A GOOD THREAD!!!
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From: HUNT MAN
11-Oct-21
There are only so many September’s . I look forward to everyone. This one was no exception. Here’s a short story and some pictures for you to enjoy on a good thread! Hunt
From: brettpsu
11-Oct-21
I see what you did there. Looking forward to this one
From: HUNT MAN
11-Oct-21
Summer goes to fast in the west . It was a terrible drought in Montana this year. We soaked up all the fishing we could. With Ridge in School now . Summer is even more special. I had him work half days with me on Wednesdays. After work we did a adventure. From Go karts to black bears !
From: HUNT MAN
11-Oct-21
Who doesn’t like flipping rocks and catching Crawdads?
From: HUNT MAN
11-Oct-21
Summer 3D is always fun with friends and Family. If mountain archery fest is near you . I encourage you to go . Great people doing great things for archery.
From: Treeline
11-Oct-21
Livin Large right there!
From: HUNT MAN
11-Oct-21
Hope to see one of these come September !! A replica of the new world record!! I had a increase in my heart rate when I first saw him standing in the ski slope . What Dreams are made of. Congrats Felix!!
From: HUNT MAN
11-Oct-21
Little more fishing. Something about a river smallmouth . Strong is a understatement !!
From: HUNT MAN
11-Oct-21
Lots of practice this summer. This boy is growing fast. Nebraska turkeys better watch out.
From: HUNT MAN
11-Oct-21
Soon it late August and antelope is on my mind.
From: HUNT MAN
11-Oct-21
Jace strikes first. We are off to a good start.
From: HUNT MAN
11-Oct-21
I was a perfect day for stalking antelope . Low clouds light rain and good wind. This buck was in a deep cut . He had 4 does above him. I busted the does but the buck stopped and looked back. Bad mistake.
From: Bowboy
11-Oct-21
Your living the good life! Keep the post coming.
From: HUNT MAN
11-Oct-21
Rural Montana is a special place!
From: HUNT MAN
11-Oct-21
To me Antelope is amazing table fair. Ridge was excited for some fresh meat and hanging with the boys in the garage.
From: HUNT MAN
11-Oct-21
Sept 1 came and so did COVID . Not now really. I was down and out for 5 days. The family headed to the lake. I stayed home in bed. No fun
From: HUNT MAN
11-Oct-21
After some rest I was coming around . I finished up my work project on the 10th. Best of Luck Maddie on your adventure!!
From: APauls
11-Oct-21
The bringer of death is on the road again
From: HUNT MAN
11-Oct-21
Ponies are loaded . Bring on elk season!!
From: HUNT MAN
11-Oct-21
Hope you guys like crooked pictures :)
From: HUNT MAN
11-Oct-21
First hunt was a bust. Not a bugle in 4 days. Dry woods and hot weather doesn’t helps . These guys really don’t help. Sept 14-17 . Crickets
From: HUNT MAN
11-Oct-21
Did find Beav’s headlight :)
From: BOWNBIRDHNTR
11-Oct-21
A Hunt thread always equals a Good Thread!!
From: HUNT MAN
11-Oct-21
Sept 18th. One of my Favorite days. Crickets again. My Cousin Joey had to leave . His Dad was sick and He cut his trip short. We will try again soon.
From: HUNT MAN
11-Oct-21
Sept 19. New spot. Arrive in the dark. J did you hear that. A smile says yes. Bugles . That sweet sound of September . We head that way. Next 4 hours was close calls and broken hearts. Full draw multiple times. A deflected arrow. And shifty winds saved a few bulls lives. Ok I remember this.
From: HUNT MAN
11-Oct-21
Sept 20 . The Family now has COVID . Did I mention i was over this. I hunt mornings close to Home. Crickets again. I have a big circle of friends and it was the same for most. Very quiet for September 20th. Did have a few Bowsite cheese heads stop by for a visit . Always nice to put a face to the name.
From: HUNT MAN
11-Oct-21
Sept 21. Up at 3 am and in the road. Old spot about 1 hour from home. A few bugles in the dark and Nothing after daylight . Man this elk hunting is easy!!
From: HUNT MAN
11-Oct-21
Sept 22 . I take a break and Go fishing for the morning . I was a good break. Family is doing better and the Wife tells me go kill a elk!! Ok Honey!!
From: HUNT MAN
11-Oct-21
We discuss what to do. We look over years of notes and Talk to friends about other spots. We decide to try something different . We hit the road at 3 am Thursday the 23
From: HUNT MAN
11-Oct-21
Takes almost 8 hours to get to the trailhead. Then 4 hours in. We are both second guessing this
From: HUNT MAN
11-Oct-21
Soon on a break. Jace glasses some elk. All Of a sudden my feet are a little lighter.
