Preston Mercer's Arizona Elk

My friend, Preston Mercer, harvested a bull of a lifetime this season with his bow. I have known and admired Preston for years for being a great hunter but more importantly for being a great person and godly man. I was fortunate to meet his lovely wife Kelsey and their three boys this elk season. Preston and I did some scouting prior to the hunt this year and had a great time. Preston was able to harvest the trophy of his dreams! Here is an excerpt from his story, "Fifteen minutes later I heard a wimpy sounding bugle a half mile from the wallow. Thirtyminutes later I heard another wimpy sounding bugle, but quite a bit closer. What the heck, I might as well call in an rag horn bull. Two cow calls andten seconds later THE BULL came running across the meadow right to thewallow!!! I couldn't believe it. One of the biggest bulls I have ever seen and he had the worst bugle ever- but I didn't care he was @ 61 yds and Iwas ready. The arrow passed completely through him- I immediately nocked another arrow hoping to get another in him as he ran by and was able to at3 0 yds. He ran out into the meadow and stopped behind some cedar trees @84 yds. I had another arrow ready and had been practicing daily out to 80. When he stepped out he was 95-100 yds and quartered away- I shot again and the arrow entered his hind quarter angling towards vitals. Must have hit a big artery as he was bleeding well now. He went another 30 yds and bedded.The rest is history. I can't believe a lifetime of preperation was on acrash course with 5 seconds of opportunity and I was able to keep enough composure to make it happen." Nice job Preston!! This bull has been unofficially gross scored at 412 and should net very close to 400!!