300stw
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my son has had this breaks cow tag before, just couldnt get her done, elk fever long hikes, long mulerides,,,,
this year little different, we started at 3 am drove out towards the pines,,,
right at daylight we were on a large bull, couldnt tell if he had cows, another guy climbed the hill to glass, he mentioned his son had a bull tag,,,, i said there is a big bull right down the valley and showed them where, off they went, they didnt end up getting the bull,
my son questioned my thought process, i said if you had a bull tag hopefully someone would of done the same, we put on about 8 miles on foot in the morning decided to change locations,,,
about 430 i glass up a herd with 12 cows and 4 bulls, off we go, son wife and i
bout a mile and a 200 yard shot and the celebration began,,,
he got to use his custom winston knive once again, he helped i did most of the work,,,
i had said I only want to make one trip, wife packs the backstraps and all loose meat, son and I front and rear quarter each,,,
anyway I remember why I have mules and quit packing 2 quarters at once, home about 900 pm wonderful day with family in montana,, and tenderloin this afternoon,,,
i had glassed up numerous muley bucks for the wife to shoot, she declined saying WE NEED ELK MEAT,,,,
i have never seen such few hunters in the area from the pines to bone trail, virtually none, last year it was a zoo,,,,,,lack of being able to harvest a doe, maybe the change?anyway
getting ready for tenderloin,,,,,
this year little different, we started at 3 am drove out towards the pines,,,
right at daylight we were on a large bull, couldnt tell if he had cows, another guy climbed the hill to glass, he mentioned his son had a bull tag,,,, i said there is a big bull right down the valley and showed them where, off they went, they didnt end up getting the bull,
my son questioned my thought process, i said if you had a bull tag hopefully someone would of done the same, we put on about 8 miles on foot in the morning decided to change locations,,,
about 430 i glass up a herd with 12 cows and 4 bulls, off we go, son wife and i
bout a mile and a 200 yard shot and the celebration began,,,
he got to use his custom winston knive once again, he helped i did most of the work,,,
i had said I only want to make one trip, wife packs the backstraps and all loose meat, son and I front and rear quarter each,,,
anyway I remember why I have mules and quit packing 2 quarters at once, home about 900 pm wonderful day with family in montana,, and tenderloin this afternoon,,,
i had glassed up numerous muley bucks for the wife to shoot, she declined saying WE NEED ELK MEAT,,,,
i have never seen such few hunters in the area from the pines to bone trail, virtually none, last year it was a zoo,,,,,,lack of being able to harvest a doe, maybe the change?anyway
getting ready for tenderloin,,,,,
