Huge West Side Rosie

[JPhelps]

Yup, same guy everyone was bad mouthing last year when he had Eva Shockey hunting with him. This bull was taken by Top Fuel Drag Racer Steve Torrents..
Jim Burnworth still hunting I believe
Hunt will be on Outdoor Channel next season I would guess

That should be exciting to watch 

[JPhelps]

Here is the picture before the big bull.  Yes it is legal, yes it is a big bull, yes I would love to kill him.....but I would LOVE nothing more to do it on what I consider a more "level playing field".

[MikeC]

I agree with you Jason.  However some places are limited on how to hunt these animals.  It's private land, and definitely not a "huge" piece of land. Sometimes the style of hunting must fit the limitations and that is what they are taking advantage of here. A smaller 5point "raghorn bull was also taken the same night by a disabled hunter and it was his first ever elk. Definitely able to get on board with that.  Apparently another bull was taken last night according to the Facebook page.  We'll see how it looks. But I'm with you, I'd prefer a more wide open public land wilderness type hunt.

[Forks]

Beautiful animal. The method seems no different than shaking a grain bucket and shooting one of my buddies cows.

[Alan K]

Here is the picture before the big bull.  Yes it is legal, yes it is a big bull, yes I would love to kill him.....but I would LOVE nothing more to do it on what I consider a more "level playing field".

And that's exactly why I just shrug my shoulders when I see bulls like this, or big bucks from the eastside shot over a hay pile.  It doesn't compare to an animal taken in their natural surroundings on their terms etc.  Impressive bull nonetheless, but I won't be giving the guy the same credit for taking that bull over a bait pile as I would have if it were taken on the bull's terms so to speak.   

He'll probably be walking around as though he's one of the greatest Roosevelt elk hunters ever to live thanks to the bull's score, and most of the fellow 'TV star' hunters will probably see him as that since score/size seems to be the metric regardless of the hunt itself.

[link]

I have no idea the hunt circumstances, so I'll just say what a great bull that is. Oh, and thats a good way to lose your tag

[npaull]

And that's exactly why I just shrug my shoulders when I see bulls like this, or big bucks from the eastside shot over a hay pile.  It doesn't compare to an animal taken in their natural surroundings on their terms etc.  Impressive bull nonetheless, but I won't be giving the guy the same credit for taking that bull over a bait pile as I would have if it were taken on the bull's terms so to speak. 

Couldn't agree more.

[BOWHUNTER45]

WOW ..Some of these hunters have no chance when it comes to a public forum ..Do they ?  That is a stud of a bull right their now ..guess it is hard to cut the guy down when what he has done seems to be legal ... being a hunter you sure would think you would want to be remembered as hunter not one that dumps out a truck load of apples and kills a trophy bull and some do not like it ...they should have kept the apples to themselves and things like this would never come up ...like I said many times over ..I do not care about baiting anything ..especially deer and elk . A hunter should have the ability to go out and find animals and harvest animals without bait .. guess being from PA where baiting has always been illegal and still is illegal has something to do with my way of thinking but if it is legal I guess there is no sense in destroying the guy ..That's a once in a life time bull right their and I guess its hats off to them 

[coyotestalker22250]

Hate to be a naysayer but if that bull was shot in the puyallup or the mashel unit it's not a Rosie. Anything east of I-5 is a rocky according to the books. Beautiful bull nonetheless!

[MikeC]

According to the books   
Isn't that like saying if it's on the internet it must be true or....
The wolves being reintroduced into thr wild are Native to our statr 
Yup,  That's a big ass Rosie!

[Dan-oo]

This is exactly why I have no respect for archers that shoot compounds.    Bows with cams give an unfair advantage.

If you can't harvest an elk with a recurve and home made arrows from cedar shafts, you're really not taking an animal in a fair chase method.

And camo patterns on clothes??    There's nothing fair chase about that.

Don't even get me started on people who stoop to using scent control technology or who are unethical enough to use magnification or range finding crutches.....   There is nothing sporting about that.

(Hunters tearing down hunters rant over)

[MR5x5]

 

[coyotestalker22250]

By the books I mean Boone and Crocket club. There is no Doubt that I-5 does not keep animals one way or the other but that is the rules. I love how people always bring up wolves when they don't like what someone else has to say. Seems like that is the go-to reply when you want to bash someone because everyone hate wolves!

[sirmissalot]

Whether it was over bait or not that is a true giant of a Washington bull. I hate that guys goofy stare and hand shaking picture pose but he earned that bull for his customer.

[washelkhunter]

Hate to be a naysayer but if that bull was shot in the puyallup or the mashel unit it's not a Rosie. Anything east of I-5 is a rocky according to the books. Beautiful bull nonetheless!

He is correct. Any elk living east of I5 is a RM elk period. You can make believe its a rosie all you want, but it is'nt.    I really dont understand the whole "rosie" cachet anyway, as if theyre
somehow superior to all other elk? Oh and shooting anything over a dumped truckload of apples isnt hunting, legal sure, ethical never. You dont get to brag about it imb.