@apollosmith. I don't live far from you...Preston Idaho...what caliber of gun were you using? I use an 8mm magnum where I hunt. I use a 220 grain sierra...I believe use a big bullet for a big animal. Good job.
@zgomer1 .270 is by far and away the best all around caliber out thier... i would take one to alaska for moose brown bear or anything i could get a tag for.... however i have used a .243 with 95gr bullets to kill bull elk here in montana... its just like you say SHOT PLACEMENT!!
@zachesmith Zach, this is a relatively large elk, but not totally unheard of. All elk tend to be quite large (even adult cows will be 300-400 pounds). This bull was probably around 600-700 pounds. The antlers are very close to record book size. Quite a difference from eastern whitetails, eh?
Thanks for the response. His antlers are majestic! and you have amazing shooting skills.I guess with the animal so huge, you must have taken months to finish off the meat.
@apollosmith 2 years to finish off the meat?? OH, wow! You hunt,cook;smoke, barbecue etc game meat without any worries, unlike mass production meat "additives". Amazing! had the chance to taste venison twice in my entire life and found it delicious and exotic.
Elk looks like its gonna be tougher meat :) Thank you for uploading the video. Found it educational and a glimpse of serious hunting.
@TheStarsprinkles ELK IS THE TASTIEST RED MEAT YOU WILL EVER EAT. and if its marinated properly it is just as tender as beef but way healthier as the fat grows on the outside of the meat and is skinned off.
How did you identify this particular elk you had been watching? Sorry for the curious question, I live in a concrete jungle and have no idea about hunting..
@TheStarsprinkles He was easy to pick out due to his size. We weren't absolutely positive it was the same elk we had videotaped earlier in the year until after the hunt and we were able to compare. There are some distinctive features of the antlers that were compared to ensure it was the same animal.
What a beautiful animal. I shot one in colorado in 1984 at about the same distance. H e went down in a deep canyon and we were 14 hours getting him out. 5 of us. I was the smallest in the bunch at 5"11" and 200 lbs. Congratulations on a job well done to you and all your help.
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tell me in truth What becomes of the hide,the carcass meat, and the elks family with no protector. So you hang the head as a trophy as representing your triumph of stalking and killing a beautiful animal Does this give you proof of manhood and attest to some desirable human trait. You poor soul -a rotting carcass and a head on the wall for a beautiful animal. I just don't get it
@ken38urb We packed every pound of meat off of the mountain. My family is still eating it. It was unreasonable to retrieve the hide, which has little value or use anyway. Elk do not have family groups - and as you can see in the video, it was alone. If we did not hunt elk, they would overpopulate and die, intrude on farms and busy highways, etc. The antlers adorn my wall as a symbol of this majestic animal's beauty and of the once-in-a-lifetime honor of harvesting it.
@ken38urb Im sure that the hide and rotting carcass didn't go to waste! BTW if you don't believe in hunting stay off the clips and stop preaching to hunters. Great bull man!!!
I can't believe it. I was perusing youtube so that I could show Lilly (my daughter) a good bull elk hunt...and, we came across yours. I said, "Lilly, I think this is my cousin." Sure enough. Good shot.
@backwoodsboys97 It was a draw hunt and DIY on public lands. You have to draw to hunt big bulls in most of Utah. I was very lucky to draw this hunt and even more lucky to find and bag this bull.
That guy's rack is huge relative to body size. And his body is also humongous! I've never seen an elk like that! I'd be terrified if I did. Elk are vermin where I live, there are so many of them. I set my dogs on any that come on our property and when they start showing aggression towards the dogs, that's when the 12 guage comes out. If I don't drive them off they decimate our aspen and willows and they brutalize the other wildlife. Any hunters wanna come round?
@apollosmith you should probably consider hunting in montana that way if you do go on a two mile hike. you don't leave with a 370 bull. We had 5 bulls over 390 dropped in one day on the flats!
@djdasani I use a Burris Signature Select with a Ballistic Plex reticle. We ranged him at 320 yards direct distance, so I held just under (beyond) the 300 yard mark. I didn't account for the slight uphill and hit just a bit higher than I wanted with the bullet angling through the top of the vitals into the spine at the base of the neck.
Well done great stalk great shot great bull atm i have my eyes on a group of 6 bulls in the northen tag loc all 6 are good but not that nice Great job
i give you props for all the hard work, but i find it difficult to see the enjoyment in shooting something from so far away. Thats target practice...try a bow next time.
Great hunt, unlike some of the other vids of extremely long shots you are a true hunter and sportsman who has enough respect for the animal to get close and take a good shot. Congratulations.
