Great bull and story! Where were you hunting? I live in NM myself and the elk seem to get better every year especially the unit I live in, there is plenty of rough stuff without much hunting pressure so they have a chance to grow to their full potential. I know the feeling of being wore out...
thanks for help with the pictures, my girlfriend used to be the computer savy one haha, I have some videos of some good billies I will try to post tomorrow, it was blowing about mach 2 when i shot the videos but you can still see pretty good
I lost the photos of the animal but he measured 33 in on each side with 15 inch bases, he was a toad. This is the same guy that shot the ibex the same week.
This wasn't the one we were after exactly but couldn't pass him up, he measured about 36. We have another friend who killed a 51 inch billy I will try to get some pics of him. As far as judging these guys, 40 in is pretty good 51 is just stupid big. However I believe we saw several that were...
The goat we killed was broke off on one side. The other goat was a skull that my buddy found, the same guy who had the bow tag, he was able to tag the skull and keep it, real rare find.
Ya I would consider the bow hunt for these critters the ultimate challenge. It is definately a team effort, you need spotters on the bottom with good glass and good radios! We would glass some goats then guide the shooter up onto them. I guided one guy into a group of 7 billies 3 of which were...
Sorry it took so long to finally get back on here, this past week was the muzzleloader ibex hunt and we had some success on opening morning. I had been down in the Floridas first of the year my buddy had a bow tag, obviously this proved tough to get within range however we did get several LONG...
Well I am headed out this weekend to pursue some barbary sheep in New Mexico. This is a any legal weapon hunt however my buddy hopes to harpoon one with his bow. I will keep you posted and hopefully we can snag a good ram.
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