North Dakota Bull Elk Hunt

[iHunt]

Hello Everyone!


New to this site, but not the world of elk hunting. I believe my brother is running around here somewhere as well.


I have gone on 3 archery elk hunts with our group the last three years, and this fall I will be trying to fill my once in a lifetime ND bull elk tag (E3 for those that have hunted elk in ND before).


I am excited for this fall and can't wait to leave work and head to the badlands for a weekend of scouting in 3 minutes


Here are a few pics from my last scouting trip - sadly no elk

 

[DTP]

Awesome awesome awesome pictures!
Good luck to you on the hunt, I bet you get into them and shoot a dandy!  :upthumb:

 

[cohunter14]

Congrats on an awesome tag! Hope the scouting trip goes well. Let us know what you find.

 

[iHunt]

Had a great scouting trip this weekend! Found 75-100 Cows, Calves, and spikes along with 2 140-150" mule deer and 3 shooter whitetails, one looked to be a huge heavy 10 pt. I didn't have my phoneskope adapter so pictures are limited this go around. No bulls yet, but finding that many cows is promising!
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[cohunter14]

Looks like a successful trip to me!

 

[DTP]

Had a great scouting trip this weekend! Found 75-100 Cows, Calves, and spikes along with 2 140-150" mule deer and 3 shooter whitetails, one looked to be a huge heavy 10 pt. I didn't have my phoneskope adapter so pictures are limited this go around. No bulls yet, but finding that many cows is promising!

Great shots!

 

[iHunt]

Thank you! I enjoy having the camera with me and picked up a new attachment to keep my camera on my shoulder strap while I am hiking so it is always ready!

 

[iHunt]

Quick update: Got back out to the badlands this last weekend and found some antler! The first night I saw a large framed bull (I am guessing a 325 class 6x6) from about two miles away. I got some video of him and a satellite bull.
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[/size]The next morning I set up on a bluff that cut the distance in about half towards where I saw those bulls disappearing. At first, all I was seeing was deer - and lots of them! I looked back towards the spot I was at the night before and sure enough there is a big bull working his way across a small meadow. I pull up the binocs and almost fainted. It was the giant 8x7 bull I got a tip on! It was 15 seconds of mad-dashing to get the phone skope set up, and proceeded to get lots of video and pictures of him. (pics and video to follow)That night, I wanted to move down the valley a little and see if I could spot any cows about a mile or two further down from where I saw him. It was a quiet evening with lots of deer again. I looked right below me (391 yards) at a water hole and sure enough, this big boy was working his way towards some green feed. I got a bunch more videos of him before he slipped in some cover. Didn't see any cows, which I would like to find so I can have an idea of where he will head once the rut starts up. 

 

[cohunter14]

Sounds awesome! Can't wait to see the pics of that monster.

 

[DTP]

Cannot wait to see how you do on this hunt!

 

[iHunt]

Here is the post a few of you have been waiting for!

 

[sjl2012]

That's a great bull! Are you already camped and sleeping there each night?

 

[DTP]

Awesome shots!!!!!

 

[cohunter14]

Wow!!! Gotta go get a napkin to wipe the drool off my face  :lol:

 

[Bowhunter1]

Those are bulls we dream about. Good luck on your hunt. I hope you get a dandy.

 

[iHunt]

I can't wait until season starts!!

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[iHunt]

Big Bull Down - Pics and Story to follow!

 

[Ol Arky]

Big Bull Down - Pics and Story to follow!

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[iHunt]

Story Inserted as PDF



Story Inserted as a PDF

 

[klyons]

Congrats iHunt.  Great write up of your hunt and that's an awesome bull!