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<blockquote data-quote="johnhhernan" data-source="post: 1361044" data-attributes="member: 71982"><p>[ATTACH=full]83925[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]83851[/ATTACH] This is a 7X6 bull elk, we, my brother was selected out 1200 other members to hunt for an elk on Hancock forest management property back on May 8th trust me this is a big big deal. People in WA drool for this opportunity. So anyways we we're so excited for the past 6 months now it was show time. Im the LR hunter out of the 2 of us but once he was drawn for this hunt I trained him and assisted him for this hunt. We went to the range at least 10x to hone his LR skills.</p><p>He did well, one shot at 1044 yards, in the neck with a 300RUM at 2975 FPS with a berger 210 gn bullet. He hit it in the neck it was a pretty ethical shot ithe bull went straight to the ground but when we were skinning the skull for a european mount we found the bullet lodged about an inch from the ear hole in the skull. We feel we got such an opprtunity due to karma you might say and here's why:</p><p>This hunt has 500K acres, 4 other hunters, well the day before we were glassing this area and a millenial ( which is a 20-29 year old) shows up 100 feet from us, they get out of their truck and they start to glass not 100 feet from us, so like dumb hunters we struck up a conversation with them and mentioned we saw monster bull as soon as I said that they turned away from us and started to talk so I decided to drop my brother off at the gate. Where the bull was is a wild life escapement area. Walk-in area only. So I dropped him off and came back to the "high point where we were glassing from originally, the plan was to talk him into the bull with our rino 2 way radios. I arrived at the high point guess who was glassing right where we were. Yep, you guessed the 2 millenial's. So I set up my spotting scope and started to locate my brother and talk him into the bull. Well the snow rolled in and I lost sight of my brother. The millenial's took off and went to where the bull was the snow let up and I saw to orange spots start walking into where my brother was. I then picked up my equipment to go find my brother. I told him to hide from the millenial's so he did. I drove down to the walk in area and I caught up with my brother and we walked to the clear cut I last saw the bull. Well we walked down the road and spotted a cow we backed up and devised a plan on how we were going to proceed so before we could put a sneak on that bull something spooked the bull and the other 15 cows. So we turned around to leave because at this point the hunt was over in that area. We started to head out and heard talking behind us, yep, the millenial's where behind us so they were the ones that scared them away. Needless to say my brother was a little preturbed. We muttered to each other well we now know what startled the elk. The millenial's caught up to us. I asked my brother if he knew the difference between a millenial and our generation ( we are in our 50's) he replies no, I do no, what is it? I replied if someone was glassing a clear cut what would you have done he replied, well I would've turned away and went to another area because there is 500K acres of good elk hunting land, I said oh I would've also. The millenials replied oh we thought you were going for a different bull. I replied, really? So we dropped it because it could've escalated quickly. We got back to our truck and I stared at their tires with several different thoughts but I refused the temptations of deflating their tires. We were angry my brother said lets not get worked up over it. He said if we [ATTACH=full]83851[/ATTACH] deflate their tires it would not be good karma. I agreed. We went and looked around the rest of the day in a heavy snow fall with no success. We also discussed if he had a shot at thay particular bull it would've been 200 yds at best and we didn't want that.</p><p>So the next morning came around and that bull had crossed over into the area we were glassing from and it was 1044 yards away at an 18% angle down from us I must mention it was 22.25 MOA away from us. The bull was behind a stump and 2 steps away from disappearing into the tall stuff. The only thing he had a shot on was its neck or the hind legs. We decided we need to take the shot on the neck, he went prone made his adjustments squeezed the trigger and the bull dropped straight to the ground and guess who showed up after the kill, yep, the millenial, but grandpa was with the millenial this time not his other millenial buddy. So we told them that we were done with this area that you can hunt in this clear cut today and grandpa said what do you mean by that. I told him that his hunting buddy (grandson) walked right in our hunt yesterday he turns to his grandson and I quote I taught you better than that. PS we aren't hippies so I don't really like using the word karma but I do feel what comes around goes around. Thanks for letting me tell our story in this forum. Let me know if I uploaded the pic wrong. I bet the millenial's could load a pic up easier than