first blood of the year, co pics
Posted: Wed Sep 19, 2007 9:59 am
Well guys, got off a plane last night in jackson coming back home from our first elk in south colorado. It was a kick in the ass to say the least and for anyone thats never done it.......just go one time! The weather for most part was good except for rain on sunday which kept us from getting more pics of our bulls. All five of us had bulls within 70 yds at one point in time during the trip and me and a friend got lucky enough to stick one. I was hunting a big bull (over 300") that me and jason had spotted the afternoon before feeding in a meadow right at dark. I saw him and another really good bull the next moring but couldnt get above them. That afternoon i ended up finding a wallow on a shelf half way up the mountain that was surrounded by live oaks and was close to where most of the rutting action was goin on. I got tucked back into some tall grass and waited for them to get out of their beds. Around 6pm i heard the first buggle which was fairly close but just had a gut feelin to stay put. A few minutes later a cow and her calf came into the wallow and was soon followed by 2 1/2 year old bull. He stayed in the wallow for 10 min puttin on a show by thrashin a small live oak on the far side of the bank. I thought about passing him up because i knew there were bigger bulls in the area but then that ole bird in hand saying came to mind. He wasnt exactly the one i was after but im still tickled pink at my first elk bow kill. Nathan ended up getting a really nice bull that will come close to p/y.
