The best hunt for me I wasn't even hunting! The first Arizona muzzleloader elk hunt for my dad . After re- connecting after 25 years . The year before we had tried Colorado for elk with no luck . So I put my dad in for my home state and he got a 6a bull tag on his first try. The first day in the blind was 15 cow elk. It went that way for 3 days. I noticed day 3 he was ****ing every few minutes . I had been there myself and knew what was going on. He had a prostate infection and was peeing blood . We had a cow and a calf come in at about 40 yds and he unzipped the blind to pee again . To my surprise the cow looked right at us and still came in to water. He finally said it was the last day he could sit due to the infection and then took a short knap. I was glad because he couldn't stop moving in the blind and I swore nothing was going to come in with all the noise. I looked up a few minutes into his knap and saw antler tips . Dad shot a nice 7x9 bull that year . As I called Ron the processor in Payson to make sure he could take the bull. We dropped it off and then we were off to the emergency room . Yep prostate infection. Dad wasn't going home with out a shot at a elk even if it killed him .
My dad and his buddy Aaron on there muzzleloader hunt in 6a last year . I played guide and helper. Aaron got a nice cow
My dad and his buddy Aaron on there muzzleloader hunt in 6a last year . I played guide and helper. Aaron got a nice cow
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