My First Elk Hunt and My First Elk Unit 3C

[dchambers629]

After 13 years of trying, I was finally drawn for an elk hunt. Unit 3C Archery Bull Rut Hunt. I shot him probably sometime between 5:15pm and 5:45pm. The bulls pretty much quit bugling all day long on Saturday afternoon. Every day after that they would quit bugling just after daylight. I saw 6 bulls in 5 days, one of them being another 7x7, but not this one. I was still hunting through a timber stand cow calling once in a great while. After I called one time this guy answered instantly, the another one bugled just south of me immediately after this one called, then a third one threw out a bugle just north of me. This guy was raking a tree all by himself. I can't imagine this was a satellite bull, but I have to wonder, unless he was getting ready to steal some cows from another bull nearby??? I ranged him at 68 yards. He was quartering away from me. My arrow blew through the lung on the far side. After the butcher skinned him we looked at the entrance and exit wounds. My Montec G5 made a perfect triangle entering the left rib cage area and exited the right rib cage area just behind the shoulder. My arrow never hit a bone. It threaded it way through the rib cages and through the chest cavity piercing the right lung. He ran about 20 yards as I cow called frantically, and he just stopped, put each antler around a large pine tree and just stood there rocking back and forth. He turned and took a few steps back in the direction that he came from then layed down and expired about 15 minutes later. This was one of the most fun hunts I have ever had!

[6ANut]

Congrats on a nice looking bull, hope you don't have to wait another 13 years to chase em again.

[bonecollector]

Great looking bull. Congrats and well worth the wait.

[Shedhunteraz]

Congrats on an awesome shot and a great bull. Nice job

[lucky2hunt]

Fantastic bull! Congratulations!!!

[Guest wdenike]

Nice job, bet ya felt good when it all fell into place!!!

 

 

Take care, Willie

[capoeirajosh]

Great job and great bull!! That is a long time to wait!!

[AZbowhntr]

The hunts are always funner when you shoot a bull like that. Congrats on a great bull.

[CGHUNTER10]

Great Bull! Congrats!

[bonecollector777]

Cool bull! Not many that come out of 3C with extras like that.

[ElkyG]

Nice job Congrats

[cramerhunts]

Congratulations on a very nice bull and great shot!

[papa]

Very nice Bull! Congrats.

[doogan]

Congrats man!

[dieselroe]

Cool story, i like his brow tines, they have character.