Patience pays nicely for elk hunter | The Courier-Journal

By Gary Garth • Special to The Courier-Journal

Kentuckys firearm bull elk quota hunt ended Friday, and the vast majority of the hunters who held tags were successful.

George Johnson of Louisville was one of them.

He was hunting near Hazard last weekend with guide Voncel Thacker, accompanied by friends Alan Blair and Ken Tuck of Louisville. They camped near their hunting site the night before opening morning.

We were on top of this glorious mountain,” said Johnson, 49. “Then we got up Saturday morning and heard some elk bugling.”

By midmorning Thacker had called two bulls, a 6 x 6 and a 4 x 6, within 20 yards of Johnson, an experienced deer hunter but a rookie with elk. He passed on both shots, but by the next afternoon he was having second thoughts  Full Story

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