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Taos
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1st Bull for my son
      #20421 - 04/11/04 02:06 AM

My son took his 1st bull yesterday. Made a great stalk and cleanly took a 5 point. He was so happy he almost burst. He now has a whole new perspective on moving dead elk. It was about a 1/2 mile to the pickup and took the 2 of us about 5 hours. I would post a photo but have no clue how.






Edited by NitroX (05/11/04 12:34 AM)

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Re: 1st Bull for my son [Re: Taos]
      #20425 - 04/11/04 04:19 AM

Taos,

Congratulations on your son's bull; that' what it's all about............it's great that he has someone pointing him in the right direction..........you should both be proud.

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Re: 1st Bull for my son [Re: Taos]
      #20447 - 04/11/04 01:48 PM

Taos

Congratulations for you and your son. Those elk are simply magnificent.

Email me the photo if it is in digital format and I will post it for you.



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Re: 1st Bull for my son [Re: Taos]
      #20456 - 04/11/04 06:47 PM

Right on. How were your kindneys and back the following day?

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Re: 1st Bull for my son [Re: Taos]
      #20458 - 04/11/04 11:53 PM

Big congrats to him!!! I can't wait to see the pics

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Taos
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Re: 1st Bull for my son [Re: IronBuck]
      #20460 - 05/11/04 12:27 AM



Adam,

My back is a wreck!! Jake works at the same place I do and when he came in last night he was walking like a 300Lb. stick man. The crazy part is that we are packing up tonight and heading out for a week to try and get my bull!! Snow on the way they say!! I am feeling like an old fat man this morning and don't expect it to get any better anytime soon!

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Re: 1st Bull for my son [Re: Taos]
      #20463 - 05/11/04 12:35 AM

Photo added.

Aah just realised a "5 pointer" means 5x2 points, or a 10 pointer in red deer parlance.

Not bad at all.





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Taos
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Re: 1st Bull for my son [Re: NitroX]
      #20464 - 05/11/04 12:36 AM

thank you Sir!!

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Re: 1st Bull for my son [Re: Taos]
      #20494 - 05/11/04 02:08 PM

Real nice! Congrats again to him for a fine trophy. Gotta love elk hunting!!!

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Re: 1st Bull for my son [Re: Taos]
      #20636 - 08/11/04 11:11 AM

Nice bull! He really looks proud, and I don't blame him one bit.

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Re: 1st Bull for my son [Re: mikeh416Rigby]
      #20761 - 10/11/04 02:41 PM

wonderful!!!! congrats to you both and good luck looking for #2.... just remember, there's a reason they call it hunting... not finding. :D

godspeed.

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Taos
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Re: 1st Bull for my son [Re: Dark_Helmet]
      #20786 - 11/11/04 02:33 AM

Got back yesterday from our final elk hunt of the year. We had only my tag to fill in a limited draw area. On the 1st morning we passed on 16 bulls 6 point and smaller looking for the older bulls. On the 3rd day of hunting we finally found a bull that would score around 380-390 B&C. I took a shot at about 150 yds. The sound a hit clearly heard by both of us. The bull staggers into some pinyons and appears to go down very hard. My son says he is down hard and I told him that that bull was all done. The bull was next to a 2 track hidden in the pinyons. Jake went and got the pickup and we drove up there to gut him and get him loaded both of us remarking how easy this one would be to get out. As we got within 20 yards of where the bull was I see this GIANT bull jump the fence and run down the 2 track in front of us. This bulls rack is so large I have the impression I am looking at a Tule elk with a rack so big he can hardly carry it. We stop and as I line up the cross hairs on him again and start to squeeze he takes a hard right into thick pinyons. As it is getting dark we run onto his track and I circle below trying to catch sight of him. No such luck. We take the trail for as long as we can see it in the fading light. No blood anywhere that we can see. The bulls track look as if he is drunk! He stumbles, runs into things but does not stop. His feet are placed so wide that he appears to be waddling off. He never breaks out of a slight trot. We quit his track and figure on finding him in the morning.

The next morning after a slight shower we are back on the track of the bull after about a mile of following his stumbling track we still have found no blood and he has still been falling and running into trees. We stay on the track for most of the day. Up and over several big steep Mesa's and down in the canyons in between. No luck catching up to him and finally lost him in a huge rocky canyon.

I was so sick over losing that monster that I could not eve get intereested in taking a different bull. We had a great hunt and looked at over 40 bulls while we were there. I was a shitty way to end the season and I doubt I will ever lay eyes on a bull of that class again.

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