 Oh, nice shot, man. Oh, OK, OK, all this is going to be the third attempt out. And conditions are calming down. It's warmed up a little bit. And we're just looking for the right ball that we can get close to, get in bow range, you know? It is rifle season, and I do have my 308 with me. But I don't want to use it unless I absolutely have to. The ultimate thrill for me is to get in bow range with these guys. Colin was working a little bit this morning. Is the least getting them to, you know, come out. But we just couldn't get in bow range. And then we spooked some up. We got out of there after we saw how thick it was. And just didn't want to bump anymore elk and spook anymore. So now we're going to go back out, try to get on that big, and y'all moved like 300 yards. It is time to get down to business. Morning three. I am breaking out the rifle. Got to have it just in case. This bull last night, so awesome. Got close, called him in three times. You just would not get close enough when you step out of some cover. Tricky. I like that ridge. I like the possibility of being able to get on that bull and be able to take him as the rifle if I need to. Got to get it done. And it is rifle season. Ultimate goal, get him with the bow, but I'm taking an elk out of here. Okay. So I got the brace built 308 with me. I'm taking my bow and we're about to hop in the mule, head up to the mountaintop, probably do some glassing again, see if we can get them either bugling or spotted and then make a game plan from there. But we're taking both things. We're slinging arrows or slinging lead. An elk is going down, my friends. To where are we spotted? This big shooter bull. And this is where he's settling in. I've already heard him bugle once this morning. He has a very distinct bugle. It's very raspy and he's the biggest bull that's living down here in this canyon. The whole ultimate goal is to get one of these big bulls to come in with a bow. But so far, you know, just calling last night, just couldn't get him to fully commit. And I'm trying to get better at calling. I feel like I'm just like, I'm not closing the gap fully, but I'm getting better, learning every time I go. All right guys, it is go time. We're gonna get it done either way. Let's have some fun. Animals like this really glass them. So this is, this is cool. This is different and we've wasted a lot of time living some shooter bulls. We just, we just spook them, you know, we scare them. They haven't been, I also suck at calling, but they just haven't been like fully committed yet. So that's what I'm thinking. Definitely need to keep the rifle handy. I've had him come out like, you know, 80 yards, 100 yards, 150 yards, kind of check things out, distance where they are just ready to fight you. That's him. Again, same spot. Wait. Good shot. Load one more just in case. Good shot, he's going over. Nice shot, nice shot. Can stop whispering now here guys. Looks like he's down to his last breath right now. This is gonna be a tricky little back out. We're down here in this ravine. We have some buggies, but there are long ways from us at the top of this ridge when we chase this guy down here. So gonna be a workout getting him out, but that's part of the fun. That's what we came up here for Brad. Look at this bull. This is my first time actually holding the horns of a bull on my own bull. I got to see one other go down on this trip. These things are massive. You can't even really tell until you actually hold a real one. Beautiful shot too. Thanks. What a beautiful bull. Good old mature bull. Long fronts. So this is the part that YouTube really doesn't like these days. I think it's important to show the processing and everything, but I know YouTube's just gonna kill this video if I show it. So obviously guys, this is a big animal and can't all fit in this pack. So we're gonna have to make multiple trips. Trying to get ahold of Jared Outlaw and some of the other guys. Mulletman is literally, he's hunting like half a mile from here right now. So he's still in the middle of his hunt, but definitely need some help. We're gonna quarter the elk and then put them in these game bags and then carry them back to camp where we can process them further. So exciting. I can finally tell Stephanie, babe, I got an elk. We're gonna have meat for a long time. So that's perfect. So I'm gonna put all my camera equipment and all of my extra stuff inside of the main compartment of the bag. And then we'll detach this frame, fill up the game bags, put them in here and then pack them out. Smoked a giant. Big boy. Got it all quartered. Heading back. Mission accomplished. If you listen closely right now, you can hear some bugles in the morning sunlight. Oh my goodness, y'all. Last night was an epic end to this trip. Me and Mike actually ended up shooting giant bulls, bulls of a lifetime. That was not the bull that we were chasing down. I originally saw this bull in this canyon that was a great bull, but he just ghosted us. We tried to catch up to him three times. He disappeared and then I just saw this little spike that ran through the woods as we were trekking to go call for the other bull. And then right behind him was a giant, giant bull. And then they just get lost in those cedars, but we just got down in there. We were about to start calling and then heard that spike up again and the other giant bull was behind him, guys. It was crazy. I will most likely never shoot a bull that size ever again. If we're hunting public land for the last couple of years, I really wanted to see what the private land was all about, because I heard just hunting with other guys, like you gotta do this, you gotta experience this as well. And I did. I feel like what we experienced out here this week is how hunters would see elk 100 years ago. I heard more bugles in that first evening than I did in two weeks hunting public land in the woods. And it's still my ultimate goal to get an archery elk on public lands in the future. I'm gonna strive for that, but I'm glad I got to experience this and really learn a lot too. I did all my own calling this week is my first time doing that. And I just felt a lot more comfortable getting those interactions. I wasn't able to fully close the gap with the bow. I got many close encounters where they kinda step out, you know, 100 yards. But I did get a few really awesome interactions where I'd get them to come in, you know, 70, 80, up to 40 yards. There's really no reason to bugle out here. These babies are screaming at each other constantly. There's one right there. It's beautiful and it's eerie. They literally have been haunting my dreams, these bugles. So I'm just so thrilled that we got to hunt up here and experience what we did. And we're going home with a ton of meat. The only downside is I literally don't have a place to do a shoulder mount for this elk. So I guess I'm going to have to keep it at the Guggen Squad HQ for a while. Well guys, I'm going to grab me a cup of coffee. I'm going to sit out here and I'm going to enjoy some morning bugles with the sun coming up. But thank you guys for tuning in to another awesome experience in the great outdoors. You got to smash that like button for big old elks bugling up here in the mountains and Godspeed in all of your outdoor adventures. I will see you guys on the next one.