Persistence…

[jrfelkins]

How many years did you archery elk hunt before you shot a bull and what was the type of hunt (guided, diy, public, private)?

 

[Matt5266]

I got lucky. Very 1st year, I was 15. DIY public land. Bugled a 5X5 bull into 20 yards and killed him.

 

[Scoot]

Less than 2 hours into my first hunt called a 6x6 to 8 feet and shot him. DIY public land. It's been tougher going since...

 

[ndfb35]

Started in 2021, punched my tag on the bull in my avatar as my first in 2023. LE, archery, public land, DIY.

 

[isItFallYet]

Was successful my first year. Unguided public land in a general unit. This was after many successful guided rifle hunts.

 

[insanelupus]

20 years for my first bull. Archery, public land in NW MT, solo elk hunter the vast majority of the time.

 

[Dan Carey]

I used to live in northern Arizona so hunting elk was like hunting rabbits in my back yard. First archery Bull was with a Bear Kodiak 50 pound with a Bear broadhead. I was 15 years old.

 

[Beendare]

Ha! When I started bowhunting elk in the early 80's we would call in bulls on OTC Colorado public land almost every day. I killed one the first year and every year for many years after that.

I hit a dry spell when switching to a recurve with it being hard to call solo and get drawn on them.

 

[Indian Summer]

It took longer to kill my first rifle bull than my first archery. I killed a five point bull on my third rifle hunt. On my first archery hunt I killed a six point bull on the last day.