From: HUNT MAN
11-Oct-21
The next 24 hours are pure chaos!! Screaming bulls all over. 10-12. Hundreds of bugles . Close calls and some Passed shots on smaller bulls . Darkness comes and we are all smiles for the next day.
From: HUNT MAN
11-Oct-21
The next morning we start off right where we left them. Soon Jace is at full draw . His arrow comes up short. Oh well let’s go after that group. We come close again and I end up missing also. Elk hunting will rattle a Man!
From: HUNT MAN
11-Oct-21
Soon as the weekend grows closer the people show up and the elk shut up. Funny how that works. We grind on.
From: HUNT MAN
11-Oct-21
All quiet Saturday and Sunday . Long days start to set in. I take a dip in the creek midday . Cold as cold Gets. But man did it feel good. We hike out defeated.
From: HUNT MAN
11-Oct-21
Home late Sunday night. Back to the drawing board. Make a plan for the week. Monday take care of work and House chores. And maybe a little fishing . Tuesday hit the road for another round. Weather is cooling down. That’s a good thing .
From: drycreek
11-Oct-21
Aw hell, let’s see some sideways elk pics. I mean dead elk on the ground ! :-)
From: HUNT MAN
11-Oct-21
9-28. Leave the house at 3. At trailhead at 6:30. Packs on and head down. Walking in with a single layer. By 10 we make camp and the weather is changing fast.
From: nmwapiti
11-Oct-21
Your short and sweet daily highlight paragraphs are a nice way to go. I just need to take better notes during the hunt so I could follow your lead. Good stuff.
From: HUNT MAN
11-Oct-21
As the snow picks up we keep adding layers. Crazy how fast the weather can change and the hunting . I was bugling every half hour . Soon a bugle Breaks the wind and snow. Soon I see him coming down the hill. I draw as he closes . He walks right past my opening . Stops with a small hole behind the shoulder . Whack. I hit a tree. Dam it Hunt
From: HUNT MAN
11-Oct-21
He whirls out and I stop him with a nervous bark. Never give Hunt 2 shots .
From: HUNT MAN
11-Oct-21
He whirls out and I stop him with a nervous bark. Never give Hunt 2 shots .
From: HUNT MAN
11-Oct-21
Happy Man.
From: Treeline
11-Oct-21
Happy FACE!
From: HUNT MAN
11-Oct-21
Man this elk hunting is Easy:)
From: HUNT MAN
11-Oct-21
Only takes one!! Crazy how Fast things change . From first bugle to Dead in 5 minutes .
From: HUNT MAN
11-Oct-21
We work up the meat and shuffle it down the mountain towards camp. A fire and a whiskey cap off a nice day.
From: HUNT MAN
11-Oct-21
We have another visitor in camp tonight .
From: hdaman
11-Oct-21
Congrats! I was convinced that all of the elk in western Montana had lost their voices this year!
From: HUNT MAN
11-Oct-21
Old stand by for Dinner tonight .
From: Julius Koenig
11-Oct-21
Been waiting for this!
From: HUNT MAN
11-Oct-21
This pond always has water. You can see the water lines on the rock. Dry with grass growing in it this year.
From: iceman
11-Oct-21
Great stuff as usual. Congrats!
From: HUNT MAN
11-Oct-21
That night was cold. Hard to get out of the tent. That’s until a bugle rolls out. Long story short . Cam made a rookie mistake and Set up behind the cover . I called the bull into 40 and he busted Cam trying to get a shot. That look when Your dream bull runs off.
From: HUNT MAN
11-Oct-21
After that we try for another but no takers. We pack up the first load and start the grind out.
From: HUNT MAN
11-Oct-21
It was a long day. Worth every step.
From: HUNT MAN
11-Oct-21
Meat mission complete
From: HUNT MAN
11-Oct-21
Best of luck to all this fall !! Thanks for Following along. Hunt
From: deerhunter72
11-Oct-21
Always enjoy your adventures and write up! Thanks for sharing
From: sticksender
11-Oct-21
Another great, concise, entertaining report....thanks & congrats!
From: SteveB
11-Oct-21
Too much fun! Congrats Hunt!
From: elkmtngear
11-Oct-21
Great recap!
You never disappoint, Hunter!
From: jdbbowhunter
11-Oct-21
Great season, thanks for sharing. Hard work usually pays off and it did! Congrats.
From: bowhunt
11-Oct-21
Thanks for sharing
Looks like lots of great memories with family and friends
From: txhunter58
11-Oct-21
Wrong. It’s a GREAT thread!
You are living the dream. Such great memories made
From: ryanrc
11-Oct-21
You definitely earned that one! Congrats on a great adventure.
From: Treeline
11-Oct-21
You are living right! Excellent job all the way around! Congratulations on another awesome summer and early fall!
From: goelk
11-Oct-21
COOL
From: JW
11-Oct-21
Excellent thread as always Hunt! Congrats!
