Mathews Reisen Bow with all the bells and whistles: $1,299
(1) dozen broken practice Gold Tip aarows: $105
Laying the wood to two elk within 30 seconds: PRICELESS
What can we say, the archery elk hunt this year was long anticipated!! We practiced long hours with our bows, spent far too much money on gear, and scouted the high mountains of southern Utah with hopes of connecting with a couple of elk. Before we knew it the hunt was upon us. Ryan and I packed up and headed for the beautiful Fish Lake National Forest for a whole week. We hunted hard covering a lot of ground and putting in our time on the mountain. Finally, after almost a week we dialed in on a very large herd of elk containing cows, spikes and a few bulls. We found a heavily used water hole to sit on for the evening. It was a very uneventful afternoon until about an hour before dark. We had not seen or heard anything, so we decided to let loose a few cow calls to see what happened. That's when things got pretty nutty! Almost immediately we had a group of elk responding back to us, and moving into the waterhole. Before you know it, both Ryan and I were at full draw side by side. The first elk to come through presented me a 60 yard shot. Connection. The next spike in line stepped out giving Ryan a shot. Connection. We could not believe what just happened! All we can say is we then had a lot of work ahead of us to get all the meat back to camp. What a great hunt! Many awesome memories will be remembered for a very long time from this trip.
Ryan packing out the head of his beast
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