High Country Wyoming Elk Hunt

[@johnclarke8170]

Now that's what you call " shooting " not hunting.

[@IPSCJOHNWICK]

Awesome hunt guys and great shot Mike, Question do you guys use hand loaded Ammo or is it just factory if so what type do you use.?

[@RimfirePursuit]

They use hand loaded Gunwerks ammo.

[@horstsommer]

If you shout all the bulls than who will produce more bulls finally ?? Why dont you shout the female there are so many. If everybody do what you do than one day........? Sometimes we need to count 1 and 1 together and than we know if our way can work for the long run ??? Even as a hunter we need to understand how animal life is working. Best regards

[@bobbybostick8297]

Horst Sommer , you’re clearly not a biologist. One bull can “service” a herd of cows. You only shoot cows to lower the population when the heard is over goal population.

[@dirkmostert8062]

That is not hunting. But great shot though.

[@willong1000]

Not hunting? They passed on lesser animals and persisted it scouring the country and terrain until they located a group of bachelor bulls, which they figured had to be there somewhere. No offense, Dirk, but that sounds like hunting to me; although, maybe not the type that you prefer. I don't like sitting in a tree stand watching a bait pile, but I admit it is a very effective means of hunting (and managing deer and bear) for those so inclined.

[@randysandberg5615]

1080 yds. Great shooting. Are we giving the elk a chance anymore? I think we might be losing something of the hunt nowdays.

[@JamesSchrader-i7o]

He still has to walk to get it, hahahaa,

[@tylermorrison3654]

Good shooting! Just one criticism, keep the orange on when hunting in WY during rifle season.

[@willong1000]

Impressive shot there! What caliber and load were you using? Impressive shooting by the camera operator too! It's nice to see that some people still know the value of a well-framed shot and a steady hold!

[@islandmick6349]

Thanks for the video. That was an awesome shot. Quick, clean and accurate...what more could anyone want? Oh yeah, they want you to stalk in closer, they want you to not use a scope, they want you to do it how THEY feel it should be done...FFS people, this is one very good example of a form of hunting, so how about simply recognising it as thus and appreciating the animal didn't suffer for a prolonged period/was eaten and appreciated by someone who seems to me to be pretty ethical and has taken the time and effort to educate the rest of us who might not get to experience a horse back hunt in Wyoming (A very very far place from where I live) When I see those same naysayers post up a video of them tackling a bull Elk to the ground so they can finish it with a Swiss Army knife, I'd be happy to retract my opinion...huh?.

[@troynichols9788]

Damn nice shot - you earned it - you're kid's gonna be stoked. Can you describe the rifle & optics used? And what magnification zoom did you take the shot with?

[@stoneguy223]

Keep in mind i know nothing about elk hunting ....but is it necessary to shoot from those distances ,are elk more difficult to get close to? Just curious ...Great shooting

[@tonyel120]

People hunt them with a bow(less then 50 yds) so it depends.

[@OMGUKILLKENNY2]

tony elia Keep in mind archery season takes place during the runt, so bull elk are less concerned about predators and more concerned about finding a mate, making them easier to lure in with calls.

[@pokerman9108]

+stoneguy223 I grew up in the mountains of Idaho and have hunted elk my whole life. It really depends on the terrain. It is very open in these parts of WY so it is hard to get close. Most of the time the cows will bust you and elk run and run and run. Never to be seen again that day, In the trees you can get in close. I killed a bull with my bow at 7 yards.

[@erika-patrivers9331]

Many elk are taken bow hunting. Shooting at that distance is unethical

[@tyb3938]

@@erika-patrivers9331 the bull dropped in his tracks, that is as ethical as it gets, perhaps not your style and that is cool, I love to bow hunt and had stalks everyday this year and within 20 yards of a monster before he busted from his bed but no shot. Bow season is scouting, my wife and kids fill the freezer with their rifles. Folks who don’t practice and dial in their gear wound animals at 200 yards and I would say that is less ethical. My daughter dropped her bull in his tracks at 80 yards while he was running another bull off and my wifes bull made in ten feet before he laid down and died from her 7mm-08 at 293 yards. Both of those girls have plenty time behind their rifles and anything under 400 is on the ground, but they are not shooting the cannon Mike had. Calling 10wind at 1080, that is hard. My 212 eldx out of 300WM would be 4.5 or 3.2 right to left MOA wind, so they are probably shooting a 300 cannon, but still calling the wind, hard. Ethical distance depends on your equipment and skill level, no one size fits all

[@BladeHQ]

Good Shooting Guys!

