Not too sure if my photos will come through....hope so?

Anyway, I was down in the Montrose, CO area this past muzzle loader season. Had a few going early in the hunt, some that I couldn't see, but had em close and saw a few little rag horns, spikes and cows/calfs. Monday just before dark I saw a "decent" looking bull, but it was a quick glimpse here and there, and never got a good view of him. Tuesday morning I was out "releiving myself" at about 4:30 and heard several bugles below camp (where I finished off the night before). I headed down to a long narrow draw where I last saw him. I got set up well before light and he had a few bugles going. I did a cow call or two just at light and he was right on it :-) :-) I let one bugle go, he was right on it...we went back and forth for a while, but I would always wait for him to start up, then I would come back and pi$$ him right off! Just like that he shut up. Over the next half hour or so, I would let an occasional cow call go, and twice, below me, I could hear a branch break (not a twig, a good size branch). Finally at about 7:45, I said the heck with it and let out one long bugle go with no chuckle following. I didn't even have a chance to set the bugle down next to me and I could see the tips of his antlers come trotting up from below me. That suckker holed up for a long time as quiet as a mouse. He stopped at about 85 yards but didn't pose a perfectly clear shot. One short cow peep and he took one step and my .50 caliber barked and he side stepped twice, and tipped over in his tracks. Oh baby....was that an awesome one hour of my life!! He was nothing huge, but a nice 5x5 non the less, taken without a guide and with open sights/muzzle loader made it kind of cool though.

Anyway, if the photos come through, here is what he looked like when I walked up to him and the other photo is him hanging on the pole before we skinned him out. Oh yeah, I was close enough to a trail that we could get our 4wd down to pick him up....THAT was a treat :-)

Well, I tried to upload the photos and no-can-do.. File too large is what I get. I'll see if I can compress them somehow?? They are about 150-170K each.


PS...Providing my Fed Ex package makes it to Montana by tomorrow evening, and I get my liscense, I'm heading to The Bob Marshall Wilderness for a late season hunt this year. Should be interesting and hope for snow, BUT no too much! This opportunity came out of the blue and I hope there are no snags...

As long as I typed all of this, and now find out I couldn't post the pictures, I thought I may as well still post it.