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NE Bull, First Elk
« on: September 18, 2014, 01:12:24 PM »
On Sept 3rd I managed to call in a young bull in the NE.  It was pouring down rain and about 6:15 p.m.  He saw my movement from 120 yards in the timber and got suspicious so I gave it a few minutes of hiding behind a tree before I cow called and got him into 60 yards.  He stopped in some jack-pines and I had no shot so I cow called again and he ran past me at 3-4 feet   :yike:

I couldn't get him to stop running so I just released and hit him way too far back.  Tougher to hit vitals at 1 yard than at 30   :chuckle:  Anyway, he never really identified me or what happened and he jogged/walked off in the pouring rain so I trailed him by sight and waited for him to bed down.  He bedded down after about 5 minutes and I stalked to within 15 yards and put one through the vitals.  He never got up.

He's an odd bull for certain but he is my first and I was proud to take a NE Bull as my first elk.  I apologize for a lack of pictures but it was raining insanely hard and lenses were foggy/too dark and it was just not in the cards.

I need to give a SHOUT-OUT here to Broken Arrow and his buddies.  The best guys I've ever hunted with and they can break down an elk in 30 minutes.  Without them I would have been quartering and packing an elk for hours into the night. 
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Re: NE Bull, First Elk
« Reply #1 on: September 18, 2014, 01:14:01 PM »
Congrats man. Some good eats there.
I've got a couple bulls  on my cameras that are wierd like that.

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Re: NE Bull, First Elk
« Reply #2 on: September 18, 2014, 01:14:49 PM »
 :tup:   congrats!!!!
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Re: NE Bull, First Elk
« Reply #3 on: September 18, 2014, 01:15:21 PM »
WTG!!!!
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Re: NE Bull, First Elk
« Reply #4 on: September 18, 2014, 01:15:52 PM »
Cool elk...congrats.
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Re: NE Bull, First Elk
« Reply #5 on: September 18, 2014, 01:20:22 PM »
that's a great conversation piece there. I can hear it now, you cant believe how many I let walk before I found this guy with character  :chuckle:  congrats!
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Re: NE Bull, First Elk
« Reply #6 on: September 18, 2014, 01:20:35 PM »
Nicely done!
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Re: NE Bull, First Elk
« Reply #7 on: September 18, 2014, 01:25:13 PM »
Very cool, congrats.  :tup:
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Re: NE Bull, First Elk
« Reply #8 on: September 18, 2014, 01:32:22 PM »
Very nice bull.
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Re: NE Bull, First Elk
« Reply #9 on: September 18, 2014, 01:38:04 PM »
Good job! You'll never forget that hunt.
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Re: NE Bull, First Elk
« Reply #10 on: September 18, 2014, 01:46:11 PM »
Thanks everyone, yeah he has some weird character.  It's tough to tell from the picture how knobby and gnarly his bases are for such a small elk.  Not your normal 1.5 yr old elk appearance-wise.
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Re: NE Bull, First Elk
« Reply #11 on: September 18, 2014, 01:53:00 PM »
Quote from: Jonathan_S on September 18, 2014, 01:46:11 PM
Thanks everyone, yeah he has some weird character.  It's tough to tell from the picture how knobby and gnarly his bases are for such a small elk.  Not your normal 1.5 yr old elk appearance-wise.

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Re: NE Bull, First Elk
« Reply #12 on: September 18, 2014, 01:56:24 PM »
I would be very happy to get a bull like that in the NE. Some day I'll get these elk figured out or I'll get lucky lol
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Re: NE Bull, First Elk
« Reply #13 on: September 18, 2014, 01:57:03 PM »
Nice and even in velvet...
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Re: NE Bull, First Elk
« Reply #14 on: September 18, 2014, 02:23:51 PM »
Quote from: jasnt on September 18, 2014, 01:56:24 PM
I would be very happy to get a bull like that in the NE. Some day I'll get these elk figured out or I'll get lucky lol

Well I'd say I'm far from figuring them out.
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Re: NE Bull, First Elk
« Reply #15 on: September 18, 2014, 03:29:03 PM »
 :IBCOOL:Congrats, very cool!
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Re: NE Bull, First Elk
« Reply #16 on: September 18, 2014, 03:49:04 PM »
Quote from: Jonathan_S on September 18, 2014, 02:23:51 PM
Quote from: jasnt on September 18, 2014, 01:56:24 PM
I would be very happy to get a bull like that in the NE. Some day I'll get these elk figured out or I'll get lucky lol

Well I'd say I'm far from figuring them out.

