squeege
10-01-2012, 04:37 PM
Well I keep telling the wife to try going after an elk but she's always wanting to go moose hunting cause its easier. Finally we had some time, without the kids, to go elk hunting by ourselves. We left the truck right at first light bugling every 500m or so. We didnt get any response until an 1hour into our walk when finally a bull answered. He was in a cutblock about 500yards ahead of us when he answered. I looked up throught the binocs and he was jogging right at us but there was some cattle off to our left about 50 yards. The cattle managed to spook and run right across the cutblock right at the bull, scaring him with all his cows off to our right and into the trees.
We started walking after him but the cutblock was tinder dry and there was 3 foot grass and dry sticks under every step we took; It was impossible to be quite. So I started bugling and following the bull into the trees across the cutblock where he entered the tree's with all his cows. About 200 yards into our journey off to the right stands up a 5 x 5 bull elk. I grab Tara and put her in front of me and tell her to shoot "He's right there" and of course Tara, being 5' nothing, couldnt see him, so off he goes away from us. We proceed about 75 more yards through a bit of brush in the cutblock and here is the same 5 x 5 staring at us. I grab Tara again and said, "There he is. Shoot him". Tara got her gun up and just about pulled the trigger but the bull bolted and was gone forever.
About this time, the other bull in the trees, bugles again. So I bugle back and forth with him all while inching closer to the treeline. We bugle back and forth for about 5min and we finally get to about 50 yards from the treeline and we can hear the herd in the trees right in front of us. I told Tara to get down in the grass and then started to bugle back to the bull. About 2 min later a cow comes out of the tree's 50 yards from us and walks past us into the cutblock. We hear the bull coming right behind her in the trees as his antlers are making smacking and snapping noises on the brush. The bull steps out just far enough to see the tips of his ivory tipped antlers and stops for about 30sec. Then the cow just kept walking and the bull followed her and stepped out into the cutblock so I told Tara to stand up a bit and shoot. Tara did that and drilled him right trought the heart and he walked about 10 steps and just stood there. I told Tara to shoot again as he was quartering away from us. She reloads...aims .... and click, no boom. She didnt pull the bolt far enough backwards to pick up a new cartridge. I grab the gun, reload a new bullet....... and the bull falls without needing another shot.
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I've been so blessed this year. My son Luke got his first beautiful 305 bull and now Tara shoots her first 298 bull.
http://www.huntingbc.ca/photos/data/500/medium/DSC000761.JPG (javascript:;)
Now the freezer is stocked....
We started walking after him but the cutblock was tinder dry and there was 3 foot grass and dry sticks under every step we took; It was impossible to be quite. So I started bugling and following the bull into the trees across the cutblock where he entered the tree's with all his cows. About 200 yards into our journey off to the right stands up a 5 x 5 bull elk. I grab Tara and put her in front of me and tell her to shoot "He's right there" and of course Tara, being 5' nothing, couldnt see him, so off he goes away from us. We proceed about 75 more yards through a bit of brush in the cutblock and here is the same 5 x 5 staring at us. I grab Tara again and said, "There he is. Shoot him". Tara got her gun up and just about pulled the trigger but the bull bolted and was gone forever.
About this time, the other bull in the trees, bugles again. So I bugle back and forth with him all while inching closer to the treeline. We bugle back and forth for about 5min and we finally get to about 50 yards from the treeline and we can hear the herd in the trees right in front of us. I told Tara to get down in the grass and then started to bugle back to the bull. About 2 min later a cow comes out of the tree's 50 yards from us and walks past us into the cutblock. We hear the bull coming right behind her in the trees as his antlers are making smacking and snapping noises on the brush. The bull steps out just far enough to see the tips of his ivory tipped antlers and stops for about 30sec. Then the cow just kept walking and the bull followed her and stepped out into the cutblock so I told Tara to stand up a bit and shoot. Tara did that and drilled him right trought the heart and he walked about 10 steps and just stood there. I told Tara to shoot again as he was quartering away from us. She reloads...aims .... and click, no boom. She didnt pull the bolt far enough backwards to pick up a new cartridge. I grab the gun, reload a new bullet....... and the bull falls without needing another shot.
http://www.huntingbc.ca/photos/data/500/medium/DSC00145.JPG (javascript:;)
http://www.huntingbc.ca/photos/data/500/medium/DSC00148.JPG (javascript:;)
I've been so blessed this year. My son Luke got his first beautiful 305 bull and now Tara shoots her first 298 bull.
http://www.huntingbc.ca/photos/data/500/medium/DSC000761.JPG (javascript:;)
Now the freezer is stocked....