ELK HUNTING, AZ RIFLE BULL ELK
November 11, 2009
Kyler Barton, Joe Barton, Tim Tanner and John McClendon,
My daughter Kyler really enjoys hunting. She started hunting big game when she was 10 years old.The first tag she drew was a mule deer doe tag. That was a lot of fun to see my daughter glass for deer. It was incredibly impressive for me to watch as she shot her deer with a Remington 270 at 246 yards. It was her very first kill and she took it with one shot! Then to be able to dress out the deer with her younger brother and her great uncle, what a great memory it made. As a father at the time, I thought this might be the best hunt ever, to be outdoors with my daughter and having the time of our lives.
This year 2009 she drew a junior’s deer tag and a bull elk tag. Her elk hunt was a great from the start, we scouted for four days and hunted for five. On this hunt she really got to experience what it means to say, early to rise and late to bed. Every day she met great people and made new friends. It just happened that we camped next to John McClendon and he had finished his hunt by the fifth day. John offered to go with us and call bulls for Kyler and we accepted his offer. The morning of the fifth day, after about a one mile walk in the dark, we found ourselves surrounded by bugling bulls. John was going to do the calling, Tim was running the video camera and I would be with Kyler as her coach. Kyler and I set up with her rifle on a bipod, Tim set the video camera up and John started to call. It wasn’t long and a nice 6×6 came to within 50 yards and Kyler made a perfect shot, she was tickled and so were we. Tim captured all the action on film for a lifetime memory, it was a great experience for all.
I will tell you it is hard to beat a day hunting with your kids! A big thanks to Tim Tanner and John McClendon for helping us out on Kyler’s first elk hunt and also for hauling out the bull.
Joe Barton
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Great article. Really enjoyed the hunt, now its my turn, 11-27