Possible record bull?

[MADMAX]

Elk make people crazy
That being said it’s a beautiful bull and if it was taken legally
Congratulations

[jackelope]

Elk make people crazy
That being said it’s a beautiful bull and if it was taken legally
Congratulations

Bingo.

[HntnFsh]

Elk make people crazy
That being said it’s a beautiful bull and if it was taken legally
Congratulations

And from what I've seen an read. There is no reason to think it wasn't taken legally.
I don't think anyone is implying it was.

[MADMAX]

Elk make people crazy
That being said it’s a beautiful bull and if it was taken legally
Congratulations

And from what I've seen an read. There is no reason to think it wasn't taken legally.
I don't think anyone is implying it was.

I wasn’t either

[Sundance]

Recently I pulled up to a boat launch where a guy had his newer DuckWater Ocean 23’ boat, a seaduck killing machine. I had my riveted 17’ tracker which I stripped to bare hull and rebuilt over 4-months into a saltwater fishing/hunting platform. The guy complimented me on my boat, but he was super proud of the boat he bought. The boat he has is exactly the platform I want, I just don’t have $75k to invest in a non-commercial operation at this time. Even though I was impressed, and slightly envious, I still have a lot of pride in my boat. That guy most likely has far more financial means than I, for reasons I’ll never know. His success/life situation has no bearing on mine or the things I’ve accomplished.

This is my feelings when I see a bull of this caliber, then walk out to my garage and look at my Roosevelt racks, non of which break 270”. Super cool bull, hope to one day have an opportunity to see or hunt one like it.

[HntnFsh]

Elk make people crazy
That being said it’s a beautiful bull and if it was taken legally
Congratulations

And from what I've seen an read. There is no reason to think it wasn't taken legally.
I don't think anyone is implying it was.

I wasn’t either

Sorry if that came across wrong. Wasn't implying you were.

[MADMAX]

Appreciate

It’s too bad some hunters can’t just say congrats nice elk

[jackelope]

Recently I pulled up to a boat launch where a guy had his newer DuckWater Ocean 23’ boat, a seaduck killing machine. I had my riveted 17’ tracker which I stripped to bare hull and rebuilt over 4-months into a saltwater fishing/hunting platform. The guy complimented me on my boat, but he was super proud of the boat he bought. The boat he has is exactly the platform I want, I just don’t have $75k to invest in a non-commercial operation at this time. Even though I was impressed, and slightly envious, I still have a lot of pride in my boat. That guy most likely has far more financial means than I, for reasons I’ll never know. His success/life situation has no bearing on mine or the things I’ve accomplished.

This is my feelings when I see a bull of this caliber, then walk out to my garage and look at my Roosevelt racks, non of which break 270”. Super cool bull, hope to one day have an opportunity to see or hunt one like it.

Great analogy.
I bet the guy has a lot of pride in his boat too.

[Roslyn Rambler]

At the end of the day this is not the biggest bull to ever walk the planet or to even be killed by a hunter. It is merely (maybe) the biggest bull that has been killed by a hunter that could meet the requirements to be entered into these record books.

I often wonder when "breaking news" like this hits the hunting community, and some hunter grins and glances over at their trophy and says to themselves, "the world will never know"

I'm sure there are a few signed taxidermist NDA's

It would be a difficult secret to keep, but I bet some WR's will remain a secret. Its fun to think about that.

[Shooter4]

I’ve been thinking for several days now how to respond to a lot of comments on here. This was a free range bull for one. No high fence. The bull is harvested. Everyone is in awe of such a bull. A day later the whitefoots start showing pictures of this bull in a driveway, in someone’s yard etc. it’s crazy when the natives kill a huge bull or any bull for that matter and the a average hunter who can’t draw a tag does nothing but bash natives. Then we have a guy who buys a tag and kills a new world record legally. Then the natives bitch and complain showing pictures of the bull around houses and private property. Now turning hunters against hunters. Makes me sick! These animals summer in the mountains and winter closer to town. What blows me away even more is guys on here saying there’s no way they would kill this bull. I call out anyone of you that say you would not kill this bull if it were you had a tag and it were legal! The fact of the matter is no one involved in this hunt owes any of you a story of how the hunt went down. This is an incredible animal and it should be celebrated as such. Like I’ve said before hunters our are worst enemy!  Keep the hate alive guys! Great job!

