Had a thread a while back about taking elk with a longbow. Started this hunt with the longbow, but my lack of ground skills I brought out the recurve. Figured my shots might be in the 40 yrd range. Hunted for 14 days. Had some neet encounters with the elk in the area. Seen some nice bulls - 360+ class. Hunted one bull with 8 cow/calf for three days. Got within 65 yrds of bull. Each day he and his cows moved farther away. Monday morning a satelite started harassing the bunch. Put the elk to bed and went back that evening. Set up at the edge of a beaver pond for a ambush when they came into have a drink. Bull bugled from timber and I thought it was game time. Sat for a hour with nothing coming in. Only noise in the timber. Forced the issue and started calling like a lost cow. Bull would answer, but wouldn't come looking. Keep calling and had the satelite come in to see what was up. Not the bull I wanted, but a bull none the less. He stood at 18 yrds at the waters edge looking for the cow. Drew on him and he turned away. Held the draw and waited for him to turn. He spun a 180 and started to walk right at me. Held steady and had him pass at 6 feet. Punched him through both lungs and expired in 80 yards. Meat in the freezer and antlers for the wall.
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Beautiful!!!! Congratulations!
DAng..........I think MY heart would have exploded at 6 feet!
Awesome! Great job!
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Nice shooting and a great bull. Congratulations.
Nice shot on a nice bull. Heck 6 ft. is in my range.
Mike
WAY TO GO, Brian!!!
Great job of adapting to the situation you were given and "closing the deal" when crunch time came...
My fondest dream would be to accomplish something like you did on this hunt.
Daryl
Great trophy partner! Well done.
6 feet is right in your effective shooting range, right on, exciting stuff :clapper:
Ditto.....Way to GO..What was your hunting set up for that Big Boy ? :notworthy: :clapper: :clapper:
Gene
That other bull must have been something else! The one you got is a beauty. Congrats.
Congrats that is sweet
Congrats on a fine bull. How is Tanner doing with the schafer I sold him?
Im with Beach on this one, if that was not the bull you were after i sure would like to see a pic of the one you were after. That is a great bull you have there on the ground. :scared:
Awesome Bull! Great job! :thumbsup: :thumbsup: :thumbsup:
AWESOME! Livin my dream!!!
Great Job. Quite an accomplishment.
Mike
Dang it Brian!
What a nice bull! I'll tell ya, that one would be big enough for me!!!LOL Nice going man, what a pretty rack on him, nice ivory tips, really pretty bull.
Congrat again, you dun good!
Harry.
great hunt! i'm excited just reading about it!
Wow! Talk about exciting!! Congrats.
Very cool !! Congrads very nice looking bull. Rack like that makes me warm and fuzzy all over.. :archer:
Thanks for the kudos guys! The bull that I was hoping to score on would have scored in the 360-370 range.
The bow I used is a Schafer 60" 64@28.
Micheal - Tanner is hunting with it at we speak.
Great hunt and thanks for sharing. My little honey hole just is not giving me that action this year, maybe tonight and tomorrow.
Well done. Perserverance has a way of paying off. :thumbsup: Helluva satellite bull. I've chased a number of "herd" bulls that weren't that big.
Man, I'm really sorry you had to settle for that "scrub" bull. NOT! Nice job!
Nice bull congrats.
Terry
WOW great bull Congratulations! :clapper:
Beautiful elk. Congrats!!
QuoteOriginally posted by beachbowhunter:
That other bull must have been something else! The one you got is a beauty. Congrats.
My thoughts exactly! Congrats.
I think the longbow would have worked out for you too. lol
Great bull!
Pretty bull and congrats! Some day if I can still get up and down the hills.
That's on my bucket list! Great job. I'm envious!
WOW, super nice bull. Congrats. :clapper: :clapper:
Hats off to you on a very nice bull.
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Great job. I'd shoot a satellite like that one anyday!
Awesome! Did you still pick a spot? LOL!
IT CANT GET ANY BETTER THAN THAT !!!!!
YOU ARE THE MAN
Congrats on the great bull!
Nice going Brian !!! Next time let him get out to about 15 feet and give him a sporting chance. :thumbsup: :clapper:
Wow! Way to go!
Brian
Once again congrats on such a fine bull. Knowing how serious you take your bow hunting and knowing how hard you hunt you truly deserve such a bull.
Hats off to you bud
Olin
Beautiful bull! Congrats!!
Sweet! and in self bow range to boot.
Congrats that's a beauty. :notworthy:
That was the satalite??????? I would have like to have seen the herd bull!!
Great Job!
I like it...ALOT!!! :thumbsup:
Very nice! I love the white tips. Awsome looking bull. Congrats. That smile says it all. :bigsmyl:
Thats a fine bull, well done to you mate, well done.
ak.
Pretty bull! Nice going.
Nice bull! lovem when there that close. :clapper:
No way i would have passed on that one either. Great job on a beautiful animal and at 6ft, WOW. :thumbsup:
Nice Elk,congrats.
Congrats on a sucessful hunt. The huge smile tells it all... :bigsmyl:
Nice bull, congrats.
So at 6ft. was it easy to pick a spot? Wow! Talk about an intense experience! Really a beautiful rack. Congratulations!
Nice bull! 6 feet wow, probably lucky he didn't throw dirt in your eye when he took off. :)
That is a tremendous animal, Congratulations!!
Nice!! Is that a Schafer recurve that you shot it with?
Thanks again to all.
Warchild - a Schafer it is.
Congrats Sir!