WHT_MTNMAN Report post Posted October 4, 2010 Well I'm not going to make excuses, but after finally drawing my first archery tag after 12 years for my home unit 4 years ago and shooting a 349 bull, I had great hopes of finding and killing a true monster this year after getting lucky and drawing another tag. (if 2 tags in 16 years is lucky) 2006 bull I had the great opportunity to pass on tons of bulls, and to see a few giant bulls. I passed on a broken 375+ bull at 40 yards with five days of the hunt left. He had broken his right beam just above the 4th. Thanks to the help of some good friends I had the opportunity to chase a bull of a lifetime and even got within 30 yards twice of him, both times not being able to get a shot through thick trees. I passed on bulls that I shouldn't have, but it was learning experience. One such bull was possibly in the 350 range but he had 3rds almost 30 inches on both sides. I couldn't make it happen on a couple really good bulls in the 360 range and last day decided to shoot this bull at 54 yards downhill. Long story but I made what looked like a perfect shot, we studied the film and thought he should be dead within 100 yards. Long story short we jumped him and tracked him almost 4 miles with limited blood until I could get another arrow into him almost 8 hours later. The arrow had entered mid body just behind shoulder but had exited just above the chest on opposite side, complete pass through but only one lung. Tough bull, but I'm glad it ended with him in my freezer. It was very hot so we took all of three pictures of my bull. He is a small 6x6 with devil tines. Extremely fun hunt as always. 2010 bull Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
cbryant11 Report post Posted October 4, 2010 well at least you saw some big bulls and didnt have to go home empty handed Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bonecollector Report post Posted October 4, 2010 Congrats on a nice bull and a successful hunt. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CouesWhitetail Report post Posted October 4, 2010 Congratulations! Great job tracking him down and bringing him home. Did you happen to get any pics or video of that bull with 30 inch g-3s? WOW that must have been a neat looking bull! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
tjwking Report post Posted October 5, 2010 That's a great looking bull. Congratulations on a successful hunt. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Couzer Report post Posted October 5, 2010 Great job Houston!!! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
javacowboy Report post Posted October 5, 2010 Nice work Houston. Those are a couple nice looking bulls. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
palivs2hnt Report post Posted October 5, 2010 Way to get it done Houston! I was wondering when you were gonna post. Congrats buddy! Justin Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ultra300mag Report post Posted October 6, 2010 WTG Houston. Congrats on finishing the task. Sorry you could not come up on the sheep hunt. We scored on Monday and I will post some photos and story soon. Let me know if you found the big Coues again? Bob Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Coues Archer Report post Posted October 6, 2010 There is nothing wrong with that bull! fantastic job on an awesome bull. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Browning'sCustomMeat Report post Posted October 7, 2010 Great bull, Congrats!! -Jeremy- Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Red Rabbit Report post Posted October 7, 2010 Houston, Nice bull. I suppose the best congrats should be for sticking with him and tracking him for 4mi/8 hours for what was likely a difficult task. Many other "hunters" would have quickly said "Oh well" and gone off and wounded another. RR Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
luvdemcoues Report post Posted October 8, 2010 Atta boy. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
WHT_MTNMAN Report post Posted October 8, 2010 Doug it was one of the craziest tracking jobs I've ever been on. We lost tracks and blood quite a few times as he moved in and out of rocky areas and he was stumbling around quite a bit. I would always spend a few minutes guessing where he went and then spend time in areas that would show tracks, picking up tracks and then looking for blood, it made for a tough/hot day, but was rewarding that we were able to bring him home. Thanks for the comments, sorry for the picture, I know you can't see much, but you get the idea. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
