Elk and Jesus

When you have hunted for a long time some things become routine when your at camp. The preparations are usually the same ,hopefully you will be upgrading your skill to kill and equipment each year,you will be at the same location,same guys to hunt with and get to know them better as friends and partners. If you hunt the same area each year you can get to know it better and hopefully have better success during the season. I have done these things for a number of years now and not shot an elk ,this year shaped up to be the same until the last day we were going to hunt nov 9. I had got up late and made a breakfast in a hurry and was the last one to leave camp.Mind you i was thinking of not even going out that morning just staying in a getting ready to go home.I had hunted a total of five and a half days and only seen four cows the day before(that i had a tag for)and was not able to get a shot at them.None of anybody we knew less one guy had even seen a bull and only a couple of cows. Well by the time i got to my spot it was just before 7a which is kind late for the morning hunt by most standards.I had just gotten comfortable next to a tree overlooking a re prod that had been thinned in the last year.The thinning made it easy to see right through the trees to the other side.I had made my 300 weatherby ready and only the safety was standing between me and a shot.I was sitting on my vest because i had forgotten my pad at camp and had just got that situated when out of the corner of my left eye i saw the antler tips of an elk moving across the re prod from my left to my right. The first words out of my mouth were "thank You Jesus".I then had to reach to my left and retrieve my weatherby and get it to my shoulder for a shot.I did so without spooking the elk and once i had the crosshair's in the right spot i clicked off the safety and squeezed the trigger.The kick of a hand loaded cartridge was not even felt with the rush of Adrenalin going through me at that moment.I cranked another round into the chamber just in case ,but it was not needed,he dropped in his tracks. I called Mike ,Joe and Josh on the radio for help with him and owe them a lot for sharing in this moment and work. Some would say this was a coincidence or luck that i had only been on my stand for only five minutes when this great creation of God came into my re prod.I say it was from God that i had this opportunity to harvest such a magnificent beast.I had waited along time and it felt even better than i had dreamed it would.I am glad that i didn't give up and that God blessed me with this privilege. Keep the faith don't give up.