10-11-2010, 01:32 PM
it's a bummer, we have all pushed animals that we were on to other hunters over the years. That is really one of my biggest issues with how hunting is set up in Utah. There is someone behind every tree on any general hunt. I really wish that there were either numerous, small hunting areas or multiple hunts to break up the number of people in an area at once. It forces hunters into making decisions they normally wouldn't have (not saying you did anything wrong) and pushing animals when they would normally back off. You have to make a move because if you don't, someone else will. Best thing you can take out of the situation is that the elk was taken and tagged and not wounded and lost, especially with the rain coming in. Did you get a chance to see how well the bull was hit from the first shot?
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