Beautiful hunt and I have to say that is some gorgeous scenery. Outstanding shot with the .270 I got a 300 Win mag for some elk and some whitetail. I know its a little big for a whitetail but ohhwell. Just spent the summers paycheck on it so it will work, I'll make it work
@Outdoorsforum 300 isnt to big ,no bigger cal. then a 30-30,308,30-06,my30-378,shot plenty of deer ,i also shoot wood chucks with it ,now then ,i use my 22-250 every year to shoot deer to ,out to 800 yrds,try it ,right in the neck ,as the guy says ,bullet placement is everything !
Fantastic video apollosmith. I really like how you showed your scouting also...really made it seem real for me just viewing it. Glad to see your scouting paid off. Great shot too, looked like he never felt a thing.
dude you could not last with me on an elk hunt with out your pathetic long range rifle shot all of my shots have been in a ten yard range and a half a days hike in
@unzy429 and without a doubt during the rut when they are next to retarted. I bow hunt as well as rifle hunt and I can tell you from experiance getting close with a bow during the rut is alot easier than to close the distance from a mile to 300 yrds. Too much can happen during the stalk.
Excellent job!!!! That was awesome footage and patience. Thank you for putting up this video to show what a TRUE HUNTER really is!!! Again great job and congrats. BTW that is one of the best shots I've yet to see!!!!
What a great elk!!. I am just starting my scouting and preparation for a general any bull hunt this fall in Northern Utah. This will be my second hunt. I was skunked last year but i know is all about putting the work in.
Apollosmith, congratulations on a successful bull hunt. He is quite a capture! I haven't seen anyone comment about the 3 days you spent tracking him. The highest quality a hunter can possess is the discipline of patience. I have a Rem 700 BDL in .270 and didn't think this was a suitable elk gun until your video. What kind of ammunition were you shooting?
@jbmooney33 Thanks for the comment. I think the .270 is quite capable on big elk within reason. It does take a well placed shot and I would be very apprehensive about anything over 300 yards. This shot was laying down with a Harris bipod, almost straight across the canyon, and no wind. I was shooting 150 grain Federal Fusions. They're a great bonded bullet and the ballistics match my Burris Ballistic-plex scope perfectly. I just held a tad over the 300 yard line and let physics do the rest. :-)
@rayray929, you must be joking. You realized that hunting is controlled by the individual states division of wildlife, and is in place in order to control the population of these big game animals. This is done because their habitat can only support a certain number of them through the winter. Thereby saving these awesome creatures from the slow painful death that is starvation; due to lack of food and other resources during the winter months. Michael Vick is a criminal. Apollo is a hunter.
@rayray929, you must be joking. You realized that hunting is controlled by the individual states division of wildlife, and is in place in order to control the population of these big game animals. This is done because their habitat can only support a certain number of them through the winter. Thereby saving these awesome creatures from the slow painful death that is starvation; due to lack of food and other resources during the winter months. Michael Vick is a criminal. Apollo is a hunter.
@rayray929, you must be joking. You realized that hunting is controlled by the individual states division of wildlife, and is in place in order to control the population of these big game animals. This is done because their habitat can only support a certain number of them through the winter. Thereby saving these awesome creatures from the slow painful death that is starvation; due to lack of food and other resources during the winter months. Michael Vick is a criminal. Apollo is a hunter.
@rayray929 lol really do you eat meat, do you eat at fast food places? you eat dead things all the time man the whole point is to hunt for meat its not the point of a hunter to kill for sport or just to kill its for meat i hope that the world never goes to shit an dyou have to hunt to live you will die very fast
@rayray929 It's all in the circle of life dude. Everything comes back around. We kill for a purpose... To feed ourselves and our families. If you can't respect that then you're no better than Michael Vick.
@rayray929 It's all in the circle of life dude. Everything comes back around. We kill for a purpose... To feed ourselves and our families. If you can't respect that then YOU'RE no better than Michael Vick.
what a load of crap bigger than 340 I will be suprised and you shot him laying down in his bed and your proud of it. really wow. Never been a reall sports man have you
That's a great bull off a less than trophy unit... I've seen some 350" class bulls in there during the spike hunt, and deer hunting. He's a Beauty..!!!!
This is what i like to see! Very good work. I got excited for you haha. Once again. . great hunter. . one shot, one kill, along with some unprecedented tracking and stalking! This is what I appreciate.
right on man, I shot my bull with a .270 this year as well, 475 yards with only two shots. I admit it might be a little small for elk, but I bought it when I was fourteen and now Im 18 so I have gotten to be a pretty good shot with it, whatever works right? lol
you guys and full of it i have killed over 20 elk and half of them were with a 243 100 grain bullet and the others were with a 25-06 and they were all over 200 yards. it does not matter about how big the gun is it just depends on the shot placement
ya i agree with the 270 its fairly light, I know from my experience this year. I shot my bull at 427 3 times and he still ran a 100 yards before he died. I lunged him 3 times, about a 4 inch group at that range. ill be buying a 338 most likely this summer lol. but if your a good shot like i am with mine, you can do it, just might have to track a little ways
great! hunting at its finest! thx for the video! hit is hunting you fagots out there!!! not driving around in a fuckin suv and shooting out of the car!! merry christmas buddy. what was the calibre you were using? .300?
