Lets see your first bull

[Rogue Bay]

1st and only elk so far. I know I am INCREDIBLY lucky and I will most likely NEVER top him. Shot at 51 yards with my bow in New Mexico.
I rough scored him at 363” 7x6

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Bull of a lifetime for sure!

 

[Tikka300wsm]

That was your FIRST BULL??

 

[Jason277]

Wow, You have been successful since?

 

[FlyGuy]

Bull of a lifetime for sure!

My hunting partner did the same thing. Second elk hunt ever. 1st bull was 359 and change. New Mexico. He’ll never top it, but... neither will I!




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[TradLife406]

First elk
About two minutes into legal light on the 2019 opener in Montana. Caught him standing on the trail at about 40 yards! Sent it!

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[BackCountryMulies]

Wy 1999

 

[ganngus]

New Mexico 2018.

 

[eshunt]

I have probably lost all my photos from my first hunts. We were pretty successful most years in ID, but I've had computers and hard drives crash with all those photos lost along the way.

Here is my first archery bull though. First archery elk hunt. Day 10. Was solo on this morning as my hunting buddy left the day before. Pretty cool feeling when everything comes together with just yourself and the elk on a crisp September morning.

 

[cday34]

CO 2014

 

[Olympics777]

This was my first Idaho bull in 2014. I basically just walked out from the four wheeler at first light and there he was, standing maybe 150 yards away. Pretty easy hunt

 

[Shooter28]

CO 2014
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Damn. I hope I can get one that size when I go to CO this fall

 

[Francis Metz]

Thank you everyone for the pictures, enjoyed!

fmetz

 

[ElkGravy1975]

Some good looking bulls fellas. My son got his first bull, a 5X5 this November in Colorado. Probably going to have to look a little harder once they bring the wolves back to Colorado too. Heard on a podcast a couple weeks ago that hunters are gonna be fronting the bill for reintroduction. If you don't believe me you see for yourself below:/

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[banebc]

Thank you everyone for the pictures, enjoyed!

fmetz

I second this comment, hopefully gonna help my 10 year old son get his 1st elk in AZ this year, although it’s a cow tag, you never forget your 1st.


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[mproberts]

2015 Wyoming - First and only. After 55 days of chasing elk on five different trips, I finally put it all together on a bull I thought was worthy. Shot him at 12 yards after calling him in from his bedded cows in heavy cover.

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Geeez.. I'd like to see the bulls that weren't worthy!

 

[Firstgenhunter]

Dec. 2020. First elk hunt ever and I was solo. Luckily 2 Navajo guys pulled up and helped me quarter him out. Would've taken a hell of a lot longer on my own.

 

[stonewall]

Was solo at the time. Called this bull in late morning. Maybe 15 yard shot. He had no idea he was hit. Took a few steps and fell over...rolled down the hillside quite a distance. What an experience...will never forget it

edit: I need to add more here. This bull has more meaning than simply being my first bull. I drew this tag with two friends in 2017. A unit in New Mexico. That in itself is a fluke. It was my second time in the unit actually. Years ago, back when a NR could get a cow tag in NM, a close friend (Leroy) introduced me to elk hunting with that cow tag. Some years later he went with me on my first trip to colorado OTC. In 2017, he didn’t have this NM tag but was set to go with us. About a week before the trip he unexpectedly died in a farm accident. So this bull will always remind me of him. That trip did a lot for me on the elk learning curve - lots of interactions with elk and thus some good experience. It was a bitter sweet moment in that it was my first archery elk and first bull. Solo at the time, but would have been with Leroy. I hunt elk now, thanks to him. Wish he could have been there

 

[dacd4134]

CO 2nd rifle, October 2018