Levi harvested this beautiful 6×6 elk in Peck, Idaho. He was hunting at Boulder Creek Outfitters with his dad Mark, Johnny Heath, Charles Shook. Brandon Brown was behind the camera. This was Levi’s first time elk hunting and after being in the Idaho wilderness for about 2 hours he had this big bull on the ground. The entire hunt was captured by the Life on the Road cameras for an awesome over the shoulder experience that you will be able to share with Levi, Samantha and the rest of the Road Crew next fall.
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Well, we were actually going to Boulder Creek to whitetail hunt. Little did I know that they had way more than Whitetail to offer. After sitting in the stand and watching whitetail, mule deer, bear, turkey, and listening to elk bugle for a couple of days, Dad and I came back in to camp to find that our buddy Shook had done something that is probably one of the coolest things I’ve ever heard. He shot a huge mountain lion from his tree stand. It started to climb up the tree when the lion realized that Shook had already taken his spot. The lion showed Shook his teeth, hissed and then died after Shook double-lunged him with his switch back. The cat weighed about 160 pounds and was 8 ½ feet long from nose to tail.
With only one day left to hunt Johnny talked me into getting an elk tag. He said he was “tired of listening to that bull bugle across the canyon and if I didn’t get the tag then he would”. So, I drove to town, got the tag and we were back in the woods with about 2 ½ hours of daylight left on the final evening of our hunt. It took us about an hour walking as hard as we could to get close to where we thought the herd would be. Johnny and the guide, Matt, were behind me about 50 yards “cow calling” really soft. It wasn’t long and we heard some of the cows answering us back. The bull wasn’t bugling but we got set up anyway.
It was a good thing because in no time the cows were standing about 7 yards away and a big Idaho 6×6 had just busted out in the edge of the field and was slowly working towards us. The wind was good for the bull but the cows were now almost behind us and I knew it wouldn’t be long before we were toast. I went ahead and ranged the bull. He was broadside at 91 yards. Not the ideal bow shot, but I was confident if that’s what I had to do. About that time the lead cow bolted and the bull was on full alert. It was now or never. I made sure Brandon was on him with the camera and I drew my bow. I settled the pin and started to slowly squeeze the Tru Ball HT…
As for the rest watch for the hunt next fall on Life on the Road. You’ve gotta see an arrow flying 90 yards at an elk. I want to thank the Lord first and then Johnny and Matt for calling the bull in. If any of you guys or girls are interested in going to Idaho to hunt pretty much anything, you’ve got to check out the Boulder Creek website. Boulder Creek is one of the most awesome places I’ve ever hunted and the people are awesome too. Thanks to Tim and Matt for an awesome time! We’re headed to Oregon now to try and smack another big bull with Battle Creek Outfitters. Keep us in your prayers and we’ll keep you posted. LEVI
Peck ID – First Elk!
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