Freak Bull!

Nine years of waiting and finally a tag!  There’s nothing quite like watching your husband and his friend draw a tag every other year and rub it in as they head out to chase elk with a bow!  Now it was finally Jennifer’s turn, except her husband also had a tag, and in a different unit to boot!  Now anyone that has any understanding of the laws of marriage knows that attention had better be paid toward Jennifer's long awaited archery bull hunt.  This was not a problem, Jennifer's husband was actually more excited to finally get his wife a chance at a bull than he was on going on his own hunt!

So here's how it starts.  Jennifer, her husband, her husbands buddy, and a few other friends were all lucky enough to draw archery bull tags throughout Northern Arizona.  So the bunch decided to make a friendly wager for a dozen arrows.  Not just A dozen arrows, but the hunter that ended up with the biggest bull would get a dozen arrows from each of the losers.  In the end, the winner would not have to worry about arrows for awhile!

A few days into the hunt, and Jennifer found herself set up next to a cedar tree passing up another pretty decent bull!  In fact, she had passed on a handful of bulls since the hunt began, with a few very nice bulls mixed in!  Forget about the contest for the arrows, Jennifer had made her mind up to hold out for the bull she wants.  Seeing how she had to wait nine years for this opportunity and who knows how far down the road the next elk tag would be, she wanted to make the most of it.

Bull after bull stepped within easy archery range for Jennifer, and the morning finally came when things seemed to come together.  Jennifer was at full draw with a bull just coming to a stop, offering a good shot!  Jennifer saw the bull as he was coming in and had already made up her mind that this was the bull she liked.  She settled her pin behind the front shoulder of the bull and squeezed the trigger!  Everything felt good as the bow went off and the bull spun and disappeared into the cedars!  I guess that’s the way it happens when you finally get that shot after long hours of practice at home and 3D shoots!  But, as it also goes, Jennifer was not a hundred percent sure where the arrow hit!

She retold her story to her husband as they walked over to check for blood.  There was just enough pink frothy blood on the ground for Stevie Wonder to follow, indicating a perfect shot!  As if she needed any more proof of her shot, the two tracked the bull for a full 80 yards before finding him piled up between a couple cedar trees!

Jennifer had taken a great freak bull!  This would also be her best bull to date!  With her nine year dry streak now at an official end, Jennifer’s patients paid off on a bull of a lifetime!  AND!  With all the hunts over, Jennifer is proud to say she wont have to buy arrows anytime soon!