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Congrats! You'll eat a few more tags before you find a better bull!!!
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Outstanding bull! I think ingwe called it - I'd probably quit chasing elk after that.
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Thanks everyone for the kudos. I realize he's not a cover of a magazine bull, but I'm still tickled chitless. That is a fun story. I'd like to hear the "rodeo" details too, as they reflect the real part of hunting that does not always go the way we planned/wished. The bull was bedded on top of the hill on the left. I climbed up and through the timber of the middle hill, taking the shot from just right of the tallest tree. ![[Linked Image]](http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c274/tyler_staggs/Hunting-Fishing%202014/Idaho%20Elk%202014/IMG_2426_zps42450ba7.jpg) At the shot, which we thought was a miss at the time, he moved down hill towards and to my left. I shot two more times as he was running. Once at the bottom of the hill he tried, but couldn't climb the next one. In this one, you can see him just right of my barrel. ![[Linked Image]](http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c274/tyler_staggs/Hunting-Fishing%202014/Idaho%20Elk%202014/IMG_2402_zpsc2ede585.jpg) At that point he's pretty sick. As soon as he moved out of sight to the right we bailed down the hill and finished what I had started. I hit him a bit too much 'around the edges' allowing him to travel more than he should have. Way to go!
We need the loony details, rifle, bullet, etc.
Mike, former Hoosier as well! Ruger MKII SS/LAM in 338 Win Mag with a Leupold 3-9X40. Load was 210gr Partition over 65gr R15 in Win brass with WIN LRM primers.
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So, yer saying the magnum don't cut it on marginal shots like everyone would have you believe?
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Way to go pointer, I'm glad Idaho treated you so well this year!
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No, hunts the 338 Win is not an Uber T-Rex for THIS hunt. Carl- That is the ideal spot for them to die. Not what I had planned, but it works... 
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Great bull pointer!
Sounds like the 338 and a 210 did just what you needed it to do when you "hit them around the edges"....
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Excellent story and a very nice bull! Thanks for sharing.
However I am having a hard time getting my head around the term "Rodeo". In my mind Rodeo's involve Horses, Bulls, Bucklebunnys, Calves,Ropes,Chutes,Fans,8 seconds,Barrels, & Coors.
This story involved ATV's and firing your rifle. The regulations do not require a one shot, one kill, in order to tag your animal. These are not bench shots, sometimes it takes more than one shot. I have seen me do it.....yet nothing bucked me off.
Congratulations a nice first bull!
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Just one question pointer, are you pissed that you put in all that gym work and got short-changed on the packout??
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Just one question pointer, are you pissed that you put in all that gym work and got short-changed on the packout?? Not at all! Kinda like being prepared to shoot to 600yds and have one pop out at 40yds. I'll take easier anytime I can get it. Now if I could just quit coughing and finally breathe normally...
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Nice job on the bull, man!!! Well done!
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Nice bull man. You might hunt awhile and never top him. Cool pics and story too. None of us ever have "rodeos" on elk. 
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Thanks for sharing man great story and fantastic bull!
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Effin' A Cotton, that's a toad... nice work bro.
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Ah another successful Partition story! Who would have guessed they'd work  Thanks for the specs. Mike
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Congratulations! That bull WILL be a tough act to follow.
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Good job, fellow flatlander!!!
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You didn't tell me about dropping him on the road! That is a nice bonus- very nice bull too!
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