RE: Best Elk Stories Thread
On my first elk hunt i was walking in the wide open when i spotted a few elk bedded down in the woods about 200 yds from me. I layed on my belly and had to crawl about 30 yds to a tree to prop on. I knelt down behind the tree and glassed the 4 or5 elk to pick out a nice cow. The only one i had a shot on was bedded down and all i could get was a neck shot. I had to shoot through an opening of only a coupld of feet between tree limbs. I shoot this cow in the neck and it didnt even move. Well all hell brock loose and elk came from everywhere and took off running. My buddy was not to far from me, they ran by him, he shot a cow and counted 130 elk. I only saw 4 when i shot mine.
Another story, i was walking one evening and walked up on a 5x5 bull which saw me first. We stood there looking eye to eye for a few seconds 80 yds apart. I could not move. I slowly dropped to one knee to get below his line of sight. I took my gun off my shoulder, mounted it and slowly stood back up and shot him.