JDR
09-14-2010, 09:18 PM
Me and my partner (TIKKA TIGER) began our hunt on Sept. 10th in an area we found last year. TT was able to bugle in a small 5x4 at first light to within 15 yards of me. If only TT had remembered his video camera, lol. We then headed to a bedding area only to bump into six other guys. We saw the writing on the wall and decided to get outa dodge and try our other area for an evening hunt.
So, we headed into our other area and right away see a cow and calf in the first clearing just before they bed down. There was another elk on the tree line with its head buried in the brush. Turned out to be a bull that we figured was legal, but we were too far away to accurately count points and didn’t have a good rest. The bull made his way over to the cow to have a sniff. She got up and went into the timber and he followed in pursuit. TT tried calling, but to no avail.
Next morning we headed back into the same spot way before first light and set up above the same clearing hoping the cow and bull would show. Well, they were a no show, however, we were able to bugle in another bull to the edge of the clearing, but he was smart enough not to stick his head out. Eventually his bugles got further and further away until he was gone.
We ended up spending the whole day in the area trying to wait out the bull, but decided instead to set up in the Christmas trees along side the clearing. TT stayed 70 yards behind me while I hid behind a blind of windfalls.
TT bugled around 6:30 p.m. and got a response. The bull began to move in and then shut right up. I looked back at TT and he was aiming his rifle as if to shoot, so I assumed he could see the bull. I looked, but couldn’t see it because I was lower than TT. Suddenly, I saw the bull off to my right moving through a stand of timber. The dirty rat snuck in on me. I lined up with my rifle and got ready to count points as soon as he cleared the last tree. I waited…and waited… NOTHING!!! Where the hell did he go :confused:. Seconds later I see him standing in a clearing right below me about 130 yards away. I counted six points, lined up, fired and see nothing but DUST in my face. I soon realize I had blasted a large hole in a root sticking off of one of the windfalls that formed part of my blind :oops:. The bull, startled, ran across the clearing and stopped on the far side when TT cow called. I lined up again and made no mistake this time.
TT called him “Stumpy” in honour of the stump root I annihilated :mrgreen:.
We’ve hunted hard for elk in the Okanagan for the past three years. Glad it finally paid off. Couldn’t have done it without my longtime hunting partner, TT. His calling was unbullievable :lol:.
http://i747.photobucket.com/albums/xx113/Muleybuck/Bullwherehedropped.jpg
So, we headed into our other area and right away see a cow and calf in the first clearing just before they bed down. There was another elk on the tree line with its head buried in the brush. Turned out to be a bull that we figured was legal, but we were too far away to accurately count points and didn’t have a good rest. The bull made his way over to the cow to have a sniff. She got up and went into the timber and he followed in pursuit. TT tried calling, but to no avail.
Next morning we headed back into the same spot way before first light and set up above the same clearing hoping the cow and bull would show. Well, they were a no show, however, we were able to bugle in another bull to the edge of the clearing, but he was smart enough not to stick his head out. Eventually his bugles got further and further away until he was gone.
We ended up spending the whole day in the area trying to wait out the bull, but decided instead to set up in the Christmas trees along side the clearing. TT stayed 70 yards behind me while I hid behind a blind of windfalls.
TT bugled around 6:30 p.m. and got a response. The bull began to move in and then shut right up. I looked back at TT and he was aiming his rifle as if to shoot, so I assumed he could see the bull. I looked, but couldn’t see it because I was lower than TT. Suddenly, I saw the bull off to my right moving through a stand of timber. The dirty rat snuck in on me. I lined up with my rifle and got ready to count points as soon as he cleared the last tree. I waited…and waited… NOTHING!!! Where the hell did he go :confused:. Seconds later I see him standing in a clearing right below me about 130 yards away. I counted six points, lined up, fired and see nothing but DUST in my face. I soon realize I had blasted a large hole in a root sticking off of one of the windfalls that formed part of my blind :oops:. The bull, startled, ran across the clearing and stopped on the far side when TT cow called. I lined up again and made no mistake this time.
TT called him “Stumpy” in honour of the stump root I annihilated :mrgreen:.
We’ve hunted hard for elk in the Okanagan for the past three years. Glad it finally paid off. Couldn’t have done it without my longtime hunting partner, TT. His calling was unbullievable :lol:.
http://i747.photobucket.com/albums/xx113/Muleybuck/Bullwherehedropped.jpg