It was about 12 Noon when we got back to the truck. Time to re-group, we would feel better after eating and changing socks back at camp. I told Mike & Ben “The next good bull I see I was going to take him.” Now that is positive thinking after such a slow morning… As I said earlier I was dozing off when Mike said “Elk”. We quickly parked the truck back down the road a few hundred yards from were we departed the gravel road to pursue the two bulls on foot. The ground distance was close to a mile and line of sight was about 1500 yards.  Mike, stayed back as Ben and I were out of the truck fast on foot with rifles and bino’s in hand.  Ben and I stayed together, stopping every hundred yards or so and glassed to see were the bulls were. The only bull we could see was a big blonde bull. Later we were to find out that the other bull had lain down on the uphill side of a big juniper, out of our sight.  Mike would have his chance later to harvest a 350+ plus bull on this hunt.  That is another story in itself!

This bull was shot at 50 feet after a long stalk. Bull was shot with a 340 Weatherby using a 210gr. Nosler Partition bullet. This area was known for having bulls only hanging in the shallow draws.  Ben took the other bull that was hanging with this bull as it was exiting the area over the ridge.

This bull now hangs in the Wholesale Sport Outdoor Outfitters (Old Sportsman’s Warehouse) in Portland, OR at 82nd Ave and Johnson Creek.