Foggy along the river today. Glaased a bunch of cows from the viewpoint but no bull with them, so i make the quick 1.5 km hike down to where i saw the bulls and cows yesterday..

Come out of a willow pit to the edge of the river.. cow and calf feeding at 60 yards..

Waited for them to feed away and went all the way to the main channel.. just as i got there i heard cows in the timber, across the river. Dove into a log jam to wait.

No need to wait long.. within 5 minutes cows were coming out and swimming the river. As they moved thru the timber i could see the bull..

After a couple dozen cows passed by me, at 40 yards, i was SURE the bull would come.


He did. About 5 minutes later and you guessed it.. clean 5. Spotting scope on him at 110 yards.. no 6 th point..


He hung around for a few then went back into the timber.

To me that says lull between estrous cycles.. aka "the rut"