Guest Pronghorn Posted October 5, 2007 Report Share Posted October 5, 2007 Youngest elk hunter earns his bull the hard way COMPTON – Eleven-year-old Joey Shirley forced himself to wait, to wait, to wait. Finally there was enough light. The fog lifted. Joey Shirley fired his .308-caliber rifle once, and the big bull elk went down. Shirley, who lives at Dover, was one of the four permit holders in the 2007 September Arkansas elk hunt to score. The other three downed bull elk near sundown the first day, hunting miles apart but taking the challenging big animals within a few minutes of each other. It was the morning of the fourth day before Joey Shirley connected. Just one more day remained in the hunt after that. He had missed a shot at a bull the first day. “We went to this field first thing in the morning, and there were elk in it,” Joey said. “But we weren’t close enough. We crawled. We crawled for a long way. Then we could tell it was a bull, but it wasn’t light enough yet.” He had his father, Eddie Shirley, as his hunt helper. Joey, a sixth grader, was the youngest hunter to draw a permit in the 10 years of Arkansas elk hunting. Previous youngest were two 13-year-olds who were successful in getting elk in the 2004 hunt. Joey Shirley and the other three September bull elk hunters found similar patterns in the four elk zones. All the bulls were taken on the edges of fields. That's a factor for potential hunters to keep in mind. Elk feed in the fields early and late in the day. Midday and at night they use the woods or at least the brush around the field perimeters. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
texastrophies Posted October 5, 2007 Report Share Posted October 5, 2007 Congrats to the Joey. Is that by chance you? Welcome to the forums. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bonehuntr Posted October 6, 2007 Report Share Posted October 6, 2007 Way to go,like the pros! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BR44 Posted October 6, 2007 Report Share Posted October 6, 2007 Congrats there son- that's something to very proud of! GOOD JOB !! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toddyboman Posted October 6, 2007 Report Share Posted October 6, 2007 Congrats to the young hunter :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OJR Posted October 6, 2007 Report Share Posted October 6, 2007 Congratulations on the bull! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Pronghorn Posted October 6, 2007 Report Share Posted October 6, 2007 Just proud dad!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mehunter Posted October 6, 2007 Report Share Posted October 6, 2007 Congrats...... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buckee Posted October 6, 2007 Report Share Posted October 6, 2007 Welcome to the Realtree Forums Proud Dad and way to go Joey Shirley.!!!!! you da man :cool: Sounds like he had a great coach Pronghorn Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ambuscher Posted October 15, 2007 Report Share Posted October 15, 2007 WTG Joey!!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whttlbucksteve Posted October 18, 2007 Report Share Posted October 18, 2007 Thats col congrats Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevebeilgard Posted October 18, 2007 Report Share Posted October 18, 2007 welcome, proud dad. and you sure do have something to be proud of. nice bull Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bowtech_archer07 Posted October 19, 2007 Report Share Posted October 19, 2007 Welcome to the forums and congrats to your son on a nice bull!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dakota Posted November 7, 2007 Report Share Posted November 7, 2007 Nice bull! Way to go Joey! Dakota Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beagleboy Posted November 14, 2007 Report Share Posted November 14, 2007 Congrats to your son dad!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Airman312 Posted November 21, 2007 Report Share Posted November 21, 2007 Congrats!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Jack_W Posted November 21, 2007 Report Share Posted November 21, 2007 Wow nice elk! I've never been elk hunting but I've always wanted to. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Pronghorn Posted November 26, 2007 Report Share Posted November 26, 2007 First morning I put him on a stand by himself, he kills this nice 10 pt buck. He's having a heck of year. Just thought that would share. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cinch314 Posted November 26, 2007 Report Share Posted November 26, 2007 CONGRATS Proud Dad!!!!!!!!!!!!!! That is a memory of a lifetime. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hornaddiction Posted November 26, 2007 Report Share Posted November 26, 2007 Congrats to the young hunter!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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