We all know our buddy is very humble but he did a great job. No target panic  and he had to step to the side of this guy to get a shot. The bull was 20 yards or less from him. It was tearing me up! I guess I'm still a little wired . He had a radio collar on him. We were told they tagged a lot of bulls in Feb.

twigflicker wrote:

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Well get over the humility and let the story telling begin... that's flat awesome... congrats Dale!!!

Bet there's not many been killed since reintroduction with a longbow...

Jonathan

PS I'm with Steve... Dale looks a little whipped Great picture!

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Eastern KY Cow Elk Adventure

Well, it all started one day back in 1949; just kidding I wont go back that far. Actually it all started back in March when I decided to put in for a cow tag as well as a bull tag this year. I was fortunate enough to get drawn, after ten years of putting in. Upon telling JR about my good fortune, he said he knew of a good guide. I called him up and decided to book the hunt with Lost Mountain Outfitters. Their names are Danny and Hurly Combs.

  After talking with him  about how to prepare, I took a piece of cardboard about the size of an elk body drew the outline of an elk and made 12 lung shaped kill and began to practice. Steve Redden told me I should practice back to at least 30 yards. So thats what I did. That turned out to be sage advice.

  I ask Steve to be my gun barer so to speak, and he graciously accepted. The weekend of the hunt arrived and we headed out. Arriving at the camp a little before noon, we unpacked and headed up the Mountain with Danny. The Polaris Ranger was more than up to the task. The farm we were hunting was beautiful. When we got to the top, it was gorgeous and we started seeing elk right away on the slope of the next ridge over. Danny said we would go over there and see if a set up would be possible. We headed around that ridge and down into the valley. It wasnt long before we spotted a cow bedded about half way up the ridge we had just left. Danny formed a plan right away. He ask Steve to wait there so he could see where she went if she moved out on us. Danny picked out a tree to use as a reference point. We went back up to the top of the ridge to come down on her where she could not see us approach. Well we blew that stalk and she moved on to the next ridge over. We spotted her again and I blew another chance at her. That evening we got to see a lot more elk but could not close the distance to good shooting range with my longbow.

  The next morning we were up before day light and had a light breakfast and headed out again. It wasnt long before we spotted 3 cows on the far ridge. Danny formulated a plan and away we went again. We arrived on the ridge where the cows were and he let Steve and I out and told us to set up behind some bushes and he would try to drive cows in our direction. After waiting only a short time here they came right where he thought they would come. They caught my movement and I blew another set up.

  Danny had watched where they went so we started out to try and relocate them again. After driving around for while we came up on a bull that had been tagged with a radio collar earlier in the year, and got a good picture of him. Drove around some more and came back that way again a little later. We saw the same bull again and this time there was a cow with him. Danny stopped and let me out. But I could not get a shot right away because the bull was standing right between me and the cow. I started easing up the trail towards them after covering about 15 yards the bull stepped out of the way and gave me an open shot at the cow. During this time Danny is hitting the cow call, keeping them interested enough to give me time to get a shot off. She was quartering away at 30 yards. The good Lord gave me favor and the arrow flew true.  Thank you Lord. And thank you Steve for being there with me. Thank God for Black Stallion Bows.

  By Dale Pottinger

Maybeee John, Maybeee.

Thanks Jose', The bow is 64" 49 # @ 28" it has carbon in the limbs. We were hunting in Perry Co. . I blieve Harlan is a good county for elk also. I hope the colors are still as beautiful when you are there. It was gorgeous. God Bless.

   Dale

Thanks Randy,

GRUMPY wrote:

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and you say you never seen broke-back mountain

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Dale and Steve came to Farm Yesterday Dale is shooting Great and wth his newly aquried Bear B Mag wth # 2 Limbs has any date been set 4 a Vintage bow shoot about everyone has retro Bows to do it now ?..........  !! !!