Larry's Best Bull to Date...

“This is as close as were gonna get” muttered an out of breath Jamie Mace while P.T. Carter nodded in agreement.  The two had been sneaking down a steep hill with Larry Hurd to reach a rim that would allow them to look across a canyon at a bull elk they have been hoping to get closer to for the past couple hours.

Jamie and Larry had been hunting for a couple days when Jamie gave P.T. a call to see if he wanted to come out and hunt with them for a day.  True to P.T.’s nature, he wasn’t going to pass up an opportunity to get out and hunt, especially when invited by good friend Jamie Mace.  P.T. agreed to meet them in an area they had been hunting the past couple days, but before P.T. arrived Jamie already had a good bull located.  When P.T. pulled up, Jamie and Larry were packed up and ready to start moving.

Once the three finally arrived at the rim they were shooting for, Larry immediately began to set up for a shot.  Jamie set up next to Larry to watch the shot through his binoculars while P.T. broke out the video camera.  The bull was across the canyon feeding in and out of the brush, when he finally presented a shot.  Larry took a deep breath and touched off a shot.  One moment the bull was in P.T.’s view finder, the next moment the view finder was filled with dust that blew every direction kicked up from the muzzle break of Larry’s rifle.  When the dust finally started to clear, there was no bull in sight.  After a couple of agonizing seconds, the bunch realized the bull had dropped in his tracks.  The celebration began.  Larry was on his feet with one of the biggest grins of his life while the three giggled and cheered about the events and the big bull that was on the ground across the canyon from them.

This is where the bull showed just how rough and tough elk really are…

“Oh, @#$%, he’s up looking at us!” were the words that Jamie shot out of his mouth to put a quick end to a good time.  Larry immediately got back down and behind his gun while Jamie and P.T. started the back seat coaching.  “Calm down”, “Take a deep breath and squeeze”, “Take your time”, were a few words of wisdom coming from the two. 

Now it’s hard enough to get set up, gain your composure and make a good shot when you finally get within range of an animal, but now Larry has to do it all over again after initially believing the job was done all the while having to postpone the celebration.  There is a little more panic in a situation when an animal that has been hit stands up and has a chance to get away.  But, you gotta hand it to Larry, he pulled it off without a hitch.  Shot #2 left the rifle and the bull tipped over backwards while Jamie hollered “that’s the one!”

The celebration began again, but this time it went on while six eyes were afraid to leave the spot where the bull laid.  After a short time, the three were convinced that Larry had delivered the final TKO, and the trek across the canyon began.

The bull turned out to be every bit as big as they thought, and is Larry’s biggest bull to date.

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