ehunt Report post Posted February 21, 2010 With hunting season finally winding down i'm finally getting a chance to post some of the hunts from this past season. My brother Scott and our friend Brad Smith were the lucky tag holders of a late season bull hunt here in Arizona. With the season coming up fast we were able to get up north for a few scouting trips and plenty of good bulls were located. Opening morning the plan was to hunt a group of bulls with at least 3 shooters. We split up with Scott coming with me and Brad going with our friend Steve to try and get shots at the bulls as they fed in the flat. As we were set up at the tree line waiting for it to get light enough to shoot, we could not believe our eyes as a truck came driving right through the middle of the flat sending all the bulls high tailing it for the trees! Talk about a couple of knuckleheads! Now it was on to plan B to try and locate another bull. When we arrived to the area and set up to glass I located a good bull right away. With little hesitation Scott quickly decided this was the bull for him. The bull was about a half mile away feeding on a steep ridge and we had to move quick to get to him before he went over the top. Within a half hour we were 230 yards away and set up for a perfect broadside shot. As Scott touched away the first shot it was perfect right behind the shoulder and the bull hunched up, with two more follow up shots Scott had a great 6x6 on the ground! What a first bull!!! Day 2 started off with two great bulls being spotted. As we sent Brad and Steve in to try a stalk something spooked the bulls. About that time I glassed up two different bulls moving in the thick trees at over a mile away. As they fed into an opening i could not believe my eyes as both bulls were huge! We quickly got Steve on the radio and explained to him where these bulls were and they started their stalk. As i kept my eye on the bulls they were getting into the thick trees where i figured they would bed for the day. After about an hour Steve, Brad and Scott were up on the ridge acrossed from the bulls but with the trees being so thick they just could not locate the bulls again. What a bummer as both bulls looked to be over 370! Day 3 we woke up to light snow on the ground. Brad and I decided to try a different approach and hike into the canyons from the top. As we got to our planned area to hunt it started snowing harder and and the fog rolled in making it extremely diffficult to glass! We decided to pull out and hope that the weather would clear up that afternoon. At noon we had 6 bulls cross the road in front of us as we left a friends camp. I think we were both in shock as they ran right through another hunters camp! I can only imagine how they felt when they got back to camp and saw that some bulls ran right through camp! Day 4 started with the weather looking better so we hiked into the canyons again. Right away i glassed up two nice bulls moving acrossed the canyon from us. We quickly moved down the ridge to try and get a little closer and at 440yards it was as close as were going to get from the bulls. With Brad using my 300wsm i was confident he could make the shot, so i dialed up the range on my Grey Bull scope. Brad had a hard time locating the bulls in the scope as the sun was coming over the ridge line right into our eyes. We decided not to attempt and with the bulls going over the ridge we decided to hike around the canyon and try to relocate the bulls. It took us about an hour to get up and around to where the bulls were last seen. As we slowly made our way into the thick draw i glassed up a good bull beddded in the thick trees. From our vantage point the bull was 200 yards from us but the bull was completely blocked by branches offering us no shot. We backed out and attempted trying a different angle at the bull with no luck. I finally found an opening that would give us a clear shooting lane but we would need the bull to stand so we could get a clear shot. I got Brad set up on the shooting sticks and told him i would try to get the bull to stand. If the bull got up and turned left we would have no shot, but if he went right we would have an opening, we had to take the chance! After a few cow calls and a chuckle the bull stood up and turned right. I whispered to Brad to take him and at the shot the bull dropped in his tracks!! I could not believe it as he had just a six inch window to shoot through, talk about an awesome shot! Brad was pumped as this too was his first elk ever! Congrats Scott and Brad on an awesome hunt! You guys hunted hard and were rewarded with two outstanding late season bulls! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
GameHauler Report post Posted February 21, 2010 Nice Eric Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Redman Report post Posted February 21, 2010 Great story, sounds like a awesome time. Redman Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
pwrguy Report post Posted February 21, 2010 Nice late season bulls, good job guy's!!! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
azryan Report post Posted February 21, 2010 Some nice bulls you guys took there congrats to the hunters! Hopefully you got more stories and pics to come that you have been holding out on us Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
culpritz Report post Posted February 21, 2010 great job congrats on the nice late season bulls Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ehunt Report post Posted February 22, 2010 Some nice bulls you guys took there congrats to the hunters! Hopefully you got more stories and pics to come that you have been holding out on us Thanks guys! Ya i have been holding out but more to come soon! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
FlyingW Report post Posted February 22, 2010 Nice bulls !!! Congrats Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bonecollector Report post Posted February 22, 2010 Congrats to you and the hunters! Sounds like you had a lot of bulls around you guys. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ehunt Report post Posted February 22, 2010 Congrats to you and the hunters! Sounds like you had a lot of bulls around you guys. We did see a lot of bulls..but the strange thing was i did not see one cow the entire hunt! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kennyazman Report post Posted February 22, 2010 way to go! Looks like scotty is happy. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Coues Archer Report post Posted February 23, 2010 Nice bull great job. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Coues 'n' Sheep Report post Posted February 23, 2010 Congrats to you and the hunters! Sounds like you had a lot of bulls around you guys. We did see a lot of bulls..but the strange thing was i did not see one cow the entire hunt! That is cuz you were not lookin' for the ladies! HaHa! Great Post, Buddy! Glad you finally post em' up! Congrats to the whole Crew! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ehunt Report post Posted February 23, 2010 Congrats to you and the hunters! Sounds like you had a lot of bulls around you guys. We did see a lot of bulls..but the strange thing was i did not see one cow the entire hunt! That is cuz you were not lookin' for the ladies! HaHa! Great Post, Buddy! Glad you finally post em' up! Congrats to the whole Crew! HA guess i never thought of that! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
WHALE Report post Posted February 23, 2010 Good job on helping your brother and friend score on some great late season bulls. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
