BigRiver shoots an elk!

[Follower]

great bull - and the story is off to a great start.....can't wait for the finish

[rjackson]

nice bull  

[Duckbutt]

Really neat stuff.  Congrats on your accomplishment.  Pics and story shaping up nicely.  Cant wait for more....

 

[Gator1]

Your doing great so far....

Like an old pro, good start to photos and story...

     

[BowHuntingFool]

WOW...good stuff Brian....Congrats brother!

[Bigriver]

Scott & I dry out Thursday & Friday morning, and decide to check out a few areas he knows usually have some elk. We hang a treestand in one area I had an encounter with a big bull a few years back. After hanging, we sit & listen for a while. At around 1:30 some bulls bugle below, the stage is set for tomorrow am. I decide it`s time for an all day sit (nice break from walking my keister off). Some random pics around my stand.

[Bigriver]

[GREATBROWNKNOCKEMDOWN]

Awesome pics and story so far keep it coming! Hey is that a beer gut i see from the side in that one pic!?! was going to say you can blame it on Thurs night shooting and drinking leagues at the Archery club. Can't blame mine on that, had it long before i met you! LOL  

[Cyclic-Rivers]

Good stuff Brian,  Cant wait to get home to see your pictures.

[Bigriver]

No beer gut dude, thems binos under my shirt, really!! That profile pic is a bit oompa-loompa-ish looking though!    

[huntnmuleys]

loving this thread, cant wait to read more!

[knobby]

Guys, It took Brian many years to accomplish this goal. I think he's still savoring it... OK Brian, let's get on with it!

[Ragin Bull]

Great job Brian,

A bull on public land is a true accomplishment and it looks like you done well.        
A great story so far.

[Killdeer]

Here is where Paints His Shirt Red rides up and tells me what a bad fisherman I am.

You tell a good story!    
Killdeer

[Bigriver]

Out to the stand Saturday before light, sit until noon, break for lunch with a little walk. Back in for the afternoon. No elk sighted or heard. I could not believe with all the sign an elk would not show if I sat all day. Oh well, nice day anyway.

On the drive back I think I got a little deflated, & I think Scott could sense it.

We decided to take a little break, do some sheep scouting with the family( Scott has a coveted bighorn tag in all this, but he is trying to break my elk jinx so he doesnt have to listen to me whine anymore    

Nice to see some neat new country & scout for sheep. We have a great time on the mountain with Janet, Owen & labdog Matty.

 


 

[Cyclic-Rivers]

Dont look down   :eek:

[Bigriver]

I decided to try a new spot Sunday evening. Scott & i did a little poking around , he has killed elk in there before & it looked promising to me. A large area logged off a few years ago. Some think the clearcutting is ugly, but I cut my teeth on hunting cuts for deer, this "ugly" stuff was right up my ally.

Sunday evenings really seem to quiet down in the mountains, all the day hikers & such are back in the city. This day was no exception. I could feel something was going to happen that night, sometimes you just get a feeling, ya know?

An hour before dark I decided to try a bugle, something we dont normally do. There is just too much human activity, but I felt I needed to stir things up.

I let a bugle rip & get an answer instantly. Alright! One more answer by me back & he bugles a lot closer, here he comes. Now I am getting excited. I can see an awesome rack coming up my ridge.

[hnt2mch]

[Gator1]

Oh Man....

   
You are a champion story teller... Keep it comin...

[smoke1953]

You got me all worked up man!