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"Awesome General Season Archery Bull for Tyson"
Photo provided by: Tyson Johnson

Tyson Johnson writes, "I harvested this bull on the 14th of September during archery season. This is the first big game animal I've killed with my bow in the 5 years I've been bow hunting.
This was a General area tag DIY style hunt. I still have the good fortune of being able to hunt with my dad, Terrell Johnson.
He had dropped me off on a ridge and taken the horses back around a different way to wait for me at the bottom of the ridge I was to walk down.
At the time I was prepared to shoot the first legal elk I could. And even moments before I had gone to full draw on a calf elk at 40 yards but did not have a clean shot.
While being as quiet as I could, I snuck closer to where I heard a bull bugle. To my good fortune this bull was down hill from me raking an aspen tree and didn't know I was there. I had time to set up, range the elk and before I knew it my arrow was sinking deep in a double lung kill shot. The bull jumped from the impact, went roughly 15 yards and fell over.
After taking a few pictures and filling my tag, I cleaned the elk and left it in a safe location then I made my way down the hill in the dark.
Although dad wasn't by my side for the kill shot, he did build a fire at the bottom of the hill so I could easily find him. I couldn't hold my excitement. I shared the story with enthusiasm and continued to tell it the next morning as we made our way back around with the horses to carry off the biggest bull I've ever killed and first with a bow."




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