At least five or six distinct different bugles rang out nearly non-stop, as herd bulls raged and attempted

to get their harem separated.

It was one of those magical times when not just two, but three or more groups

of rotting elk collided. I knelt on a tiny ridge dissecting a confluence of valleys and bigger ridges and beaver ponds

and searched almost frantically for a big bull elk I knew had to be near. I saw three or four different five by five bulls. A young

four-point bull watered just yards from me in a little beaver pond.

Spike bulls scattered like pebbles as bigger bulls

rampaged their way through them,

bugling and pushing cows.

Now finally, a shape materialized through the dense trees and underbrush, not far away.

It was a bull's shoulder, heavy, well-muscled. I could see just a piece of his face with one eye, and he'd pinned me.

Above, in a tiny opening, a piece of an antler floated it really looked like the whale tail formed by the main beam and fifth point of a mature 6x bull and that was enough for me to gamble on.

It was 60 or 70 yards through the forest and the 6.5 PRC I was packing was anything but the ideal brushbuster. But I found a gap free of twigs and

threaded the needle through into that bull's shoulder and killed him cleanly. It was indeed a six-point and

the biggest bull I saw on that hunt. Now as you'd likely guess from the title of this episode our primary topic today is Bush Rifles and

Brush-busting cartridges and bullets

Recently a listener wrote in with a unique question that inspired this episode.

I'm going to read it. He wrote, Hey Joseph, I've recently discovered your podcast

and of really enjoy your content.

This email is coming to you from British Columbia

and the Great White North of Canada.

In one of your recent episodes, you did a deep dive into recommendations for a listener asking about a particular

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