# 26 Is Down!
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Jeff Martin
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congrats on another bull! 26 is getting up there !!
paleraider
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Congrats to you and your son! Good luck on your ID and WY hunts!
semperfidelis97
Lil-Rokslider
Great bull good luck in Wyoming.
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MTtrout
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Congratulations, very impressive!
Greg Beck
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Congrats! Great bull!
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AdamW
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Great stuff gents!
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Thank you folks for all your comments! And now for the rest of the story! (grin)
It was Saturday Sept 3rd, my son & 10 year old grandson & I parked off a dirt road near an area we had elk hunted in past years! Trey (grandson) is 10 & isn't one for hitting the mountains like my son & I so we didn't want to head in too deep & make it miserable for him, we figured he could handle just under a mile no problem although it was steep with several benches before reaching our destination just after first light. We were headed for a bench that we had located earlier that had a mudhole/wallow look to it, we could see a few elk had been there from time to time before the seasons start. We figured if we were lucky we may get into some bugling & Trey would love that! (so would I - grin)
We got to the spot & looked things over for fresh sign, the bench looked good & we saw a new trail had been made coming from up the hill & down to this mudhole. So we had recent sign, that was good! After a minute of looking it over a bull bugles from the NE. A second bull responds to him, we guess they are aprox 500 yards away & the herd bull was heading up the mountain with the satellite bugling away as he shadowed the herd. The satellite sounded as if close to being on the same level or elevation as we were although still 500 yards out. My son & I decided to cow call on fairly high volume, we sounded like two different cows, after all this is what this satellite was interested in. We gave several 30 second series of mews & whines about 4-5 minutes apart, aprox 4-5 of them, at no time did either bull bugle or chuckle us as if showing interest? BUT, we noticed that the satellite had quit bugling the herd bull even though the herd bull still bugled 8-10 times as he continued to head up the mountain.
We felt the satellite must have turned his attention towards us thus losing interest in the real herd & was now slipping in our way silently where the pickens may be some what easier. We went through our calling sequence as mentioned while still remaining in the same spot as we were not sure where this bull was or where he might come in? After aprox 20 minutes from when we first heard the bugling we can now hear this bull coming through 10' high willows, he still hasn't called to us at all. All of a sudden he stops in the willows (we cannot see him) & proceeds to thrash the crap out of them for 15-20 seconds, it was major loud & violent. My grandson was on his knees next to his dad not more than a foot away just staring at the 50 yard distance where it seemed this bull was uprooting the earth, I'm sure you could see the whites of my grandsons eyes! (grin)
While in the willows I cow called the bull, he started to come out & stay right on the bench were were on, I saw him come to 40 - 30 - 20 yards from my son & grandson like he was going to pass us right by, I stopped him in a shooting lane with a loud sharp cow mew, stopped broadside & Paul II double lunged him, perfect shot! The bull was dead in 10-15 seconds & made it less than 50 yards! The bull was 30 yards from me when I stopped him so I had a front row seat! (grin) Here's a photo of all 3 of us! Thanks for following along!
ElkNut1
It was Saturday Sept 3rd, my son & 10 year old grandson & I parked off a dirt road near an area we had elk hunted in past years! Trey (grandson) is 10 & isn't one for hitting the mountains like my son & I so we didn't want to head in too deep & make it miserable for him, we figured he could handle just under a mile no problem although it was steep with several benches before reaching our destination just after first light. We were headed for a bench that we had located earlier that had a mudhole/wallow look to it, we could see a few elk had been there from time to time before the seasons start. We figured if we were lucky we may get into some bugling & Trey would love that! (so would I - grin)
We got to the spot & looked things over for fresh sign, the bench looked good & we saw a new trail had been made coming from up the hill & down to this mudhole. So we had recent sign, that was good! After a minute of looking it over a bull bugles from the NE. A second bull responds to him, we guess they are aprox 500 yards away & the herd bull was heading up the mountain with the satellite bugling away as he shadowed the herd. The satellite sounded as if close to being on the same level or elevation as we were although still 500 yards out. My son & I decided to cow call on fairly high volume, we sounded like two different cows, after all this is what this satellite was interested in. We gave several 30 second series of mews & whines about 4-5 minutes apart, aprox 4-5 of them, at no time did either bull bugle or chuckle us as if showing interest? BUT, we noticed that the satellite had quit bugling the herd bull even though the herd bull still bugled 8-10 times as he continued to head up the mountain.
