Team member Troy Spolum heads to New Mexico, where he makes a phenomenal shot on his first bull elk.
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Hi Guys [Applause] Well we just got picked up and we're on Our way to the airport O'Hare here we Come Our 2023 New Mexico elk hunt begins now What kind of began when we were all Practicing we have been practicing in The past couple weeks but we're ready to Rock we got the we're loaded up to the Gills and we're short one you got my dad Up front And Tim And myself and Todd we are meeting him At the airport hopefully You guys want to make a bet whether he's Late and rushing in I'm not sure he's There really yeah Well hopefully Todd shows up when we got Our four we're on our way to New Mexico We're super pumped First time ever this kind of fell into Our laps and it's a great opportunity so We're gonna take you along for the Journey here we all made it through Todd Was here actually early nice socks dude You like those those don't look like uh That's nice of you to put it down on Your socks for make them feel well Maybe I don't know if Todd drinks that you Just drink nothing but water and out Here and I'll Splurge for Pepsi
Are you I didn't tell him in advance That you needed an air-conditioned Hunting blinds In order to hunt I mean first class Right into that are you sure you're Gonna be able to handle it Yeah you boys are in first class First Class People up front there Was your ride we're back there slumming It together How many do they give you caviar what's It like up here it was nice Olive oil Let's do this this is the moment of Truth right here whether or not All right who's first boom there's mine How do you get so many stickers Well we are Still an hour and a half away because I've never seen someone drive so slow Look at that look at you're missing a Really cool thing Dude that's a cool thing I think you're A lot hard left Okay well It's getting uh late we are at the lodge We are unpacking right now just caught Up with Brian I'm gonna do some scouting I do some fishing Gonna be a great day Tim how you feeling feeling better oh my God this is a giant dump I just took it Life is just great
Look at this so that was one taking off This property last year over 300. you Think you said 340. But uh hopefully we don't run into any Of those Preferably not You ready for this I feel good I'm glad that we have this Whole day just to kind of get prepped And get organized and get ready do some Scouting I'm gonna pick out my my bowl We're um That's what they said we're gonna do This morning get up and kind of glass Some of those big open areas I mean as long as we pull off that hunt That Paul Morrison had a three yards What more do we need to worry about have That GoPro run all right Oh yeah What's the plan you guys got your wallet Talk to me Troy hello perfect With good planning because because the Professional Hunters that we are we got Here a day really here we go let's find Some elk this is the start of our season Here we go boys there's the mountain You're recording Would you do change the ND filter yeah I'm gonna I'll be honest Brian I don't Think I could pass that what What do you think boys That one right there
That's so beautiful Correct me Tim 30 and a 40. Okay Much better it's amazing when you use The right pin that's for sure [Music] All right we just pulled up to the spot And uh where are we at we are going to Be hunting out of poacher's paradise And how did it get that name well we're It's a it's a good Ridge has a bunch of Fingers coming up to it out of some Alfalfa Fields so it's a great place if There were poachers here it'd be a great Place to kill some elk that's a creative Name Tim and I like to get creative with The box so I can appreciate you getting Creative for the spot's rotten so all Right well we're legal we have our tags And we're gonna go try and kill a bull Today so here we go All right Sun's gonna set in about just Over half hour 35 minutes Still a little Breezy I've heard a thing We are here We smell the okay down There This is the absolute most beautiful view D3 I still feel okay Woke up this morning a little tired But uh
Doing well and I'm gonna Continue with the face paint thinking It's gonna do something Hey Oh My God 725 It's been great action Unfortunately every time we move we bust Something At like a little Pole Here We've kind of been messing with but now I've been morale Come down Here We don't really know what else is there But we just had a cow go 55 yards Yeah Well good morning Day four here in New Mexico I tell you What the country's beautiful we have hit Kind of a warm streak here so it hasn't Been the almost ultimate hunting but It's probably pretty typical for an Early season hunt you know you get Pretty excited about getting out there Whether you're Whitetail hunting or elk Hunting but the reality is they're just Not moving as much as we would like to Movement and they're just not Screaming like the way that you'd want Them to be screaming a lot of times They'll just kind of give one to get the
Cows moving in the evening and maybe We've heard a couple in the morning but It's been a little Grim so day four We've got four of us hunting hard I mean Tim Troy and Don so we're gonna keep on Hammering and hopefully with a little Bit of luck we're gonna finally put one Down here on day four because time is Running out we're not far from where we Were yesterday morning now we're going Across the valley Probably another Valley over actually Right yeah the ridge over yeah We've heard elk in the area let's hope They're here today Let's hope they're vocal And we get on something getting down to Crunch time [Music] Get over about that tree [Music] Thank you Okay I need to move I need to move [Music] [Music] Okay [Music] Up [Music] Here Foreign [Applause]
Shoulder but then opposite side and he Was like Just the flood right in front of me just Pumping I think he was like right about My first Bowl ever baby And within 50 yards Look at this beautiful country baby Oh dude I'm so jacked off right now Let's go check them out let's check him Out Now that is a a little yeah yeah I just Saw that that's a gorgeous sight right There oh my God Good job man Awesome shot Look at all the blood Just That's the exit Dude Great shot yeah My first bull elk One two three four five it's the six The adrenaline intensity was so Incredible Oh it was like There was a little out there when I kept Hearing let me get close to my heart was Just I at one point thought I heard him Coming And it was just my heart like I thought I heard footsteps Oh [Music] Man that's awesome
Oh I'm gonna get the adrenaline down Oh yeah Oh man Well here he is and we didn't have to go Very far he died about 30 yards from Where I shot him and uh I don't know if You could see it but it was a hard shot Um what a heck of a trip uh here in New Mexico with adrenaline Outfitters now This is the first time this just came About and um from through mutual friends And we got connected with Brian and his Family and I'm glad we did because this Is my first bull elk we've been up here For four days I'm up here with my dad my Best friend Tim my good friend Todd Graf And uh we've been chasing all week it's Been super hot super windy and the Bulls Haven't been vocal so it's been really Hard to get on them Um this is my first opportunity and we Made account uh this morning we came up There was no bugle and no noise again Got up to the edge of this open area Here and uh ultimately we just heard I Think he chuckled a little bit so we got Set up made the perfect setup I went up Ahead about 30 yards and uh Ryan was Able to get him to call back a few times And we sat and were patient we could Hear he was with a few cows ultimately He made the mistake and pushed the cows Out the cows ended up coming down about
55 yards and he made the mistake of Coming a little bit closer to about 35 Yards made a good shot went straight Through full pass through I think both Shoulders and I'm shooting the ignite Four from nap and what a pass through That what a great shot I'm really really Happy overall just an amazing experience I can't wait to share this Um with Todd and my dad and Tim but guys If you haven't archery elk Hunter before You don't know what you're missing the Adrenaline the intensity was so Incredible and I just have to thank you Know my dad for getting me into this Sport and ultimately you know getting me Up here so man Nothing Better Uh here we are September I don't know It's probably like the ninth somewhere In there uh day four we had one day left And I got the job done awesome bow Hunter die [Music] Oh and yes Todd don't worry buddy I got It on a GoPro that's all that was the Number one question that now we can Celebrate now we can actually celebrate [Music] Thanks That's what you see uh in front of the Camera you should see what's going on Let's get a little closer