Amanda Sisson and her 2007 bull accompanied by her two hunting partners Ron Sisson [father], and Mike Ihnat.

This elk was Amanda's 5th bull she has taken with a bow. She has shot 2 Rocky Mountain elk in Idaho and 3 Roosevelt's in Oregon!

Ron Sisson and his 2007 elk along with his hunting partners Melody Sisson [wife], Amanda Sisson [daughter], and Mike Ihnat.

Melody Sisson and her 2007 elk, her first bull elk!

Three successful 2007 hunters, the Sisson family, Ron, Melody and Amanda. All bulls were shot in the Trask Unit of Oregon.

Amanda Sisson with her 2007 Blacktail 4x4 buck shot in the Santiam Unit of Oregon. This buck was her 4th, but it was the first one that she shot with a bow. She has taken 1 with a muzzle loader and 2 with a rifle.

Jacob Ramsey with his first bull elk harvest, September 7th, 2007. The bull was called into 5 yards by his hunting partner Mark. 

Jacob submitted this story, "Hello my name is Jacob Ramsey and I am a current Member. This is my first Bull ever harvested. My friend Mark and I spent several weekends in July and  August of 2007 scouting in Eastern Oregon and located Elk in several areas. Our hunt started on the 5th of September. Our first morning we had bulls bugling in our area. We located several bulls the first two days but could not close the deal on any of them. On the morning of the 7th we got up and started hiking into an area we had heard some bulls in the first morning. We located a nice bench with a lot of fresh elk sign and had a bull bugling ahead of us in some timber. My buddy Mark decided that this bench would be a good spot to set up and do some calling. I got set up on the edge of the bench where I had several shooting lanes and Mark backed off about 40 yards and began his calling sequence. Mark bugled and got a bull to answer and then started cow calling. I was watching the timber above me when I heard something crashing  down through the timber. I had made a decision earlier in the trip that I was going to take any legal bull and this was a legal bull headed right for me. I came to full draw when the elk was at about 50 yards and he managed to cover about 45 of that in just a few seconds. The bull was headed straight for me and decided to turn at about 5 yards. I turned with him and loosed my G5 Montec within 5 yards of this bull. The shot looked perfect behind the front shoulder and I immediately saw blood and just the fl etching on my arrow. The bull blew by me and circled around to about 50 yards and stopped as Mark began to cow call. This allowed me to miss once and get another hit on the bull. The first shot turned out to not be as perfect as I thought it was, but with patience and a good blood trail we recovered the bull. The trip only got better from there as I took a 3 point mule deer and Mark took a very nice 6 point bull. For me this was the ultimate hunting experience, taking my first bull with archery equipment at such a close range was the rush of a lifetime. By far the best part of this trip was having a good friend along to share this memory with. I shoot a Bowtech Allegiance.

Jake Ehlert
September 9, 2006

Last year Jake took second place in the OBH youth BHOTY contest. He is 17 years old and harvested his third deer in the past four years of his bow hunting career. He shoots a Martin Jaguar 60lb bow with whitetail 65/80 arrows and muzzy 100gr 4-blade broadheads. He prefers to hunt in road-less areas. He shot this deer around 7:45 pm while still-hunting down a deer trail. 

Jake tells his story, "I saw a doe coming down so I crept off of the trail. She spooked but I waited where I had met her about 10 yards from the trail. This little guy walked out of the trees and when he went behind a tree I went to full draw. He walked up and stopped 10 yards away broadside where he must have caught my scent. My shot was downhill and because of that it went high. It clipped his main artery that runs along the spine on the way through and collapsed a lung on the way out. He ran 100 yards and expired before sliding down to the bottom of a draw. After I field-dressed him I had to drag him two miles back to the jeep. At the meat lockers he weighted in at 66lbs, which is about average for forked horns in the area I hunt."

Tina & Sara Henson
September 2004