Two of a Kind, Northern BC Hunt

[weatherby_man]

That was a heck of a story and that smile, you cant deny that pride! Way to go!

[upperleftcoaster]

wow, incredible trip!

i really admire your patience to pass on those good rams in the first group -- looks like it really paid off!

[HarryToolips]

Fantastic write-up, pics, and ram, congrats!

[whitetailsheds]

Great read, and great pics!! Thanks for sharing!!

[walks with deer]

thanks for sharring..my storybeould have ended at the elk.

[Jrax]

Thanks again, looking forward to this years edition! Good luck this season

[ydouask]

Wonderful write-up Romain. Sharing your sheep hunt sure lets folks know what it takes and will probably double up on the sheep prep efforts !

[Krico]

Well written, great ram, congrats on a beauty!

[nature girl]

Great ram funny how things turn out. That was alot of snow.
Are you going sheep hunting this year if you do good luck.

[Romain]

The next day we slept in and caped the ram while the elk continued to bugle in the valley. That afternoon we watched as two 6 points battled it out on a ridge just out of range of us, both being very respectable bulls. As the one bull was crossing the valley in front of us we tried to get a shot but 450 yards of chest high willows was making it impossible to get a clean shooting lane so we watched him go back into his patch of spruce timber. Most of the day was spent relaxing around camp eating real food, working on the cape and horns and just enjoying the surrounding. We went to bed that night ready to hunt elk the next day as Kinley had an elk tag that needed to be cut. Just before daybreak had us up listening as usual to a bull elk screaming just up the ridge from camp. Kinley and I both thought that he sounded far closer then he ever did previously. So we slapped on the camp shoes, grabbed the gun and jumped out of the tent. As we walked out of the small patch of forest we were camped in I caught a glimpse of an elk where we heard the bugles coming from. One quick look through the binos showed that he was a great 6 point digging a wallow 350 yards away on the ridge. Kinley didn't need much convincing that he was a good bull as you could clearly see the length of his points in the morning sun. The 7-08 broke the morning silence as the bull hunched up and started to turn. Again the whap of a bullet was heard but still the elk stood there. With a third shot he fell straight down. 3 shots, 3 good hits, 1 dead elk. We were excited. Kinley pulled the trigger only 25 yards from our camp. We went back to camp put on our boots, grabbed some breakfast then went up and set to work dressing out the bull. All 3 shots were within a couple inches of one another right behind the front leg but the bull hardly acted as if he was hit. Shows a person how tough these mountain bulls really are. He was a magnificent 6 point bull that we had seen many times before on this trip but hadn’t either had in range or been wanting to shoot him before we had a sheep down. We had nicknamed him “Pretty Boy” as he was just perfect in all regards.

Pretty Boy the Bull Elk

By lunch we had 5 large game bags stashed away from bears and were back in camp just in time for lunch. Elk ribs over an open fire and Bourbon, a real lunch. The next day we did a little elk hunting to see if we could find the other big 6 point but all we could turn up was a few 5 points. We sat in camp that night cooking elk tenderloin and potatoes feeling grateful for the hunt we had just experienced as the next day we were headed downstream back to civilization.



The memories that you get from times like that always drives a guy to get back out there and make some more. So enjoy every minute you have with friends and family in the great outdoors. Thanks for reading and have a great 2020 season.