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A couple of meat bulls from Unit 13 during late Aug 2012.
Basic story. We went in about first light on a Saturday Morning. Came across a couple of bulls about 220 yards away as they were grazing. When lining up for the shot, I had my eyes on the bigger one and happened to catch it. Woody pursued the second one. Said he got within range but couldn't get a clear shot. We gutted the first, worked it up into the Argo, and then proceeded up the trail a bit to have lunch.
Woody went up the hill in hopes of a possible caribou ambush as our group had success here before. I cleaned myself up a bit and boiled water for breakfast. Also talked and waved to a few ATV's that had passed on by. Woody was gone for about an hour and had no luck. We were finishing up some oatmeal and hot chocolate and then discussed the caribou track directions and probable caribou movements about the hills.
We stepped back a bit to see more of the upper hills and he said, "Is that a bou." Took me a bit of time to get the spotting scope on them (probably a mile or more away from us at that point) and he followed with, "There's a bull, I can tell from here" while looking through his binos. Then he said that he could see the antlers without binos, and I have no doubt that he probably could.
At this point I was looking through the binos or spotting scope and had the caribou (a group of 5 or so) in view. We watched them for a bit and noticed they were starting to come down the mountain.
Woody went back up a few hundred yards. A few minutes later, I heard a shot. Thinking "that was quick" and it didn't seem like a long range shot. I consolidated the gear, detached the trailer, and looked up to see Woody waving his arm to let me know it was ok to come up. On the way up, I asked if he got the one. With wide eyes and a wide grin, he said yes and then pointed to where it had fell. He hiked the remaining distance while I drove across. Not a bad trek really. We gutted the second and loaded it on top of the first one.
We were both amazed that it didn't take those caribou long to traverse that distance. If the caribou would've traveled more around the mountain, they would have caught his wind. If they would've came down the other side of low hill, he would've never saw them. He said he shot it when it was up wind at about 90 yards.
Sorry I don't have more pic before we started working on them as I tend to forget about taking pictures. Antlers are tucked underneath to help keep the antlers from snagging on trees on the way out. Also helps keep their noses from rubbing on the tracks.
Basic story. We went in about first light on a Saturday Morning. Came across a couple of bulls about 220 yards away as they were grazing. When lining up for the shot, I had my eyes on the bigger one and happened to catch it. Woody pursued the second one. Said he got within range but couldn't get a clear shot. We gutted the first, worked it up into the Argo, and then proceeded up the trail a bit to have lunch.
Woody went up the hill in hopes of a possible caribou ambush as our group had success here before. I cleaned myself up a bit and boiled water for breakfast. Also talked and waved to a few ATV's that had passed on by. Woody was gone for about an hour and had no luck. We were finishing up some oatmeal and hot chocolate and then discussed the caribou track directions and probable caribou movements about the hills.
We stepped back a bit to see more of the upper hills and he said, "Is that a bou." Took me a bit of time to get the spotting scope on them (probably a mile or more away from us at that point) and he followed with, "There's a bull, I can tell from here" while looking through his binos. Then he said that he could see the antlers without binos, and I have no doubt that he probably could.
At this point I was looking through the binos or spotting scope and had the caribou (a group of 5 or so) in view. We watched them for a bit and noticed they were starting to come down the mountain.
Woody went back up a few hundred yards. A few minutes later, I heard a shot. Thinking "that was quick" and it didn't seem like a long range shot. I consolidated the gear, detached the trailer, and looked up to see Woody waving his arm to let me know it was ok to come up. On the way up, I asked if he got the one. With wide eyes and a wide grin, he said yes and then pointed to where it had fell. He hiked the remaining distance while I drove across. Not a bad trek really. We gutted the second and loaded it on top of the first one.
We were both amazed that it didn't take those caribou long to traverse that distance. If the caribou would've traveled more around the mountain, they would have caught his wind. If they would've came down the other side of low hill, he would've never saw them. He said he shot it when it was up wind at about 90 yards.
Sorry I don't have more pic before we started working on them as I tend to forget about taking pictures. Antlers are tucked underneath to help keep the antlers from snagging on trees on the way out. Also helps keep their noses from rubbing on the tracks.
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