Well it was a good and bad year for my Colorado ML hunt. I saw 7 bulls and 5 cows. Opening morning, I had a cow broadside at 40-50 yds and had to pass because a bull was acting as her body guard! The bull moved but so did cow. :cry: After 6 more days and a few more encounters with bulls, I finally walk up on 4 cows, totally unaware of my presence and maybe 40-50 yds away. I take my time and wait for a perfect broadside shot and one of the cows complies. I put the bead in the middle of her chest, just beahind the shoulder and very gently squeeze the trigger. BOOM! Smoke clears and I can't see any sign of the elk, so I go ahead and reload. I take one step up the mountain and all hell breaks loose! They were still standing in the same spot, but hidden behind the trees. I pass on any second shots because I was sure I hit my cow. I go up to check and find a huge chunk missing from a small pine tree that was just forward of the cow's shoulder. I have no idea why I missed except that the bullet must have deflected on a branch or trig I couldn't see at the time of shot. :cry: :cry: :cry:
Got me a tree cow!
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