The elk were just out of the rut, and almost any bull in the
woods was busted to pieces! From where
the bull laid down, this would be an easy stalk ending in what should be a easy
shot, but Jamie decided this just wasn’t the bull he wanted on day one of the
rifle hunt! Nothing like being picky on a hunt that was designed to be a harvest hunt, not a trophy hunt!
No problem, respectable bull, but not quite what he wanted,
still lots of time left in the hunt.
This was, after all, the afternoon of the very first day. P.T. and Jamie glassed this bull up right off
the bat so there was no need to pack up and move just yet, theres still lots of
country to see from here, and almost as quickly as they found this bull another
group of bulls were glassed up! The wind
and rain continued to pick up making it a little difficult to see exactly what
these four new bulls were, but from this distance and in these conditions, one
looked promising!
The two packed up and began to move in for a closer
look. The trees and low lying ridges
made it difficult to set up and get a good look, so they ended up moving within
rifle distance before they were able to get a good look, and that’s all it
took. One of the four bulls was very
heavy horned, and even though he had broke his fifth point, Jamie wanted to set
up and shoot!
The four bulls fed in and out of the trees when the one
Jamie liked finally moved out into the open.
With video camera rolling, Jamie eased in behind his rifle and let one
rip! The bull immediately went down as
the other four packed the mail for quieter territory! The rain was really starting to move in, and
the sun was moving out, so P.T and Jamie packed up once again and made their
way to Jamie’s bull.
Upon inspection of his bull, a happy Jamie Mace kept saying
“you don’t pass bulls like this on this hunt!”, and he was absolutely
right. His bull taped out at 350” with
the missing 5th! Great bull
on a late hunt!
You can watch the video of this hunt on MuleyBull Oufitters "Just Hunting, Volume 1" found at Amazon.com
