Wow, he called me last night and said that he could not believe it. He started applying when I did about 3yrs ago!

Ryan

Lucky guy for sure! Bull or Any Elk tag?
My nephew has done some planting for the DNR to sustain the elk heard in the Pigeon River.

Send me a PM if he needs a guide.

JD338

Lucky guy indeed. Wasn't last year's success rate for a bull tag right around .001%?

Be sure to let us know how he makes out.

Excellent!

Denied again in my home state. Going back to Colorado again after being denied in every state...

Looks like his hunt is the first hunt. Sept is when his dates are.

Also realized last night that this was only his second try!!!!

Time to get working on load development for his 06'

Ryan

Try some 180 gr Accubonds with RL 22 in your Dad's 30-06.

JD338

When my '06 is called to service for elk, it will be with 168 gr TSX over H4350.

HUGE CONGRATS on that!!!!!!!!!! Bull tag?

I just checked and I drew a Bear tag!!!!!!!!

Congrats to both you and your dad. You both will end up with a lifetime of memories!

ddj

Send me his address so I can go over and choke him..LOL
I have been applying for 18 years straight with no luck.

I drew a bear tag too
Congrats to your dad on his elk tag 78 CJ

Well, no bear tag for me, I have 4 points on that one now so next year is looking good.

All the better anyway, we are going to do this hunt together right down to the orientation on the 31st of Aug.

Man I hope he scores a nice bull!!!

I am looking at 168TSX's and have some 4350. I also have a full box of 150Tsx's. For the life of me I cannot figure out why those may not work and he likes a 150gr load for recoil better.

Ryan

Oh yeah, its an "Any" tag.

Ryan

Its prety hard not to kill a god bull if you're dad can still walk. Are you going to get a guide or go it alone? I would get a good local guide who has access to some private ground, IMO it would be well worth any fee since a MI bull is a once a life time tag.

The father of the local gun club mgr killed a nice bull last December, I think he was a 305 or 315 IIRC, lots of mass, good solid bull.

That is awesome, good luck to you both. I had a cousin that shot a very nice MI bull about 16 years ago. It is one of his most memorable hunts.