Elk scouting trip

shoots_5 · Oct 16, 2015

Got out early this morning to do a little scouting for my first season bull tag with my good friend and ranch owner where I'm hunting. Man I'm excited! Saw quite a few elk and a couple of bulls. He saw a very large bull during archery season but we didn't see him today. It was my first trip out to his ranch and it is amazing country!

Here's a picture of the mountain we glassed from.

And the view from the glassing spot into the creek bottoms and Aspen groves.

First bull we found was this little 5x5. Taken with my phone through my spotting scope from about a mile away.
http://youtu.be/9A-B99vLghc

And then we found this 6x6 which was a very good bull and the one I'll be looking for opening morning unless the big guy we didn't see shows back up!
http://youtu.be/iY5mghQDfXc
That one was from a good mile and a half or so and kind of hard to see in video but I got some better looks at him and he's a very pretty bull.

October 28th can't get here fast enough!

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sask boy · Oct 16, 2015

Shoot_5 that is some beautiful country & to have a good friend who knows the lay of the land is so beneficial. Thank you for the report with photos I might add

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I am looking forward to more reports along with the hunting adventure itself. I sure hope that there are lots of photographs :wink:.

Blessings,
Dan

DrMike · Oct 16, 2015

You have some beautiful country to hunt, and the game looks promising. I'm wishing you every success.

gerry · Oct 16, 2015

That's some really nice country to be hunting in. Hope it all comes together for you in a couple of weeks

shoots_5 · Oct 21, 2015

Thanks guys. I'm planning on taking lots of pictures and maybe even a little video. Should be a really fun hunt! I'm hoping to get back up there for one more scouting trip before opening day if my schedule will allow. I cleaned up a picture of the 6x6. Not a great pic but you can see him a little better. I've found myself at work just sitting and staring at pictures from that trip dreaming about opening morning......

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