From: Bowboy
11-Oct-21
Great thread hunt and congrats a fine bull!
From: T Mac
11-Oct-21
Great recap Hunt congrats!
From: Ron Niziolek
11-Oct-21
Good stuff Hunter!
From: Willieboat
11-Oct-21
Thanks for sharing
From: 2Wild Bill
11-Oct-21
Love the thread and photos, thank you.
Was that a piece of jerky in a tub of peanut butter or humus?
From: M.Pauls
11-Oct-21
Great season and congrats on the success! Thanks for sharing and I love seeing the annual growth in Ridge! Great that you include him in so much!
From: ND String Puller
11-Oct-21
Team Hammer, making Bowsite great again! LOL
Thanks for sharing your hunts they never disappoint. I’ll be looking forward to the next deer installment! Good Job
Kelly
From: ND String Puller
11-Oct-21
Double tap
From: GLP
11-Oct-21
Thank you for the write up !
From: ElkNut1
11-Oct-21
Ha Ha, Huntman that's a great season there! I love how in nearly every photo you are smiling like you mean it! Awesome!
P.S. That's one huge looking Smallmouth!
ElkNut
From: Paul@thefort
11-Oct-21
Yep, "elk hunting is easy", :):):):):):):):):):):):):):) especially when a bull is finely on the ground; then all of the prior pain seems to evaporate from one's mind. Nicely done Hunt.
my best, Paul
From: Jaquomo
11-Oct-21
Great thread, Hunter! It was truly an honor to spend an evening with you this summer. Wife and I still talk about the excellent dinner you made!
From: Jason Stafford
11-Oct-21
Good stuff Hunt! Congratulations on another great year.
From: HUNT MAN
11-Oct-21
Lou it was a great evening of conversion and Laughter. You guys are welcome anytime!!
From: zabwelch
11-Oct-21
Great recap and awesome pics as always Hunt! Congrats again!!
From: Footshooter
11-Oct-21
Congrats!
From: t-roy
11-Oct-21
You nailed it…Definitely A GOOD THREAD! Congrats, Hunt.
Any residual effects from your bout with the virus?
From: HUNT MAN
11-Oct-21
I had a shitty cough for a few weeks. Back to 100 percent now.
From: Treeline
11-Oct-21
I need to head up there for the smallie fishing…. Love smallmouth bass!
From: Shiras42
11-Oct-21
excellent! congrats!
From: SIP
11-Oct-21
Great recap of the season so far. The thing that sticks out to me…Ridge is an immensely lucky boy. To have a dad that is in a position to raise him up right, in the right places doing things that even some adults dont get to do or experience, its truly a blessing. And it isn't just that you’ve forged your path to not only be able to live doing the things you get to do, but the fact that you MAKE the time to share it with others, especially your son, its a special thing. To take him to work for half a day and then follow that up with some kind of adventure every week, its amazing. In a day and age where its pretty easy to see on a daily basis the decline of what this country has to offer, you are giving the best of what it has to offer to your son. Pretty special to see. Makes me want to be an even better Dad to my girls. Thanks….
From: Zackman
11-Oct-21
HUNT MAN = GREAT THREAD!
From: Marty
11-Oct-21
Never doubted it for a minute, maybe a few seconds tho..:) Great job and thanks for sharing. Kevin
From: Jasper
12-Oct-21
Great bull and excellent story as always!!! John
From: pav
12-Oct-21
Now THAT is a good thread to start the day! Walking, talking proof that persistence and perseverance pay off! Congrats on a fine season Hunt! As always...thanks for sharing!
From: brettpsu
12-Oct-21
Great story and congrats! Love your yearly threads
From: BULELK1
12-Oct-21
Year In--Year Out Hunt's elk threads!!
Thanks for taking us along,
Robb
From: Huntiam
12-Oct-21
Thanks for this my friend good job, good read, good bull.
From: T-rex
12-Oct-21
Awesome story. Congrats!
From: Catscratch
12-Oct-21
Great trip and pics! Sounds like it was a blast.
From: orionsbrother
12-Oct-21
Always enjoy your recaps Hunt! Good stuff! Best to you brother.
From: 12yards
12-Oct-21
Wow! Hard work pays off! Great hunts!
From: sitO
12-Oct-21
It's real hunting, that's why we like it! Congrats on a helluva season so far bud, keep rollin!
From: SBH
12-Oct-21
Good stuff H. You're a great father, husband and friend. Been a grind in MT this year for sure but you got it done. Thanks for the post, feels like old times on the bowsite today. HAMMERTIME
From: rooster
12-Oct-21
Congratulations on a great hunt and summer with the family.
From: huntinelk
12-Oct-21
Very cool. Congratulations
From: Brotsky
12-Oct-21
Awesome stuff as usual Hunt! Congrats buddy, loved every minute of it!
