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Post by squawberryman on Apr 2, 2021 18:44:19 GMT -5
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Post by bigbrowndog on Apr 2, 2021 20:00:05 GMT -5
Heavy horned bull, always preferred a fixed blade broadhead.
Trapr
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Post by dougader on Apr 2, 2021 23:03:30 GMT -5
Man, he went down FAST.
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Post by x101airborne on Apr 3, 2021 11:57:14 GMT -5
Geesh he was a monster elk! Good Lord he was big!
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Post by bula on Apr 3, 2021 15:28:37 GMT -5
From the arc of the inbound arrow was thinking pretty good distance too. Yup, BIG ! Can't imagine dragging that anywhere ! Start a fire and just eat it right there.
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Post by paul105 on Apr 3, 2021 23:46:57 GMT -5
My son shot this bull with his bow several years ago.  Paul |
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Post by bula on Apr 4, 2021 6:18:48 GMT -5
Wow ! Bow killing a good bull is an amazing thing. Soo many things have to go right. From what I know of elk and elk hunting, during bow season the elk are up high in beautiful country. Recall when packing in the Bob on the east side of the divide in mid July the elk were as high as the snow pack would let them. Coming down to avoid afternoon storms.
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Post by bushog on Apr 4, 2021 8:12:38 GMT -5
My son shot this bull with his bow several years ago. Paul Good bull! |
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Post by contender on Apr 4, 2021 10:09:33 GMT -5
Both the bull in the video & the one shown above are VERY good bulls.
The title of that video; "Craziest archery elk" or whatever it was,, isn't as "crazy" as one I saw broadcast many years ago on one of the hunting shows.
I wish I'd recorded it.
Apparently, the guide was calling, and the hunter was behind the tree. A cow came in, and spooked a bit. First thought things were blown. Then, the archer, while kneeling, had the bull approach, and he drew his bow. The elk, instead of passing on the side of the tree where he could make a shot, stepped up right beside the tree, standing directly beside the hunter, (who was at full draw) bugled, turned his head a little, to where the mane (bearded area)literally brushed the shoulder of the hunter. The bull shuddered, jumped away a little, turned and circled around, walking right in front of the STILL at full draw hunter. He made his shot from just a few yards. He got the bull. AND he had it on video standing beside him before it all.
After his shot,, he kinda collapsed a bit.
Never forgot that close encounter of the wildest, (and to me much crazier) video ever.
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Post by paul105 on Apr 4, 2021 13:41:11 GMT -5
If you are lucky enough to have spent any time bow hunting elk, lots of crazy thing happen. Several times I've had elk (cow, spike, bull) within 10 yds or less. I'm sure Dick (sixshot) has plenty of similar stories to relate. Pretty exciting being on the ground calling elk. Can get a bit more than exciting - couple of years ago, son and his group saw 8 or 9 individual grizzlies under a hundred yards showing interest in their calling efforts - same area he shot the bull shown above. This is the same area www.bozemandailychronicle.com/news/environment/grizzly-attacks-hunter-in-gravelly-mountains-third-incident-in-just-over-a-week/article_08cf5c61-b920-54ca-ab9a-d186f5e72d88.htmlHere in MT, the early bow season lasts from the 1st week in Sep until the 2nd or 3rd week in Oct. Then a weeks pause and the general firearm season runs thru the end of November. Even then, the success rate is less than 10%. Here's a couple of trail cam pics from a spot that's about 1 1/2 hrs from the house including the walk in. .  . What looks like mist is smoke from fires in CA. .  . Paul |
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Post by x101airborne on Apr 4, 2021 16:42:36 GMT -5
Those are beautiful animals!
Maybe I have missed something having never hunted these beautiful creatures.
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Post by Fowler on Apr 4, 2021 23:30:05 GMT -5
Those are beautiful animals! Maybe I have missed something having never hunted these beautiful creatures. There is no doubt that you have in fact missed out not chasing them. They are tough, will frustrate the heck out of you, make you learn new curse words. And at the end of each hunt you have your motivation to hit the gym hard again all year to be more ready for next years hunt! A couple buddies were hustling down a game trail trying to get in on a bugling bull and heard a crash ahead and froze. This young spike was ambling down the trail minding his business and stopped at less than 3 feet from him before he sensed something was off. Finally winding them after 60 seconds or so he blows out and heads back down the trail. My buddy turns to my other buddy and literally has snot all over the front of him and his binos! He killed a bull a few days later but the story he tells is that spike. |
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Post by bula on Apr 5, 2021 7:33:40 GMT -5
They don't have a ride like that at Disney.
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Post by contender on Apr 5, 2021 9:03:03 GMT -5
"They don't have a ride like that at Disney."
A perfect analogy!
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Post by dougader on Apr 5, 2021 11:07:47 GMT -5
I went deer hunting with a co-worker's husband. His cigarette smoking INSIDE the truck camper shell about did me in... he'd light up on the hour, all night long.
Anyway, after a hard morning of hiking through the thick trees in western Oregon... literally, near the town of Timber, OR, we ate an early lunch and decided to take a walk through a replanted clear-cut of fir trees that were about 15-20' high. We walked through the entire plot and were approaching a huge pile of underbrush and limbs that had been bulldozed away from the replanting crew when a huge POP! SNAP! went off right in front of us. We looked at each other, chambered rounds in our rifles and out comes this big bull elk! I had him in my sights and, with a heavy heart, lowered the rifle and looked at my hunting partner. The bull took one look at us and took off in short order.
I could have hit the elk with a rock, he was so close... bedded down until we disturbed his hiding place.
Finding elk during deer season seems to be my specialty.
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