It's a VelveteeN!

Nate's bull


Rance's bull

So.. here is the bull that Nathan shot on the 1st of August. He had been scouting out these bulls for at least 3 weeks before the opener. He was able to film these bulls a couple of times too. There were a total of 8 bulls in this bachelor herd. Nathan is calling this bull his "unicorn" because he has been trying to get one in the velvet for about 3 years now. Finally he was able to put the hammer down on one. It was a hard hunt. People might thing, "How hard is a desert hunt? Really?" Well, let me tell ya... First you have to find the sneeky SOB's just laying out in the middle of nowhere in some sagebrush. Then Nate and Rance walked about 5 miles into the desert, in 100 degree weather. By the time they got to them, they were out of water. Out on that hot desert and on the black lava rocks. Besides the heat stroke and the mental anguish of thinking, "Are we there yet?", "Don't look up because you are just going to be disappointed that you still have 3 more miles to walk." and "I think that I could drink my own piss because I am so thirsty!". Luckily, they were able to come out on top. You never know how open hunts are going to go. Even though you have done your homework and scouted them out, knowing where they go to sleep and eat, it doesn't matter. There is always going to be those idiots that drive through the hay fields at 4am trying to scare anything up and chasing the critters on their 4-wheelers and trucks. Until the animals are running with all their touges hanging out. Anyways, I am not going to go on about how lazy people are, we are just happy it worked out for them both. Congrats guys. (too bad mine is going to be bigger this year!!) haha.