Tomorrow teams will be arriving in New Mexico for the Campbell Outdoor Challenge's first ever Muzzleloader Elk Challenge Sponsored by Outdoor Edge Knives!! The teams will be hunting area 6C in North Central New Mexico. Stay tuned for up to date news!
We are here in North Central New Mexico as six teams have come together to show their skills filming Muzzleloader Elk hunts in the Outdoor Edge Knives sponsored Elk Challenge. Several teams have been here already for a few days scouting and based off of how the bulls are bugling right now we should be set for one heck of an event. We are in Abiquiu NM at the famous Abiquiu Inn who has been host to several Hollywood films over the years. We had our banquet Friday night and teams are set to start filming hunts in the morning. Elevations here range from 5000 to over 10,000 feet and teams will be hunting public ground competing with other elk hunters so this will truly put the teams to the test.
Team Bulls Eye Erin Whiting / Kasey Whiting
Sunset Saddles Caleb Townly / Jesse Townly
Thrill Of The Hunt Team East and West Greg Field / Tom Bibeau
Rich Outdoors Ashten Rich / Cody Rich
Thrill Of The Hunt Team Generation Ernie Wojtysiak / Justin Wojtysiak
JB Hunt Transportation Services Sam Culpepper / Ken Bailey
Congratulations to Caleb and Jesse from Team Sunset Saddles as they were able to successfully film the first Bull Elk Hunt of the challenge! After talking to the team, they commented that the Outdoor Edge Knives were a big help making the quartering job quicker and easier. The Montana Decoys Cow decoy was used by the team and was the turning point for them being successful. The bull was actually passing through and caught the decoy as it passed and came back for the shot. More to come.
Teams have been up against some serious obsticals in the past 2 days competing with other hunters on public ground. Teams have had some great response from elk but just haven't been able to pull it together yet. More to come.
Tom Bibeau of Thrill Of The Hunt Productions (Team East and West) has now assumed the title of (The Sleeper) As some of you may know Tom is also in our proffessional Video Circuit with partner Kelly Lee and the past two circuit events, his team has managed to pull off a video harvest on the last day in both the turkey challenge and the antelope challenge. Things have not changed here as we just got word that Tom and partner Greg were successful this morning, LAST HALF DAY OF THIS EVENT! More to come soon.
Just a slight communication error on the last update. Tommy and Greg were there to assist in the retrieval of the elk. Congratulations to Ashten and Cody Rich as they were the ones successful on the last day. Final results are being calculated now.
Congratulations to Caleb and Jesse of Team Sunset Saddles for winning the first ever Muzzleloader Elk Challenge sponsored by Outdoor Edge Knives. Cody and Ashten of Team Rich Outdoors took 2nd place. Thanks to everyone who helped make this event a success. Special thanks to Ernie Wojtysiak, Craig of Ridgetrack Guide and Outfitting, and Abiquiu Inn.