Wyatt Bull

411 6/8 Gross, 393 1/8 Net Non-typical Archery Elk
Behind the Re-creations
by Joey Wyatt

It was 2006, and my hunting partner, Brad Sears, and I had just put in for the bull elk draw. I was up fishing in Alaska when the draw results were released. Brad gave me a call and let me know that we had both been lucky and drawn. We immediately began scouting and found some good bulls. Now we just had to wait for hunting season to arrive.

When the rut kicked in, the bulls moved a few miles and I was unable to find the largest bull. My brother Vinnie and I went out the day before the hunt started and tried to locate him. Vinnie was lucky and happened to find him. He promptly called me and told me that he had found the large bull.

On opening morning, our group went out and saw some good bulls, but we never could find my large bull. That evening we went back out and, right before dark, we came across the large bull. I missed a seventy-yard shot that went just under him. I couldn’t believe it! I finally had a shot and I missed! We followed the bull for a little while and couldn’t get another shot. We carefully tracked the bull and watched him bed down for the night.

The next morning it was really windy and nothing was bugling. We were unable to locate the bull. That night my friend, Ryan Mell, showed up and wanted to go out with us the next morning. He must have been good luck, because the next morning the bulls were going crazy. We had been following a nice six-point all morning, which I would have gladly taken, but I was never presented a shot. Then, all of a sudden, I heard another bugle close by. The large bull appeared and started fighting with the bull I had been chasing. I hurried to close the distance. When I was approximately thirty yards away from the bulls they broke up. My bull started walking right towards me so I took the shot. The shot was a little far back and high, but it did the job. The bull went about seventy yards and went down.

I would like to thank Vinnie, Ryan, and friends for filming, scouting, and loading my bull up. This was a great hunt and I’ll never forget it. My bull was one of the top archery bulls in the state of Arizona for 2006 and officially scored 411 6/8 gross and 393 1/8 net non-typical P&Y.

Joey’s great Arizona archery bull elk was featured in the 2008 King’s Bull Elk Calendar

Behind the Re-creations

Hunter: Joey Wyatt
Date: September 2006
Location: Arizona
Points: 7×8 non-typical
Gross Score: 411 6/8 P&Y
Net Score: 393 1/8 P&Y
Featured: 2008 King’s Bull Elk Calendar

Tags: 2006, archery, arizona, behind the recreations, elk, HI34

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