| Here is one of my favorite hunting stories. It was the | | | | thick timber below them." I decided I needed to |
| Montana elk hunting season of 2002. I was hunting | | | | reposition. |
| the high country searching for the elusive Wapiti. | | | | Well just my luck they spotted me & headed |
| There was about two feet of snow & I was | | | | straight down into the timber. They weren't too |
| roughly six miles from my truck, just starting to think | | | | spooked so I thought I might be able to side hill |
| about lunch when I heard a branch snap down this | | | | around & see if I could spot them again. Well |
| old semi grown in clear cut. I knelt down on one knee | | | | two hours later I was around the hill looking down in |
| when out of the timber came two rag horn bulls. I | | | | a hole when I spotted him. I pulled the range finder |
| pulled my 7mm ultra to my shoulder took aim on the | | | | out he was 380yds. I knew the 7mm could handle it. |
| front bull then the next, when something caught my | | | | I took a deep breath aimed high on his shoulder |
| eye. It was the biggest bull I've ever seen & he | | | | & squeezed the trigger. Down he went. He was |
| was just 168yds below me feeding. Just as I was | | | | the biggest bull I've ever shot 7 X 7, he scored 360. |
| about to shoot he stepped behind one of the | | | | Montana elk hunting is quite the adrenaline rush. |
| younger bulls. I thought to myself, "Do I move | | | | Thanks for sharing my story. |
| & take the chance of spooking them or do I sit | | | | This is just one of the many hunting stories Elk |
| tight and wait? If I wait they may end up in that | | | | Hunting Outfitters has to offer. |