Big 6X6 Bull Down!!!

Well, I just got back a few days ago from last weeks elk hunt in NM. I have been fortunate enough to draw and fill a bull tag for the last two years in a row. I had been in the area where I killed my bull for the three days before the season began and we were covered up in bulls every morning and evening. It was a fantastic hunt.

Here is what went down:

The first morning, when we got to the top of the trail about 4 miles in, we heard a bull bugling and immediately went after him a few hills away. When we got to where we heard him, we spotted a bunch of cows going up into the timber with the bull trailing them. I got down on the shooting sticks and got ready, the bull was at 202 yards. At first I thought he was a small 5 point because I could only see the tops of his antlers. Then he came into an opening where I could see he was a heavy 6X6 and I knew I was going to kill this bull. The first bullet him right behind the shoulder and he ran about 5 yards, stopped and BOOM one more in the shoulder. He went about 25 yards and tipped over. After I shot twice, we still had bulls bugling around us and had 4 more spotted when we got up to my bull. The rest of the day was spent quartering and caping the bull and giving high five's. He is going to score right at 310 inches.

Here I am with Daisy, Little Joe and Casper, got them loaded up with elk and about to head down the mountain.