My 2010 Tule Bull elk!

[257scramjet]

2010 Tule Bull Elk, T/C encore 50 cal. 250 gr. Barnes TMZ Muzzeloader. I shot this bull on saturday morning FHL Muzzeloader tag. spotted him with 50 cows & 2 spikes in the group @ 7:15 am opening morning. We were hunting area 25 in the flats and they were about 800 yds out when i spotted them. We put a sneak on them and got in front of the group. I was in some trees and they walked up on me with me crouching begind a tree. The bull came through the trees and stopped, i ranged him at 86 yds. and took the shot. when i pulled the trigger the bull dropped his ass and almost hit the ground but spun around and took off. I know i was dead nuts behind his shoulder. I reloaded and gave him 10 min. we searched but could not find any blood or nothing. I took off for a plateu to try and spot the herd which i did, and the bull was still following the herd. We regrouped and took off after them and they gave us the slip. I headed up into the hills and found them once again only to have a couple of opportunities to shoot the bull but he was surrounded by the cows and i didn't shoot for fear of wounding or killing a cow by accident. I finally on the 4th stock got the bull as he was heading out of a canyon, he was walking and i could not get him to stop even with a cow call. He was ranged at 168 yds i put it on his neck and squeezed off a shot. The 250 gr. barnes bullet hit him exactyl in the neck and punched through the opposite shoulder. we found him on the opposite side of the ridge maybe 35 yds from where i hit him!. Upon skinning the bull i found i had hit the bull with my first shot rite behind the shoulder but a little low where the heart would be. It took out a part of one lung and lodgedon the opposite side of the shoulder. My second shot hit him in the neck and went throught the shoulder and lodged under the skin. i have both bullets and will post pics of them at a later date. Awesome hunt and it was over before it started. They are some tuff animals for sure!

 

[21Beandog]

Nice Bull

Way to keep after em.:thumbs up2:

 

[leftyhunter]

Wow i would think one 50 cal Ml llload would put the elk down but I guess not. If I get picked next year( lots of luck) i wonder if a .270 is enough gun or would I need a double barreled .375 H&H? Nice Bull:smiley_green_with_e
Leftyhunter

 

[ltdann]

Nice bull and a good hunt! Certainly tough animals.

 

[warren nelson]

He looks like he was a old warrior, good looking bull.

 

[bowslinger]

Great job, good eatn right there!!

 

[SoJo]

Wow i would think one 50 cal Ml llload would put the elk down but I guess not. If I get picked next year( lots of luck) i wonder if a .270 is enough gun or would I need a double barreled .375 H&H? Nice Bull:smiley_green_with_e
Leftyhunter

The guides I hunt with in Wyoming have always told me that a .270 will do the job with the right shot placement - like most animals and gun calibers. I use a .270 most of the time hunting, but do own a .300win mag when elk hunting. the one thing those guides hate is having to sit next to a hunter with a .300ultra or .338 with a muzzle blast on the end of the barrel...

 

[support420]

awesome

 

[jls456]

Nice..................................................

 

[Vermonster]

Beauty of a bull! Congrats!

 

[weekender21]

Nice looking Tule bull, congrats.

 

[LongCaribine]

Congrats on a nice bull. Those Barnes TMZ's really expand nice and even. I have the one the that killed my cow elk at FHL this year. Nice job.

 

[DLS]

Well done! Congratulations on a once in a lifetime trophy.

 

[257scramjet]

recovered barnes bullets

here ar the 2 slugs i recovered. Looks like they expanded great. Slug on the left was 86 yd hit and one on right was 160+ yds. went in the base of his neck and through the opposite shoulder and lodged under the skin.