"Boy, I say boy, pay close attention to me“

[cnelk]

My son has been tagging along with me on elk hunts for 20 years.

There’s been quite a few threads about kids and hunting lately so I figured I’d show you what can happen when you take kids hunting.

This is me and my son 20 years ago archery elk hunting.

 

[cnelk]

I taught him what I knew, or what I thought I knew. And I guess he did pay attention

He went and scouted a new area Monday morning and saw a small herd not far from his house.

This morning, he went in there and sealed the deal all by himself.

Then he called Dad to come help him pack it out.
It took me over 3 hours to get there, climb the mountain and find him.

What a bull!!!

Proud dad for sure

BTW - less than a mile from the truck on OTC public land.

Go Deep Boys. Go Deep

 

[Chief23]

Congratulations on a dang nice bull !

 

[Q_Sertorius]

That’s great!


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“Keep on keepin’ on…”

 

[fishslap]

Awesome!

 

[Tick]

Congrats to you both. Great bull.

 

[desertdwellerdyl]

I taught him what I knew, or what I thought I knew. And I guess he did pay attention

He went and scouted a new area Monday morning and saw a small herd not far from his house.

This morning, he went in there and sealed the deal all by himself.

Then he called Dad to come help him pack it out.
It took me over 3 hours to get there, climb the mountain and find him.

What a bull!!!

Proud dad for sure

BTW - less than a mile from the truck on OTC public land.

Go Deep Boys. Go Deep



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This is beautiful and inspiring! I didn't grow up in a hunting family and started hunting at 23 but what you're sharing here is an example of one of the reasons why I continuously keep getting out there. I want my children to become more skilled & capable than I and especially so we can share kick ass memories/experiences like the ones you did with your son. Thanks for posting!

 

[timmymac24]

Wow congrats to you both on a great bull and bond.

 

[eddielasvegas]

Well done By Fog and Egg.

And I damn sure needed to smile after this day, and your post and THIS video made me smile a few times.


Eddie

 

[mahonsr]

That’s a cool story

 

[realunlucky]

All comes full circle. Congratulations

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[Catahoula]

Great bull, congratulations…

 

[Bubblehide]

Sweet! Congratulations to you both.

 

[cnelk]

I’ll add a little more to the story.

My son’s wife was along with him when they went after the elk. It was her first time elk hunting.
Boy, is she spoiled now!

She helped pack meat too.

We shuttled the meat halfway down since it was such a warm day. Hung it in a cooler spot and then got it to the truck

 

[cnelk]

Here’s a little tip

Hook the front leg up under the antler to keep it out of the way when quartering

 

[Beendare]

Nice story on a bad day- thx

 

[TheHammer]

This is awesome! Thanks for sharing. Beautiful bull

 

[zzl630]

Wow congratulations!

 

[MTtrout]

Here’s a little tip

Hook the front leg up under the antler to keep it out of the way when quartering

Tell me more about this tip. I have only quartering game from the spine and work one side at a time. How are you doing it where belly side up works for you?

Congrats of your son’s bull