COOSEFAN Report post Posted November 9, 2014 Howdy all, I finally got some time to sit down and slap a video together. There's no fancy footage and because it happened during our "dress rehearsal" for the hunt the video wasn't over the shoulder and not the best, but I think it's awesome…for obvious reasons! Ha! I called it a "dress rehearsal" because my buddy and I had to pull an all-nighter because of a broken Rhino and last minute shopping. We didn't' even have enough time to make it to Plan A before light so we opted to hit the Plan B spot. We arrived 2 hours before light with still a 1 hour Rhino ride to the spot. Our trucks were loaded for the full hunt and had intentions of doing a "backpack" hunt into Plan A but with no sleep at all we figured we would hit Plan B first, take a nap mid day and then attack our backpack hunt that afternoon. We left the trucks loaded and just grabbed the essentials, jumped in the Rhino and off we went. We made it to the parking spot for the Rhino and started our walk in with several bugles up ahead to keep us awake! I had not seen a shooter class bull in this area but I loved it because it had potential for one to show up. You'll see on the video that my buddy hung back and let me sneak in to the bugles and go "shopping". The first bull was a cookie cutter 6x6 and exciting but not what I wanted. I waited for him to move off and then moved up to look down at the other bugling bull in the next draw. When I first located him he had his head back bugling and I could see his insanely long G2's and G3's and turned to my buddy and said "I'll shoot that one"! The video shows what all happened next. What you don't see is the whole time leading up to the shot, I kept questioning what I was doing because I had waited so long for a tag of my own! I had dreamt for many years about all the call-ins, close calls, pass ups, and just the overall experiences I would hopefully get on my own hunt, but there I was getting ready to end my hunt in less than an hour! Once I was where I felt I needed to be and the bull started stepping into my shooting lane all that questioning and hesitation went away. He was indeed the biggest bull I had seen during my scouting and although his top end was shorter than I had hoped, his bottom end made up for it and I knew he would at least hit my predetermined mark of 360" class or better. As you'll see, both my shots hit left which I'm sure was my bad habit of gripping the bow hard when excited, but fortunately with the slight quarter to angle and good penetration this story had a happy ending. Surprisingly, even the second arrow penetrated the chest cavity but wasn't needed as the first arrow did the job. I was using the cut on contact Grave Diggers for the first time and after seeing that penetration through an elk shoulder at 55 yards I swear by em'! They were also the best flying broad head I found.…I just need to remember to relax my grip when the adrenaline's flowing! This was the biggest bodied bull I've ever walked up on and even his head was huge which all made his rack look smaller, so as I walked up to him I realized he definitely surpassed my goal of 360"! As he is he's mid 370's and if his right G1 was intact he would be closer to the 380" mark! You'll hear me say in the video, "Ever since I was a kid", and it's been ever since I went on my first bull hunt at 10 yrs old that I dreamt of walking up to a big bull with my arrow in em! I've killed bulls since but nothing like I had always dreamt about, until that morning! Thanks everyone for all the awesome reply's on that previous thread and for any you post here. I have very little free time nowadays and what little time I have I spend with my daughter so even tho I read new posts here daily on my phone I just haven't had time to log in and post anything up till now, so i'm sorry for that delay and take care, JIM> 15 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
singleshot Report post Posted November 9, 2014 That was a great video and write up. I really liked where you state that your personal goal was a 360 inch or better bull. Yourself, having walked up on some of the biggest bulls ever taken in the world it really puts it into perspective at just how nice a 360 inch bull really is. Congratulations. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Will K Report post Posted November 9, 2014 Been waiting for that. Awesome and a big congrat's. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
shedcrazy45 Report post Posted November 9, 2014 awesome bull and great video one of the coolest videos I've seen this season. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
AZ8 Report post Posted November 9, 2014 Awesome video! Congrats again. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Coach Report post Posted November 9, 2014 What a great bull. All the time you have spent getting someone else in the right place at the right time, creating memories for them, it's really fitting to see you get to have some fun and make it about you for a change. Huge congrats. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Lv2hnt Report post Posted November 9, 2014 Long time coming --- mega kudos, Jimmy!!! Thx for sharing your video with us ... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
azhuntnut Report post Posted November 9, 2014 Great bull Jimmy, and I love the video. Those fronts look the same as my bull. What are wearin? Uuuuuhhhhh khaki's. David Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Elkhunter1 Report post Posted November 9, 2014 Congrats man that is a long time to wait. Hopefully next year will be my year as well. I know it's hard and fun watching everybody else harvest animals. Again Congrats. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SirRoyal Report post Posted November 9, 2014 Jim! Huge Congratulations! YOUR PASSION MET YOUR DESIRE! Ain't nothing like it in this world! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
goinhuntn Report post Posted November 9, 2014 Great bull and video congrats!! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
azpredator@work Report post Posted November 9, 2014 love it Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CB1 Report post Posted November 9, 2014 great video, thats awesome congrats jim Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Zeke-BE Report post Posted November 9, 2014 Great vid good story Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
COOSEFAN Report post Posted November 10, 2014 Thanks all for checking it out and the great reply's! I obviously would love to kill a 400" class bull but you gotta keep your expectations in check with reality and this wasn't the year to be that picky in most units. I never saw or got cam pics of any bull exceeding 360" during my scouting! I had set my goal at 360"+ but I guarantee if any solid 340-350" class bull came in bugling he was gonna be wearing my tag! I waited too long for this tag and wasn't willing to go home empty handed and no matter who you are, there's nothing to be ashamed about with any 340+ type bull! Now, if I had actually seen bigger bulls I would have set a higher goal but still would not have passed up my bull! I usually don't like the short top bulls with all the length at the bottom but the way his tines curl up he just looks really cool! I'm still super stoked about the whole experience! 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