[@7minkeyman]

Great video and great shot! I'm guessing you're using your Gunwerks ammo, but what cartridge were you shooting and what load? Was the elk hit in the spine to drop like that or does the cartridge you used have a ton of energy left at 1080? Keep up the awesome vids!

[@scarney19]

WOW! Great shooting and great bull

[@thereturningboomerang]

Great video. Fail on music choice! I want to feel & hear the hunt not be a dramatic rock concert.... 🙄

[@Ianreason68]

Brilliant, thanks for sharing.

[@carldewitz2982]

That was impressive good shot

[@elizabethgenovaheberle7641]

thats not hunting! C'Mon man those scopes should be illegal. without that scope the shot would be impossible.

[@gtthgld]

Without a scope there would be a lot more animals wounded and a lot more suffering by the animals, is that what you want to see.

[@stephenferguson6363]

There are people out there that can consistantly put shot after shot into the kill zone at these distances it takes practice but it people like you donald that try to control peoples lives that i hate once they ban that scope why not ban them all then guns then knives over 5 inches then heck every one should be on a cerfu and not be allowed out past 10 oclock with a permit......see where im going with this keep your liberal nazi bull shit to your self

[@stephenferguson6363]

Sorry man ment to bitch out elizabeth genova

[@MetricButtload]

so what is your point? It's hunting, it's not supposed to be fair, Who ever said the point of hunting was a sporting chance for the animal? The point is a quick and humane as possible kill, and then eat it. The idea of giving some advantage to the animal while hunting is in your own stupid head.

[@tashannon1745]

Are you seriously trying to tell me that the scope made the kill? Hell no. It doesn't matter how much zoom you have, you still have to know exactly where to anticipate the bullet at range like that. And zoom does not affect your ability to hold cross hairs steady. I bet you couldn't make that kill at 300yds much less 1080. Thats called talent

[@MillerTime-406]

Great shot! And awesome video. But something I'd like to see/hear is your process of doping for wind. And what cartridge/load your using. It's the only thing missing from all of the sweet hunting videos. Thanks

[@roxylu5434]

nice! what caliber ? 7mm remington mag ???

[@bossebatong]

what caliber and bullet did you use?? Really nice shot!

[@sonyou98]

1000 yds isn't hunting

[@CLove511]

It's harvesting.

[@outdoors-gs9td]

an elk is on my bucket list from any state, But Wyoming wwould be cool 4 sure!!!

[@msa4548]

I know the goal of hunting is to tag an animal, but I would take just getting to see that many elk.

[@jakeweston8616]

What caliber are they using? 300win?

[@willong1000]

Hey HATERS, think about this: If you hunt, but criticize those who also hunt, only they use a different method than you do, you just provide false narratives for the anti-hunters to adopt and recycle. Make no mistake, those are FALSE criticisms when you make flat, declarative statements about skills and methods that you yourself have not developed! Whether your idea of sport is to creep within spear-thrusting range of a sleeping bear, or make a clean, one-shot kill on a feeding bull elk, I assure you both require an incredible investment of time and practice to develop the requisite SKILL to do so, especially if one is to pull it off repeatedly.

[@willong1000]

I began shooting with a Daisy at 5; rabbit and quail hunting with a single-shot .410 at age 9; and I've hunted with a rifle since I was 12. As I was growing up, my folks and I, often accompanied by some of my dad's friends from work, would spend at least one weekend per month burning powder on the edge of the Mojave--we'd begun reloading ammunition in 1962. We zeroed our rifles (with fixed 4x and 6x scopes back then) at 200 or 250 yards depending upon the caliber. After we were "printing" good, tight groups from the bench, we then scattered gallon bleach jugs filled with water randomly across the hills out to 500 yards and went to work from various shooting positions, including offhand. Now, I'll be the first to admit that offhand hits at 500 yards by anyone in our group were only occasional "lucky" hits. However, with practice, shots from rest, prone, and sitting (usually with aid of "hasty" sling) became regular and repeatable. Moreover, one became a confident shooter, secure in his ability to judge distance and reticle "holdover" and to dope the wind.

[@tomschumacher5434]

That’s a nice buckskin Mike is riding. Love Gunwerks as always 👌🏼

[@mattszarowicz3720]

What's the name of your range finder called. That tells you to dial your scope to 1000 yrds

[@daveobsoleteammo4547]

The range finder tells you the distance ONLY . A program created for your guns caliber and bullet weight used tells them where to dial in the scope and how much to hold left or right according to what wind speed you have chosen for the distance of that caliber and the bullet weight bullet used .

