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It was a TOUGH hunt where I was at in 6A......almost no bugling the entire hunt. The first week, I found 4 mature bulls feeding together down low and not a cow in sight! I knew it was going to be tough. After several passes on smaller bulls throughout the hunt, I finally got lucky and sneaked in on this bull while he was raking a tree. He was all alone and only bugled twice after daybreak. Pure luck I was able to come across him in the rain. One arrow at 36 yards did the trick...he was down in 25 yards after a bugle stopped him once he was hit. I feel very fortunate to have this bull on the last day!

When I'm trying to hunt but my cat wants to make friends.....

What a hunt! We busted our tails since the opener. From finding crazy things out in the hills to a bunch of close calls, it was an amazing adventure. One to stick in the memory bank for sure!! I am so dam proud of my wife. From nearly wanting to quit archery due to shoulder issues, learning to shoot left handed, etc., your persistence is incredible!! I was able to call this bull in from a burn and pull him right in front of Lorie, where she made a perfect 17 yd double lung shot....he went 60 yds and piled!! Congratulations!!!!! I’m sooo proud of you!!!! Beautiful 6x6 bull from last Saturday.

It’s a semi custom long range knife

It must have fluorite

I agree with the "you are over thinking / over worried about this" group... I grew up and live in 36a and I have hunted, played, camped, explored etc in most of the southern units year round for over 30+ years now . These units get a bad rap in my option, yes there is a chance you may see illegals or worse smugglers, but it's nothing like it was years ago... and when it was bad nothing a "clam head" couldn't handle. Yeah take a side arm for peace of mind if you need to, as I do when I travel up to the northern units around all those tweakers and weirdos lol, but focus on your hunt have fun and report back your successes. 1. Since there's much better board security now with the new administration, is there much issues with illegals on the Buenos Aires National Refuge? NO, currently you will probably see more BP than illegals 2. Are there a lot on Javelina in this unit? YES 3. With illegals crossing, is it dangerous to sit water as it seems illegals are more prone to hitting water as they travel? sit water without fear 4. For this area, what's a decent coues buck I should be looking for or could expect? 70's class / 80's shoot!

I think you should tell better half that a .243 is not enough and you need another rifle 😁

Great story and bull, congrats!!

Congratulations

Awesome...congrats and way to get it done!

Congrats! Way to stick with it in a tough unit!

I had BofA for many years and they would drop double charges. Theyre POS anyways so I dumped them. I would never ever consider using Wells Fargo. I now use USAA, Capital One, and Chase. No problems yet.

Trust me, buy a pre-paid credit card for the amount of your draw entry....no fraud holds occur and the card number is new to the ‘web’ as it will only be used at one location (state you’re applying for). No worries when I use them.....or some annoying bank rep freezing your account for something ‘they’ believe is suspicious.

He will eat good.

Where does the time go, indeed, Hector! BIG belated happy day to you! Glad you ate well and enjoyed!

Thanks so much Amanda and Shelvin! Man where does the time go?! Enjoyed the day, not it the elk woods like I usually do, but I ate very well nonetheless!

Happy Birthday Hector! Cheers

Congrats, No shame in that bull at all!!

congrats

Nothing wrong with that bull, congrats on getting it done.

Congrats and cannot wait to hear the story. What unit? Eddie

After almost a full week of chasing bulls my wife finally gets it done. This was the toughest rut hunt I've been apart of thus far. We were able to get on and locate bulls every single day but they were just not responsive to calling.( At least not the big ones.) She passed on several bulls some of which were bigger then the one she tagged but just didn't present the shot she wanted. Her decisions to pass on bulls that didn't give optimal shot had me frustrated but also very proud at the same time. On Thursday the 19th we were up at 4:30 and decided to slip into a spot before dark. A spot that was on fire the morning before with at least six bulls all around us was completely silent this morning. By 7 I had given up on this spot and decided to hike back to the quad. Frustrated and tired we drove back to camp and grabbed a quick bite to eat. On a whim I told her let's get a little higher up and go to a spot where we had success in the past later on in the day. I get to a spot that overlooked the steep canyon and throw out some calls. In the far distance I hear a couple faint bugles. Ask the wife if she wants to go after them and she responds reluctantly "I guess so." We drop down the canyon and up the other side only to hear the bulls bugle 1 ridge over. Without asking her again I start dropping down the second canyon. We hit the bottom and I tell her only one more Hill to climb. We get to a spot to where the elk we're only about a hundred yards away and I start calling. They bugle and bugle but never get any closer. I decide with the wind right and howling pretty good we could sneak a Little closer. We get to within 50 yards and all pandemonium breaks out, elk are running in all directions. Knowing that the wind was good we hunker down and start calling. I hear a bull coming in but I can't put my eyes on him because of the thick and tall Manzanita. He's only about 15 yards at this point and my wife says she doesn't have a shot. The bull freezes and isn't coming any closer. After a few minutes my wife looks to her left and there's another bull about 28 yards out. She points to the bull and says she wants that one. the bull that was 15 yards away slowly walks out of sight and we decide to make a move on the bull up top. I can hear him thrashing and see his antlers going crazy but that's all I can see of him. I tell my wife if she crawls up to the next tree she should have about a 20 yard shot. She gets to that point and slowly stands up but says she has no shot. I'm about eight yards behind her so I stand up slowly and look through my binos. I can see about at 1 foot by 1 foot opening through the bush that is right on his vitals. I let her know if she shoots through that hole in the bush she has a shot. She slowly stands back up and looks again. After what seemed like forever she comes to full draw steadies herself and releases. Through my binos I watched the shot and know instantly it was perfect. The bull takes off and after only a short Sprint through the tall Manzanita I hear a crash about 80 yards away. She looks at me crying and asks "was it a good hit"? With the biggest smile all I say is "you smoked him". After some hugs and high fives I start to track. Knowing that he's down I waste no time and after only a short walk through the Manzanita we find him piled up. Perfect double long shot and the bull was dead within 30 sec or so. Not a monster by any means but I couldn't be more proud. What makes this hunt all the more special is that my 67 year old dad and my nine-year-old son were part of it. On almost every stock an outing other than this one they were with us putting in the miles. We hiked back to the quad and drove back to camp before breaking him down so that I can get my son and Dad there to share the experience.

Where is @DesertBull?

haha it took me 8 shots(MISSES) before I finally hung it up one year. like my 2nd or third year of archery hunting so would have been 84/85. was up in big springs Wife me and the dog. Bachelor herd of about 8-10 bucks all kinda decent but not huge, I'm a piss poor shot with a bow on Animals targets I have no issues. so we are at camp sitting and bullshitting in the evening, bachelor herd walks by 20 yards from camp. I grab my bow fired miss fired miss all 6 f'n arrows in my quiver (ranges 20-40 yards) walk over to the herd the slowly move, pick up 2 more arrows and shoot missed all. Said F' it tossed the bow on the ground walked back to a wife laughing her butt off ate and went to bed. Next morning I got up late. 2 bucks sitting by camp on the road. 5 yards from the truck. Forgot the bow was about 60 yards away(but I did have Arrows). Wife again laughing went back to bed. The following day I hit 2 in the Antlers. went home a few days later cause I lost every f'n arrow and bought a sight and more arrows.. That didnt help much haha ah the good old days

we should all pool our money together and buy it