The 6 year elk

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after my trip to the kootneys last year alone, I decided to plan another trip this year, asked a few guys and made a plan. Showed up on Thursday early afternoon went out to locate bulls, after pooking around we found them in a deep hole so we made a plan to go in the next morning, headed into the hole, we had are odds against us, wind was bad walking was tough and we had alot of ground to cover, and sure enough when we got into there kitchen they were not there just further down the ridge, so we backed out and went for plan B. Next mornings plan was 4 km bike ride into a road closure, we left early and ended up walking the bikes most of the way (being not in that good of shape), finally got into where we wanted to be I let a bugle for a locate, and we had a response right away, so we made a game plan to go after, one guy went up the hill 100 yards to call and I hiked up the ridge towards the call, I set up in a good vantage point I bugled and he bugled back a funny sounding thing he was a bit away so I decided to copy his call, next thing you know he was 60 yards away and he gave out the same call, so I waited to see if he would come out, he didnt, so I called the same goofy call and he ran up the ridge at me, I counted 6 he took 4 more steps and boom! 40 yards away dead elk 7:30 am, double lung and broke the shoulder coming out. After the shot my buddy comes out and says there was a grizzly 500 yards up the ridge, so 3 hours of work we had the elk quartered on the road, no griz all is good time to pack out, we have 4 guys in our group and it looks like two trips until one of the guys has an idea, "lets build the bikes into a rack system" so we cut trees tied them to the bikes, piled all the meat and packs onto the racks, and it was like a dream elk and head all out one trip by 12:30 in the afternoon. I scored him 313 3/8, 11 inch deductions nice heavy bull (self scored so who knows if its right or not). Thanks to all the guys who helped, would have been a huge job without the help!!

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[doubled]

Awesome bull and story, congrats!!!

[bc_buckshot]

thats a stud

[d6dan]

Nice bull. He's got some weight to him.. Congrats :-D

[Ron.C]

Nice Bull, great job using the bikes to take advanage of the road closure

[Blainer]

Absolutely Fantastic!

[HarryToolips]

Wicked bull, way to think on your feet guys bout the biking system of puttin em together..

[Buck]

Nice Bull ...great idea with the bikes

[300H&H]

Outstanding bull.
I know you have put your time in to get your bull and it FINALLY paid off.
Now you can leave those "other" bulls for next season...let um grow.
Congratulations !!!

[Rob Chipman]

Love the bike rack. The bull's awesome too!

[BRrooster]

Great story, congrats. Nice bike trick!

[nano]

Nice bull,congrats!

[Fred1]

Nice one!! Love the bikes!

[MooseKnuckle]

Awesome!!!!!!!

[Rattler]

Awesome bull, congrats...

[Ourea]

Was thrilled hearing about your success on the weekend.
Congrats guys, couldn't be happier for you.

[kennyj]

Bruiser! Nice heavy rack on that guy. Great story and photos.
kenny

[.300WSMImpact!]

Was thrilled hearing about your success on the weekend.
Congrats guys, couldn't be happier for you.

thanks your words rang in my head the hole trip, now I am already planning next years trip

[Kalum]

Like the use if the bikes!

[4 point]

Way to go. Very nice bull

[Wrayzer]

"Lazy people find an easy way to get things done" Those words saved making a second trip back. Redneck Ingenuity went a long way.

[drakfero]

Everybody I met there told me , they saw grizzlies.. has to be s.. load of them , may be there is more LEH needed.. I saw huge blackie too!! Congrats to your bull!

[.300WSMImpact!]

Everybody I met there told me , they saw grizzlies.. has to be s.. load of them , may be there is more LEH needed.. I saw huge blackie too!! Congrats to your bull!

did I meet you there?

[Whonnock Boy]

Right on! Quality bull. Thanks for sharing.

[ElectricDyck]

Great bull! I love the pedal chariots!

[Sitkaspruce]

Awesome bull!!!

Congrats, thanks for posting.

Cheers

SS

[coach]

Awesome work, guys! I was pretty pumped when the text came in at 7am with a picture of your great bull. Wish I could have been there to enjoy the hunt with you. :-D

Great to see your perseverance paid off!

[knockturnal]

Now it's just time for me to find one!

[Duidery]

Beautiful bull and story. Thanks for sharing.

[Ourea]

thanks your words rang in my head the hole trip, now I am already planning next years trip

You guys "earned" your elk.

You didn't ask "where" to fish.
You asked what to look for when a guy goes fishing.

You figured it out.
Amazing the results when you hunt more with your head and less with ur boots.....although boot leather is mandatory to outcompete the masses.

Again, ...great effort.
Great story.
Great bull.

Looks like your seasons to come will be anticipated with growing enthusiasm and expectations.

[JDR]

Beastly looking bull, congrats!

[avadad]

That's awesome!

[ElliotMoose]

Awesome bull! Crafty little system there with the bikes too. That's usin your noggin!

[Deeboe]

Fine Bull!! congrats!

[treehugger]

That's a serious bull! Great job... love the bike ingenuity!

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finally on the wall


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[guest]

Dandy Elk ........ Thanks for sharing, congrats to you and your success.

CT

[Wrayzer]

Looks great up there, good looking coat rack.