Well done. Way to scout and learn his habits. I have no issues with shooting him in his bed. Whoever thinks it's "unsportsmanlike" has never hunted elk and has no idea what they are talking about. Well done and congrats. He's a lot bigger than the cow I shot in Colorado with my bow this year.
good bull dude wut did he scre out as like 330 or so ? and i think a .270 is a little lite for elk ppl say ooo i kill with a this and that but u should use the biggest cal. u cand handle and shot well with
Thanks! The official score is 372 1/8 gross, 359 5/8 net. A lot more mass and length there than you might think.
I wouldn't say a .270 is too light, but I certainly wouldn't go any lighter. I opted for it because I've shot it my entire life and know how the bullet flies and where it will land better than anything else. Shot placement is most important, certainly more so than caliber, and I think this example highlights that very well. Still, I'd recommend bigger to almost anyone hunting elk.
Thats a cool hunt. You are right. Its better to take the shot when the elk is calm and in its bed. Once they start running and get excited they are a whole lot harder to bring down. As for the .270 i think is a sweet elk caliber. I have killed two bulls with it. One at 409 yards and one at 44 yards. It gets the job done.
What is more sportsmanlike - to take a clean ethical shot at a bedded animal where he is still, you can time the shot, and quickly make a follow up shot if necessary, or is it better to wait for him to stand up, make a more difficult shot, and risk him running away to die and not be harvested? Sportsmanship is ensuring a clean and efficient harvest and shooting this elk in his bed was by far the best option available to me. But thanks for armchair quarterbacking.
@supermoto3453 if you are stealthy enough to catch a mature bull elk....wait any elk in its bed you done your job and are a very proficent hunter. Not everyone I know would ever get the opportuninty to shoot an elk in its bed. I have shot over 25 head of elk and only one of them was shot in its bed. cudos to appollosmith for being a proficent hunter.
@supermoto3453 oh I'm sorry keep trying maybe some day you will find an old sick blind elk and you to will have an elk story that ends with an elk on the ground.
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mattdolton21 3 months ago
good video and thanks for posting the impact, huge huge animal not like here in ireland. keep up the good work!
shotguntex 3 months ago
Nice work man! Awesome shot and very nice bull!
SANECPK 3 months ago
Nice work! Great hunt.
tysommer 3 months ago
Very good shot, just goes to show you how good a .270 is at that range .
MrGuitars8 3 months ago
NICE SHOT....
gr8poolplr 4 months ago
I love hunting and im only 13
6451adam 4 months ago
Excellent!!! Well done that is just one of the most awesome Bulls I have seen. Great find, great shot and great video!!
TacticalSekt 4 months ago
Same apollosmith from UWN? Congrats!
Huge291 5 months ago
great bull and nice shooting!
hunterbydesign 5 months ago
Great Bull!!
FXMAN66 5 months ago
nice one im going bull elk hunting next winter
Nick83262 5 months ago
flippin sweet how you got the two angles on him, with the distance delay on the long view! nice
robbysheu85 6 months ago
I started off thinking this is cruel and barbaric, but then again, I'm half way through a Rib Eye steak.
Metaphoid 6 months ago
good shot dude:) nice bull too
ben242011 6 months ago
awesome! i can't wait til i shoot my first elk! this makes me SO excited :D thanks for sharin!!
Godislove623 6 months ago
@apollosmith. I don't live far from you...Preston Idaho...what caliber of gun were you using? I use an 8mm magnum where I hunt. I use a 220 grain sierra...I believe use a big bullet for a big animal. Good job.
zgomer1 6 months ago
@zgomer1 I was using a .270 with 150 grain bonded bullet. I believe in good shot placement for a big animal. ;-)
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@zgomer1 .270 is by far and away the best all around caliber out thier... i would take one to alaska for moose brown bear or anything i could get a tag for.... however i have used a .243 with 95gr bullets to kill bull elk here in montana... its just like you say SHOT PLACEMENT!!
mrruger2u 5 months ago
nice!
jwwilliams666 7 months ago
Thats a good bull ANYDAY!
gottyline08 7 months ago
Most definitely. My uncle lives in Colorado. Maybe it's time I payed him a visit.
