my sanity until I wrapped my tag on this one.
Started hunting that morning at 6:45am and didn't stop until I killed this bull at 5:40pm. Dogged the herd all day and snuck into the edge of the herd with 20 different bulls bedded around me. I had no water with me, but decided to wait them out anyway and stood under a big pine in the freezing wind for 4 and a half hours waiting for one of the herd bulls to give me a shot. I finally decided to climb the tree to get warm and get a better view of what was above me on the hill. At about 4:30 they started moving off and I had to make a move. I decided to risk bumping some of the smaller bulls in order to get in a better position to intercept the herd. They grouped up and began moving along the edge of a rocky ridge line. I quickly made my way down the rocky outcroppings, feeling more like a sheep hunter than an elk hunter. I finally caught them transitioning over the ridge with this bull standing in the open and didn't hesitate. By the time I got him boned out and back to camp it was 1 am only to find the wind had pulled my stakes out of my tipi and blown it, and my stuff, all over the place . By the time I got it all put back together it was 3 AM. I had got up that morning to head out and hunt at 5 am so from the time I woke up till the time I hit the sack was 23 hrs, hunting, hiking, or working the whole time. I Don't think I've ever put in that long of a day in the woods before. One of these days I'll learn to kill my elk in the morning!
