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Nebraska early season elk hunt, part 1
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<blockquote data-quote="Fiftydriver" data-source="post: 163712" data-attributes="member: 10"><p><strong>Part II</strong></p><p></p><p>Then the big bull came up, it was obvious who he was!!! Long before we even saw his fronts I could see his backs with those three big non typical points that all forked. I told Korey, thats his rack coming up out of the draw. Korey lined up but when the bull came up the side of the draw across from us a small bull ran up behind the big boy and the shot was spoiled. Had to wait and watch the big bull run over the rim and down into the next draw.</p><p> </p><p>We set there until we saw Ron in the bottom of the draw around 800 yards away. We motioned to him that the bull went to the next ridge and he motioned to stay put and he would try to bump them again. Another 30 minutes went by as Ron worked slowly back down the draw and around to the next. This time the first bulls coming over the rim were three small bulls and that was it. We figured the big bulls went over the next ridge instead of back our way. We just stood up to move over to the next ridge when we spotted those big tops coming up over the hill. I told Korey to get up to a big ponderosa pine that was ahead of us and use it for a rest as he may have to take a shot with the bull moving.</p><p> </p><p>THe bull came over the ridge at a trot and down into the draw we were sitting on but right into the group of small bulls again preventing a shot. After a minute or so, he started walking dead away. As he got to the top of the ridge, I yipped to him to try to stop him. He turned his head but kept walking. Then just as he started to go down the other side of the ridge I yelled at him with a loud hoot and I'll be damned if he didn't whirl to his left and the big 358 STA barked and the big bulls feed folded under his chest and he fell where he was standing. Its something to see a bull that side pile up like he was hit by lightening. The 280 gr Swift A-Frame took out the tops of both shoulders as well as the spine.</p><p> </p><p>We set there for a second and the big bull rolled his head back and forth. We figured he would die in a couple minutes so we just set there and waited but the bull kept lifting his head so we decided after 10 minutes to walk over to the bull. When we got there we found out his legs were basically dangling over the edge of a pretty **** steep ridge. If he had not dropped where he did, he would have went right down into hells country!!! Korey put another one in him to make sure he did not wiggle his way off the top of the rim. He put one down through the top of his withers and it was all over. </p><p> </p><p>The bull was a hog, not overly long in the main beam but very long even points and alot of mass on the main beam. He had 7 points on the right and 10 on the left.</p><p><img src="http://img514.imageshack.us/img514/4093/koreysbullrightdw8.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p> </p><p><img src="http://img166.imageshack.us/img166/1412/koreysbullleftiitq7.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p> </p><p>When Ron got there he just scratched his head. He had not seen this bull all year and really did not have any idea he was on the ranch. By the time we got him hauled out, hung and skinned, caped and put in the cooler the day was pretty much over. We ate dinner and headed back to the motel as we were all whooped little puppies, pretty pumped up though.</p><p> </p><p>Before we left Ron just rough scored Koreys bull which was a 7x10. Came up with 403" SCI!!!!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Fiftydriver, post: 163712, member: 10"] [b]Part II[/b] Then the big bull came up, it was obvious who he was!!! Long before we even saw his fronts I could see his backs with those three big non typical points that all forked. I told Korey, thats his rack coming up out of the draw. Korey lined up but when the bull came up the side of the draw across from us a small bull ran up behind the big boy and the shot was spoiled. Had to wait and watch the big bull run over the rim and down into the next draw. We set there until we saw Ron in the bottom of the draw around 800 yards away. We motioned to him that the bull went to the next ridge and he motioned to stay put and he would try to bump them again. Another 30 minutes went by as Ron worked slowly back down the draw and around to the next. This time the first bulls coming over the rim were three small bulls and that was it. We figured the big bulls went over the next ridge instead of back our way. We just stood up to move over to the next ridge when we spotted those big tops coming up over the hill. I told Korey to get up to a big ponderosa pine that was ahead of us and use it for a rest as he may have to take a shot with the bull moving. THe bull came over the ridge at a trot and down into the draw we were sitting on but right into the group of small bulls again preventing a shot. After a minute or so, he started walking dead away. As he got to the top of the ridge, I yipped to him to try to stop him. He turned his head but kept walking. Then just as he started to go down the other side of the ridge I yelled at him with a loud hoot and I'll be damned if he didn't whirl to his left and the big 358 STA barked and the big bulls feed folded under his chest and he fell where he was standing. Its something to see a bull that side pile up like he was hit by lightening. The 280 gr Swift A-Frame took out the tops of both shoulders as well as the spine. We set there for a second and the big bull rolled his head back and forth. We figured he would die in a couple minutes so we just set there and waited but the bull kept lifting his head so we decided after 10 minutes to walk over to the bull. When we got there we found out his legs were basically dangling over the edge of a pretty **** steep ridge. If he had not dropped where he did, he would have went right down into hells country!!! Korey put another one in him to make sure he did not wiggle his way off the top of the rim. He put one down through the top of his withers and it was all over. The bull was a hog, not overly long in the main beam but very long even points and alot of mass on the main beam. He had 7 points on the right and 10 on the left. [IMG]http://img514.imageshack.us/img514/4093/koreysbullrightdw8.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://img166.imageshack.us/img166/1412/koreysbullleftiitq7.jpg[/IMG] When Ron got there he just scratched his head. He had not seen this bull all year and really did not have any idea he was on the ranch. By the time we got him hauled out, hung and skinned, caped and put in the cooler the day was pretty much over. We ate dinner and headed back to the motel as we were all whooped little puppies, pretty pumped up though. Before we left Ron just rough scored Koreys bull which was a 7x10. Came up with 403" SCI!!!! [/QUOTE]
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