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Hey
get this!, This has got to be the biggest 'fish tale'
ever!
I
got a call today from a good friend Jeff. He is a flying / hunting buddy
and he also happens to enjoy fly fishing with his wife Mimi. This weekend
he and his wife decided to head up to the White Mountains for a little
trout fishing. As the day wore on Mimi got cold in her fishing tube and
decided to head out to the truck to warm up a bit. When she was leaving
the lake the brush behind Jeff started crashing and creaking with the
sounds of an animal coming to water in the afternoon. To Jeff's surprise
less than a hundred yards away a bull elk appeared and walked out into the
water to cool off and drink. The bull had a nice rack but appeared
emaciated. The farther the bull went in to the water the closer he got to
Jeff in his tube. The bull would stick his head under water and surface
again and didn't seem to mind Jeff's presence. Odd behavior for this time
of year for sure! Jeff was enjoying this site and relishing the moment,
until one of the bull's dunks seemed to take too long. Curious, Jeff
paddled over to the bull which had now been submerged for a very long
time. He could see the bulls head and his eyes were open, but he was not
moving. Jeff got close enough to hit it on the back several times with his
fly rod. Convinced that something had gone wrong Jeff grabbed the bull by
the horns (no pun intended) and sure enough, the bull had
drowned!
Amazed at the whole ordeal Jeff grabbed an antler and paddled
for the shore. After pulling the bull on to the shore Jeff called the game
and fish and waited for an officer to arrive. turns out the bull had an
old compound fracture between the right ankle and knee. Infection had set
in and was rampant throughout the bulls body. The game officer said that
under these conditions the animal runs a high fever and stays close to
water all day to go in and cool off. Unfortunately during this 'cooling
session' he had finally ran out of energy to swim and drowned. Jeff was
allowed to keep the rack and was issued a tag for it. The meat however was
full of bacteria and was a loss.
Although the bull has yet to be
measured yet I estimate it will be in the 320 - 330 range... just goes to
show those big magnums are not always necessary!
Hope everyone
elses season is going well!
get this!, This has got to be the biggest 'fish tale'
ever!
I
got a call today from a good friend Jeff. He is a flying / hunting buddy
and he also happens to enjoy fly fishing with his wife Mimi. This weekend
he and his wife decided to head up to the White Mountains for a little
trout fishing. As the day wore on Mimi got cold in her fishing tube and
decided to head out to the truck to warm up a bit. When she was leaving
the lake the brush behind Jeff started crashing and creaking with the
sounds of an animal coming to water in the afternoon. To Jeff's surprise
less than a hundred yards away a bull elk appeared and walked out into the
water to cool off and drink. The bull had a nice rack but appeared
emaciated. The farther the bull went in to the water the closer he got to
Jeff in his tube. The bull would stick his head under water and surface
again and didn't seem to mind Jeff's presence. Odd behavior for this time
of year for sure! Jeff was enjoying this site and relishing the moment,
until one of the bull's dunks seemed to take too long. Curious, Jeff
paddled over to the bull which had now been submerged for a very long
time. He could see the bulls head and his eyes were open, but he was not
moving. Jeff got close enough to hit it on the back several times with his
fly rod. Convinced that something had gone wrong Jeff grabbed the bull by
the horns (no pun intended) and sure enough, the bull had
drowned!
Amazed at the whole ordeal Jeff grabbed an antler and paddled
for the shore. After pulling the bull on to the shore Jeff called the game
and fish and waited for an officer to arrive. turns out the bull had an
old compound fracture between the right ankle and knee. Infection had set
in and was rampant throughout the bulls body. The game officer said that
under these conditions the animal runs a high fever and stays close to
water all day to go in and cool off. Unfortunately during this 'cooling
session' he had finally ran out of energy to swim and drowned. Jeff was
allowed to keep the rack and was issued a tag for it. The meat however was
full of bacteria and was a loss.
Although the bull has yet to be
measured yet I estimate it will be in the 320 - 330 range... just goes to
show those big magnums are not always necessary!
Hope everyone
elses season is going well!
Fly rod in hand with a very respectable 6x6 bull...priceless
