10-29-2024, 02:06 PM
(This post was last modified: 10-29-2024, 02:28 PM by SkunkedAgain.)
(10-25-2024, 02:15 PM)MrShane Wrote: Fantastic Moose Jeff!
When/If I ever draw I would pop one like that in a second!
Do you mind sharing what unit you drew?
Thanks,
Shane
Thanks Shane, you're being a little too kind on that one, but I appreciate it... I drew on the Durst Mountain CWMU, it is just north of Morgan.. Really neat ranch, pretty steep, but beautiful country, I'd do it again even with the rules that I grumbled about... it was a great experience and I loved how the private land has so many more grouse and you didn't have 10,000 other people around all the time... Public land is getting so busy with not only hunters, but runners, OHV users and people everywhere, up here on the private we only seen the 3 elk hunters and ranch manager over 3 days... So it was a great get away... Noone to spoil your hunt except me, so that was really nice... I think it was actually a better hunting experience than the public tag, except you may not get a chance at as big of a bull... but that's okay at this point...Thanks Jeff
(10-25-2024, 02:18 PM)Bubman1 Wrote: Congratulations on your bull, I have seen guys take a lot smaller bulls way to early in the hunt. I think you did well taking that bull with the weather conditions this fall and short pack out to boot. Anyways congrats again.
Thank you, it was kind of the best of circumstances for me for sure... I had heard rumors of a bigger bull on the unit, but with the thick heavy cover and short window of opportunity I just couldn't find the chance to find that animal. In fact I wasn't sure I'd be able to get onto this one after I decided I'd take it the night before... In fact I don't remember if I mentioned this here or not, but I ended up with a different bull than I had decided to take... the night before we glassed the bull from about 2000 yards away, but my nephew had a really nice spotting scope so I got to check it over really closely. The bull I decided on had split brow tines on both sides, but was about the same size otherwise and we thought it was the only bull in the area as we had watched it for three days... Well I guess there was a second bull with single eye guards and that's the one I took... Kind of a surprise for me, but with the light and short window to shoot, I didn't notice before I pulled the trigger... Part of the fun of the hunt... Later jeff
When things get stressful think I'll go fish'en and worry about it tomorrow!