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I was fortunate enough to get to help a family friend's newly 13 year old son (his birthday was the 19th) on his first elk hunt.

We began hiking at 6:45 AM, slowly working our way up a timbered canyon with the wind in our faces, and by 7:05 I spotted a small bull and 2 cows, 300 yards up the canyon. I laid my Stone Glacier pack down in the canyon bottom, dialed my 7mm/08 up for the shot, and the youngster took it from there. Evidently he was a bit surprised by the light trigger, and coupled with shooting prone uphill, he was left with a nice little battle-wound. Despite getting scope bitten, he made an awesome shot, sticking the 150 NBT right behind the bull's shoulder. He wavered around for about 35 seconds behind an aspen, and dropped dead.




I tried to get him to let me clean it up for pictures and bandage it, but he was laughing about it and said he wanted it in the photos. Great kid, and a great hunt.




One rear and one front plus horns on the Stone Glacier...