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Well I was fortunate enough to draw another early bull tag this year. This year I would be chasing rutting bulls with a bow in hand in a unit I personally had never elk hunted before. My hunting partner and I spent a lot of time this summer running cameras and scouting with very little to show. About 2 weeks before season everything changed and the bulls started to move in. The hunt started off great with good rutting activity and several solid bulls to chase. Opening day found me in a pocket of 5 or 6 bulls tearing up. The bulls were very responsive to calling and several smaller bulls were passed. The second morning of the hunt had me intercepting my target bull and his cows. The cows passed by me at 10 yards broadside but the bull opted to walk right to me. At full draw the bull was staring me down at no more than 4 yards when one of his cows circled behind and winded me. The cow barked and the bull started to take off. I managed to stop the bull and guessed him at 35 yards with no tome to range and let it fly but he ended up being at 51. That night while heading back to camp I had a black heffer jump in the road in front of me. As I hit the breaks and tried to avoid hitting her my side by side decided to flip over. Miraculously I walked away with a bruised arm and a sprained ankle. I ended up coming home to recover and hopefully able to hunt again later in the hunt. Wednesday I was able to head back up and give it another go. With my ankle in a brace and immobilized as much as possible I was able to stalk a great bull but was unable to seal the deal. Thursday morning I decided to head to an area we scouted and saw several good bulls. We got in the area and had bulls sounding off all around us. We played cat and mouse with a group of 6 bulls that had 2 groups of cows. After calling to the bulls for 30 minutes while working in on them one of the bulls finally committed. The bull worked from across the canyon right to me. The bull was at 30 yards when I let the arrow fly. He started to walk when I released and I hit him a little back but still in the liver. I immediately started to cow call and the bull stopped at 20 yards. I was able to get another arrow in him and this time took out his lungs. The bull ran about 20 yards and piled up. This hunt definitely won’t be one that I will forget anytime soon. Can’t thank all the guys in camp enough for all the help and encouragement.

Way to stick it out. Great bull!!!

Outstanding job! Love the mass and kicker

Got my bull down Thursday morning. Was in really good rut activity the whole hunt.

The fact that I didn’t hit my head or break any bones is an absolute miracle. I have been counting my blessings and am already looking into ways to make the rig safer

Sent you a PM

All set

Any update for draft date?

TTT

8x5 box trailer $1200

TTT

Once the tags are gone they wont be able to issue anymore. The sooner you call and talk to them the better

I had it happen this year for the same hunt. Got the application returned to me on Friday saying all hunts were filled when there were still leftovers. Called game and fish and explained the situation. They met up with to view the application and got me the tags. Apparently they thought it was hunt 1090 not 1190 which was 24a hunt

Im in again

TTT

Last year portals were updated mid week. Let them do there jobs and we should know by Friday for sure

Had a tag last year and killed a solid bull. Looking to harvest a mature 6x6 whether it be 320 or 360

The elk draw was about 7 days after cards were hit. If it goes smooth again I would think by Friday

I believe what BowNut is saying is that the forest service considers any property left unattended for 72 hours is considered abandoned property. As any hunter knows you are not going to check your camera every 3 days but that is what forest service considers abandoned

Should be Friday morning

SPF

Hoyt Alphamax 32 60-70# (have 28, 28.5 and 29 mods) Spott Hogg Hogg It 7 pin Trophy Taker Smackdown Fuse Quiver Fuse Carbon Blade 10.5 Primos Soft Case $450 OBO

Bump with price drop

This was the first year in CO where an applicant did not need to front the entire tag costs to apply. A huge increase was expected this year.

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