name date serial number John Pickar and the first time I went hunting was in
1961 with my dad I was four years old and he shot a muley fork horn with one
hand and holding me down with the other hand because he said I was so excited
hold the antlers up Dan
need a little help
yeah better get up there and help him Justin
yeah oh bull we call so we moved up to Montana in 1990 I was three Justin was
five yeah and we grew up basically in the middle of nowhere in the woods next
to the Forest Service ten acres and we were really lucky because we hunted in
our yard yeah at the time and we could go hike up the mountain and hunt and
whenever we wanted yeah experience started from the beginning and I remember you
know from the beginning hunting with you when we were little kids and that that
first experience actually down on the river me and Justin sitting by the tree
just had blood on his face that was 90 that was when you were three and five
and that deer came running by a shot her at play point-blank like six or eight
feet and she flopped over dead right in front of us like a touch her with the
gun barrel we were sitting you on either side up and just on either side of me
and it's like we all had blood splattered on us from that deer flopping
down like that yeah and you guys eyes were big as dinner plates I think from
then on I mean that exciting experience probably had us hooked yeah the rest of
our lives I mean that's all we did in the fall was hunt with you yeah I always took
you guys with me you were my best hunting buddies so yeah you
know I always took you with me yeah we lotta game because you guys were quiet
and didn't know what was going on thing you learned yeah you learned at an early
age very grateful that we grew up in the
place that we did and you took the time to take me and Justin hunting when we
were probably just a couple snot-nosed kids you never really hunted for antlers
you were never a trophy hunter and so you never killed a bull elk never
killed a bull elk but boy I killed lots of antelope and lots of lots of cow elk but never a bull
break your 280 Paul held right on it 260 and killed that bull so that first morning we
basically left the truck in the dark four miles into the lookout point get to the
vantage point right at first light so we could see up this drainage down the
drainage being there at first light I felt was important especially early in the season
when those elk are going to bed you know hour-and-a-half into daylight so we
hiked in the first morning and get to the vantage point and we saw a handful
of bulls if I remember right yeah four or five bulls but nothing big nothing big
we sat there all day and then it glassed into the evening to see what came out in
the evening as well we saw the same bulls again but we saw another six-point
that came out that we didn't see in the morning
I always spend a morning and an evening at a glassing location just so you make
sure you see everything in there not necessary you can see everything but
that's the hopes of a morning and evening to do that right
and so the next day we decided there's enough action that we're gonna do it again
Boom Boom and it's like where did thes shots come from it's public land there's hunters out there that's
just the way it is yeah and we were discouraged and we were
out of there just tell us what we're doing
oh we're here by don't say where we're at oh it's a big secret okay we're in
eastern Montana in eastern Montana somewhere in the middle of nowhere
hunting elk then we've seen elk we've seen deer but nothing big enough that pH
Daniel let me put a tag on a for the record before we started hunting he's
like I want to shoot at 3:30 or bigger and then like a week before the hunt a
3:25 spike and we're actually out here hunting he's like I'll shoot that one
I'm like that things like 280 si I'll shoot it
that's a real hunter right there chest hair out and everything we knew there was elk
down across the other side and in the far side there's a big North face it's
just solid timber and we knew there was elk in there so we positioned ourself
saw a nice solid six point and we went after it
the bull was rutting the cows and he was buggling yeah and he was with what it was
like twenty cows or so and they fed on to the back side of the mountain and we
figured they're going to bed and so we went for it
we got over there and Justin you and I were in the timber and here come the
cows across this face back down into the dark timber we're at and so I got ready with my rifle
but the bull just came trotting across just like the cows didn't take as much
time as the cows did and he was in the timber I never had a chance for a shot
yeah we were in a good spot and they ended up instead of betting on the back
face they came back out into the main drainage yeah and were like in our face
in our lap all of a sudden and it's just one of those situations where it just
wasn't meant to be
geez
you kind of rested up and then Justin went home and then
and then me and you went back up there and we ended up just going to the same spot
we just believed in the routine that we're doing there's enough elk in there
I'm going to take my inhaler now before we get going
so don't have to stop later asthma developed and you get older you
get all this other old people's stuff I got gout of my foot on top of it you
know open yeah I got it all under control but the asthma is still battle everyday
that's a really nice bull
we found a giant this morning big bull
he's still 1100 yards
we are going to try to get down to at least 400 from him
if not a little closer
he's just laying there
I was like let's go I already had a program now and already had a route where
we're gonna get down there basically these bulls are down in the bottom just
on the other side at the base of the trees if we can get down to the bottom
and shoot across that creek we're gonna be golden but that's what I'm thinking
you were at that point you weren't asking questions you were just like yeah
I'm on this do it this is the kill train I'm saddle I'm hopping on this is like
okay we can get set up and make a shot here we put stuff down and I laid down
and got my bipods out and got the rifle position and got ready for a shot
*gun shot*
reload reload you hit him
you hit him
*gun shot*
down!
yes baby
he's down he's huge
I'm so happy
you're happy I just shot my only bull elk he went down again that second time when he
went down hard but his head he picked its head up again yeah and then you shot
him again
*gun shot*
you threaded the needle through those limbs and you hit him
perfect quartering away and he died shortly there after
I finally got a bull elk no no you didn't just kill a bull elk
that's a huge bull that a big bull thats a 350 bull
it's what you want and I'm like oh my gosh you are so lucky you got spoiled so
bad I think you're like well I'm never gonna shoot another bull elk in my life I
got one eye pushing his eyeballs eyelid comes down he's done yeah what a frickin
toes that's a big bull dude he's 350 set your gun down and go pick him up are you
kidding me look at the backs on that
I'm looking at this bull and I'm like oh my gosh
you are so lucky it's such a spoiled brat I raise spoiled brat
aren't they all this big video you took at the time there it's like yeah aren't
they all this big yeah exactly cuz that never shot what this is what a
7x7 looks like right yeah no big deal 355 he's big
that's one of the most beautiful bulls I've ever seen well that's what I wanted
God answered my prayer got your first bull elk there dad yeah first bullelk on
October 31st 2018 Halloween Halloween bull
yeah and I shot my first buck 48 years ago on Halloween 48 years ago today so I
think the only day I'm glad hunting anymore is Halloween first bull first
buck on Halloween 48 years apart that's pretty crazy
yeah it is and this is your first bull my first bull yeah yeah that the the
picture you have made for me you're standing behind me as proud of me as I
was of you guys when you guys are yeah they're just gonna flop to a
flip-flopper yeah yeah yeah so you're proud of your dad Burt whereas I was
always proud of you guys when you're younger
try to cinch this lower one down pretty good keep that meat riding high
as possible
Im back at the bull by myself dad's pretty gassed out he's got chronic
asthma so his getting him pretty good figures at least I could do is pack his
bull out for him we got a couple more loads hind quarter some extra gear here
and then the head and the Cape down there will be the last load everybody
probably has memories growing up hunting with their family most guys a lot of our
subscribers the hunting heritage has been in their family for a long time and
so that's where it was cool for me is to be able to share that with you and
Justin so like I said that's probably one of the best ones I've ever been a
part of yeah love you dad that was awesome yeah good shootin we thought I'd
just squirt real quick when you got home Daniel couldn't wait and it scores 375
and 7/8