zachesmith 7 months ago
Is that typical size? I live east coast so it's mostly whitetail here. I'm not used to animals that big at all. I mean his rack is as big as you.
zachesmith 7 months ago 2
@zachesmith Zach, this is a relatively large elk, but not totally unheard of. All elk tend to be quite large (even adult cows will be 300-400 pounds). This bull was probably around 600-700 pounds. The antlers are very close to record book size. Quite a difference from eastern whitetails, eh?
apollosmith 7 months ago
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myhuntingtube 7 months ago
Nice I have alot of Family that live in Wellsville.. The Gunnels!!
tdscores6 7 months ago
Is this on the east side of Wellsville?
tdscores6 7 months ago
@tdscores6 It's on the east side of Cache Valley above Smithfield/Richmond area.
apollosmith 7 months ago
ranch hunt.....whoopee. We saw the fence, lowland terrain and yeah.....sure, big mature bulls hang out in the corn patch all the time.
No worries......the farmer did well, how well/? $5k.....$6k?
hellgate1981 7 months ago
@hellgate1981 You, sir, are an idiot.
apollosmith 7 months ago 2
Holy crap its as big as a cow!!! Great shot!!
Mr16vzetec 8 months ago
LONG shot!
It wasn't possible to get closer?
GREAT BULL by the way!
FrederikBarfoedBeck 9 months ago
Very nice shot good hunting :) two thumbs up my friend.
heineken604604 10 months ago
Life sucks, man.
GranKnight87 10 months ago
great shot!! wat rifle and calibre did u use??
michailtikkacoetzee 10 months ago
Waidmannsheil!!! Sehr guter Hirsch
gstoll13 10 months ago
nice shot!
deuce763 10 months ago
You call this a sport?!
iamyodaok 11 months ago
@iamyodaok ya its a real man's sport
808mauiboiz 11 months ago
draggin that thing bak must sukkk!!!!
MrDgon76 11 months ago
The only handy thing about this is how you can shoot such a wonderful elk!
omdatikloop 11 months ago
@RobbytheLion anytime you want an elk taken care of let me know! I would be more than happy :)
missionaryking720 11 months ago
NICE SHOT!!! what unit was he in?
missionaryking720 11 months ago
@missionaryking720 North Cache Unit.
apollosmith 11 months ago
@apollosmith what state was this?
elkhuntersniper 11 months ago
@elkhuntersniper Utah.
apollosmith 11 months ago
@missionaryking720 good luck finding what unit man most people wont tell you just the genreal area
bcdavis12 11 months ago
Thanks for the response. His antlers are majestic! and you have amazing shooting skills.I guess with the animal so huge, you must have taken months to finish off the meat.
TheStarsprinkles 1 year ago
@TheStarsprinkles That was over 2 years ago and there's still a bit of meat in the freezer. Elk meat is lean, healthy, and very delicious.
apollosmith 1 year ago 6
@apollosmith 2 years to finish off the meat?? OH, wow! You hunt,cook;smoke, barbecue etc game meat without any worries, unlike mass production meat "additives". Amazing! had the chance to taste venison twice in my entire life and found it delicious and exotic.
Elk looks like its gonna be tougher meat :) Thank you for uploading the video. Found it educational and a glimpse of serious hunting.
TheStarsprinkles 1 year ago
@TheStarsprinkles ELK IS THE TASTIEST RED MEAT YOU WILL EVER EAT. and if its marinated properly it is just as tender as beef but way healthier as the fat grows on the outside of the meat and is skinned off.
dbutler1988 9 months ago
How did you identify this particular elk you had been watching? Sorry for the curious question, I live in a concrete jungle and have no idea about hunting..
TheStarsprinkles 1 year ago
@TheStarsprinkles He was easy to pick out due to his size. We weren't absolutely positive it was the same elk we had videotaped earlier in the year until after the hunt and we were able to compare. There are some distinctive features of the antlers that were compared to ensure it was the same animal.
apollosmith 1 year ago
What a beautiful animal. I shot one in colorado in 1984 at about the same distance. H e went down in a deep canyon and we were 14 hours getting him out. 5 of us. I was the smallest in the bunch at 5"11" and 200 lbs. Congratulations on a job well done to you and all your help.
nickljr1 1 year ago
that was a very nice shoot congratulations
PEKADORSANCHEZ 1 year ago
there should be a youtube police so when idiots watch videos of things they don't like, the police will come to their home and tazer them
lopeznige 1 year ago
Beautiful kill man!
