This is my best elk ....



I shot him in 1996 I think it was. I had located him and 3 cows in the steep draw and somehow managed to get between them and him. I did a bugle/squeal and he came right in - facing me. I was at full draw and he stopped at 12 steps and started rubbing a tree - facing me. I held as long as I could and let down when his head was down. He kept rubbing, and I drew again and held and held and again let down when I could hold no longer and when his head went down as he rubbed. On the third draw - bull still rubing the tree at 12 steps, he moved 90 degrees and started rubbing from the downhill side - and I shot him with a HC Excalibur bow, carbon arrows and 125 gr Thunderheads. He ran maybe 75 yards and piled up. Huge body, mature bull - scores like 280" or soemthing like that - great mass and character. I bugled a 6x6 in for my Dad 2 days later that scored like 250" or so - both in OTC unit, Colorado, pack in do it ourselves type hunting. Awesome, my best hunt ever.