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Mark
9/14/06 6:13pm
I just found this forum today. Great site! I wanted to share some pics of a recent elk hunt.
I arrowed this bull on August 29th in the Ely, NV area. I got about 10 minutes of this bull on video while I looked him over. I've got footage of him in a wallow, eating, drinking, etc. as well as the kill shot.
My 17 yr old son called him in and he was also the cameraman. I was able to get a 40 yard quartering away shot and drove the arrow through his heart. When I shot him he was less than 20 yards away from my son. He was in worse shape than me! The bull ran about 75 yards and tipped over.
It took me 16 years to draw this tag. This is more than likely the only NV bull tag I'll ever draw. This was truly a once in a lifetime hunt. I wanted a 300 class bull and I was able to pull it off.
Anyways, enjoy the pics... if anybody is interested in watching the video I can post a link to it. Let me know.
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I arrowed this bull on August 29th in the Ely, NV area. I got about 10 minutes of this bull on video while I looked him over. I've got footage of him in a wallow, eating, drinking, etc. as well as the kill shot.
My 17 yr old son called him in and he was also the cameraman. I was able to get a 40 yard quartering away shot and drove the arrow through his heart. When I shot him he was less than 20 yards away from my son. He was in worse shape than me! The bull ran about 75 yards and tipped over.
It took me 16 years to draw this tag. This is more than likely the only NV bull tag I'll ever draw. This was truly a once in a lifetime hunt. I wanted a 300 class bull and I was able to pull it off.
Anyways, enjoy the pics... if anybody is interested in watching the video I can post a link to it. Let me know.
10,920
That is a nice bull! Good job. He looks like he'd score more then 300. :thumb
Mark, boy am I glad you found the site and shared your pics. that bull looks awesome, not very wide but I could care less at all. Amazing animal, with a very cool look. Definitely looks noticeably better than 300, but who cares.
Sounds awesome indeed!! Love that rut look to him.
HECK yes I want to see the video. :thumb :thumb
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Here's a link to the video along with an outline of how the hunt went:
It's really dark when it first starts. That's because the sun wasn't up yet! It will lighten up more and more as the video progresses. After about 2 minutes or so it's really a lot easier to tell whats happening.
The bull walks out in the clearing where we set up and cow called. He comes out of the trees about 80 or 90 yards from me and heads down the hill to the wallow. He scratches the mud with his hoof and rakes his antlers in the mud. Then he goes to the larger wallow and really tears it up! Then he rolls in the mud for a bit. He's about 75 yards away at that time.
When he stands up my son cow calls him again. Then he starts up the hill. When he gets half way up the hill you'll see him snap his head to his left and stop walking. He's 35 yards from me and he saw me raise my bow up. I've got my bow half way raised up and the bull knows something is there, but he can't figure out what it I am! Time literally stood still. I don't want to make eye contact so I'm staring down at the ground. I can still see him in my peripheral vision, but I don't want to look at him. Eye contact at 100' is not a good thing!
He then looks right at the camera, then back at me. As he starts to walk again he starts heading down the hill away from me. He apparently senses something is wrong. As he walks away you'll see him look slightly to his right. That's when I draw my bow back. He stops and looks back at me again. By this time I've put my 40 yard pin in the zone and released the arrow. You'll see the arrow hit him and he takes off running. We cow called again to slow him down. He stopped for a few seconds in the trees and then starting walking down the trail again. He went about 75 yards and we heard him fall over and weez a couple of times. We waited 30 minutes and then walked up the trail to where he went down. When I got him opened up he had no heart left. I mean it was just gone!
Mark
My buddy arrowed a 340 bull within 2 miles of this bull last season. He was a lot wider but had less mass and his 3rds were a little weak. But like you said, who cares! Any time you break the 300 mark, life as an elk hunter is sweet!
I've got a pretty gruesome pic of the broadhead covered in heart tissue if you want me to email it to you!
It's a once in a lifetime bull hunt in Nevada. I could draw another tag, but my chances are slim at best. Nevada only awards about 30 or 40 archery tags a year and I can't even apply for another 10 years. I'm reduced to a cow elk hunter for the next 10 years.
My oldest son is my next best hope for an archery bull tag here. I've also got a 12 year old that's coming up fast.
I guess it's time to look at some other states. I am looking at New Mexico as well as Arizona in the near future.
Just watched the video, that is simply FANTASTIC!! :thumb :thumb
I just can't believe how he simple didn't respond or care at all about the cow calls unit he finished his business. He had one thing on his mind, WALLOW, WALLOW, WALLOW!!
Amazing video, THANKS a TON for sharing and capturing that all on film.
Brett
Just below it and to the right?
I was probably 15 yards above my son (cameraman) and to the right. We couldn't see each other. On every set up we did on other elk, we were able to take our time and get angles where we could see each other. This set up happened so fast that there was no time. When we did a locater cow call we were about 100 yards from where we eventually set up. We called, he chuckled and we ran downhill to close the gap. We split up, I nocked an arrow and the bull stepped out.
I was about 45 yards above the elk when I shot. I used my 40 yard pin because of the steep angle. In the video, when he stopped and snapped his head to his left, he was broadside at about 30 or 35 yards.