My first elk hunt

Here is the results of my first elk hunt. I couldn't have done it without the help of Brandt, Scott and huntenfever from these forums. He knows the mountain extremly well and he was gracious enough to show me all his honey holes and even took me to check his trail cameras earlier in the year. He is really a great guy that would give you the shirt off his back. He even changed his schedule around to stay an extra day and help me pack my bull out at the risk of causing trouble at his job. I can't thank these guys enough. Huntnfever's buddy Scott is a freaking stud, but I guess 5 years in the NFL will do that to a feller. 280lbs at 8-10% body fat. Needless to say, that guy can pack wieght. He helped out and he didn't even know me before this hunt. What a great time with a bunch of great guys.
I found this bull a week before the hunt in one of the places that huntnfever said to check. I knew he was busted, but I figured I would get him fixed because he just looked to pretty on the good side. I knew once the broke side was restored he would be awesome. Not bad for my first elk.

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Oakbrush.
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nice bull :thumb what area?
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killerbee
thats your first elk hunt? and you killed that pig? how do you ever plan on elk hunting again ??

right on! congrats , that is a hell-of-a nice looking bull!
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TheGreatwhitehunter
Great Bull congrats =D>
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Buckmaster
Congratulations on a monster bull! After you get it mounted and the broken stuff fixed post up…. Would love to see him in his prim! :thumb
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MuleyMadness
Sounds and looks even funner. Congrats on a true trophy animal. Love those big bulls. 10sign:
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bigbuck92
Nice bull! Congrats!
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big game bowhunter
Nice bull,congrats
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hound_hunter
Awesome bull man! I'm glad to hear you had so much help from guys here at the forum and everything. Big congrats on baggin such a beaut of a bull, great pics!
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6x6 bull
Great Bull!!! And it sounds like you might have made some friends for life also. Big time congrats to you and I am happy to see some great guys from this forum helped you out.
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oakbrush
Thanks for the replys. Yeah, there are some good fellers on this site. I probably could have done better, but I am very happy with my bull. I spend most of my time hunting deer and at first, I was kind of bummed that I drew(only 8 pts) because I had to turn a colorado deer tag back in. Just didn't have enough vacation time to do both. But now that I've gotten to hunt those majestic beasts, I can see why people can get hooked on elk hunting.

B_DUB.
this was on the dutton unit.
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huntenfever
HOOOKed is right .. Freaking awesome time. Buddy. Glad to see you still riding the high. Can't wait to hunt some more..... 10sign:
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very nice bull u might have to wait quite a few years til ya see another one like that hog
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oakbrush
BIGANTLER

Yeah, I pretty much figured that it would be my only big bull tag for Utah in my lifetime. Now I get to switch back to limited entry deer and build up those points for a awhile. Maybe I can post pics of a nice buck in a few years :)
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WapatiChaser
Great Elk!! My first elk hunt I brought nothing home but some track-soup, and it tasted like dirt!!
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Torch
Awesome bull Oakbrush! It looks and sounds like a fun hunt...congrats. :thumb
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