First big game hunt.. Bull down!
Elk
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Practiced hard for hunting season this year. I've been hunting for elk and deer before, but I was never the one with a tag. Last year I decided to get into bowhunting. Drew elk and deer. I worked hard for the last five days.. went to try a new spot I had scouted, but wasn't sure about hunting due to pressure. Well it worked! Solo dyi. Pretty pumped. Still feels like a dream.
Great!! Congrats U'll remember this always. I remember my first diy like it was yesterday. Ed
Atta-boy! Elk hunting can be the hardest thing you'll ever do or not! Enjoy your success! C
Thanks! I definitely will remember it forever. Here is another picture of him. I was using my iPhone to get the pictures. Hard to take one with me in it haha.
Wow - congrats! What an awesome bull. Way to go.
Very Nice. Congratulations. A whole bunch of fine eating there!
Heck yeah!!!!!!!! Congrats!!!!!!!!!! That's a great bull. God Bless
One heck of a first bull!!!! Congrats!
Persistence pays. Great job. Enjoy
Congratulations, that's a great bull!
Heck of a job man. You started out near the top. How are you going to top that lol?
Great job!
Very impressive!! What an awesome animal for a first hunt. Hope you have many more awesome hunts in the future. Congratulations!
Congrats on a great job!!
Incredible first bull. Congratulations.
Congratulations!!!
--Bill
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Congrats! My first bull made P&Y but it wasn't nearly that big.
As far as pics with you in it... see the link. I can't believe every hunter doesn't own one. for cameras or phones.
Awesome bull, way to get it done and I agree it will be hard to beat that one!
get a selfie stick and carry in you back pack...less than $20
That is a bull of a lifetime for almost any elk hunter! Congratulations!!!!
Wonderful bull!! Congrats!
I've been killng bulls for 16 years, and someday I hope to get one like yours!
Congrats...well done!
Best of Luck Jeff
Wow! Ya done good! Like to hear the story . When get some time
Man, that is one DANDY first bull! Congratulations!
Awesome bull big congrats
holy cow that's a big bull! congratulations!
Yeah!! Congrats on a stud of a bull! Bull of a lifetime right there!
Tell us the story!
u can never kill a bull like that if u kill the first legal elk that walks in
Congrats on an awesome animal. I can't imagine that being my first bowkill. Heckuva job!
Wow, what a way to get started.
I guess you have the quality out of the way, now you can concentrate on the quantity part of hunting.
Congrats, and thanks for the pic. I hope the meat is as good as the overall experience.
Grats on your first bull and a very nice one at that!
Very nice!
Usually guys start smaller. What you gonna shoot next time?!
First bull last bull who cares great animal congrats Lewis
Nice!! However, now your ruined for the rest of elk hunting eternity. Slim chance you're ever gonna top that. Congrats
You're ruined after that stud of a bull.....well done! Relive the moment often and everytime you look at him on your wall ;)
Finally finished packing out and butchering. Going to euro mount him. I have some Gopro footage of it, I'll check it out tonight and see how it is. I'll post a video with a story later on. Thanks everyone! I'm really pumped on this guy. I just wanted some yum yum venison.
Aweseome Bull! Great job.
Congrats on a great Bull!
I'm guessing that is at or right near the top of the list of solo diy first year bowhunting bull elk. Better not get another one like that or we'll be looking for a bullet hole! Seriously, congratulations on a toad.
This is the footage i got of the stalk up, and the shot. He has some nice bugles in it. Pardon my language, I was in the adrenaline zone. https://youtu.be/tL5NBRzRmYM
This is the footage i got of the stalk up, and the shot. He has some nice bugles in it. Pardon my language, I was in the adrenaline zone. https://youtu.be/tL5NBRzRmYM
LUNG$HOT's Link
Nice shot! Here's a link guys.
Good for you!
I am on the road to Viva Wyoming in like an hour/0430 MST
Congrats
Good luck, Robb
That's awesome! Good job.
There is something to be learned from that video. In the first few seconds I see you are in a burn full of grass and I noticed green timber ahead. I call this semi burn. Areas that burn really hot and have zero timber are a lot different especially if the burn was recent. Likewise spot burns inside of timber are really good too. Bulls will make rub lines where the green and burn meet and bed in the smallest patches of timber. Even if I hadn't known ahead that you were about to kill a bull there I would have said it looks like a money spot.
Congrats again on an awesome hunt.
Great bull Going to be hard kill bigger one. Most start with a rag horn or a cow. You started at the top
Yowza, that's a big bull. Great job!
Great Bull! Congrats.
Dan
great video i wish gopro would have a better zoom lens im sure bull was under 30 yards.
Damn fine hunt you shared with us... congrats! How far of a shot was that?
i ranged the tree he goes by at 30 and shot him high with my thirty yard pin, so probably 25-28 yards.
wow. that's one for the wall for sure!
That's a dandy! First big game animal with a bow? wow
City... I'd gonna go out on a limb here and say that WAS the first legal bull he had a good shot at.
Got it done. Some don't get the opportunity, others get it but for some reason everything goes south. You got the opportunity and made it happen. Great job. Congrats.
Congrats of your first bull! A stud at that!
Thanks everyone! It still feels unreal! Got a buck tag to fill.. Time to focus on that. Good luck this season everyone!
That is a beauty, congrats!
Loved the distant screams, then the cows, then the close scream, then big boy. You played it really well. Only saw one tiny bit of bowshake - your adrenaline had to be going through the roof. Pretty darned good all the way around.
I can't believe you held your bow full draw for 2min! That was awesome, congratulations... those tenderloins are gonna be extra delicious.
Fine Bull! Love the Chocolate colored rack! Congrats young man!
LaGriz
haha thanks guys!
@TD It sure was. I spooked one in my other spot, but never got to see him. Those cows were the first legal thing that was in shooting range, but that bull was coming down so I opted to wait for him. Sure glad I did!
@Ohiohunter I couldn't either! All the practice paid off! I'd shoot my normal routine. Then when I was dog tired I'd hold my draw as long as I could.
@williamtell Oh man it was the greatest rush I've ever had. I read somewhere (I'll have to look for it.) that the closest thing to shooting with that adrenaline coursing through you is to sprint hard and then shoot right afterwards. So the last few weeks leading up to opening day I ran sprints from my target to 60 yards then would shoot. If I ever miss the target, I'd run more sprints.
Great job stalking your first bull and its a big boy as well! Congrats on a job well done. Welcome to Elk hunting my friend, I'd say another one's hooked.
VERY NICE Start to the first big game hunt its better to be lucky Great Job
what size SD card did u use and how and were did u attach that gopro
congrats DYJack, awesome bull!
@cityhunter I used like a 16gb sd I believe. And I use one of the bike handle bar mounts on my riser. I was debating on just going with a head strap mount, but I didn't want to spend more money. haha!
Great job! Awesome bull! Consider yourself ruined.
Great job! Awesome bull! Consider yourself ruined.
Congrats that a super first bull. Thanks for sharing!