it's go time we finally found what we came here for a
monster giant of a bull he's a big 6x7
they're going to bed in that timber pocket they're just going over that
little finger ridge so we're gonna cut over there quick and see if we can get
up on that that knob and catch them before the bed when they're still on
their feet and get a shot at him he is a giant wide high we're gonna go make a play
on him and see how this turns out stay tuned
hike in and glass this evening seen a few bulls in here they have the last few
weeks but no one's been in here in about a week it seems like there's more bulls
showing up every day they're pulling in for their winter range
I killed a bull couple years ago just right over this hill so they like it in
here we're gonna get up on these knobs just glass till dark and see see what's
in here never know
does he have an extra guard?
he's a good bull 350 type bull I don't think he's a giant
always got some weird stuff going on we're just trying to assess we're at the
end of November usually these bulls are in bachelor group so he's probably not
alone sun's just going down so we have time to criss cross here and get a little closer look
like a 330 340 yeah that one I think's 350 but he's busted on side normally you'd be
burning powder right now but we know it's in here these are just bulls for
here believe it or not
that is it an old old bull look at the size of his chest his head's that wide, 10 year old bull
I bet he was something in his prime
well here we are day two we're kind of in a new area
supposed to be couple big bulls in here we were chasing archery season hopefully we can
turn one of them up
see em? they're right there
that is wild I have never seen a bull like that in my life he's normal on the
front in his backs are just palmated he doesn't have long points but just like
thick like a moose he's not a young bull
we'll see the same thing in the evening watch bulls working you know it's just a matter
of finding the right one
I'm gonna head back down got up here saw a whole bunch
of bulls one good one that's real freaky call him the moose bull he's
just real palmated on the back end he's mature older bull other than at the
rest were all young anyway there was some shooting over over here and a bunch
of commotion and it blew them out so we're gonna head down matter of time process of
elimination will eventually find a big bull that's the way it goes late season
elk hunting
so it's the second night of the hunt this morning we were back here
saw 12 bulls they came into here so now we're in the middle problem with
this area it's really good post rut country but we can't get a
good vantage point on it or just got to kind of bounce back and forth on this
bench up here and look down into this stuff it's gonna have to hold tight wait
till sun drops and hope we're in the right place at the right time to catch a
glimpse of a big bull
we saw another eight bulls three young ones closer to us five other
bulls came to a spike three 6 points and a big 6 by 7 the 6 by 7 is probably the type of
bull we're after his beams are long long some the longest main beings I've ever seen
maybe I hate to say 60 inches but high 50s for sure so we're gonna come in on
that side in the morning and hopefully catch him coming back up and maybe we
can get a shot at it we've seen six bachelor groups of bulls and I think
about less than a 10 square mile area so just a matter of time before we get
close to that for one of the really big ones that's in here that we would know
about and haven't seen yet here yeah so its been good patience patience
it's go time we finally found what we came here for a monster giant of a bull
he's a big big 6x7
they're going to bed in that timber pocket they're just going over that
little finger ridge so we're gonna cut over there quick and see if we can get
up on that that knob and catch them before they bed when they're still on
their feet and get a shot at him he is a giant wide high
we're gonna go make a play on him and see how this turns out stay tuned
we've got the distance almost into half smaller bulls still feeding the big one
drifted over the top I can't see him I'm sure he's right there just over the
edge
that's a big bull
oh man what a hunt we knew there were some monsters in here
it took us 25 bulls looking and passing on bulls that were you know 300 up to
350 and we knew there was a couple monsters in here finally this morning we
found this one and there were three bulls in here another big one and a
smaller one and we hiked in here and got 280 yards and these bulls for some
reason they're feeding on these yuccas right now they're tearing the yuccas up
and eating the roots he was really working the yucca over right there and
we had another big bull that went over the top and I look at this bull he is busted
on one side but you don't look a gift horse in the mouth nothing a
taxidermist can't fix the other big bull is intact and he went into that thick
stuff so we I decided to make the executive decision to take this bull
even though he's he's broken he's he's a giant over 370 probably so he's a huge
bull Thanksgiving bull two days before Thanksgiving we do it again
what did we do
oh my god that is a true giant ladies and gentlemen if you ever see a bull
like this shoot it no field judging required we have had more fun in three
days here in Montana then I think I've ever had on an elk hunt and that's saying
something since we're not hunting the rut these late season hunts can be tough
you know I mean it can be these bulls they're not bugling they're grouped up
as you saw here they're all in one core area where they spend the winter it's
just literally a spot stock game more like mule deer hunting them than what
people think of elk hunting ass but we were patient looked over almost 30 bulls
in three days and finally found a giant he's one of those bulls that you can't
get a grasp of until you put your hands on him he's a little bit broken but
nothing the taxidermist can't fix and that just goes along with late season
out cunning remember fair chase is the only way to hunt and take trophy a big
game