We felt the satellite must have turned his attention towards us thus losing interest in the real herd & was now slipping in our way silently where the pickens may be some what easier. We went through our calling sequence as mentioned while still remaining in the same spot as we were not sure where this bull was or where he might come in? After aprox 20 minutes from when we first heard the bugling we can now hear this bull coming through 10' high willows, he still hasn't called to us at all. All of a sudden he stops in the willows (we cannot see him) & proceeds to thrash the crap out of them for 15-20 seconds, it was major loud & violent. My grandson was on his knees next to his dad not more than a foot away just staring at the 50 yard distance where it seemed this bull was uprooting the earth, I'm sure you could see the whites of my grandsons eyes! (grin)
While in the willows I cow called the bull, he started to come out & stay right on the bench were were on, I saw him come to 40 - 30 - 20 yards from my son & grandson like he was going to pass us right by, I stopped him in a shooting lane with a loud sharp cow mew, stopped broadside & Paul II double lunged him, perfect shot! The bull was dead in 10-15 seconds & made it less than 50 yards! The bull was 30 yards from me when I stopped him so I had a front row seat! (grin) Here's a photo of all 3 of us! Thanks for following along!
ElkNut1
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That was awesome! Good luck in Wyoming
missjordan
WKR
Congrats on a great bull!
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Congratulations to you both. Destined to succeed. They say fate is what you let happen, and destiny is what you make happen. I know a lot of effort went in to that bull, like the others. Well done. Chris (the one who sent you all the arrows and heads to try out a while back lol)
Mark
WKR
Excellent work! Nothing better than having three generations on the mountain hunting elk. Congratulations to all of you.
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Thanks guys!
The WY hunt was unreal! Bulls & cows everywhere we went. Biggest problem was choosing one to take! No kidding there! I saw over 40 bulls & passed on a dozen or so 5 & 6 point bulls, many in the 300" class. I'd see some in the 330"-350" & kept after them, they seem to all have 20-40 cows each & it was really tough to get inside those cows as they were spread out all around the herd bulls. I could easily get to bowrange of the cows & spikes & smaller rags but those unwanted did their jobs well in keeping him alive! I did shoot at two real nice bulls but shot high on both & just ran them off.
At the end I ate the tag as I couldn't get my arrow in one bigger than I'd taken here in ID. But man what a rush it was to be in so many bulls that one could take about any day. If I saw them in Idaho my tag would have been filled within the first hour of hunting there! (grin) I had close to a 300" bull in the first hour that I'd never pass up here! The tag was well worth the price of admission for sure!
The 5 man Crew here upheld their end for sure, we all called in bulls & ended up with 7 bulls on the ground, it was a great year even though I didn't arrow one myself, I'm good with that & super proud of these guys & their accomplishments. All these bulls were taken OTC DIY on Public Ground, another great year, all bulls were called in even though most start as spot & stalk whether seen first or called to as they gave away their positions! You gotta find them before you can hunt & kill them! (grin)
ElkNut1
The WY hunt was unreal! Bulls & cows everywhere we went. Biggest problem was choosing one to take! No kidding there! I saw over 40 bulls & passed on a dozen or so 5 & 6 point bulls, many in the 300" class. I'd see some in the 330"-350" & kept after them, they seem to all have 20-40 cows each & it was really tough to get inside those cows as they were spread out all around the herd bulls. I could easily get to bowrange of the cows & spikes & smaller rags but those unwanted did their jobs well in keeping him alive! I did shoot at two real nice bulls but shot high on both & just ran them off.
At the end I ate the tag as I couldn't get my arrow in one bigger than I'd taken here in ID. But man what a rush it was to be in so many bulls that one could take about any day. If I saw them in Idaho my tag would have been filled within the first hour of hunting there! (grin) I had close to a 300" bull in the first hour that I'd never pass up here! The tag was well worth the price of admission for sure!
The 5 man Crew here upheld their end for sure, we all called in bulls & ended up with 7 bulls on the ground, it was a great year even though I didn't arrow one myself, I'm good with that & super proud of these guys & their accomplishments. All these bulls were taken OTC DIY on Public Ground, another great year, all bulls were called in even though most start as spot & stalk whether seen first or called to as they gave away their positions! You gotta find them before you can hunt & kill them! (grin)
ElkNut1
Sounds like you had a good time Paul. I sure was rooting for you to get your trophy 340+ bull but I know it ain't easy. Maybe Paul jr will get an arrow in one when y'all go back!
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