My name is Dan Miller and I am the 2012 Eastman's Elk hunt winner
I am from Nehawka Nebraska which is a small town south of Omaha
I subscribe to Eastman's Publications I take both subscriptions
of Eastman's Hunting Journal and the Eastman's Bowhunting Journal
I also give 2 gift subscriptions one to my son who loves the bowhunting journal
and one to a very good friend of mine out in up state New York
I received a voicemail from Eastman's and I was in Orbit
it was late at night if I could have called those folks I would have done it
I had to check the area code of the telephone call that I received to verify that I had won this hunt
I was riding on cloud nine
I waited till the next morning and I was keeping an eye on the clock
and when I realized that eight o'clock in Powell Wyoming I made the call
I believe Heather answered the phone and when I told her who I was she put me right on with Ike Eastman
he told me right of the bat to be ready to have a good time and see some animals
So I was super excited and like I said I have never won anything before and this was purely a wonderful surprise
that's the way it came about and now I am here with the expectation of killing a bull elk
I have never killed a bull before when we went out paul our guide looked at me and said
the first thing I want you to do is to have fun he said that is
our main objective is to make sure that you have a good time and that this is a memorable hunt
there was one day in particular where we got on elk it was a little tuff start
but we got on some elk it was a true experience to do it
the next part of that day we ended up hearing elk and
we were positioned in a spot where we thought we were going to have good luck seeing these two bulls
our guide just called and called and he pulled one of those bulls across the small creek
and that bull came up and walked it was not a shooter
we agreed that we would not shoot this bull and
he came up and walked on top of the hill walked right behind us
Guy said you are going to hear something that is going to blow your ears drums out
he is just about ready to uncork
he started racking on the brush that was right there and he let a call out
it was something that you dream about and finally experienced it
and then that evening we saw the herds in these meadows and
I saw the actions of those elk from bugling to sparing to breeding everything but killing the elk
but seeing everything like that was a trophy in its self
I learned how elk communicate I learned what elk do in certain situations
i learned that if you are patient and you don't rush things those animals will finally come down
but if you relax and study their behavior you will get an opportunity
if I could talk to the 2013 elk hunt winner right now the first thing I would do is congratulate them
and what his expectations should be it to have a good time relax because these folks are very professional
they will help you out they will do anything they can for you and
then I would just say let your expectations be what you think they should be but when you get there you are
going to have a good time and you are going to meet some quality folks
and see some quality animals i am very interested in reading the
Eastmans publications they have a quality organization over there and they out a quality product out
I enjoy reading about it I learn from it again I don't think you are going to
meet a finer group of people they were so friendly and so happy that I won that hunt
I want to thank everyone I was involved with the Hill Ranch,
the Eastman group their camera people I feel very honored to be apart of that
Thanks Paul and thanks Guy Eastman and for all they do they do an excellent job
for the hunting community and I have been apart of their publications for about five or six years now
I enjoy every article can't wait to see this one but thank you very much I feel very honored to be apart of this
well you are welcome i hope it met all of your expectations
thanks for watching the show today we had a great time bringing it to you today
our 2012 hunt winner Dan Miller from Omaha, Nebraska scored on this huge trophy fair chase bull in Colorado
Remember till next time that fair chase is the only wait to hunt and take trophy big game
I'm Guy Eastman and we will see you next week on Eastmans Hunting TV