My Son Cory's First Utah Elk
 

Well with 5 days left in the season we hit the mountain for a night hunt to try and find an elk for my son Cory. It was our third time out during the December cow elk hunt. There had been a lot of hunters and pressure on the unit. We saw a couple of herds of elk on the bordering unit. We headed over to another area and caught this elk moving down. Cory and I sat down and at 205 yards he hit the elk with the first shot. The elk moved about 10 feet and Cory hit him again perfect behind the front shoulder. The elk went down. It was a lot of fun to see a young hunter get his first elk at the age of 12. Cory used a Ruger .243 Winchester Compact LSS, A Leupold Scope and 100 Grain Nosler Partitions. The combination was very effective. We had a great year hunting together. He took a doe antelope earlier in the year. While in the field I was overwelmed with the compassion of other hunters who went out of their way to try and help a 12 year old fill his tag. It was a real treat to give Cory a positive hunting experience. I am looking forward to hunting next season with my son.

Congratulations!

Nice Elk kid!!!!!!! There's prove that a .243 can kill elk.

Great job! Congrats to you as well for taking him out there.

congrats to both of you. that is great

just awesome to see a young hunter and then add the elk kill and its the best--my grandson shot his first elk at 12 yrs old

Congrats on the elk young man!!! That cow will be good eating.

Very good! Congrats to Cory!

Well who would of thunk it?

Elk can still be harvested in Utah, despite what the so called "experts" say!!

Congrats on the Elk buddy be proud of it!!!!:cool2:

nice shooting kid

Nice shooting. Always better to take another shot when you have the time. Bullets are cheaper than tag soup.

congratulations young man. you have done something i always wanted to do. im jealous

Great story - good thing the kid doesn't know you can't kill an elk with a .243! :wink: