cohunter14
Administrator
- Jul 10, 2017
- 5,332
Congrats BigShow!! :thewave:
2018 Elk meat pole
- Thread starter DTP
- Start date
cohunter14
Administrator
- Jul 10, 2017
- 5,332
Way to go jvanhoy!!!
For those of you that have had success, feel free to start another thread and share your story. We love reading about it :upthumb:
For those of you that have had success, feel free to start another thread and share your story. We love reading about it :upthumb:
bowhunter87
New member
- Sep 15, 2018
- 1
Got it done in Colorado on the 13th. Cow called him in. Very happy with my first elk. OTC public land.
Coyothunter
New member
- Jul 25, 2017
- 2
Found one that wanted to play in Idaho.
:upthumb: :upthumb: :upthumb: jvanhoy, bowhunter87 and Coyothunter :upthumb: :upthumb: :upthumb:
Great 2 day hunt for ya'll jvanhoy... :clap: :clap:
Glad ya got your 1st OTC bull bowhunter87... :clap: :clap:
Looks like ya'll had fun turning him over Coyothunter... :-D :-D
Great 2 day hunt for ya'll jvanhoy... :clap: :clap:
Glad ya got your 1st OTC bull bowhunter87... :clap: :clap:
Looks like ya'll had fun turning him over Coyothunter... :-D :-D
I might shoot a big one if I ever stop shooting these guys. He really put on a show for his size. Bugled back and forth with us for 1/2 hour till we moved in close enough and he came up to see us. I had already seen him that morning when he was pushing a cow back and forth on a hill and I couldn't get a good shot at him. Glad I didn't try to force it because the shot I got was 15 yards broadside. Better than the 60 yards steep downhill shot I had passed on earlier.
Getting him also makes me feel better about the $420+ I spent earlier on a second Idaho tag. I will either hold out for big antlers with that tag or try for a cow in the late muzzleloader season. I need an excuse to buy a muzzleloader anyway.
Getting him also makes me feel better about the $420+ I spent earlier on a second Idaho tag. I will either hold out for big antlers with that tag or try for a cow in the late muzzleloader season. I need an excuse to buy a muzzleloader anyway.
First Elk!
Still can't believe everything came together for me in Idaho. This guy responded to my midday locator bugle and within just a few minutes I had really pissed him off. As he ramped up the intensity of his calling, so did I. He ended up marching right up the hillside to me and just about ran me over, I shot him at 8 yards and watched him go down in sight. Luckily I was only 1.5 miles to the truck, cause I was 100% solo!
Congrats to everyone else who has notched tags already, looking forward to hearing some more success stories!
Still can't believe everything came together for me in Idaho. This guy responded to my midday locator bugle and within just a few minutes I had really pissed him off. As he ramped up the intensity of his calling, so did I. He ended up marching right up the hillside to me and just about ran me over, I shot him at 8 yards and watched him go down in sight. Luckily I was only 1.5 miles to the truck, cause I was 100% solo!
Congrats to everyone else who has notched tags already, looking forward to hearing some more success stories!
cohunter14
Administrator
- Jul 10, 2017
- 5,332
Great bull CP, congrats!
colorado russ
New member
- Aug 10, 2017
- 1,083
Way to go CP. Bulls weren't responding too well here so had to hang up the bow.
cohunter14
Administrator
- Jul 10, 2017
- 5,332
colorado russ said:
Nicely done Russ! But we need more of a pic than that!
colorado russ
New member
- Aug 10, 2017
- 1,083
Well Derek, seems I have a lousy picture editor on my phone and my pic is too big. Plus, I need to edit a little to make pic more suitable. How about this? 6x6 with a busted G5. Not biggest I saw.
Had a great hunt. We went 3 for 3 in camp and I ?accidentally? turned on my kill switch with a spike and there was no turning back [emoji23]
By ?accidentally? I mean I was elk hunting for the first time in the woods with someone and having such a great day. This guy walked in with another spike while we were having snack time and something just switched inside me because I was having so much fun. I decided not to pass him and that he was coming with me. My buddy grabbed his camera and actually recorded me shooting it at about 12 yards
Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
By ?accidentally? I mean I was elk hunting for the first time in the woods with someone and having such a great day. This guy walked in with another spike while we were having snack time and something just switched inside me because I was having so much fun. I decided not to pass him and that he was coming with me. My buddy grabbed his camera and actually recorded me shooting it at about 12 yards
Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
