Trophy?

[jtrammell]

So this is my first year hunting in Washington. I tried to last year when I moved here but I had three brain surgeries that prevented me from doing so. I have a nice bull on camera and I'm just wondering if he would be considered a trophy.

[jstone]

They like the golden apples better than the reds!!

[Naches Sportsman]

A "trophy" animal is defined differently by each and every hunter. If he meets your defenition of a trophy animal, then it is a trophy.

I would consider that a trophy elk by my defenition.

[PolarBear]

A "trophy" animal is defined differently by each and every hunter. If he meets your defenition of a trophy animal, then it is a trophy.

 

[zwickeyman]

Like said

"Trophy is in the eye of the beholder"

[coachcw]

Nice bull for sure throphy bul  to yet.

[Mark251]

If its a trophy  to you, then its a trophy.  Nice Bull!

[garbagegoat]

Looks good to me. 

[h20hunter]

I would push my grandma down, step over her, and not look back  until  he was down.

[mtman]

I shot a 2 point buck this year and he is a trophy. So yes that bull is a trophy.

[BIGDOG253]

That's a trophy in my book!

[jackelope]

A trophy to me is defined by a lot more than just the size of the animal's antlers. Did you work your butt off for him? Were you in a special place? Did you have some buddies or family with you that make that hunt unforgettable? You get the idea.  We can't tell you what a trophy is in your book. I'd be super proud of a bull like that.

[Bob33]

A majority of Washington's elk hunters will never kill an elk that nice. Many will never kill any elk.

[lokidog]

I would shoot him in an instant!  Good luck!

[USMC86]

 I've been on six guided elk hunts in four different states ( two in WA).  I got elk on only three of those hunts, and two of the Bulls were smaller than that one. Bob33 summed it up perfectly.  A lot of folks never shoot a mature elk and even fewer shoot one that nice.  If it was my hunt I wouldn't think twice.

[Eli346]

He's a trophy and apple-fed to boot. That is a great bull in any state!

[Jonathan_S]

Glad your brain surgeries went well enough that you can hunt 

No, that is not a trophy.  That is a trail camera photo of a great bull. 

If you kill that bull or even see him up close, the memory will always live as a trophy in your mind. 

[CP]

He’s kind of skinny, I’d pass.

[Mark251]

A trophy to me is defined by a lot more than just the size of the animal's antlers. Did you work your butt off for him? Were you in a special place? Did you have some buddies or family with you that make that hunt unforgettable? You get the idea.  We can't tell you what a trophy is in your book. I'd be super proud of a bull like that.

 

[coachcw]

Not knocking that bull . Kill him in a heart beat. Throphy  in the definition  to me would meet either pope and young or BC . Requirements.  . I'd say any 300 bull or 170 buck would eat throphy.  I less a guy has a riffle rut or raffle tag  a 300 bull is a great measuring point.

[Ridgeratt]

A majority of Washington's elk hunters will never kill an elk that nice. Many will never kill any elk.

True this!

If you have never shot an Elk put him on the lawn!! 

[jtrammell]

Thanks for the input guys. As this is my first year ever hunting in Washington, anything I harvest will be extremely special

[notellumcreek]

I would push my grandma down, step over her, and not look back  until  he was down.

  that got me laughing.
 
that would be a trophy in my book! But then again so is a spike in my book 

[dune]

He is a shooter for wa he will score 280 maybe 310

[HuntNFish94]

Very respectable washington bull for sure!

[Firedogg]

  Any legal elk taken legally is a trophy, antlers are just a bonus.