On the third day of our hunt, Allyson and I hiked 3 miles over a ridge and into a remote basin in Sawtooths.  The temp was about 80 degrees, so I headed for the only water within a mile, a small creek where I took an elk two years ago.  We waited for the thermals to start coming downhill(6pm) before we carefully moved up into a narrow growth of pines that surrounded the creek before giving way to aspens.  I set up 70 yards uphill from Allyson in an excellent ambush spot where elk were forced to use one trail.  After she and I did some cow calls for 10 minutes I heard an elk approaching from above on the trail I was setup on.  A calf appeared looking for the lost cows that had been calling below.  I immediately stopped calling and the calf passed by less than 20 yards heading down the ridge towards Allyson.  Allyson ceased calling and the calf came within 5 yards of her looking for the cows.  About the same time I heard another elk slowly approaching on the same trail.  The wind was perfectly coming down the hill, and my outline was broken up by a big ponderosa pine.  I strained to see what was slowly working its way down the ridge through the pines.  I caught a glimpse of antler high above the bulls head, game on!  I slowly raised my bow and prepared for the shot.  The bull took 2 more steps and froze, surveying the woods below, oblivious to the strange object to his side at full draw.  I released the arrow and heard a familiar noise as the bull jumped off the trail and looked around trying to figure what had happened.  He slowly walked 40 yards into the adjacent aspens.  Within in a minute I heard some crashing.  I cautiously worked down the ridge to get Allyson who was completely unaware that I had just seen a bull.  I filled her in and we quietly worked back to my ambush spot where we heard the bull taking some final breaths.  We waited 10 minutes and then went into the aspens where we last heard the bull.  There he laid not more than 40 yards from the ambush point, a beautiful 6x6!  I was very pleased with my new Bowtech Tribute!