ELJerrado 1 year ago
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tell me in truth What becomes of the hide,the carcass meat, and the elks family with no protector. So you hang the head as a trophy as representing your triumph of stalking and killing a beautiful animal Does this give you proof of manhood and attest to some desirable human trait. You poor soul -a rotting carcass and a head on the wall for a beautiful animal. I just don't get it
ken38urb 1 year ago
@ken38urb We packed every pound of meat off of the mountain. My family is still eating it. It was unreasonable to retrieve the hide, which has little value or use anyway. Elk do not have family groups - and as you can see in the video, it was alone. If we did not hunt elk, they would overpopulate and die, intrude on farms and busy highways, etc. The antlers adorn my wall as a symbol of this majestic animal's beauty and of the once-in-a-lifetime honor of harvesting it.
apollosmith 1 year ago 27
@apollosmith Thats good, but you should always take the hide. Even if you can't sell it or mount it, I think it's still pretty.
OutdoorDreamer733 10 months ago
@ken38urb Im sure that the hide and rotting carcass didn't go to waste! BTW if you don't believe in hunting stay off the clips and stop preaching to hunters. Great bull man!!!
artwork333 1 year ago
@ken38urb Clearly you don't understand hunting.
xStaYinAliVex 1 year ago
@ken38urb Wow...Really? I can just imagine if you somehow were stranded in a wild area...Living off rabbit turds and lily pads.
MrJesspatrick 7 months ago
it was sick, and couldn't walk?
johannrecht67 1 year ago
@johannrecht67 no?
hockeyhuntingriding 4 months ago
I can't believe it. I was perusing youtube so that I could show Lilly (my daughter) a good bull elk hunt...and, we came across yours. I said, "Lilly, I think this is my cousin." Sure enough. Good shot.
MrJnhumpherys 1 year ago
@MrJnhumpherys Small world, isn't it? Thanks for commenting.
apollosmith 1 year ago
did you get draw our is this diy
backwoodsboys97 1 year ago
@backwoodsboys97 It was a draw hunt and DIY on public lands. You have to draw to hunt big bulls in most of Utah. I was very lucky to draw this hunt and even more lucky to find and bag this bull.
apollosmith 1 year ago
That guy's rack is huge relative to body size. And his body is also humongous! I've never seen an elk like that! I'd be terrified if I did. Elk are vermin where I live, there are so many of them. I set my dogs on any that come on our property and when they start showing aggression towards the dogs, that's when the 12 guage comes out. If I don't drive them off they decimate our aspen and willows and they brutalize the other wildlife. Any hunters wanna come round?
RobbytheLion 1 year ago
what an awesome elk horns? what ever u call it it o3o
wilfrancis15 1 year ago
great shot, great video and over all great hunt.. guys like you deserve animals like that!
deerehunter5 1 year ago
what was the drying number for taping the big boy?????
seahthluk 1 year ago
@seahthluk Official score is 372 1/8" gross Boone & Crockett. Net score is 359 5/8".
apollosmith 1 year ago
@apollosmith you should probably consider hunting in montana that way if you do go on a two mile hike. you don't leave with a 370 bull. We had 5 bulls over 390 dropped in one day on the flats!
breakyourface2410 1 year ago
beautiful!!!!!
forest639 1 year ago
dude nice shot what gun
planbanddgk 1 year ago
Nice shot now the work begins lol
bigguy4570 1 year ago
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henrie200187 1 year ago
Thumped him in his bed.... thats what she said.
dylanstegman 1 year ago
nice elk. great shot
Torgy1707 1 year ago
i hate that you cant keep the whole thing i wish you could keep the whole Elk to show every body how big he really is...
1pete0 1 year ago
What a shot. It would have been better if he jumped up and ran to a road. I'm jealous!
tigerwarner 1 year ago
trijicon sights?
djdasani 1 year ago
@djdasani I use a Burris Signature Select with a Ballistic Plex reticle. We ranged him at 320 yards direct distance, so I held just under (beyond) the 300 yard mark. I didn't account for the slight uphill and hit just a bit higher than I wanted with the bullet angling through the top of the vitals into the spine at the base of the neck.
apollosmith 1 year ago
@apollosmith thanks! btw great shot
djdasani 1 year ago
Absolutely beautiful kill and absolutely beautiful bull. must have been a pretty incredible experience
CaneCorsoZeus 1 year ago
BBBBBBBANNNNNNNNNGGGGGGGGGG!!!!!..........he's dead. Lol
Powerofthecowboy 1 year ago
but now the herd has no leader? they could get attacked...
BrightyHazelEyes 1 year ago
Well done great stalk great shot great bull atm i have my eyes on a group of 6 bulls in the northen tag loc all 6 are good but not that nice Great job
bronko0824 1 year ago
Did you bring a frying pan? It looks like hell to get him out, I would have just ate him on the spot.
josephrl82 1 year ago
"was" an awesome bull
IgnoredComment 1 year ago
I'm not an anti-hunter, but I sure do feel bad for that bull. He was a majestic animal.
