Well, it's October 11th. I'm headed into one of my honey holes
looking for elk. I've been in here last two days I can't finding any elk usually
they're here. I couldn't figure out why this morning I
glassed in here and I saw bear, grizzly coming across the hillside going full
blast running. I thought that was strange looked a little closer and there's a
pack of wolves chasing him. I think they're gonna kill him.
We'll see what happens, this could get interesting.
There they all are. Son of a gun. I'm seeing a pile of elk. There's one big big bull and two nice ones.
They haven't split those cows up into herds yet, so that could be what
they're getting ready to do. I bet they'll be in there in the morning.
The next evening found us back in the same drainage hoping to find one of the big
bulls and his new herd.
(elk bugle)
Get ready I'm going to try bugle him in.
More often than not, bugling in a big herd bull at the
beginning of the rut is a very tough proposition. This leaves us no option but
to try to stock in closer on the herd and maybe get a shot at the herd bull in
the timber.
He's not going to come in. That big ol' bull got too many cows and he knows he's king of the jungle. we
We finally ran out of luck and cover. This is a very old and wise bull and he's not
gonna be easy to kill.
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Welcome back to Eastman's hunting TV. Fortunately for me the elk season in Wyoming allows me
to come back in October and continue the pursuit for a big bull during the rifle
season. It's the 11th of October and these bulls have started pulling off the cows. Up in this pocket up here I spotted two
bulls. It's 4:30 and thank goodness he came out
early. We got two and a half hours to get up to him there's no trails in here it's
a nasty nasty piece of country. That's why the bulls are in there so we're just
gonna take our time and he's up there and take a look hopefully one of them is
worth shooting. That's the bull we came in here for.
That's a big bull. I just hope we can get around to him in time.
(gunshot)
That's making the pack out a little easier isn't it? Just a really nice
public land do-it-yourself Wyoming bull, doesn't get much better than this.
Right before dark the bigger bull finally feeds its way out onto the hillside.
(gunshot)
Bull elk are big tough animals and more often than not can require more than one
shot to bring them to the ground. Particularly with a 270 short mag.
(gunshot)
I've been hunting 25 years in Wyoming for that bull. Rinda my wife and I
climbed clear up out of the bottom of this just a gut wrenching climb, and we waited
waited, Rinda and I said well, we're gonna head out I said give him 10 more
minutes. Finally he stepped out of the timber on that saddle over there I was
able to get a shot at him. That's gonna take us a while to get over
there, we're gonna get over there well after dark. Gonna gut him out
here, leave him whole. He'll be plenty good it's a middle
October. The next morning I gathered up a crew and headed back into the head of
the creek drainage to pack out the bull.
Well here's the Wyoming public land bull we got him last night my wife Rinda and
I were just out here doing it solo she was on the camera and I was on the gun.
We spotted two bulls from the bottom of the drainage there and by time we got up
here they moved to the next drainage but we eventually found him but we're gonna
break him down, pack him out now. Hopefully we'll be back to town before
dark. As always we hope you enjoyed today's show, Rinda and I had a great
time bringing it to you from the backcountry of Wyoming. Remember fair
chase is the only way to hunt and take trophy big game, we'll see you next week
right here on Eastman's Hunting TV.