The big non typ elk that was taken in NE WA

[huntnphool]

Great bull, wow

[Huntbear]

Great story, to go with an absolutely awesome bull!!!  Congrats.  That is when hunting hard really pays off, when you know where they are and can get right in with em.

[oldguyhunter]

Being there when an animal like this is taken, is not nearly as good as listening to the stories of others who were not there. If you dont have a clue as to what you are talking about,dont comment about things as though you do. I,m the guy on the left side of the picture. The other two gentlemen are my sons. Only one guy had a buggle,because Andrew and I suck at it. Jim on the other hand can convince a bull elk that he,s in love with a pine stump. He has buggled bulls in so close for me that they have blown snot on me before I could draw back to shoot them. We have guided hunts in Idaho and Colorado, and as a result have seen many elk and experienced many hunting trips. When I scout an area, I try find things that others are trying to hide. thats how I first found this bull. The boy,s where going to let me take this bull since I had found him, but with me having a muzzle-loader tag and it being archery season I was just along to pack meat. So if your wondering why I,m not smiling,here is your sign! After a couple of hours with both back straps and a front shoulder, there was no elk on earth worth what my legs were fealing. On the up hills my legs were cramping, on the down hills I was praying ,God just let hit a tree at full speed and die. But as luck would have it ,just before the road I ran into a pile of brush and it slowed me down, changing my perspective on how badly I want my life to end. As I sat on the side of the road trying to recouperate,there was an opportunity to reflect back on what had just happened to me. I had just shared the most spectacular I have ever been on with two of my sons,and I dont even care if Cabelas did want to display the head and horns! they couldnt have any idea how awsome the hunt was. They didnt see how badly Adrews hands and arms were shaking. they didnt watch as Jim talked him through it , calming him down so when the shot finally presented its self that he could take it with confidence. the sight of that arrow leaving his bow and going through right behind the shoulder.Andrew throwing his bow in the air and screaming like he wanted the whole world to hear, I just shot the biggest bull I,ve ever seen in my life.     For those of you that can celebrate with us.please do? If you cant --------You can buy a life at wal-mart they have every thing for less

[littlebuf]

im not following here, so the other guy was making up the story? 

[bow4elk]

im not following here, so the other guy was making up the story? 

+1

[oldguyhunter]

AS you can plainly see. I have the shed  horn! I took the horns to Cabelas THEY seemed as though they would have been more than happy to display the mount. I cant remember that it was ever discuss to be honest with you.

[bowhunterforever]

That bull is awsome!

[littlebuf]

still really unclear, is this guy lying about the hunt or is this your son.

Well here is the story. I can tell you that I lived close to colville and I hunt local. I had been hunting all season but it was so dry we could not make a stalk on anything and we could not get to the water holes where they bedded down all day,so we kept after it and finally on the last day of season we woke up to rain,we made it to a clearcut in the dark and listening below was a bull elk and he was mad,as the sun came up we started scoping out the clearing and the bull I got was a half mile away and coming down the hill to fight he only buggled a couple times but he new where he was going,we made are way around the hill hoping to get in front of him before he got to the bottom and into the jungle,as we were setting up to buggle him in he steped out at about 100 yards and I freaked out and pulled the bow back only to be smacked by my brother,so I set my bow back down and watched,as you can see it was thick, at 30 yards we seen him again and i was not letting him get closer the arrow went through the lungs out the back of the shoulder,we had no time to waste because of the rain so we gave him about 10 minutes and went to look for blood and found it he went about 90 - 100 yards and died it took 6 people and 4 hours to the truck, so now you know why they call me lucky

[oldguyhunter]

Andrew is telling the truth alright. and he is my son. One thing I forgot to mention. I cow called once on this hunt, and I think that is what made our hunt sucessful

[jager]

Thanks for posting! Great bull!
Since you have the shed......How long did you know he was around?

[bucklucky]

Glad to have you come on here and post, thamk you! That is one hell of a bull your boy killed, congrats to him! I stuck my biggest bull last year (370) man I coulnt have been happier. I know the rush your boy felt!!

[huntnphool]

Hey oldguy was that the bull in the picture at the local corner mart near Elk? We saw a pic in that store of a similar bull but a couple days later when we went in it had been stolen.

[PA BEN]

Who did your head mount?

[littlebuf]

i was just a little confused by the beginning of your post, one heck of a trophy. what unit was it in? or was that already said

[GoldTip]

Beautiful bull and mount.  But I gotta tell ya, there is no way in hell I'd have it that close to that single wall stove pipe.