Got my elk!!
 

Well, got a bull yesterday morning (Sat.). Just a decent 5x5 but I'm proud of him none the less. He makes 6 bulls each of the last 6 years. Had some good bulls (320+) in close on Thurs. and Fri. but Murphy and the wind kept conspiring against me. My buddy and I started out of camp before sun-up on Sat. morning heading high due to the heat. Well about a mile above camp we heard a really faint bugle. In a clearing along the side of a ridge, there was a 5x5 feeding away from us. We tried to get a reaction with calls but we could barely even get him to look up, much less come in. I told my partner Gary that if I could stalk this bull, I would take him (I ruined the cape during the pack-out of last year's 380 bull so I needed the cape real bad). Well, there was VERY little cover just a few burnt trees scattered about but I kept just enough between me and him as he fed away that I eventually got within 30 yards. He was quartering away and I took the shot. It entered behind the last rib and he bolted up the ridge so I cow called and he stopped broadside @ 60 yards so I decided to get another one in him. The shot was perfect and the bull laid down almost instantly when the arrow hit behind his shoulder. This is where it gets weird. We watched this bull for almost 1/2 an hour and HE DID NOT DIE!! We finally left him and came back a couple hours later and he was within a hundred feet of where we last saw him and very stiff so he must have died shortly after we left. But as we were boning him, we found just what we suspected. Both arrows were perfect. The first took his liver and one lung and the other went through both lungs just above and in front of the heart. HOW DID HE STAY ALIVE THAT LONG?!?!? I can't figure it out and neither can my buddy. Perhaps when he laid down immediatly he covered the lung shot and re-inflated his lungs (i.e sucking chest wound)? Honestly I have no idea but it was strange and kind of disconcerting. We found both broadheads (Muzzy 115 4-blade) and they were both still shaving sharp.

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Congrates and thanks for sharing the story and pictures!

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Congrats man

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congratulations!! Great story and great job letting him lie.

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Congrats, Good Job

Hatchet Jack

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Way to go on the elk ,Nice hunk of meat

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Congratulations. Great pic and thank you for sharing the story.

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Congrats man, thanks for sharing the story as well.

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Awesome!!!!!!!!!!

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way to go CG nice bull

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WHOO HOO!!! Congrats man!!! That is awesome. Great story. Have fun eatting all of those wonderful steaks....wanna send me some?[8D]

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awesome pic

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Sweetness!!!!!!!!!

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Strange things happen when broadheads meet meat.:D About the time you figure you've seen it all or know the answers, you get one of those "Howdid that happen"???? Congrats on the elk. Great story.

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Awesome Job,, and congratz,, nice lookin Bull,,,

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that's just wonderful!! congrats!!!:D

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Thanks for sharing the great story and congratulations. Did the cape come out alright???

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Congrats on the elk! :)

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CG, i had the same deal happen to me last year on a cow elk. but when i posted it here people said B.S. well i can tell you when it happens to you, you won't forget. when an elk lies down after the shot not falls down they can live a loooong time. this year my shots a going to be low in the chest, hopefully though the heart! and this is the best archery shot PERIOD!

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manboy,
I'm a believer. That last arrow couldn't have been more perfect. Went in the carcass and saw the "X" in each lung. Clean through and LOTS of blood in the chest cavity. Very weird deal!

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CG....Congrats! Nice bull and great story :D

The longer I hunt the more I understand there are no certainties. I always expect the unexpected. That is definitely strange, but at least you got him. Maybe if he ran he would have expired quicker...who knows. ??? Weird!

A couple years ago I personally witnessed my buddy shooting a doe with a muzzleloader, and we trailed it for over 400yds, jumping it a couple times along the way (the last of which was at least 15-20mins after he shot it), and when we finally found her, I couldn't believe my eyes. He shot her right through the heart...I stuck my pinky finger in the hole in the heart. I would never have believed it in a million years that the deer was alive that long, and went that far...if I hadn't been there. Animals are just flat out tough sometimes.

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:D:D:D:DCONGRATS!!!!!!:D:D:D:D

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WTG CG.I'm jealous.

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Congrats, that's a great bull!!!

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congrats on the bull and a very good story to go along with it!!!

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congrats

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GREAT BULL AND THE STORY TOO!
CONGRATULATIONS!


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great Job CG, gotta love that

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Congrats, CG!

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NICE BULL . WAY TO GO . GOOD JOB

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Great bull! I am definately jealous, its my goal in life to someday draw an elk tag somewhere and pursue them with my bow. Congratulations, it sounds like you are doing something right!

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Excellent!!!!!!!!!