Sieg-MM
09-19-2007, 09:10 PM
Ok ladies & fellas, its possible. Dad and I connected on this 6 point bull elk in Region 8 on Sept 13. After a unsuccessful alpine mulie hunt, we grabbed are elk gear and headed out for this spot we know.
At 8:30am, pops bugled in this young satellite bull from the ridge above and it was "good nite Irene". The pic shows a hunters paradise in the back ground, however this guy was in the thickest jungle you could imagine.
To make a long story short, dad contributes his success to three factors:
1. He made great bugles when it counted the most.
2. He gave up his steller hiding spot and ran 70 yards accross the ridge because the bull was trying to get the wind in his favour. Didn't happen for the bull.
3. When he was hiding behind a pile of rocks and could only see his antlers (no shot), he waited for the bull to go out of sight (down the hill) then stood up. He started to created a racket by snapping branches and the bull came back to challenge him. Not much of a challenge for dad at 50 yards with a 300 mag. BOOM... and then the work began.
I will tackle this question right away because I know someone will raise it. Is the back fork split legal. YES... the pic does not do it any justice. There is inches to spare on the tines. And yes he made sure on the split before pulling the trigger :cool: Meat in the freezer!
If you look on the back antler, there is an adnormal point on his G2. It's about 3 inches. Makes him a 6x6 :biggrin:
The Pic is at the link below (someone post if they can resize it):
http://s100.photobucket.com/albums/m28/Sieg-MM/?action=view¤t=MikeElk2007009.jpg
At 8:30am, pops bugled in this young satellite bull from the ridge above and it was "good nite Irene". The pic shows a hunters paradise in the back ground, however this guy was in the thickest jungle you could imagine.
To make a long story short, dad contributes his success to three factors:
1. He made great bugles when it counted the most.
2. He gave up his steller hiding spot and ran 70 yards accross the ridge because the bull was trying to get the wind in his favour. Didn't happen for the bull.
3. When he was hiding behind a pile of rocks and could only see his antlers (no shot), he waited for the bull to go out of sight (down the hill) then stood up. He started to created a racket by snapping branches and the bull came back to challenge him. Not much of a challenge for dad at 50 yards with a 300 mag. BOOM... and then the work began.
I will tackle this question right away because I know someone will raise it. Is the back fork split legal. YES... the pic does not do it any justice. There is inches to spare on the tines. And yes he made sure on the split before pulling the trigger :cool: Meat in the freezer!
If you look on the back antler, there is an adnormal point on his G2. It's about 3 inches. Makes him a 6x6 :biggrin:
The Pic is at the link below (someone post if they can resize it):
http://s100.photobucket.com/albums/m28/Sieg-MM/?action=view¤t=MikeElk2007009.jpg