Research0digo 1 year ago
@Research0digo yeah and the hunter fed his family and got a new coat
roark02 1 year ago
That was much work and I am sure having a memory to last a lifetime made it all worth it. Nicely done.
aligerous 1 year ago
i give you props for all the hard work, but i find it difficult to see the enjoyment in shooting something from so far away. Thats target practice...try a bow next time.
elkinthemountain 1 year ago
How the hell did you get that thing out of there?
martialruler95 1 year ago
@martialruler95 he had to have quarterd it and packed it out or had a good horse handy
bronko0824 1 year ago
what size rifle?
bokchoi2727 1 year ago
@bokchoi2727 nigger sized
KingRockets 1 year ago
Where exactly is this? It looks like you're just north of Francis Peak in Farmington? I've never seen elk up that way... Nice find.
vyoufinder 1 year ago
@vyoufinder I could tell you, but I'd have to kill you. :-) It's actually above Richmond in Cache Valley.
apollosmith 1 year ago
Great hunt, unlike some of the other vids of extremely long shots you are a true hunter and sportsman who has enough respect for the animal to get close and take a good shot. Congratulations.
M440XD 1 year ago
Beautiful hunt and I have to say that is some gorgeous scenery. Outstanding shot with the .270 I got a 300 Win mag for some elk and some whitetail. I know its a little big for a whitetail but ohhwell. Just spent the summers paycheck on it so it will work, I'll make it work
Outdoorsforum 1 year ago
@Outdoorsforum 300 isnt to big ,no bigger cal. then a 30-30,308,30-06,my30-378,shot plenty of deer ,i also shoot wood chucks with it ,now then ,i use my 22-250 every year to shoot deer to ,out to 800 yrds,try it ,right in the neck ,as the guy says ,bullet placement is everything !
killerduster446 1 year ago
nice bull nice shot well don !!!!! bunny huggers need to go to hell!
elknoff 1 year ago
Such a beautiful animal its a shame you killed it. Great shot though wouldn't of liked the job of hauling it back. You are a true great hunter.
LRHorny 1 year ago
Fantastic video apollosmith. I really like how you showed your scouting also...really made it seem real for me just viewing it. Glad to see your scouting paid off. Great shot too, looked like he never felt a thing.
sellbsu 1 year ago
Excellent job! You earned this magnificent animal, for which you should be thankful. There is no better meat than elk. Congratulations~
RDeanBristol 1 year ago
you possess the true skills and patience of a hunter
woodsman513 1 year ago
Hard work sure pays off! Its a great feeling that you worked so hard and so long for your prised trophy! Congrats!
jdr7787 1 year ago
dude you could not last with me on an elk hunt with out your pathetic long range rifle shot all of my shots have been in a ten yard range and a half a days hike in
by the way you shot him LAYING DOWN YOU
unzy429 1 year ago
@unzy429 and without a doubt during the rut when they are next to retarted. I bow hunt as well as rifle hunt and I can tell you from experiance getting close with a bow during the rut is alot easier than to close the distance from a mile to 300 yrds. Too much can happen during the stalk.
bm4nu 1 year ago
Excellent job!!!! That was awesome footage and patience. Thank you for putting up this video to show what a TRUE HUNTER really is!!! Again great job and congrats. BTW that is one of the best shots I've yet to see!!!!
sav300 1 year ago
best elk hunting video i have seen. you are a true hunter
rrrrrrr796 1 year ago
What a great elk!!. I am just starting my scouting and preparation for a general any bull hunt this fall in Northern Utah. This will be my second hunt. I was skunked last year but i know is all about putting the work in.
dcarter5231 1 year ago
Apollosmith, congratulations on a successful bull hunt. He is quite a capture! I haven't seen anyone comment about the 3 days you spent tracking him. The highest quality a hunter can possess is the discipline of patience. I have a Rem 700 BDL in .270 and didn't think this was a suitable elk gun until your video. What kind of ammunition were you shooting?
jbmooney33 1 year ago
@jbmooney33 Thanks for the comment. I think the .270 is quite capable on big elk within reason. It does take a well placed shot and I would be very apprehensive about anything over 300 yards. This shot was laying down with a Harris bipod, almost straight across the canyon, and no wind. I was shooting 150 grain Federal Fusions. They're a great bonded bullet and the ballistics match my Burris Ballistic-plex scope perfectly. I just held a tad over the 300 yard line and let physics do the rest. :-)
apollosmith 1 year ago
amazing vid man good work
chance2279 1 year ago
@rayray929, you must be joking. You realized that hunting is controlled by the individual states division of wildlife, and is in place in order to control the population of these big game animals. This is done because their habitat can only support a certain number of them through the winter. Thereby saving these awesome creatures from the slow painful death that is starvation; due to lack of food and other resources during the winter months. Michael Vick is a criminal. Apollo is a hunter.