yakima indians are just jealous if they would manage the elk they have in there 800,000 acres they mag have some of this caliber but they cant help themselves…

[time2hunt]

I’ve been thinking for several days now how to respond to a lot of comments on here. This was a free range bull for one. No high fence. The bull is harvested. Everyone is in awe of such a bull. A day later the whitefoots start showing pictures of this bull in a driveway, in someone’s yard etc. it’s crazy when the natives kill a huge bull or any bull for that matter and the a average hunter who can’t draw a tag does nothing but bash natives. Then we have a guy who buys a tag and kills a new world record legally. Then the natives bitch and complain showing pictures of the bull around houses and private property. Now turning hunters against hunters. Makes me sick! These animals summer in the mountains and winter closer to town. What blows me away even more is guys on here saying there’s no way they would kill this bull. I call out anyone of you that say you would not kill this bull if it were you had a tag and it were legal! The fact of the matter is no one involved in this hunt owes any of you a story of how the hunt went down. This is an incredible animal and it should be celebrated as such. Like I’ve said before hunters our are worst enemy!  Keep the hate alive guys! Great job!

yakima indians are just jealous if they would manage the elk they have in there 800,000 acres they mag have some of this caliber but they cant help themselves…

Like you said if the Washington tribes weren’t so greedy and manage there own land they could be guiding high quality hunt on there lands and truly support there elders .


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[bearhunter99]

At the end of the day this is not the biggest bull to ever walk the planet or to even be killed by a hunter. It is merely (maybe) the biggest bull that has been killed by a hunter that could meet the requirements to be entered into these record books.

I often wonder when "breaking news" like this hits the hunting community, and some hunter grins and glances over at his trophy and says to themselves, "the world will never know"

I'm sure there are a few signed taxidermist NDA's

It would be a difficult secret to keep, but I bet some WR's will remain a secret. Its fun to think about that.

Exactly this!    My grandfather had a 38” Muley, pure 4x4, deep forks and symmetrical.  It was an absolute giant but I never got to hold the rack, just saw a picture when I was young.  He had it hanging on the old barn and some youths that were mad at him for busting them for trespassing came up and busted up all the racks on the barn.  I always wondered what it would score.  He only showed me the picture once when I showed him a picture of the “then” world record that I saw in a magazine.   

He had some pictures of some dandies but all their photo albums got destroyed in a fire when I was a teenager.   


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[CarbonHunter]

Back in 2008 when I had my archery peaches tag I was still young and was hoping to get that record book bull. Before the season came I reviewed all the pope and young requirements and I was going to be hunting alone most of the time. I had to put a lot of thought into whether I wanted to use an electronic call to help me be successful or to try and call and shoot traditional style. It was legal to use the ecaller but I knew I would not be able to enter a potential kill into pope and young if I were to be successful.

When I did finally kill an animal that qualified for pope and young requirements I silently had it stuffed and placed in my office without telling anyone or posting anything. To me knowing that I hit the requirements are good enough to me. Especially after seeing the multiple times where people (not this hunter) broke the ethics to try and get their name in the books.

[huntandjeep]

At the end of the day this is not the biggest bull to ever walk the planet or to even be killed by a hunter. It is merely (maybe) the biggest bull that has been killed by a hunter that could meet the requirements to be entered into these record books.

I often wonder when "breaking news" like this hits the hunting community, and some hunter grins and glances over at his trophy and says to themselves, "the world will never know"

I'm sure there are a few signed taxidermist NDA's

It would be a difficult secret to keep, but I bet some WR's will remain a secret. Its fun to think about that.

Happens more then you think 

[ldjbuff]

If you search on Facebook for "Aaron Whitefoot", you get some more drama/Info. Sounds like it was shot in Cle Elum, near Suncadia resort.