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Congrats on a great bull!!! Sounds like you had a great hunt with your family and friends along with you.

Congrats on filling the freezer.

Sorry about your bull. At least you enjoyed your time with your wife and Dad. These elk are incredibly tough animals.

I wasnt sure if the bull was going to come strait at us or go the way he did. If he came strait at us that was my only opportunity to draw without getting busted. Mario gave me some great advice over the summer to practice holding at full draw for as long as I could and it helped me be successful.

Congrat on your bull and nice footage.

Congrats to all of you on your success. Very cool of you to help your buddies fill their tags before you started hunting for yourself.

That sucks EAS.

Thanks guys and gals. This hunt was crazy and full of ups and downs. I couldn't be happier with the way it turned out. My friend Adam Mclain was behind the camera step by step with us capturing all the footage as the hunt unfolded. @Pine Donkey Yes, Matt is a first class guy and runs a first class outfit. Matt and Mario busted their tale bringing bulls into bow range all week. Hopefully this weekend I will find some time to write up a story of my hunt.

Thats because I had a bad a$$ behind the camera. Thanks again man.

First big game kill and with a bow is simply awesome! Congrats and way to stick with it and recover him.

Great job man. I dont have the time so I dropped mine off with the professionals.

Where I was they were bugling till about 10-11 then starting back up around 3 or 4. Very very few bulls with cows and running the other direction on cow calls. No not a hoochie mama either. Lol

Awesome bull! Good luck topping that one, Congrats!!

Way to get it done solo! Congrats!!

Congrats on a nice bull.

Congrats on your bull.Way to stick with it on finding him.

Thats awesome! Great job Dad's.

Great write up Casey and congrats again on a great bull!

Ok, I'm uneducated on breaking the law, but during my child's hunter safety course, provided by GandF they asked what are you supposed to do if you come along a wounded or deceased animal? Answer was to call Game and Fish and report the location. They also asked it no be moved so that they may investigate the animal as it lays. So if it is not in the regulations, why would they teach our children and new hunters this rule? "You seem slightly confused about the law so don't try and educate me when I "didn't" ask for your education.........". Grammer is tough sometimes huh?So if you shot a animal and couldnt find it, you would want somebody that did find it to report to G&F so you would have to buy it from them? It is perfectly legal for the owner of this bull to go wrap his or hers tag around it as long as its still in the dates of the hunt. It has to be recovered within 48 hours, if it is not regardless of when the hunt ends is considered lost game and belongs to the state of Arizona, that being said my hats off to bc777, archery hunting is tough these elk are extremely tough to bring down even with a good shot and also how hard it is to draw a tag these days who ever shot this bull deserves it and should not have to buy it at auction. 48 hrs of what? The shot or actually when the animal dies?

Ok, I'm uneducated on breaking the law, but during my child's hunter safety course, provided by GandF they asked what are you supposed to do if you come along a wounded or deceased animal? Answer was to call Game and Fish and report the location. They also asked it no be moved so that they may investigate the animal as it lays. So if it is not in the regulations, why would they teach our children and new hunters this rule? "You seem slightly confused about the law so don't try and educate me when I "didn't" ask for your education.........". Grammer is tough sometimes huh?So if you shot a animal and couldnt find it, you would want somebody that did find it to report to G&F so you would have to buy it from them? It is perfectly legal for the owner of this bull to go wrap his or hers tag around it as long as its still in the dates of the hunt.

Good job BC777! Way to try to fins the owner of that bull.

Leaving in the early morning as well. Good luck to everyone.

Congrats!! Way to stick with it after missing your dream buck.

Welcome aboard! I have driven by it a few times, I will have to stop in there one of these days.

Congrats to you on a nice buck.