- Oct 4, 2011
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First season here in Colorado found Kime with a bull tag and I had a cow tag for the same unit. The goal was to hunt a big bull I chased around in archery (330" type) and see if we could get lucky if not fill the freezer. Warm loud and windy was the rule for the weekend and while the bulls were bugling well on thurs - fri that only lasted a few hours into opening day.
We were bugling with the big bull before light and a bit after on opening day but some shooting across the ridge soon shut him up. We saw a few cows from his group and pieces of elk in the trees but could not get off a shot and the brutal up hill hike to the car was all that was left on the opener
Sunday we went to another area where shots would be further than 50 yards and were able to locate another group of elk with 2 legal bulls one nice 6x6 and 8 cows. As we made the hike I knew the shots would not be close but we got in as far as we could and got set up on the tri pod. By the time Kime found the biger bull in the scope he was in the bottom of the valley crossing on to our side but the cows were just feeding at 500ish yards. The heavy wind gave me pause but I shoot much further every couple of weeks so we decided for me to take a cow. The shot was 536 yds and the "bee" did the trick again. This large cow went 30 yds after the shot as that is how far she rolled.
Freezer is full!
On the pack out Kime twisted a knee so the next day we planned on sitting/resting the knee and saw 4 cows with a 5 pt bull. The bull stopped at about 380 yds but the wind this day was just about as hard as I have ever seen and she missed him. The bull did not run but walked away and as she did not feel comfortable with the shots she was presented so she did not take another.
Since the freezer is now full we decided to go after the large bull again and hunt the thick stuff for the last 2 days and that we did. Saw tracks big and one bugle but that was it but still a super fun hunt.
