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Old September 21, 2018, 11:37 AM   #1
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Bull down

Had a great elk hunt this year. On opening day I passed on a 5x5 and then got on a nice 6x on Sunday morning but he quickly gave me the slip.

I relocated the 6x6 Monday morning and put a 6 hour stalk on him but he and all his cows. Got up for their afternoon snack before I could close on him and get a shot. However there was a decent 5x5 satellite bull hanging at the way back that I tried for, but no luck.

Tuesday morning I was back at it while out sneaking through the woods I ran into the 5x5 satellite bull who was now solo. At first I thought he was the 6x because all I saw was the last part of his antlers.

From time I saw the bull to time of shot was less than 10 seconds. Probably a good thing it happened so quick otherwise if I had taken a few more moments to look at this guy I probably would have passed on him also.


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Old September 21, 2018, 12:06 PM   #2
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Nice!
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Old September 21, 2018, 02:16 PM   #3
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Congrats. Nice bull
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Old September 21, 2018, 02:19 PM   #4
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That’s a dandy cong
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Old September 21, 2018, 05:12 PM   #5
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Looks good.

You'll get no complaints from me about taking, "the little one."
I hunt for the hunt, and for the meat.
Legal is legal.
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Old September 21, 2018, 07:16 PM   #6
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Congrats on the nice elk.
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Old September 22, 2018, 03:38 PM   #7
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That's a dandy!

I hope to see an elk this year.
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Old September 22, 2018, 06:33 PM   #8
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Nice. What rifle, caliber???
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