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<blockquote data-quote="Wheeler co" data-source="post: 1398397" data-attributes="member: 104429"><p>Well thank you for the welcome, jjmp. Where do you hang up your hat? Going on first sage rat expedition of season in the morning, but will tell you one bedtime elk story, with a moral. The morning before season, about four years ago, we had 12 batchelor bulls spotted across a big canyon. Five of them were what you would call trophy bulls...about as big as they get. Those old bulls get that way from not being seen in daylight, and by 0730 they were bedded down. Opening day never saw a hair. The habits of Rocky Mt elk are so different than the Roosevelt's, that I grew up hunting the first half of my life, that you might as well call them caribou...they can move ten or more miles overnight, while Rosie's live and die within five miles of where they were born. Anyway, second day the sun was out and I spotted a 5-pt on bunch grass open hill at 0830. No cover, open grass, so I did the coyote crawl to get closer. Done this many times on deer & elk. Get down on hand & knees and crawl...look like coyote. At 400 yds I thought good enough, so I sat up set up my tripod. There was a scrub patch of juniper above and I scanned it looking for color. I decided to move ahead five yards to a tree for a rest. Soon as I moved the bull threw his head up and started trotting, and from the juniper explodes one of the trophy bulls. He was watching me the whole time and was going to let me shoot the little one. I run ( stumble) along parallel as they run into a thicket. At far end of juniper thicket I stop, looking downhill for moving color. Nothing. Suddenly, I hear movement and 20 yds behind me, on my hill, the trophy is wheeling and now they're both heading up through thick dry burned juniper. Three well placed shots could'nt penetrate the dry trees. At the top of the hill he stopped for an instant, mid-twosomething. I fired as he was moving again, and felt myself pulling a lead. Shot. Nothing fell. They disappeared over the hill. Got to the top, no blood. Now when you shoot at game, and no sign of blood, you still have a responsibility to the animal, and yourself to make positive sure you missed clean. I planned to spend the rest of the day on the tracks, but take my time, because we've learned that if you put a bullet in an elk ANYWARE...even a hoof...they will eventually bed down, because</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Wheeler co, post: 1398397, member: 104429"] Well thank you for the welcome, jjmp. Where do you hang up your hat? Going on first sage rat expedition of season in the morning, but will tell you one bedtime elk story, with a moral. The morning before season, about four years ago, we had 12 batchelor bulls spotted across a big canyon. Five of them were what you would call trophy bulls...about as big as they get. Those old bulls get that way from not being seen in daylight, and by 0730 they were bedded down. Opening day never saw a hair. The habits of Rocky Mt elk are so different than the Roosevelt’s, that I grew up hunting the first half of my life, that you might as well call them caribou...they can move ten or more miles overnight, while Rosie’s live and die within five miles of where they were born. Anyway, second day the sun was out and I spotted a 5-pt on bunch grass open hill at 0830. No cover, open grass, so I did the coyote crawl to get closer. Done this many times on deer & elk. Get down on hand & knees and crawl...look like coyote. At 400 yds I thought good enough, so I sat up set up my tripod. There was a scrub patch of juniper above and I scanned it looking for color. I decided to move ahead five yards to a tree for a rest. Soon as I moved the bull threw his head up and started trotting, and from the juniper explodes one of the trophy bulls. He was watching me the whole time and was going to let me shoot the little one. I run ( stumble) along parallel as they run into a thicket. At far end of juniper thicket I stop, looking downhill for moving color. Nothing. Suddenly, I hear movement and 20 yds behind me, on my hill, the trophy is wheeling and now they’re both heading up through thick dry burned juniper. Three well placed shots could’nt penetrate the dry trees. At the top of the hill he stopped for an instant, mid-twosomething. I fired as he was moving again, and felt myself pulling a lead. Shot. Nothing fell. They disappeared over the hill. Got to the top, no blood. Now when you shoot at game, and no sign of blood, you still have a responsibility to the animal, and yourself to make positive sure you missed clean. I planned to spend the rest of the day on the tracks, but take my time, because we’ve learned that if you put a bullet in an elk ANYWARE...even a hoof...they will eventually bed down, because [/QUOTE]
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