Skinny Fronts Bull

This bull was well within archery range, but not the one we were looking for. He has a nice wide rack with unique front tines that come off the beam long and straight while very close together. Too bad he didn't have bigger tops....

Little Big 3 Bull

This bull finally followed his cows into the meadow right at dark. After listening to his aggressive bugling while closing the distance, our hopes were high. Unfortunately the rest of his rack did not match his thirds.

The Gurgler

We ran into this bull during the archery elk hunt. He had a distinct gurgle to his bugle. He came into the calls ready to fight but just wasn't big enough for an arrow this year!

On a String

During the archery elk hunt we threw a few cow calls in this bulls direction and he came right to us. Unfortunately he was not quite as big as we were after so we decided to pass on him.

Tilted Fifths Bull

A nice bull we ran into while archery elk hunting. He has cool fifths that tilt toward each other. If he was only a couple years older....

Drop Beam Bull

We came across this bull during the archery elk hunt. He has some nice thirds and fourths, but still lacks some mass. He should be a good one in a couple years!

G2 Bull

It has been a while since my last post, but with elk applications due in just a few short weeks, I am starting to get the bug!
While archery elk hunting with Todd this past Fall, we decided not to pursue this old bull. He had some good mass and front tines, but didn't finish out too strong on top. Hopefully he will be back bigger and better this year!

Fifteen Yard Bull

While calling to a larger herd bull, this horny little guy came to within 15 yards! He hung around forever. With light fading, we finally just got up and repositioned ourselves on the herd bull. The young one still didn't spook.

2012 Mathews Heli-m

I got a chance to play with the 2012 Mathews Heli-m this past week and was very impressed. It took me back to the days when Mathews was just an infant in the bow industry and debuted a super light weight bow called the Z Light! The new Heli-m is a scant 3.5 pounds and loaded with improvements gleaned from having over 20 years in the industry.

Late Archery Deer Hunt

As Jeremiah and I set out for my last day of the late archery deer hunt I was cautiously optimistic. Success on mature bucks in the desert with a bow is hard to come by and we had already used up a lot of good luck the week before when Jeremiah connected on this stud buck.

The morning started slow. We had glassed a herd of whitetail does and also a herd of mule deer does. For the next hour we continued to scour the rolling hills while occasionally checking back on the does to see if a buck had joined them. Finally a small buck appeared with the mule deer. It was nice to see some horns, but not quite what we had pictured chasing. While watching this small buck chase the does around, Jeremiah noticed a doe running out of an obscured draw below the herd. Following right behind her was a mature buck! He wasn't a monster, but with nothing else happening, we decided to make a play on the buck. We hiked off our glassing spot and were actually able to drive the truck to within about half a mile of where we had last seen the buck. As we crept up the last little ridge between us and the deer,  we were excited to see that the herd was still there. At that point we turned on the camera and Jeremiah was able to capture the hunt on film.