New Hunters Finally Finding Success

[Rookie Hunter]

Kelly and I are in our 3rd season and we're finally starting to turn past mistakes into successful hunts. It's amazing how much you learn over a short period of time and it sure feels good when plans come together. So far we've managed to harvest a 4 point muley, a white-tail doe and an absolutely stunning 7x7 bull elk up here in British Columbia. Wow! What a year.
Admittedly, the elk was a result of being in the right place at the right time, but that's all part of it right? The more time you put in, the more likely you are to eventually see something spectacular.
This forum has been an amazing resource for us and we sure are lucky to live in an age where we can connect with so many people that are willing to share advice. Thanks to all of you!
We've been documenting our journey on a podcast which you can check out from the links in the signature. Episodes 18 and 19 detail these last few successful hunts. Cheers guys, and good luck out there!!
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[Cyrus]

great job! Huge elk!

[albravo2]

Spectacular! Good for you guys. Persistence and effort pay off.

[tinhorse]

Great season so far! Very nice elk. Great job.

[180grainer]

Awesome pics and really nice elk. Good job guys.....

[Hank Hunter]

Congrats, 2 excellent animals.

[Caribou_lou]

Knowing where to be is one of the hardest parts of hunting to figure out for most. Great job and a beauty elk!

[Blainer]

Great year!!! Congratulations

[ajr5406]

Awesome work - love hearing about it on the podcast.

[whitlers]

Wow great job! What a beauty elk!

[Ourea]

Rookie Hunter.....great thread.
The HBC bar continues to be raised thanks to content being posted like this.
WELL DONE

As the quality of content goes up....
As knowledge being shared goes up....
As people look to HBC as a credible source of information to learn from goes up.....
As more hunts being shared goes up.....
As the tolerance for nit picking continues to be marginalized...

Well, that's what drives interest and traffic...... knowing HBC is a healthy environment to share and comment on ....only encourages quality contribution.

British Columbia is arguably the envy of the hunting world.

Hope the attitude and culture of this site continues to grow and reflects/respects/shares our opportunities.

Again Rookie Hunter, great share.

[Arctic Lake]

Super ! Two nice animals !
Arctic Lake

[Stone Sheep Steve]

Love hearing about succces stories like this!
Congrats on your new found successes! I'm sure it will continue.
The elk is a beauty!!

SSS

[kennyj]

Great animals!!
kenny

[rides bike to work]

Man I gotta start a pod cast so I can get some big animals .
well done. Would love to hear the full write up on these hunts.

[Eva_Hunts]

Those are two beautiful specimens boys!
I love the show too, I've listened to them all and it's inspiring to see/hear you guys grow as I feel I'm also learning from you and with you in tandem.
Keep the fire burning!

[Bugle M In]

Was that an Island bull elk? or what.
None the less, nice bull for sure, don't see many taken like that often enough.

[HarryToolips]

Nice harvests there boys!

[Brez]

Congrats guys! You are a a great example of what needs to be done to be successful. Kel, I'm glad you didn't listen to everything the in-law "taught" you, lol. Seriously, guys like him have huge knowledge that even they are not aware of. Continued success to you.

[Jackdaw]

Awesome job guys! Love the podcast!

[Rookie Hunter]

Thanks for all of the encouraging posts! We're glad to hear that you guys are enjoying the podcast too. As long as you guys keep listening, we'll continue to do it.

[M.Dean]

You finally found Success, and holy crap guys, did you ever find it! Keep up the good work, and above all, have fun doing it!

[.264winmag]

Great couple of beasts'! Congrats, well done.

[325]

That's the elk dreams are made of!!

[Seeker]

Congratulations guys. Great animals. That elk will be hard to beat, but if your young, single and have no children, you may be able to repeat LOL! Thanks for sharing. These are the stories we come to enjoy on this site.

[Rookie Hunter]

All of these comments are very encouraging and much appreciated! For those that are following the podcast, we released another episode today that recaps our Kootenay hunt and what we learned from it.
We'll be back at it again next week as Kelly searches for his own Okanagan muley, so hopefully we'll have more good news and some photos to share.
Good luck to all of you and thanks again for all the kind words!

[TreeStandMan]

I heard the story on the podcast--good job guys!

Another season and you'll have to drop the "rookie" and call it the "Intermediate Hunter."