kellyeyocum 1 year ago
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@rayray929, you must be joking. You realized that hunting is controlled by the individual states division of wildlife, and is in place in order to control the population of these big game animals. This is done because their habitat can only support a certain number of them through the winter. Thereby saving these awesome creatures from the slow painful death that is starvation; due to lack of food and other resources during the winter months. Michael Vick is a criminal. Apollo is a hunter.
kellyeyocum 1 year ago
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If he is sunch a amazin animal why would you kill him you are no better then michael vick
rayray929 1 year ago
@rayray929 Unlike Michael Vick, I eat what I kill. I hear Rottweiler is pretty tough to chew.
apollosmith 1 year ago 18
@rayray929, you must be joking. You realized that hunting is controlled by the individual states division of wildlife, and is in place in order to control the population of these big game animals. This is done because their habitat can only support a certain number of them through the winter. Thereby saving these awesome creatures from the slow painful death that is starvation; due to lack of food and other resources during the winter months. Michael Vick is a criminal. Apollo is a hunter.
kellyeyocum 1 year ago
@rayray929 you have shit for brains.
copenhagensmile02 1 year ago
@rayray929 another uneducated moron. its called food
BumJuiceDrinker 1 year ago
@rayray929 lol really do you eat meat, do you eat at fast food places? you eat dead things all the time man the whole point is to hunt for meat its not the point of a hunter to kill for sport or just to kill its for meat i hope that the world never goes to shit an dyou have to hunt to live you will die very fast
JCrain03 1 year ago
@rayray929 yeah he eats what he kills so shh lol
MyJDizzy 1 year ago
@rayray929 It's all in the circle of life dude. Everything comes back around. We kill for a purpose... To feed ourselves and our families. If you can't respect that then you're no better than Michael Vick.
dasandman222 1 year ago
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@rayray929 It's all in the circle of life dude. Everything comes back around. We kill for a purpose... To feed ourselves and our families. If you can't respect that then YOU'RE no better than Michael Vick.
dasandman222 1 year ago
Nice
Chitty7633 1 year ago
what a load of crap bigger than 340 I will be suprised and you shot him laying down in his bed and your proud of it. really wow. Never been a reall sports man have you
try your next one on a true stocking archery hunt
unzy429 1 year ago
@unzy429 Elk hunting isn't skeet shooting, don't get the two confused. Good clean kill
jbmooney33 1 year ago
that was a huge elk nice work
MrTylerman1234 1 year ago
That's a great bull off a less than trophy unit... I've seen some 350" class bulls in there during the spike hunt, and deer hunting. He's a Beauty..!!!!
browningrage11 1 year ago
Hey, congratulations...that is a beautiful big Bull.
An awesome shot you made and a well deserved harvest by the sounds of your description you worked for this beauty!
Nice work and kule hunt.
anavidhunter 1 year ago
This is what i like to see! Very good work. I got excited for you haha. Once again. . great hunter. . one shot, one kill, along with some unprecedented tracking and stalking! This is what I appreciate.
symingto 1 year ago
right on man, I shot my bull with a .270 this year as well, 475 yards with only two shots. I admit it might be a little small for elk, but I bought it when I was fourteen and now Im 18 so I have gotten to be a pretty good shot with it, whatever works right? lol
MR22MAG 2 years ago
im surprised i found a video of elk hunting that doesnt have a bunch of heated PETA comments....... XD fuck PETA
747lol 2 years ago 8
Sounds like you did your homework nice job now the work really begins lol.
bigguy4570 2 years ago
congratulations! This is a great video, you are a great HUNTER, hope to see more videos from you.
lafamatj 2 years ago
WOW, three days! Congrats. It would have sucked if you missed it.
FxMisc 2 years ago
I'm gonna guess...based on the audio. .338 Lapua or .300 Win Mag?? Which is it? =)
crowndwner 2 years ago
Think smaller. It's a .270 Winchester. Got the job done nonetheless, eh? :-)
apollosmith 2 years ago 2
Really? Wow! Elk with a .270? Great shot man! That rack is ridiculous
crowndwner 2 years ago
@crowndwner a .270 is a common elk hunting gun i use it and so do many
hockeyhuntingriding 4 months ago
@apollosmith im 13 and use a 270 and muzzleloaders. but i mostly shoot archery.
2strokemadness357 1 year ago
@apollosmith Wow with a 270 shit... How do you guys get him out?
mrfiux 1 year ago
@apollosmith 270 best gun out there
10oregon 1 year ago
@crowndwner you've heard .338 Lapua go? It is something else than this was.
slebbeog 1 year ago
Apollosmith:
I have enjoyed this video AS WELL as the comments you have made to others...
