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Saturday, June 5, 2010

2009 Fall Elk Hunting




This Big Bull was taken with a rifle during the early Elk hunting season near Jackson Hole, Wyoming. Life does not get much better then eating fresh Elk steaks, while sitting near a campfire with life-long friends, watch the sun set on the Tetons and listening to elk bugle in the Timber. Man! That is living-- or at least one solid reason to work hard in life so that we can enjoy moments like this. This was my first 6 x 6 bull elk and it happened on the last day of my hunting season because I had to get back to school the next day to teach. I even bought an old truck to take hunting, but the fuel pump went out about 15 minutes before I was to leave for the trip! I wish I had a picture of the trip home with the elk quarters in the back seat of my 1998 Honda civic and the horns hanging out two windows, while I drove home through the hoback canyon listening to AC-DC! LOL! My hunting partners and I put a plan together to call this bull in to us in the morning (he had been bugling all night). The plan worked perfectly, and the bull came in to us quickly and quietly. I was stalking through the timber, trying to see if the bull has coming in or going away and to my surprise I soon saw white antler tips bouncing down the mountain from this bull coming to my buddies cow calls. 20 yards and two solid hits from the 300 mag--- (it is not even fair) the bull dropped in his tracks. Spending time with friends, in Wyoming's wide open spaces, away from the stress of life, and making memories is about has good as life gets! Thanks Travis and Darrell.

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