Huge West Side Rosie

[bobcat]

The waste rumor is from the other big west side bull, not the Barbour guided hunt. Too many big bulls this year, and people are getting the rumors mixed up.

absolutely not true

What's the truth then, since you seem to know?

[jackelope]

It's a secret.

[BOWHUNTER45]

This thread is crazy  I just spent 20 min on FB reading a bunch of crap about apples and big bulls    Let me tell you guys something ...When I look at pictures where the elk is all blown up in the gut and his eyes are so far sunken in his head , I know he layed over night or for days    this is a funny one 

[Come Get Some]

I live in the area. Barbour has a hard time doing anything LEGAL. The bull on Cambells place last year that was shot barely before dark, chased into the neighbors,looked for, for 3 days has alot of speculation whether it was ever found and no pics can be produced. Although a great bull the guide who has changed his business name is under much continued investigation and a very unethical guide or sportsman. We were witness to some of his SHADY tactics last year. I have it from a very good source that the game was wasted and is being investigated. It would be too bad, if the hunter was not able to be proud of such a magnificant animal if it were wasted. Associating yourself with this guy is always going to raise questions.

[DDarchery]

Wow...where to start. Thank you to all the open minded hunters and sportsman here who congratulated a great guy, on his first ever WA bull elk, and if you go by the WA record book, his first Cascade Roosevelt. Steve was a great guy to visit with and talk to, and he was so excited and humbled to even put his hands on such a tremendous animal, as was I. To the haters, no you didn't see this from the highway..... seeing as this was a completely new spot never hunted before, and no you didn't see him all summer long or on trail camera because he just showed up to this property a couple days before season to kick a big 6 pt out who had a group of cows already! Some spots were set up with bait just for the younger hunters coming for their first ever elk, and for disabled hunters who had special needs. Some of them wanted a chance at a cow or spike bull. This area was not one of those!!!
Yes bullfisher their were picks of elk being packed, and yes that happened, no one claimed it was this elk though. Wait for this episode to air and find out the facts instead of just rumors. The meat was not bad from this bull or any bull brought out. In all there were 8 shots on elk this year, and a couple during archery season that came to full draw a couple times but couldn't get a shot......just like DIY hunting, it doesn't always work out. And whoever said earlier in the thread that when you think you have elk figured out, they will make you look stupid was absolutely right. I was there, got to visit with the shooter (Steve), the landowners, and even Jim and to read these outrageous posts and rumors/lies is just sad. To read some of these things that I personally KNOW are not true, just makes the posters look even worse. Stop letting jealousy of others (or dislike of others) turn into hateful post completely NOT based on fact! Whatever happened to congratulating someone on something nice, and if you can't say something nice, there's no need to say anything at all.

[MikeC]

    
Jealousy can make you all look so bitter.
Thanks for your contribution to this thread DD

[bullfisher]

Wow...where to start. Thank you to all the open minded hunters and sportsman here who congratulated a great guy, on his first ever WA bull elk, and if you go by the WA record book, his first Cascade Roosevelt. Steve was a great guy to visit with and talk to, and he was so excited and humbled to even put his hands on such a tremendous animal, as was I. To the haters, no you didn't see this from the highway..... seeing as this was a completely new spot never hunted before, and no you didn't see him all summer long or on trail camera because he just showed up to this property a couple days before season to kick a big 6 pt out who had a group of cows already! Some spots were set up with bait just for the younger hunters coming for their first ever elk, and for disabled hunters who had special needs. Some of them wanted a chance at a cow or spike bull. This area was not one of those!!!
Yes bullfisher their were picks of elk being packed, and yes that happened, no one claimed it was this elk though. Wait for this episode to air and find out the facts instead of just rumors. The meat was not bad from this bull or any bull brought out. In all there were 8 shots on elk this year, and a couple during archery season that came to full draw a couple times but couldn't get a shot......just like DIY hunting, it doesn't always work out. And whoever said earlier in the thread that when you think you have elk figured out, they will make you look stupid was absolutely right. I was there, got to visit with the shooter (Steve), the landowners, and even Jim and to read these outrageous posts and rumors/lies is just sad. To read some of these things that I personally KNOW are not true, just makes the posters look even worse. Stop letting jealousy of others (or dislike of others) turn into hateful post completely NOT based on fact! Whatever happened to congratulating someone on something nice, and if you can't say something nice, there's no need to say anything at all.

Trust is hard to gain and easy to lose, and unfortunatly for the lucky hunters any hunt accoiated with shane will be met with extreme skeptisism on this forum! Glad to hear some folks were happily successful with this outfitter. Maybe he's turned over a new leaf, but nobody on here is jealous of what he has done. I think some conversations get crossed from one animal or hunt to the next. I'd love to see the episode, but i cancled my huntin channels. They tend to ruin my perspective on what matters to me. Great first post

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My love for the hunt!

[DDarchery]

Yes it's sad that the first post had to be stopping a bunch or rumors or untrue statements, when I've been able to be on here before researching things and never needed to post like this. Very true, the truth is easy to lose when so many people are fired up over personal issues that don't involve Steve or his bull what so ever. This started as a post about the bull taken here in western WA, not about the outfitter. (As you guys mentioned there's a whole thread about that, or maybe multiple threads)
After reading through the posts the comments about Steve walking around bragging about his bull and thinking he's the greatest elk hunter ( I believe was the essence of that post), couldn't be further from the truth. He was such a down to earth guy and easy to talk to. To bash him, or Jim, because of peoples feelings about the outfitter is totally off base, that isn't fair to either of them or to that tremendous animal. He was very humble, grateful, and speechless sitting there looking at it. I just wanted to stop some of the misinformation that was getting more and more out of hand.

[pianoman9701]

Congratulations to the hunter. Looks to me like the guide did his job if a big elk was the goal, apples or not.

[Prohunter270]

Great elk!!!! All baiting should be legal!!

[savagehunter]

Man I'm jealous but know nothing about the feeding frenzy going on over the guide but man I am jealous