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I got my butt kicked for 4 days up there last weekend. I hunted and called my butt off and the were silent all weekend. Worked a bird that was hened up friday morning and had some guys kill that chance. Sunday morning i got into a new area to me and found a bird. Worked him for over 2 hours and he was hung up at 150. So i made the decision to try and close the gap, well in that few minutes time he decided he had enough and needed to come get his hen. I took 10 steps and there he was at 80 years, BUSTED and then hunt was over. Should have waited, wont make that mistake again. Inbetween those encounters i hunted from the 249 all the way down to sprucedale. Nothing. Thinking of going back up this next weekend and trying to catch the tail end

4 of the 6 people in our camp killed birds in unit 1

Dry, dry dry. All the roads are open. Now the birds, there up and running. 4 of the 6 people with us that had tags killed. The toms are getting hot and are probally going to get hotter over the next few days. i was across the road in 27 and got my butt kicked 3 straight days. Had some hunters on quads screw me friday morning and i screwed myself but not waiting a bird out and trying to close the gap yesterday.

Congrats and good job. From what im hearing they simply arent hot yet. This weekend should be prime. Come on friday

all my turkey have been shot with a 20ga. 2 3/4 4 shot I just bought a 12ga, 3inch few days ago just because. I will be shooting 1 3/4 ounce 5 shot out of that. As for the bird, i clean it about 15 min after shooting it, We pick them mid afternoon and put of ice for the rest of the weekend. Been doing it this way for years and havent had any issues.

That is a killer bull. Looks alot( i mean alot) like the bull i killer in november out of there. From my understanding there arent anymore bulls there though.

Man o man, next friday cant come soon enough.

Great pics and write up. Come on april 22th and unit 27 you have been good to me the past 3 years.

Im new here but all of the turkeys and elk have moved out of 27 and into new mexico

Blanked. Im ok with it as a killed a bull this past year in 22. We have one cow tag in our group this year and a buddie that drew a unit 1 early tag.

I knew i wasnt going to draw 2 years in a row. Blanked.

Cant wait. Come on april 22th...................................

i recently bought my first bow from archery headquaters. I was on a budget one they worked with me and got me out the door for $515 with arrows and a pse bow set up. I have been shooting the piss out of this bow and its holding up great.

i just wanted to comment on this because this story hits close to home. My parents were divorced at an early age. A family members then boyfriend and husband now took me under his wing when i was 11 years old and got me into the feild. To this day im greatful he did and i consider him the father i never really had. Over the past 20 years we have shared a ton of memories and none better then the hunt bull hunt this past november. Had he not taken me dove hunting one day i probally would have never been in the feild. Thank you for changing that kids life like someone changed mine.

Good god. Nice buck

Congrats on an awesome bull.

Had the pleasure to meet jermey and his family while i was scouting for my late bull hunt.They gave me the tour and was very helpful in putting me in some areas. Thanks again jermey, i didnt take my bull to process we just cut at the house instead. I would encourage anyone who is up there to check them out.

Nice bull. Congrats.

You would be correct. I remember a little about the convo but i had a few beers in me so not all of it.

First off let me say that i hardly never post pics on the net but in this case i have too. Let me start by thanking my wife who is supportive of my crazy obession for hunting. The hunt started out slow, we didnt see any elk friday or early saturday morning. We into an area that we knew held elk in hope of seeing a big ole guy but all we found was a spkie and some cows. Well something told me we needed to make a play on the spike( glad we did). we were about 250 yards from the spike when we noticed this bull about 2 ridges over from the other animals. So there me and my cousin go, mind you not the death march to get to the spike was decent but this one was one for the ages. We lost sight of the bull for about 20 minutes while we made our way to a vantage point were we knew the shot would be good. Well we didnt find him, no sign no nothing so need less to say i was rather bummed. He could have only gone one place and that was down a canyon. We waited about 30 minutes before deciding to head back to the truck. We started down the hill on the slope facing where he was when all of a sudden he busted out of the bottom and went straight up. I sat down to get a rest my cousin ranged him 200 on the nose, he turned broad side and i let him have it. Well he didnt go down, racked another one and sailed it over his back( my nerves and the fever set in) the third shot hit him back and low and from the pic you can see where the final shot hit. He went about 20 yards and pilled up. We finally got back to camp around 1am this morning. I can honestly say this is by far the hardest most physically demamding thing to date i have ever been threw. This is my first ever elk and i couldnt be happier. Both of his 3's and one of his 2's are broken. Not a monster but my trophy and fighter. I want to thank my cousin steve, darrin, jayce, chelsea, as well as phil and luke with out these guys glassing for me it wouldnt have been possible. Darrin and jayce left around noon and were back to help us pack him out last night about 7. Thank you guys again.

dang. Nice buck

Late season bull here i come. Good luck to everyone holding tags. Was out yesterday and saw 8 small bulls and one last day shooter.

Thanks for all your help. Luck willing i will be calling you sometime between friday and next thursday.

22 we were able to get some glassing in before the rain hit.

Seeing that gets me pumped. late season bull tag starting next friday. Have seen nothing but cows so far, hopefully the bulls are still close by.