Originally Posted by billrquimby
You guys who live in Montana and Wyoming and hunt elk every year make me envious, and then I remember why I've never seen a palm tree growing in your states.

I shot my first elk, my best-ever 6x6 bull, as a college student in 1955. I've never tried to count the others until now, but I think I shot eight bulls and two cows since then here in Arizona, plus three more bulls in Colorado, New Mexico, and Mongolia.

Of those twelve bulls, two were spikes and the others were 6x6s of various sizes. All except the New Mexico and Mongolia bulls were self-guided hunts on public land.

I shot my last elk, a cow, one month before my 75th birthday twenty minutes from our cabin last year. I've got my fingers crossed that I'll draw another tag while I'm still able to hunt, but I realize the odds are against me.

Bill Quimby