I'd bet I am too lol.  Been seeing a few in that turkey spot I told ya about.
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Re: NE Bull, First Elk
« Reply #17 on: September 18, 2014, 04:34:32 PM »
Very nice!
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Re: NE Bull, First Elk
« Reply #18 on: September 18, 2014, 04:41:48 PM »
congrats, sounds like you had a great hunt  :tup:
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Re: NE Bull, First Elk
« Reply #19 on: September 18, 2014, 05:24:33 PM »
Real cool looking fuzzy horn bull!
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Re: NE Bull, First Elk
« Reply #20 on: September 18, 2014, 06:43:11 PM »
 NICE!!!!
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Re: NE Bull, First Elk
« Reply #21 on: September 18, 2014, 06:58:48 PM »
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Re: NE Bull, First Elk
« Reply #22 on: September 18, 2014, 07:29:24 PM »
That is really cool Jonathan, congrats!!!!!  3-4 ft, that is crazy
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Re: NE Bull, First Elk
« Reply #23 on: September 18, 2014, 07:49:59 PM »
nICE ....FRESH BACKSTRAP is everything  :dunno: :chuckle: :tup:
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Re: NE Bull, First Elk
« Reply #24 on: September 19, 2014, 01:03:09 AM »
Nice job,Congrats :tup:
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Re: NE Bull, First Elk
« Reply #25 on: September 19, 2014, 01:29:13 AM »
Congrats!  Looks cool to me.
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Re: NE Bull, First Elk
« Reply #26 on: September 19, 2014, 08:49:53 AM »
Quote from: jasnt on September 18, 2014, 03:49:04 PM
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Quote from: jasnt on September 18, 2014, 01:56:24 PM
I would be very happy to get a bull like that in the NE. Some day I'll get these elk figured out or I'll get lucky lol

Well I'd say I'm far from figuring them out.

I'd bet I am too lol.  Been seeing a few in that turkey spot I told ya about.

Interesting.  I hope you can get one soon.  It took me four years but it's all worth it!
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Re: NE Bull, First Elk
« Reply #27 on: September 19, 2014, 02:17:06 PM »
Well done!  That rain is what kept me from hunting that afternoon!  I set up camp in the rain, got SOAKED.  So, I decided not to hike up the mountain, opting instead to hunt a small clear cut directly behind my camp, that had a little bit of somewhat fresh elk sign.  Ended up filling my deer tag that evening.  Spent the entire next two weeks in the NE corner, seeing only one elk once I finally decided to head to lower elevations.
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Re: NE Bull, First Elk
« Reply #28 on: September 19, 2014, 03:21:33 PM »
Yeah that soaking rain was miserable.  All my stuff was wet so I figured I might as well be in the woods.  It sure was cold the next morning and whitetail were everywhere.
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Re: NE Bull, First Elk
« Reply #29 on: September 19, 2014, 03:22:57 PM »
I hope so too. This will be my 4th elk season. I've scouted my area over and over. Every trail or hidy hole I could find. Haven't seen much but I've learned the area. Come end of Oct I'm hoping the 5x5 I seen is still around .
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Re: NE Bull, First Elk
« Reply #30 on: September 19, 2014, 03:33:51 PM »
Well done. :tup:
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Re: NE Bull, First Elk
« Reply #31 on: September 23, 2014, 09:08:07 PM »
Could this be the same bull, pics are kind of blurry, but he is definitely unique like the one you shot??
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Re: NE Bull, First Elk
« Reply #32 on: September 23, 2014, 09:22:09 PM »
They do look very very similar
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Re: NE Bull, First Elk
« Reply #33 on: September 24, 2014, 08:32:56 AM »
I am going to say yes.  It looks too similar not to be the same bull.
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Re: NE Bull, First Elk
« Reply #34 on: September 24, 2014, 10:16:25 AM »
Thats one nice looking odd style rack congrats
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Re: NE Bull, First Elk
« Reply #35 on: September 24, 2014, 10:23:11 AM »
Very nice! Congrats on your bull!
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Re: NE Bull, First Elk
« Reply #36 on: September 24, 2014, 06:44:05 PM »
Congrats on your Bull!!  I'm heading up to that corner here in a week and a half for the muzzy opener.  Any tips???   ;)
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Quote from: JColony on September 24, 2014, 06:44:05 PM
Congrats on your Bull!!  I'm heading up to that corner here in a week and a half for the muzzy opener.  Any tips???   ;)

Haha, yeah. Get lucky like I did. I hope you do well
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Re: NE Bull, First Elk
« Reply #38 on: September 24, 2014, 07:51:57 PM »
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Quote from: JColony on September 24, 2014, 06:44:05 PM
Congrats on your Bull!!  I'm heading up to that corner here in a week and a half for the muzzy opener.  Any tips???   ;)

Haha, yeah. Get lucky like I did. I hope you do well

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« Reply #39 on: September 24, 2014, 09:34:58 PM »
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Re: NE Bull, First Elk
« Reply #40 on: September 25, 2014, 07:37:15 PM »
Well done
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