RE: Best Elk Stories Thread
I was hunting on private land with a guide. Waited in our stand thru a 2 hr snow storm until it cleared. A bull walked out of the aspens about 275 yards out. When he cleared the small brush I took a shot. Gun recoiled and I lost him in my scope. The guide said that I hit him. When I got the scope on him again he was standing in the opposite direction and I shot again. Lost him in the scope from the recoil. I looked up and saw him running back to the aspens about 75 yards from where I shot at him. Took a running shot but did not hit him.
The guide and I went out to see what things where like where I was shooting. After about 20 min of searching in timber fall I found my elk. A nice big 4 x 5. I hit him twice. Both where in the shoulder, one on each side.
The bull that I saw running back to the timber was a second bull that we did not see until he ran. Good thing I missed him.