It was Blakes first elk with a bow. He has hunted long and hard for many years. He was only in to the second day and he actually just got back in 4 miles with his funny looking pack string! He is going to send me more pics to post so you can see the nasty critters he uses. He was on his way back to camp from and evening scout/hunt when he jumped elk. This bull gave him a clean shot so he took it. He left the bull go as darkness set in and went to start the trail in the morning. He found him dead 200 yards from his shot. Blake said he felt it was a little to easy and not a whole lot of excitement with screaming bulls. I guess Blake has forgot about all the miserable Grizzly infested hunts up the North fork! Blake also picked this area from studying topos and other info he tracked down. It was his first time ever in this area and he hunted solo! Blake just cause it seemed easy does not mean it was or that you did not earn your first bull. Good job!