[@tikkamarksman]

Nice shooting ! And a nice bull ? I have lookt on a bunch of shootingtecnikvideos and shooting a lot myself , what do you think of "straight behind the rifle" ..? , I see you guys don't practice that ... What do you do with th meat ? Br Anders Ö from Sweden

[@cratxn1]

Yeah Mike the more you hunt Africa...the less you hunt Alaska. I'm with you, Aug-Sept is the time for the high country. What a sunrise at 5:04 !

[@randyhalligan7587]

Why do you have four horses fully packed when going in on a last day hunt?

[@alecpinero1257]

The vapor trail on that shot was insane... that barrel was angled up pretty high for that shot!

[@daltonkforsythe]

what power scope are you running?

[@mikewyd53]

this isn't hunting, it is shooting.

[@WeakDesign]

whats the bipod that you are using?

[@daveobsoleteammo4547]

it helps hold the camera steady for longer distance viewing .

[@almirlilic2778]

what unit ? lol

[@noahmylleville3078]

wow nice bull

[@savelove5806]

what a shot

[@troy4219]

That's OK, next time you'll get closer! Remember Hunting begins when the Game Animals can see, hear and smell you, (Fair Chase?!)

[@daveobsoleteammo4547]

Tell that to someone who must use a tree stand to see deer because the woods are too thick to see them while on the ground .

[@davidburns6073]

no matter how good you think you are - that is unethical to shoot at that distance

[@pokerman9108]

+David Burns Dumb thing to say. if you can make the shot then it is fine.

[@buckfield_outdoors418]

+PokerMan also are there Moose in Wyoming ik u probably think I'm stupid but I have no experience there except the one day I went which was when I was 11

[@pokerman9108]

#DavidRulesAtPvp 9 ?

[@ravenfeather7087]

B Huff - Technology is so good today you can set up a remote control rifle in Texas and pull the trigger in a skyscraper in New York. Is that hunting? This isn't a hunting video, in my opinion. This is a bragging video. the first brag being killing a trophy animal as exemplified by the passing up of smaller horned legal quarry. When by the "hunter's" own admission trophy heads were scarce. Why not show a little self-discipline and shoot a raggedy-ass cull bull or cow in order to pass on the trophy genetics and possibly let a mature bull make it until next year? The reason is of course it's just not as big a brag. The second brag is of course the long shot. I don't have an issue with someone taking a long shot if they know they can do it with the same success rate as a short one of say 200 yards. If they've had plenty of practice shooting rocks at 1K yards. If their wounding rate is lower at say 200 yards as compared to 1K, then the 1K shot is unethical and at the least if they wound an animal at that range they should consider their tag filled. And the long shot is at least partially about selling a product. A big part of the reason for the bragging. In essence, if you have the tag it's your choice how to fill it. As long as the kill is humane and you know your limitations well enough to not be wounding and losing animals that eventually die. Animals that are then not included in harvest statistics. But there are other aspects of "hunting" that make it either hunting or something else more commercial and less ethical by my well developed standards. I'm not big on commercial hunting. And if you violate what I consider to be appropriate ethics we may talk about it. I am a bow hunter by the way. Which is the only reason I responded. I'd match my success ratio/wounding rate against you or the shooter's any time you want to compare. That's the reason why it's risky to be anti anything. You end up making generalizations. And pissing people off.

[@samsquantch14]

how? animal never got spooked and it was a clean kill....there was no way to get closer...im guessing you're a bow hunter

[@Pur3Fall3nTrag3dy]

Nice shot. What caliber did you use for that long shot? Love your hunting videos...

[@savage7477]

Good job Gunwerks!! keep the long range shots going I love it.

[@craigmurray5367]

sit there for 30 min trying to figure out the wind, just get closer damn it... you don't have to snipe the animal you're hunting

[@hellgate1981]

lame......elk have no natural enemies at 600yds......try actually stalking the critter......leave your purse at home

[@scottmiller6331]

Apparently they do. It appears they have an enemy at 1,000 yards too.

[@OreWaSpencer]

How would a beginner hunter get started doing the things you guys do? Your hunting videos are incredible.

[@willong1000]

I see that your post is already three years old--did you ever find a mentor to help you along with your hunting interests?

[@jacksquat2000]

Great shot by a good shooter. Too bad he's a lousy hunter that he can't get closer than 1000 yards.

[@385638]

I wonder if he dressed and hauled it out or just left it for the guides!

[@snap-off5383]

He IS the guide, that is his back yard for the last 36 years.

[@scottmontgomery4537]

Nice shootin Tex! What would you do without that $2500 scope though?