Elk 2010

I got my Elk today.. I would like to tell you how I got up at 0500, made a lunch and headed for the woods. Got out of the truck at 0800 and hiked for 4 hours. Watched a heard of Elk for 2 hours and then belly crawled for 200 yards. Had one shot at 1200 yards and placed it right behind the front shoulder and dropped the bull like a rock. Hauled it out in four pieces on our back, which took about 4 hours but in all actuality, I got up at 0600. Grabbed a couple of soda's and headed for the hills at 0700.. At 0759, I came around a corner in the mountains and the bull was standing 125 yards on the uphill side of the road. I stepped out of my Blazer, chambered a round, put the cross-hair right behind the front shoulder, and squeezed off a shot. I knew I hit him hard but he wheeled around and headed for the timber. We lost site of him and decided to drive up the road about a hundred yards before we went after him. We came around the next corner and guess what.. The bull was laying right in the middle of the road. Didn't have to drag him an inch. Backed the truck up to him and loaded him up.. One of the easier elk I have shot.. The elk is weird, he has four nice points on one side and a spike and a drop tine with a big knob on the other side.