From: Supernaut
12-Oct-21
A GREAT thread, outstanding all the way around!
Thanks for sharing it with us.
From: Bowfreak
12-Oct-21
Loved it! Congrats on all your great adventures.
Just to let everyone know....I no longer like anyone that had an elk tag this year. :)
From: Z Barebow
12-Oct-21
We expect no less from you Hunter! A dedicated bringer of nature's protein. Another Bowsite classic. Thanks for sharing.
From: APauls
12-Oct-21
Thanks again for the share bud. Great stories as usual. Heck of a shot on that bull too. Right where you want em! Congrats!
From: njbuck
12-Oct-21
Way to go Hunt, congrats on a nice month. A great write up, like normal!
From: Beav
12-Oct-21
Great thread Hunt!! I need that headlamp back. Congrats buddy and thanks for sharing.
From: BOWNBIRDHNTR
12-Oct-21
Wrong title....A GREAT THREAD would be more appropriate. Thanks again for everything you share and CONGRATS! Jeff
From: Ambush
12-Oct-21
Not many people more aptly named. Congrats on living up to it again and wringing out everything a season and life has to offer!!
A bit unnerving to see how time flies past us. Seemed very recently that one of your "over the shoulder" selfies had a little boy snuggled in a backpack.
From: otcWill
12-Oct-21
Good stuff brother. Thanks for posting. LIVING!
From: Quinn @work
12-Oct-21
Hunt,
Thanks for taking to the time to do the thread! Great job and congrats on another dead bull.
From: Whip
12-Oct-21
I look forward to your threads every year - this one died not disappoint! Great attitude when the going got tough and three persistence to stick with it pays off again. Congratulations!
From: easeup
12-Oct-21
ir was a great story......thanks for the good read
From: Rut Nut
12-Oct-21
Hunt- you are definitely “doing it right” and “living the dream!” Nice to see you spending quality time with and making your family a priority! KUDOS to you Dad! And THANKS for sharing!
Just curious what part of Montana you come from and where you hunt? Some gorgeous country out there! Been out there one time........
From: Shaft
12-Oct-21
Very nice recap Hunt! Congrats on a great bull.
From: Brun
12-Oct-21
Congrats on the bull and thanks for the story!
From: tkjwonta
12-Oct-21
Great work HUNT, thanks for sharing!
From: rattling_junkie
12-Oct-21
I'd say the thread title is appropriate!
From: bowhunter24
13-Oct-21
First Hunt, glad you and the family kicked the covid bug. Second people like you are what make bowsite great! Congrats on your animals and all your doing with Ridge! Thanks
From: HUNT MAN
13-Oct-21
Rut Nut. I live in the Bitteroot valley south of Missoula about 20 miles. Thanks guys for all the nice comments. Bring on deer season. Best of luck to all!! Hunt
From: Inshart
13-Oct-21
Outstanding, simply outstanding!!!!!!!! Always catch myself smiling as I read your threads.
From: ELKMAN
14-Oct-21
Way to stay with it Hunt! Pure predator. I wish I could have been around this year to help!
From: Grunt-N-Gobble
14-Oct-21
Always an excellent read!
From: Altitude Sickness
14-Oct-21
I love the rounded out year long fishing and hunting. I hope to do more fishing the remainder of 2021 and winter of 2022. Salmon are just starting to run. And always love winter steelhead fishing.
From: Jordan
14-Oct-21
A great thread...thanks Hunt!
Clearly I need to do a season or two with some real killers.........
From: SIP
15-Oct-21
Awesome stuff
From: midwest
20-Oct-21
Saved this one for when I could sit down, relax, and enjoy the whole story.
Never a disappointment, Hunt....a GREAT thread as always!
From: WV Mountaineer
20-Oct-21
Awesome stuff as always. Congrats brother.
From: Oryx35
22-Oct-21
You're living life man! Thanks for sharing!
From: ki-ke
22-Oct-21
Always an adventure following Hunts adventures!! As always, Thanks for sharing!!
From: ki-ke
23-Oct-21
Always an adventure following Hunts adventures!! As always, Thanks for sharing!!
From: ki-ke
23-Oct-21
Always an adventure following Hunts adventures!! As always, Thanks for sharing!!
From: Aubs8
23-Oct-21
Congratulations Hunter! Great thread!
Mike
From: BigSkyHntr
29-Oct-21
Truly A good thread! Thanks for sharing Hunt
From: orionsbrother
30-Nov-22
Another top notch Hunt thread.
From: Treeline
30-Nov-22
Yup. Hunt was named appropriately.
From: hdaman
30-Nov-22
I knew this one would resurface!
From: Medicinemann
01-Dec-22
Thanks for sharing....
From: wooddamon1
01-Dec-22
Awesome thread!
