Owens Valley Bull

[Heavyhitter]

Just wanted to share some pics from my first elk hunt. I was lucky enough to get drawn for the bishop muzzleloader bull tag this year. Hunted very hard for 4 days with several great chances on good bulls just wasn't able to get the herd to clear the bulls most of the time, or I just couldn't get them within range. We bedded this one down with a smaller bull the night before and came out the next morning and started glassing the area over and located them at a little over 1500 yards out I walked out as far as I could and set up and in some sage brush and used the Hoochi Mama cow elk call and got this guy running in on me from over 1000 yards out finally stopped at 30 yards and dropped the hammer he stumbled 25 yards and took a dirt nap. Hard hunt but glad I did my homework and stayed persistent. Cannot wait to do this again.

 

[hntnnut]

Congrats, you did well and it looks like you mannaged one without any broken tines.


Richard

P.S. welcome to JHO

 

[elkguys]

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (hntnnut @ Oct 12 2008, 09:39 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div>

Congrats, you did well and it looks like you mannaged one without any broken tines.


Richard

P.S. welcome to JHO[/b]

congrates on your bull and welcome here

 

[juantg]

great job bro.

 

[SDHNTR]

Very cool! Good job. You must have killed the only bull in the area with no broken horns past August.

 

[SacFireJT]

Nice bull crongrats!

 

[Speckmisser]

Pretty work! Congrats on a nice bull... and condolences for the new addiction!

Oh, and welcome to JHO!

 

[Ridgeside]

Very nice bull, And no breakage! That elk huntin is a lot of fun is'nt it.

 

[2rocky]

Welcome,

Nice Tule Bull. There is nothing that compares with the excitement of elk hunting. That is a great first Elk.

 

[Heavyhitter]

thanks for the welcome everyone, Yeah I really did get lucky in finding a bull like him, he does have one tip busted off but just a little bit of it. I will add more pics later.

 

[RVRKNG]

Nice!! Someday I will draw.....or not. LOL

 

[bpnclark]

Congrats on the Tuley! You got the hardest one out of the way; now you're set for a slam!!!

 

[DEERSLAM]

That's a great muzzy Tule elk!
A big congrats for hangin in there and gettin it done.

 

[Gary a.k.a. Buck]

how many points did you have?

 

[Heavyhitter]

I had 2 preference points if that is what you are asking about.

 

[k_rad]

That is sweeeet! I put in for this exact draw this year! What ML did you use? Very nice bull.

 

[Heavyhitter]

yeah i was stoked, since this hunt is fairly new and the odds are good for a ML draw. I used a CVA 209 Magnum 50 cal, used T/C shockwave bullet. Dropped him in his tracks

 

[k_rad]

yeah i was stoked, since this hunt is fairly new and the odds are good for a ML draw. I used a CVA 209 Magnum 50 cal, used T/C shockwave bullet. Dropped him in his tracks

nice! I have a TC Omega for shooting copper and where I can us a scope. But on the off chance I get drawn for this hunt I will use the TC Hawken with a big fat lead conicle...Is a scope allowed on this hunt?

 

[Railguner]

Great bull! ML is a blast. WR

 

[Heavyhitter]

the use of Scopes for a muzzleloader specific hunt is prohibited. no worries makes it funner.