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Ok so bull elk finally done
« on: May 18, 2009, 07:21:44 PM »
Just wanted to show the rack on this thing, I got to finish my elk from 2007 today.. So does anyone have any idea why it would grow like this?
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Re: Ok so bull elk finally done
« Reply #1 on: May 18, 2009, 08:03:48 PM »
Uhh.. prevailing winds??  :chuckle:

Nice bull and good work with the mount!

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Re: Ok so bull elk finally done
« Reply #2 on: May 18, 2009, 08:08:45 PM »
Yea it was kind of windy that day  :chuckle:
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Re: Ok so bull elk finally done
« Reply #3 on: May 18, 2009, 08:17:26 PM »
 :)  Maybe he just prefers to sleep on that side.  :chuckle:

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Re: Ok so bull elk finally done
« Reply #4 on: May 18, 2009, 08:18:25 PM »
Must have got him in Ellensburg  :chuckle:   Trees all grow that way, why not velvet. LOL

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Re: Ok so bull elk finally done
« Reply #5 on: May 18, 2009, 10:31:50 PM »
LOL was way way away from Ellensburg, just to hot over there for me. I would be hunting like a 3 toed slouth/ sleath/ slath or however it is spelled!!!   :P
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Re: Ok so bull elk finally done
« Reply #6 on: May 18, 2009, 11:00:25 PM »
Nice looking bull and even a nicer looking mount.  Great Job! ;) John

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Re: Ok so bull elk finally done
« Reply #7 on: May 19, 2009, 12:17:37 AM »
Nice looking bull and even a nicer looking mount.  Great Job! ;) John
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Re: Ok so bull elk finally done
« Reply #8 on: May 19, 2009, 05:57:55 AM »
WC, Bowhunt, thank you both for the compliments.

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Re: Ok so bull elk finally done
« Reply #9 on: May 19, 2009, 07:41:24 PM »
Poor genes :dunno:
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Re: Ok so bull elk finally done
« Reply #10 on: May 19, 2009, 07:47:27 PM »
Any chance that's a toutle bull?

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Re: Ok so bull elk finally done
« Reply #11 on: May 19, 2009, 07:58:30 PM »
Wild Bill not a toutle bull, but I have seen some in that area with the same kind of rack

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Re: Ok so bull elk finally done
« Reply #12 on: September 05, 2009, 06:19:51 AM »
Hey I like your work, you've done a really good job on this.  How much does it cost to do an elk like this?  I was also wondering if it costs extra to have it bugling?  What is your turn around time on doing an elk? 


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Re: Ok so bull elk finally done
« Reply #13 on: September 05, 2009, 02:29:08 PM »
Thanks for the compliment

On elk I charge 700+. The only time that I charge over the 700.00 if someone brings in a monster bull that will need a lot of modifications to the form to make it fit correctly.

My biggest bull so far that I have done was a nice size 5x5 and I still only charged the 700.

I do charge extra for bugling. It is an additional 100.00 for a bugling bull.

My turn around time is always less than a year, unless there is a sickness in the family or a natural disaster.

If you look at my website, there is a link below you can see some of the other work that I have done.

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Re: Ok so bull elk finally done
« Reply #14 on: September 05, 2009, 03:02:04 PM »
Just a guess, but I would imagine that bull had a wound or injury to a leg while the antlers were growing.  Usually it's the opposite side of the funky antler.  I've seen a lot of bulls harvested that seem to have something wrong with a leg (old bullet injury, embedded broad head, hoof injury) and their rack is not even.  :twocents:

 


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