KINGTROLLER Posted October 10, 2013 Share Posted October 10, 2013 Broken foot, tough weather conditions, persistence pays off! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scoot Posted October 10, 2013 Share Posted October 10, 2013 Congrats KT, you accomplished what three of us couldn't this Fall in MT. Just curious, what state, what dates, what elevation? Did you call it in, spot and stalk, shoot it over water/wallow? What's the story of how this bull went from alive and well to the centerpiece of a grip and grin shot with you?Regardless of the details, congrats! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcnasty Posted October 10, 2013 Share Posted October 10, 2013 very nice! congrats!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KINGTROLLER Posted October 10, 2013 Author Share Posted October 10, 2013 Thanks Scoot, I actually spoke with you on the phone last winter/spring when I started this quest. You were driving the kids to go ice fishing for the day. At the time I was applying for the breaks. Your advice to me was get in shape and work on calling! Well, I did both. Except I broke my foot while trail running on Aug. 11 and was on crutches until the day I left for my trip, Sept 25. My mental health needed the mountains after all of my prep and anticipation. When we got to Montana the snowstorms kept the elk very quiet so that put a damper on even the locating of elk by vocals. It ended up being a good old northern Minnesota big woods still hunt. Had to even wait until afternoon when the snow wasn't so crusty to do our most effective hunting. The first 5 elk I had within bow range were all spike bulls. Was able to get on one of the spikes and this 6 point in their beds. Like you said, the rest is "Grip and Grin" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paceman Posted October 10, 2013 Share Posted October 10, 2013 Congratulations! Awesome bull! Great pictures! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
96trigger Posted October 10, 2013 Share Posted October 10, 2013 Your are the Man! Elk are the one animal I would love to hunt them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DonBo Posted October 10, 2013 Share Posted October 10, 2013 Awesome! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BLACKJACK Posted October 10, 2013 Share Posted October 10, 2013 Beautiful elk!!! Congratulations!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigbucks Posted October 10, 2013 Share Posted October 10, 2013 Fantastic, good job. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sticknstring Posted October 10, 2013 Share Posted October 10, 2013 That's pretty cool - congrats on a beautiful bull! The snow makes some terrific grip & grin shots! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scoot Posted October 10, 2013 Share Posted October 10, 2013 Thanks Scoot, I actually spoke with you on the phone last winter/spring when I started this quest. Yep, I remember! I was pretty sure we'd spoken about this, but wasn't positive. It sounds to me like you did well for yourself! We ended up doing a lot of the same type of hunting on our trip, but couldn't put it all together and punch a tag. Congrats to you on a dang fine first bull! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NoWiser Posted October 10, 2013 Share Posted October 10, 2013 Sweet!! Congrats KingTroller!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrklean Posted October 10, 2013 Share Posted October 10, 2013 nice job great elk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
harvey lee Posted October 10, 2013 Share Posted October 10, 2013 Awesome archery bull. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slimngrizzly Posted October 10, 2013 Share Posted October 10, 2013 Very nice! Congrats! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maros91 Posted October 10, 2013 Share Posted October 10, 2013 Solid bull!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BoxMN Posted October 10, 2013 Share Posted October 10, 2013 Congrats!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snapcrackpop Posted October 10, 2013 Share Posted October 10, 2013 Good job dude! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MattL Posted October 10, 2013 Share Posted October 10, 2013 Awesome! That is definitely on my bucket list. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
certified jumbo Posted October 10, 2013 Share Posted October 10, 2013 Impressive... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Walleyehooker Posted October 10, 2013 Share Posted October 10, 2013 Wow nice 1st attempt!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dukhnt Posted October 12, 2013 Share Posted October 12, 2013 Nice bull! Congrats! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
guntar Posted October 13, 2013 Share Posted October 13, 2013 I'm jealous as well King! Nice work. I'll tell you what it will be hard to beat that high, but it sure is fun trying! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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