A Successful Hunt

Scott, Dad, Kelly and I had big game licenses for Little Mountain this year. Scott and Dad had deer and Kelly and I had elk. We all tagged trophies. Dad’s buck and my bull were respectable, but Scott’s buck and Kelly’s bull were awesome.

It was my first big game animal I have ever taken. I took him using Scott’s 30-378 rifle with one shot at 289 yards, slightly downhill, upstream from Dad’s property on Current Creek, above Jane’s Meadow. He was a six point bull. He wasn’t the biggest bull I saw during the season, but he was a nice one.

I have never been all that interested in big game hunting, but I enjoyed it immensely. I spent more time in November with my Dad and brothers than I have in the last 10 years and saw more country in Sweetwater County than I have in the last 36 years.

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