jbw899
Lil-Rokslider
I killed this bull last year on Texas public land (don’t bother asking specifics 
). I glassed him up in the morning but he disappeared when I took my eyes off him for a second. I waited until that afternoon to start still hunting through the area where I thought he should be but it seemed way too open to hide an elk. Confused, I kept moving until I got to a ravine. I looked down 10’ to the bottom and noticed elk poop. I walked another 20 feet while trying to find a way to cross and then I saw fresh pee. I immediately looked up and saw his antlers at the same time he saw me. He climbed up the opposite side of the ravine while I was drawing back. Luckily, he paused at the top just long enough for me to get a shot off. The shot was high because I was trying to clear a bush between us but I thought it was still decent placement. It all happened within seconds. He ran out of sight through cedars, with my last glimpse of him roughly 500 yards away.
I waited for a while and headed toward the last place I saw him. After not finding any blood along his path and with light fading I decided to back out. I knew the odds of finding him in a sea of cedars was slim so I was pretty down during that sleepless night. After looking for sign without any luck for an hour the next morning I realized I forgot my binoculars. I decided to grab them from my truck before I started gridding. I happened to take a different route back to the area where I was looking and noticed his antlers sticking out of a cedar just 75 yards from my truck.
). I glassed him up in the morning but he disappeared when I took my eyes off him for a second. I waited until that afternoon to start still hunting through the area where I thought he should be but it seemed way too open to hide an elk. Confused, I kept moving until I got to a ravine. I looked down 10’ to the bottom and noticed elk poop. I walked another 20 feet while trying to find a way to cross and then I saw fresh pee. I immediately looked up and saw his antlers at the same time he saw me. He climbed up the opposite side of the ravine while I was drawing back. Luckily, he paused at the top just long enough for me to get a shot off. The shot was high because I was trying to clear a bush between us but I thought it was still decent placement. It all happened within seconds. He ran out of sight through cedars, with my last glimpse of him roughly 500 yards away.I waited for a while and headed toward the last place I saw him. After not finding any blood along his path and with light fading I decided to back out. I knew the odds of finding him in a sea of cedars was slim so I was pretty down during that sleepless night. After looking for sign without any luck for an hour the next morning I realized I forgot my binoculars. I decided to grab them from my truck before I started gridding. I happened to take a different route back to the area where I was looking and noticed his antlers sticking out of a cedar just 75 yards from my truck.
