Colorado Bull Down

[In God We Trust]

I finally was able to hunt unit 49 for elk this year. I shot my bull Tuesday night right at timberline. Nothing like a 4 mile hike back to the truck in the dark. I used my dad's 28 year old Model 700 BDL 30.06 because my brand new rifle wouldn't shoot better than a 10 inch group at 200 yards so I had to send it in. Gotta love the classic rifles, always reliable. I am not sure 49 is worth the 6 points it takes but it is a good unit and I had a blast. Here are a few pics from the hunt. Good luck to all of you that still have hunts coming up. Man I love Autumn in the Rockies.

 

[2rocky]

Still great looking country and a bull worth being proud of.

 

[River Rat]

Congrats on the bull , Thanks for posting pics.

 

[Ross]

Awesome stuff and a beautiful bull...good work!

 

[MOcluck]

Judgeing by the smile I'd say 49 aint that bad. Good job brother!

 

[a3dhunter]

Congrats.
Did you see any better bulls?
If not, I would agree that it isn't worth six points but I've heard of some good bulls from there.

 

[Jared Bloomgren]

Nice job!

 

[david long]

Congrats! Great pics!

 

[Beastmode]

Congrats on filling the tag!

 

[RosinBag]

Congrats...

 

[Yeti]

Very nice!!!

 

[belly-deep]

Nice! Great pics too

 

[ElkNut1]

Congrats bud, nice work!! Yes those old rifles can still get it done! My son shoots a 30/06 now & then & it is old as the hills but a tack driver!

ElkNut1

 

[bbrown]

Congrats again man - it was good talking with you and I will let you know what I find out for your brothers tag like we talked.

 

[CrzyTrekker]

Beautiful country and great bull. Congrats!

 

[Jager]

Great looking Bull, good stuff.

 

[In God We Trust]

bbrown gave me some info on elk he was seeing and that paid off so thanks bro. As far as seeing bigger bulls, I did during preseason scouting but not many during the season. It's funny I new better but just the excitement of hunting a unit that takes that long to draw had my expectations maybe a bit higher than they should have been. It is still hunting and there isn't a 330"+ bull hanging out in every basin.

 

[a3dhunter]

I can completely understand that. Glad you found a bull you could take. There's a reason those bulls get big, they go somewhere to hide until hunting season is over.