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Tell us about the hunt, nice bull!
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Thanks for all the nice comments, still can't wipe the smile off my face.
SuburbanHunter - 7 x 8. Apparition - one of the other guys in camp scored him at 305, can't really say how accurate that is. To be honest, I really didn't care if it was 200 or 500. I just know it's the bull of a lifetime for me.
Fireball2 - we were hunting near the Book Cliffs. Had seen a few rag horns and some smaller 5 x 5's with cows. Tried for a nice 5 x 5 earlier, but he disappeared into some pines and I didn't see him again until he came out at the top of the canyon and was over the top before I could even react. Shot was likely too far for me anyway.
It was around 10:00 and everything had gotten quiet, figured it was over for the morning. Was about 200 yards from the bottom of another canyon, and was actually just standing there putting in a dip when this one kind of "chuckled" down in the bottom and to my right. I just stood there and glassed. After about another 15 minutes, I saw 4 cows running in the bottom headed left. Next thing I knew, there were 12-14 cows boiling out of the trees at the bottom and headed straight up the other side, directly across from me, quickly followed by this bull. Didn't really know his size, just that he was mature and definitely the herd bull.
I ran over and down about 30 yards to a clear spot, set up my sticks, and found him in the scope. The cows were almost to the top and he was about half way. I turned my scope up to 10x, and just guessing distance spun my turret to 350. When I got him in the scope again, he was about 20 yards from the top, and he stopped, kind of quartering away and looked back into the canyon to my right. I knew he was about gone, so I just put the crosshairs high on the back of his ribs and squeezed. Looked like he kind of humped up and mule kicked to me. He walked to the top and behind a bush/tree, while I tried to get him in the scope to shoot again. About the time he came out from behind the tree, he kind of spun in a circle and was down!
I know how lucky that shot was, probably good it happened so fast and I really didn't have time to think much. By far the longest shot I've ever made. All in all, an experience I'll never forget.
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Kurt, that's a fantastic hunt! Good shooting too!!
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Congratulations...that's a very nice elk.
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Wow man that is one heckofa 10th bull, much less second! Brilliant! Thanks for the story too what an exciting hunt!
I am like you... Can do superman stuff when it happens fast and I don't have time to (over) think.
Great work, congrats, and thanks for sharing pics/story!
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Real unique looking bull!! A big congrats to you!!
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Congratulations that is a monster!
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Very nice! I would be happy and smiling, too. Congratulations!
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Congratulations!
That's a beautiful bull. He'll go way above 305.
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Tks for adding the story, it sure adds to the photo. A great bull for sure, definitely one to be proud of CONGRATS!
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Hey Congrats! That's a lot of character in that rack and a beautiful healthy animal! Congratulations! 
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There will be memories on the wall for a long time. Congrats on a monster.
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Id be happy too! Thats one hell of a bull!
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Funky looking bull- you should be proud.
Congrats!
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