Got a call from Campfire member Bella1 asking if I would like to join him on a Wounded Warrior cow hunt... The hunt was given to the Wounded Warrior Foundation by JFW Ranch Consulting which is a top notch group of good people...

We hunted hard for 2.5 days on a ranch known to have large quantities of elk and didn't see not one damn cow... Seen BIG Bulls, Huge Bucks and tons of doe's but the cows were very illusive... Finally on the 3rd afternoon we glassed a burn area and found a small herd of about 250+ elk bedded down...

We closed the 1.5 mile gap down on a nice little walk... Got into shooting range...Couple toots on the flute and we had a small cow broadside at a bit over 250 yds... Our Warrior Mike squeezed off a shot with his 7 mag and was a tad high... Elk hauled ass so we paralleled them for about a mile or so along the ridge closing the shooting gap as we went on... Finally we found an opening where we figured they'd cross and as they started through another toot of the flute and we had a good size cow stop broadside at 80 yds... A nice shot by our Warrior Mike and she crumpled up about 60 yds from where he shot her...

We had to drag her about 900 yds or so to get her in the pickup... It was a great hunt and I had a great time...

Tip of the hat to Bella1 for his time and effort and also to JFWRC (link) for setting up the hunt for Mike...

A ton of appreciation and gratitude to Mike for his Service and Sacrifice he has made to our country...


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