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As luck would have it....look who came strolling by!
« on: August 23, 2014, 04:58:17 PM »
Out checking the cams today....this feller' hung out for two days!

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Re: As luck would have it....look who came strolling by!
« Reply #1 on: August 23, 2014, 08:19:18 PM »
 :hunter: :EAT: :EAT:

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Re: As luck would have it....look who came strolling by!
« Reply #2 on: August 24, 2014, 08:20:55 AM »
absolutely love that shot !!,he hung out for two days ?any evidence he came back,?they don't usually just wondering
loction location location ! perzackly !

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Re: As luck would have it....look who came strolling by!
« Reply #3 on: August 24, 2014, 12:03:29 PM »
thats odd that he has already shed all of his velvet and put all that color on, all the bulls and bucks that I have seen still hanging on to their fuzz, If I didn't know any better I would say that pic is old!

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Re: As luck would have it....look who came strolling by!
« Reply #4 on: August 24, 2014, 12:11:23 PM »
Ive only seen bulls with very light almost white colored antlers lately

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Re: As luck would have it....look who came strolling by!
« Reply #5 on: August 24, 2014, 12:24:21 PM »
yeah, we went out yesterday and seen 4 bulls and all but one still had most of their velvet, the other had little bits here and there but didn't have any color on them yet, usually the bulls dont get that much color till beginning of sept

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Re: As luck would have it....look who came strolling by!
« Reply #6 on: August 24, 2014, 11:07:31 PM »
absolutely love that shot !!,he hung out for two days ?any evidence he came back,?they don't usually just wondering

No kidding Cryder...never around when the time to shoot really matters!  Good Luck!

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Re: As luck would have it....look who came strolling by!
« Reply #7 on: August 24, 2014, 11:09:01 PM »
thats odd that he has already shed all of his velvet and put all that color on, all the bulls and bucks that I have seen still hanging on to their fuzz, If I didn't know any better I would say that pic is old!

Mr. Bear....

While I appreciate your skepticism.. why would I put an old pic on here?  I wanted to share my excitement with all....but as luck would have it (see title of post)...always a buzz kill in the crowd!  Oh...and Mr. Bear....would love to see all those bulls in velvet you're talking about.  A picture is worth a thousand words!

Good luck with your hunt!

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Re: As luck would have it....look who came strolling by!
« Reply #8 on: August 25, 2014, 12:49:13 AM »
Not sure I've ever seen a mature branched bull in velvet on the west side after August 15th. :dunno:

Nootka, That looks like one heck of a good spot to ambush with a bow.  Hope we get an "After" picture next week!  Good luck  :tup:
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Re: As luck would have it....look who came strolling by!
« Reply #9 on: August 26, 2014, 07:07:54 PM »
I wasn't trying to be a buzz kill, however I lived on the westside in longview for ten years,so it's not like they shed at different times of the year than the east side, I was only commenting on how much color it has already! and if you want look at the trail cam section on this forum, 99% of pics from the west side are just now stripping their velvet

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Re: As luck would have it....look who came strolling by!
« Reply #10 on: August 26, 2014, 07:42:02 PM »
I was out looking behind the house and the bulls here all done shedding and the horns are looking just like that hope he sticks around for you he looks to be in great shape.

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Re: As luck would have it....look who came strolling by!
« Reply #11 on: August 26, 2014, 08:47:19 PM »
thats odd that he has already shed all of his velvet and put all that color on, all the bulls and bucks that I have seen still hanging on to their fuzz, If I didn't know any better I would say that pic is old!
It's stuff like this that makes me not want to log on to this site any more. Every Elk this guy has seen are you kidding me. While scouting this year in Manashtash  (early August) we saw bulls in lower elevations no velvet same day Quartz mountain full velvet on multiple bulls. And by the way you basically called him a liar, that is so insulting. 
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Re: As luck would have it....look who came strolling by!
« Reply #12 on: August 26, 2014, 09:15:24 PM »
:hunter: :EAT: :EAT:

Completely agree with RayDog.  Beautiful bull.  Hope you see him again in a few weeks!
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Re: As luck would have it....look who came strolling by!
« Reply #13 on: August 26, 2014, 09:43:07 PM »
I saw a bull two weeks ago that was rubbed off and colored up (sagebrush bull)and last Sunday I saw a respectable 4x4 mule deer who was stripped off and colored up (as much as a sagebrush deer can be colored)  :dunno:
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Re: As luck would have it....look who came strolling by!
« Reply #14 on: August 27, 2014, 08:11:41 AM »
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