Brian, Jacob and I headed to the area where the bull was bugling yesterday. Around 8 a.m., we heard a bull sound off in a place where we had been standing 20 minutes earlier. We headed up the mountain to get above him.
As we were sneaking through the timber, Brian spotted a nice 4×4 at 50 yards but couldn’t get a shot. After it wandered out of sight, a spike bull went past us. The bull never bugled again.
We did some walking and tried locating some animals to hunt in the evening. While walking, we heard a few bulls bugling in a canyon. The bulls were obviously lying in their beds, so we decided to sit on them and chase them later in the day.
After sitting all day and listening to them, we began moving in on them. Although we never got close enough to spook them, they shut up. Being so far from camp, we decided to get an early start to get out of the woods.
That’s when the woods lit up. In a matter of minutes, we had four bulls bugling. The excitement lasted until a half hour before dark. We never got a look at them because of barriers that prevented them from coming in. It was definitely exciting. We are going to give the area a day’s rest and head back in there on Wednesday.
Josh had a good day today. He wandered around a bit and heard his first wild bull bugle. He said it bugled a few times and did some chuckles at the end. He also saw a couple of dandy mule deer bucks.
We will see what happens tomorrow. We are going to take it slow.