Elk Killing Machines!

[Hornseeker]

Who are they? I am not one...I have killed some bulls, killed some cows... passed quite a few up when i thought I was a trophy hunter... but am NOT an elk killing machine!!

Who do you know (or if its yourself) that have flat put the hurts on the elk population? These guys amaze me..and if you keep a marriage and family together and still do it...thats even more impressive! Lets here the numbers!

I have several friends/acquaintences that have killed 25-40 elk... one guy has killed 34 with a bow and many others with his rifle before he switched over... several years of his life he killed 3 bulls in a year, hunting Utah, Wyoming and Colorado...

I recently heard about a guy in Colorado that has killed 45 bulls and 7 of them are over 350 AND they were all with a recurve....

I also have a friend or two that kill 310-360 bulls every year... they are younger guys that have only been elk hunting for 10-15 years...when they are 60.... they will have some dam impressive numbers stacking up!!!!!

Not a contest...just curious if you've heard any crazy numbers!!!

[bucklucky]

I do know one for sure, killed 12 bulls 350 or better on public land with his bow. Learned alot from him. Has an ungodly stack of 300 class (rag bulls) as he puts it. Wish I was an elk killing machine like that. Hes got video of 340 class bulls he passed up.

[ghgetter]

I know two guys who are flat killing machines...over 25 bulls each in WA alone. BUT, they have not kept there marriage/families together and I would blame a lot of it on their inability to properly controll their obsession of hunting. I will choose my wife and kids over a bunch of bone on the wall every time.

Its a balancing act but if priorities arent right then no one wins.

[SHANE(WA)]

If you can do it in WA my hats off to you, but if you live in MT,ID,WY,UT,CO,NM and oregon its acheivable, elk pops in some of those states is insane, the liberal seasons and tons of public land

[JNB]

Down in New Zealand there is no limit, so some guys who live on the West Coast down there will shoot an Elk (or Wapiti as the kiwis refer to them)/red deer hybrid damn near every week.  I think the elk are originally Washington stock, so I guess that kind of counts...

[Huntbear]

NOT ME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 

[GoldTip]

I know a couple old boys back home in Montana that gotta be approaching 60 elk to their credit.  Hell, one old boy that been dead for ten or more years was probably over a hundred I'd bet.  None of these guys are trophy hunters, kill the big bulls when they see'em, kill the cows when they see'em as well.  My family has always done pretty well, but just meat hunters.

[backwoods_boy]

not yet but i have many many many years of this hunting thing and i dont feel as if its ever gonna get old.

[jjhunter]

I know a guy in North Idaho who killed 13 330+ bulls in 15 years.  He also killed two 190"+ mule deer in that time (public land).  I killed 4 bulls in 6 total days of elk hunting with my bow in WA if that counts?   

[BULLBLASTER]

i am at 9, 5 cows and 4 bulls, all washington. 3 archery, 3 rifle, and 3 muzzleloader.

[Bigshooter]

My dad told me that he helped my grandpa pack out his 50th bull.  I know 2 of them scored over 300.  Dad also said that all but 5 or 6 were killed in Washington.  The funny thing is my grandpa was in his 40's when he killed #50.  Moved to alaska the next year, never killed another bull and died two years later. 

[bucklucky]

not yet but i have many many many years of this hunting thing and i dont feel as if its ever gonna get old.

You still goto figure out what an elk looks like 

[boneaddict]

How about one of our old professors.  Seems to me he killed so many he decided to use a spear.  I remember him shooting one with a rubber arrow once too if I remeber right.

[Machias]

I'm on the other end of that spectrum.  Been in bow range of several nice bulls, always in a spike and cow only unit.  I can whack and stack whitetails and bears, but for me elk are shape shifters or reside in another dimension.

[Elkpiss]

killed 7 in the last 8 yrs, 5 bulls 2 cows, all archery.. Called in 5 bulls for kills for other guys in that time as well. All Washington Public Land.. I guess one in Oregon to..