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.

   

   

Beautiful!!!! Congratulations!

DAng..........I think MY heart would have exploded at 6 feet!

Awesome! Great job!

 

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    

Ditto.....Way to GO..What was your hunting set up for that Big Boy ?          

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.  

Awesome Bull! Great job!          

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..