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Anyone harvest this bull????
« on: October 15, 2014, 10:21:48 PM »
Had this bull on camera for quite a few years and this year he did not come home.... :'(  Anyone know if he was harvested last year?  Easy to identify with the collar.  Hope he went to a legal hunter and not a poacher.  Also hope he didn't die of old age....if so it would be a huge waste of such a majestic animal.

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Re: Anyone harvest this bull????
« Reply #1 on: October 15, 2014, 10:24:44 PM »
Nice bull and general area? Not exact or honey hole location.
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Re: Anyone harvest this bull????
« Reply #2 on: October 15, 2014, 10:39:29 PM »
I think I killed him a few weeks ago!  Might not be the same bull but they look about the same. 

Shot him at about 5 yards with a Bowtech Experience.  Watched him go down within 20 yards.  Then as I was packing the first load of horns and meat out I had what I believe to have been a heart attack.  That was about the time I woke up!! :chuckle:
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Re: Anyone harvest this bull????
« Reply #3 on: October 16, 2014, 06:12:48 AM »
Sure a gorgeous critter

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Re: Anyone harvest this bull????
« Reply #4 on: October 16, 2014, 06:19:36 AM »
Saw a 7x7 with a collar last weekend in 329 but he had shorter g5s .

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Re: Anyone harvest this bull????
« Reply #5 on: October 16, 2014, 07:12:23 AM »
Sure a gorgeous critter

He sure is.....I looked forward to seeing him on camera this year and was sad when he didn't show up.  I was hopeful that the rut would bring him out of his hole so left cameras out.  Needless to say he never showed.  I have some nice elk on camera but this guy takes the cake.....he is huge bodied and his rack is just amazing. 

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Re: Anyone harvest this bull????
« Reply #6 on: October 16, 2014, 07:16:37 AM »
I think I killed him a few weeks ago!  Might not be the same bull but they look about the same. 

Shot him at about 5 yards with a Bowtech Experience.  Watched him go down within 20 yards.  Then as I was packing the first load of horns and meat out I had what I believe to have been a heart attack.  That was about the time I woke up!! :chuckle:

 :chuckle: :chuckle: :chuckle:  Pretty sure if I saw this guy at 5 yards I would have a heart attack before I could shoot.   :chuckle: :chuckle:  I had a huge bull at 25 yards this year and my heart about jumped out of my chest....what a rush.  This is why we love hunting elk.  :tup:

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Re: Anyone harvest this bull????
« Reply #7 on: October 16, 2014, 07:19:07 AM »
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Re: Anyone harvest this bull????
« Reply #8 on: October 16, 2014, 07:40:48 AM »
IMHO he looks a little unhealthy even in your pics.

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Re: Anyone harvest this bull????
« Reply #9 on: October 16, 2014, 07:43:13 AM »
IMHO he looks a little unhealthy even in your pics.

This was post main rut.....I just assumed he had worked hard through Sept. fighting other bulls and mating with cows.  I will see if I have pre rut pics to compare. 

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Re: Anyone harvest this bull????
« Reply #10 on: October 16, 2014, 07:47:50 AM »
Here are few earlier last year. 

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Re: Anyone harvest this bull????
« Reply #11 on: October 16, 2014, 08:10:08 AM »
thats a darn nice critter there!!!   :tup:

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Re: Anyone harvest this bull????
« Reply #12 on: October 16, 2014, 08:23:14 AM »
yeah that's the one I passed inless he regressed a bunch

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Re: Anyone harvest this bull????
« Reply #13 on: October 16, 2014, 08:35:54 AM »
yeah that's the one I passed inless he regressed a bunch

If so that explains why I didn't have him on camera......He was not in the 329 unit 3 years prior.  How do you pass on a bull like this????  Not to knowledgeable about scoring bulls, but his is a wall hanger and a bull of a lifetime. 

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Re: Anyone harvest this bull????
« Reply #14 on: October 16, 2014, 09:03:01 AM »
I'm curious why you would consider this bull dying of old age a huge waste? In my opinion, today's world of technology in hunting, I think its pretty rare for a bull like that to make it to old age and die naturally.

I really feel that if thats what happened, it's a wonderful thing that the bull lived a full life avoiding predators and spread his genes just like he's supposed to.  :twocents:
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