All right, folks, we are here to talk through what happens after the shot on a bull elkut.

You've just pulled the trigger, hopefully squeezed the trigger.

I'm here with Ron Spomer and Tate Bradfield.

Hello.

And we are teaching our boot camp class, our El-Cunning boot camp course for 2024.

We've had a grand time so far and we've kind of reached the epitome of your hunt, right?

This is right after that moment of truth, the pinnacle of what we've been striving for, to earn the opportunity

to shoot at an elk and then do so effectively.

Now of course the easy scenario is if that bull elk has dropped right in front of you.

You watch him, watch until he takes his last breath, you're sure he's done and you approach because he's 200 yards across a nice open metal.

But we're going to take the worst case scenario, and let's say you're 450 yards across a canyon with limited visibility as you climb the other

side you feel confident that you hit that bull through the vitals but he

jumped into the brush whether it's oak brush or pine trees or whatever, he's gone, right?

It's now your responsibility to do what?

That is our discussion of the day.

And Ron, you've probably shot more elk than Tate and I put together in the course of your 150 years

It adds up eventually. So why don't you lead us off here? Yeah, well obviously the first

thing to do is make sure you've shot that elk and he's dead. So don't get out of your

rifle and start high-fiving and all the rest of it. He could jump up and run off

or something. So I like to keep my eye in the scope.

Recove from the shot, try to see the hit so you know where you hit him, gives you an idea

like, oh that was too far back, I better shoot again. If he falls dead instantly,

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