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So here I am just minding my own business.........
« on: November 30, 2014, 10:12:36 PM »
So this poor little bull is just hanging out minding his own business having a little treat........

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Re: So here I am just minding my own business.........
« Reply #1 on: November 30, 2014, 10:14:43 PM »
.......when this other bully bull shows up and decided he wants to have a treat too.........
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Re: So here I am just minding my own business.........
« Reply #2 on: November 30, 2014, 10:32:33 PM »
Well it turns out that bull #1 was not a fan of bull #2 just waltzing in and helping himself...........

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Re: So here I am just minding my own business.........
« Reply #3 on: November 30, 2014, 10:36:33 PM »
 :tup:

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Re: So here I am just minding my own business.........
« Reply #4 on: November 30, 2014, 10:41:05 PM »
.......Winner winner chicken dinner.........

Bull #2

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Re: So here I am just minding my own business.........
« Reply #5 on: November 30, 2014, 10:44:49 PM »
Great pics :tup:
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« Reply #6 on: November 30, 2014, 10:57:23 PM »
That's awesome!!  I'd be happy with either one.

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« Reply #7 on: November 30, 2014, 10:59:18 PM »
Pretty unbelievable how many great shots that location has produced over the years.  Want to be special hunting friends? :chuckle:

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Re: So here I am just minding my own business.........
« Reply #8 on: November 30, 2014, 11:54:53 PM »
Natural mineral or you feeding them? Nice pics either way,.

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« Reply #9 on: December 01, 2014, 12:42:14 AM »
What a great set of photos :tup:

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« Reply #10 on: December 01, 2014, 04:56:25 AM »
That's an epic set of photos.    VERY COOL! :tup:

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Re: So here I am just minding my own business.........
« Reply #11 on: December 01, 2014, 06:57:41 AM »
Way cool. It blows my mind why you don't see more deer and elk with one eye.

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Re: So here I am just minding my own business.........
« Reply #12 on: December 01, 2014, 06:58:58 AM »
Very Nice  great clarity on cam as well

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« Reply #13 on: December 01, 2014, 07:02:07 AM »
sweet pics  :tup:
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Re: So here I am just minding my own business.........
« Reply #14 on: December 01, 2014, 07:24:38 AM »
Dandy looking bulls!
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« Reply #15 on: December 01, 2014, 07:32:16 AM »
That was a great set of pictures, and a good narrative too.

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So here I am just minding my own business.........
« Reply #16 on: December 01, 2014, 08:19:22 AM »
Natural mineral or you feeding them? Nice pics either way,.

Selenium salt. It's had about 3 bags 50# each dumped in the last 2 years. Private land.
Thanks for the compliments. I think both Bulls have been there on and off all year.
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Re: So here I am just minding my own business.........
« Reply #17 on: December 01, 2014, 08:39:11 AM »
Awesome sequence.  :tup:
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« Reply #18 on: December 01, 2014, 08:42:57 AM »
Is this a huntable area ?  Or is it like where I live and just get to watch them walk threw the yard ?  :dunno: :chuckle:  Dandy Bulls ! :tup:

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Re: So here I am just minding my own business.........
« Reply #19 on: December 01, 2014, 09:03:22 AM »
The "winner" of that tussle has some familiar looking characteristics to another bull I have seen from that area..... Or is it just me?
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Re: So here I am just minding my own business.........
« Reply #20 on: December 01, 2014, 09:49:55 AM »
What's the black stuff in the background?  Looks like a makeshift dam.

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« Reply #21 on: December 01, 2014, 09:54:33 AM »
Looks like a collapsed building?

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Re: So here I am just minding my own business.........
« Reply #22 on: December 01, 2014, 09:55:29 AM »
How rude just barging in on a guys snack like that.  cool pics however silly bulls.

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Re: So here I am just minding my own business.........
« Reply #23 on: December 01, 2014, 10:14:17 AM »
some elk just have no manners!!!    :chuckle:

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« Reply #24 on: December 01, 2014, 10:17:27 AM »
Bully! Can't he leave the lil' guy alone?  :chuckle:

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Re: So here I am just minding my own business.........
« Reply #25 on: December 01, 2014, 10:22:40 AM »
What's the black stuff in the background?  Looks like a makeshift dam.

Its an old homestead. Collapsed house. Old orchard to the left in the picture.

The "winner" of that tussle has some familiar looking characteristics to another bull I have seen from that area..... Or is it just me?
He sure does and hes not the only one. 
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Re: So here I am just minding my own business.........
« Reply #26 on: December 01, 2014, 10:23:38 AM »
Is this a huntable area ?  Or is it like where I live and just get to watch them walk threw the yard ?  :dunno: :chuckle:  Dandy Bulls ! :tup:

Special permit for big bulls.
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« Reply #27 on: December 02, 2014, 05:53:28 AM »
Here's bull #2 back in July on a different camera. I'm still looking for bull #1 from earlier in the year.
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« Reply #28 on: December 02, 2014, 06:37:07 AM »
Hmm....maybe this year josh 8)

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« Reply #29 on: December 03, 2014, 01:58:21 AM »
I think you should tell me what area I need to apply for a permit in  :tup: Then let me hunt on your property  :chuckle:

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« Reply #30 on: December 04, 2014, 07:51:48 PM »
Cool picture set for sure. The genetics are certainly similar, and what great genetics they are. Thank you for sharing them  :tup:!

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Re: So here I am just minding my own business.........
« Reply #31 on: December 04, 2014, 07:59:45 PM »
Real cool pics! Its all in the selinium...... :tup:
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« Reply #32 on: December 04, 2014, 08:05:14 PM »
Awesome pics!!!!

And here all this time I thought there were no elk in the Colockum.   :chuckle:

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« Reply #33 on: December 04, 2014, 08:18:07 PM »
Awesome picture J   :tup:

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« Reply #35 on: December 05, 2014, 05:17:56 PM »
Awesome Pics :tup:
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« Reply #36 on: December 07, 2014, 11:57:58 AM »
Wow soooo cool!
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« Reply #37 on: December 07, 2014, 12:07:51 PM »
Cool pics.
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« Reply #38 on: December 08, 2014, 04:08:14 PM »
I got 17 points to spend... Hope 2015 is the year...
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