Is anyone hunting the North slope this weekend?

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So the hunt was good but turned out kind of bad. I scouted an area I thought held elk. They appeared to be still in there as of Friday night still so I didn't push to far in there for fear of scaring them out. Saturday I got in there early and put myself in the right spot. A big bull with his cows came bye about 100 yds away, 5X5 which is massive on my standards. In any case the cows winded me and were grouped all around the bull. I got what I thought was a clean shot at 100 while they were trotting (low chest) and another at 150 at a dead run (embarassed to say in the rear end). The elk didn't blead much, my family and friends tracked this thing all moring and about 1230 as the rain was starting to fall we jumped it out of where it was laying down, a 70 year old man shot it a couple hundred yards away from me, 40 yds from him. I wanted to cry. I know the law is it's his elk but dang it I'm still not thrilled with the outcome for obvious reasons. We tracked that thing forever, did all the homework, did all the work and didn't get the elk. I wish those cows would have stayed away from the bull so I could have put another one into him but they stayed all around him. It prevented me from taking an ethical shot. I'm truly bummed!
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