WHALE

Got another late archery bull today no big one yet maybe next year. Got to our glassing spot and spotted this bull about 2 miles out just below the rim and I decided I would give him a try. After about a mile of hiking up the side of the rim I got higher than the bull. Eased over where me and Justin thought he had bedded and picked him up in his bed about 225 yrds. out. After watching him lay his head down to sleep I started easing in. At about 150 yrds he gets up and starts feeding towards me to about 125yrds. He stopped and was eating on a pile of snow( which I have never seen)then disappeared behind a little finger ridge. I continue to the top of the finger. When I get to the top look over and he is 35 yrds below me bedded. I can't shoot due to limbs in the way so I ease down to 25 and with the bull looking away shoot through the limbs and my arrow smacks a limb and misses the bull. He stands up, I blow on the diafram and he looks around allowing me to get a second arrow off and hit him. Great day and my best stalk yet. Like to thank Justin, Tim and Mac for their help in spotting the bull and getting him off the mountain.

22 pig, 22 turkey and 23 bear gonna bear a fun spring and summer. my wife got her first turkey tag also. this might cut into my bass fishing oh well

I don't have a problem with it. If it were the other way around I would be scouting (glassing) too. I do hunt a lot under the rim where it seems this time of year there can be fresh bulls moving down every few days. If I had a rifle tag starting this Friday I would be glassin my butt off trying to get a feel for what is going on. Water holes might be the only thing that would cause conflicts. Hope you had a fun hunt. By the way I have had scouters help me out in the past while I was hunting.

Nice job, looks like the kids are happy with him.

Found an area loaded with deer droppings and a little saddle with two trails in it headed to the spot with all the droppings. Would you set up in the saddle or the area with all the droppings? I have always heard saddles are the best place to ambush a whitetail with archery, but got to wondering with the amount of droppings if that would be the best place.

nice shot, I am cursed on yotes with a bow think i have missed 5, good job

appreciate the info I have a camera in the saddle now and we will see what happens on the pics. never thought of making a mock scrape but i might have to give it a try. 100% whitetails this January no mulies or at least thats my goal.

the guy should post the trail pics of the buck I would like to see em

Looks good to me, never thought I would want a sheep tag but I sure like the looks of your mounts on the wall.

Thanks for the replies, it was a good time. Good luck out there everyone.

Awesome finds Gary

Well said I have shot a few elk and deer over water with my bow and a deer at 450 yards with a rifle. Had a hoot doing it all and I believe that is all that matters.

Nice job congrats to you and your son.

dad and son hunting together is hard to beat plus you guys got a good buck good job

great job on a great buck

enjoyed this video, thanks for posting

+1

Great buck congrats

those are some great looking mounts

looks like some fun good job

Congrats to you and your son on his first deer

Nice pics/video thanks for posting come on jan.

good job

Heard and seen em in 23N about a mile from the 3C border

Saw a bull this morning pushing cows maybe a 315 type bull.