I...LOL</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="johnhhernan, post: 1361044, member: 71982"] [ATTACH=full]83925[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]83851[/ATTACH] This is a 7X6 bull elk, we, my brother was selected out 1200 other members to hunt for an elk on Hancock forest management property back on May 8th trust me this is a big big deal. People in WA drool for this opportunity. So anyways we we're so excited for the past 6 months now it was show time. Im the LR hunter out of the 2 of us but once he was drawn for this hunt I trained him and assisted him for this hunt. We went to the range at least 10x to hone his LR skills. He did well, one shot at 1044 yards, in the neck with a 300RUM at 2975 FPS with a berger 210 gn bullet. He hit it in the neck it was a pretty ethical shot ithe bull went straight to the ground but when we were skinning the skull for a european mount we found the bullet lodged about an inch from the ear hole in the skull. We feel we got such an opprtunity due to karma you might say and here's why: This hunt has 500K acres, 4 other hunters, well the day before we were glassing this area and a millenial ( which is a 20-29 year old) shows up 100 feet from us, they get out of their truck and they start to glass not 100 feet from us, so like dumb hunters we struck up a conversation with them and mentioned we saw monster bull as soon as I said that they turned away from us and started to talk so I decided to drop my brother off at the gate. Where the bull was is a wild life escapement area. Walk-in area only. So I dropped him off and came back to the "high point where we were glassing from originally, the plan was to talk him into the bull with our rino 2 way radios. I arrived at the high point guess who was glassing right where we were. Yep, you guessed the 2 millenial's. So I set up my spotting scope and started to locate my brother and talk him into the bull. Well the snow rolled in and I lost sight of my brother. The millenial's took off and went to where the bull was the snow let up and I saw to orange spots start walking into where my brother was. I then picked up my equipment to go find my brother. I told him to hide from the millenial's so he did. I drove down to the walk in area and I caught up with my brother and we walked to the clear cut I last saw the bull. Well we walked down the road and spotted a cow we backed up and devised a plan on how we were going to proceed so before we could put a sneak on that bull something spooked the bull and the other 15 cows. So we turned around to leave because at this point the hunt was over in that area. We started to head out and heard talking behind us, yep, the millenial's where behind us so they were the ones that scared them away. Needless to say my brother was a little preturbed. We muttered to each other well we now know what startled the elk. The millenial's caught up to us. I asked my brother if he knew the difference between a millenial and our generation ( we are in our 50's) he replies no, I do no, what is it? I replied if someone was glassing a clear cut what would you have done he replied, well I would've turned away and went to another area because there is 500K acres of good elk hunting land, I said oh I would've also. The millenials replied oh we thought you were going for a different bull. I replied, really? So we dropped it because it could've escalated quickly. We got back to our truck and I stared at their tires with several different thoughts but I refused the temptations of deflating their tires. We were angry my brother said lets not get worked up over it. He said if we [ATTACH=full]83851[/ATTACH] deflate their tires it would not be good karma. I agreed. We went and looked around the rest of the day in a heavy snow fall with no success. We also discussed if he had a shot at thay particular bull it would've been 200 yds at best and we didn't want that. So the next morning came around and that bull had crossed over into the area we were glassing from and it was 1044 yards away at an 18% angle down from us I must mention it was 22.25 MOA away from us. The bull was behind a stump and 2 steps away from disappearing into the tall stuff. The only thing he had a shot on was its neck or the hind legs. We decided we need to take the shot on the neck, he went prone made his adjustments squeezed the trigger and the bull dropped straight to the ground and guess who showed up after the kill, yep, the millenial, but grandpa was with the millenial this time not his other millenial buddy. So we told them that we were done with this area that you can hunt in this clear cut today and grandpa said what do you mean by that. I told him that his hunting buddy (grandson) walked right in our hunt yesterday he turns to his grandson and I quote I taught you better than that. PS we aren't hippies so I don't really like using the word karma but I do feel what comes around goes around. Thanks for letting me tell our story in this forum. Let me know if I uploaded the pic wrong. I bet the millenial's could load a pic up easier than I...LOL [/QUOTE]
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