I like the fact that you had truly made it a hunt of a life-time; gone out scouted the area, found the animal 'you wanted" and went after it.
I think that we (brother, dad, myself) ARE so successful (moose hunting) because we follow the same (or very similar) hunting practices as you have.
In British Columbia. I am guessing there some monster Bull ELK. BUT- you have to go in and get them.
Cheers
Mooseracks 2 years ago
What area is this
Mooseracks 2 years ago
North Cache Unit.
apollosmith 2 years ago
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8mlbplayer 2 years ago
you guys and full of it i have killed over 20 elk and half of them were with a 243 100 grain bullet and the others were with a 25-06 and they were all over 200 yards. it does not matter about how big the gun is it just depends on the shot placement
8mlbplayer 2 years ago 2
A truly magnificent Bull you got there, congrats.
You put together a great vid.
Thats some cool footage and pretty cool how you also showed different perspectives using the spotting scope.
Nice work.
5/5
anavidhunter 2 years ago
ya i agree with the 270 its fairly light, I know from my experience this year. I shot my bull at 427 3 times and he still ran a 100 yards before he died. I lunged him 3 times, about a 4 inch group at that range. ill be buying a 338 most likely this summer lol. but if your a good shot like i am with mine, you can do it, just might have to track a little ways
IGApimp 2 years ago
@IGApimp then you dont know much becuase i know many people who use a .243 and my friend uses a 220 swift soooooooooooooo
hockeyhuntingriding 4 months ago
great! hunting at its finest! thx for the video! hit is hunting you fagots out there!!! not driving around in a fuckin suv and shooting out of the car!! merry christmas buddy. what was the calibre you were using? .300?
Wiggling 2 years ago
great elk man i sure hope i shoot one like that if i draw out. But i don't know and nice score!!!!!
Deerhunter1121 2 years ago
Well done. Way to scout and learn his habits. I have no issues with shooting him in his bed. Whoever thinks it's "unsportsmanlike" has never hunted elk and has no idea what they are talking about. Well done and congrats. He's a lot bigger than the cow I shot in Colorado with my bow this year.
BoarHunter73 2 years ago
good bull dude wut did he scre out as like 330 or so ? and i think a .270 is a little lite for elk ppl say ooo i kill with a this and that but u should use the biggest cal. u cand handle and shot well with
8174374 2 years ago
Thanks! The official score is 372 1/8 gross, 359 5/8 net. A lot more mass and length there than you might think.
I wouldn't say a .270 is too light, but I certainly wouldn't go any lighter. I opted for it because I've shot it my entire life and know how the bullet flies and where it will land better than anything else. Shot placement is most important, certainly more so than caliber, and I think this example highlights that very well. Still, I'd recommend bigger to almost anyone hunting elk.
apollosmith 2 years ago
Damn man ur real hunter! hunting isnt just drivin on desert with sum big car and shooting every buffalo u see! thats real hunting congratulations! :)
GTASACJ666 2 years ago
UTAH UTAH UTAH thats where the elk arethe manti la sal national forest
red020 2 years ago
Thats a cool hunt. You are right. Its better to take the shot when the elk is calm and in its bed. Once they start running and get excited they are a whole lot harder to bring down. As for the .270 i think is a sweet elk caliber. I have killed two bulls with it. One at 409 yards and one at 44 yards. It gets the job done.
bendetta227 2 years ago
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to shoot him in his bed is very unsportsman like i dont care how long you tracked him
supermoto3453 2 years ago
What is more sportsmanlike - to take a clean ethical shot at a bedded animal where he is still, you can time the shot, and quickly make a follow up shot if necessary, or is it better to wait for him to stand up, make a more difficult shot, and risk him running away to die and not be harvested? Sportsmanship is ensuring a clean and efficient harvest and shooting this elk in his bed was by far the best option available to me. But thanks for armchair quarterbacking.
apollosmith 2 years ago
Well Said!!!
Mooseracks 2 years ago
@supermoto3453 if you are stealthy enough to catch a mature bull elk....wait any elk in its bed you done your job and are a very proficent hunter. Not everyone I know would ever get the opportuninty to shoot an elk in its bed. I have shot over 25 head of elk and only one of them was shot in its bed. cudos to appollosmith for being a proficent hunter.
bm4nu 2 years ago
i dont care how many "head" of elk you have shot and im sure no one else does either.
supermoto3453 2 years ago
@supermoto3453 oh I'm sorry keep trying maybe some day you will find an old sick blind elk and you to will have an elk story that ends with an elk on the ground.
bm4nu 2 years ago