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Quote from: jrebel on January 07, 2025, 03:48:26 PMWe are inching closer every day to reaching the same page count as the BIGFOOT THREAD..... Not even close, I really thought this one would have been locked by now.🤣
We are inching closer every day to reaching the same page count as the BIGFOOT THREAD.....
Quote from: JDHasty on January 07, 2025, 02:07:13 PMThis is an article about my good friend Jim Tonkin’s sheep hunt:https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1310&dat=19910922&id=gENWAAAAIBAJ&sjid=mOoDAAAAIBAJ&pg=6525,5192645&hl=enMy cousin’s wife drew a Slippery Ann tag a while back. She grew up in Winnett and knows every inch of that Unit and everyone who ranches in Philips County personally. They were out hunting and got a call saying the massive seven point bull was next to the hay shed if she wanted to shoot it. She said: No, we want to make a hunt of it. Her late son finally drew that tag last year. He had stage four cancer and could have just waited for a phone call and then gone and shot a way up in the record book bull. He turned down the opportunity and they hunted from the truck and ORVs. Both got really respectable bulls, but not the top record book bulls, but monsters nonetheless. They could have had they accepted the offers. My good friend drew an Elkhorn tag two years ago, finally. He is in his 80’s and suffered from COPD. Had offers to shoot elk on ranches the hands had spotted and could have taken him right to on a four wheeler. He thanked them, but said he came to hunt, not shoot an elk someone else had done the work on. He could only hunt for half a day out of every three days. Didn’t fill the tag. Ronny Jenkins who knows more about sheep and hunting all over the world than practically anyone told me that without a doubt Jim, who is the hunter in the story linked to above would have shot the number one ram if he had not insisted on making a hunt out of it. What I object to, and vehemently and unabashedly so, is others who claim that I have no right to hold and express the opinion that others who would have not only jumped at the opportunity to take a bigger animal, they would have financially compensated anyone who enabled them in doing so, don’t belong in the same class and/or that their achievement deserves to be viewed in the same light. What I also have a big problem with is the proposition “We all need to stick together.” In the first place I don’t care to have the royal we lump me in with individuals who I do not care to be associated with. Irrespective of claims by others who I recognize as having standards I find beneath me, whenever that statement has been brought up, more likely than not, it impresses me as being brought up out of concern for excusing questionable conduct than out of any concern for what is in the best interest of the sport of hunting in general. I 100% agree and cool article. Hunting should be hunting.
This is an article about my good friend Jim Tonkin’s sheep hunt:https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1310&dat=19910922&id=gENWAAAAIBAJ&sjid=mOoDAAAAIBAJ&pg=6525,5192645&hl=enMy cousin’s wife drew a Slippery Ann tag a while back. She grew up in Winnett and knows every inch of that Unit and everyone who ranches in Philips County personally. They were out hunting and got a call saying the massive seven point bull was next to the hay shed if she wanted to shoot it. She said: No, we want to make a hunt of it. Her late son finally drew that tag last year. He had stage four cancer and could have just waited for a phone call and then gone and shot a way up in the record book bull. He turned down the opportunity and they hunted from the truck and ORVs. Both got really respectable bulls, but not the top record book bulls, but monsters nonetheless. They could have had they accepted the offers. My good friend drew an Elkhorn tag two years ago, finally. He is in his 80’s and suffered from COPD. Had offers to shoot elk on ranches the hands had spotted and could have taken him right to on a four wheeler. He thanked them, but said he came to hunt, not shoot an elk someone else had done the work on. He could only hunt for half a day out of every three days. Didn’t fill the tag. Ronny Jenkins who knows more about sheep and hunting all over the world than practically anyone told me that without a doubt Jim, who is the hunter in the story linked to above would have shot the number one ram if he had not insisted on making a hunt out of it. What I object to, and vehemently and unabashedly so, is others who claim that I have no right to hold and express the opinion that others who would have not only jumped at the opportunity to take a bigger animal, they would have financially compensated anyone who enabled them in doing so, don’t belong in the same class and/or that their achievement deserves to be viewed in the same light. What I also have a big problem with is the proposition “We all need to stick together.” In the first place I don’t care to have the royal we lump me in with individuals who I do not care to be associated with. Irrespective of claims by others who I recognize as having standards I find beneath me, whenever that statement has been brought up, more likely than not, it impresses me as being brought up out of concern for excusing questionable conduct than out of any concern for what is in the best interest of the sport of hunting in general.
Amazing bull, if this is a washington bull an im sure it is. It doesn't matter what tag is in the pocket. It just goes to show that there are huge bulls out there for any tag holder. Congrats to casey!!!
This is an article about my good friend Jim Tonkin’s sheep hunt:https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1310&dat=19910922&id=gENWAAAAIBAJ&sjid=mOoDAAAAIBAJ&pg=6525,5192645&hl=enMy cousin’s wife drew a Slippery Ann tag a while back. She grew up in Winnett and knows every inch of that Unit and everyone who ranches in Philips County personally. They were out hunting and got a call saying the massive seven point bull was next to the hay shed if she wanted to shoot it. She said: No, we want to make a hunt of it. Her late son finally drew that tag last year. He had stage four cancer and could have just waited for a phone call and then gone and shot a way up in the record book bull. He turned down the opportunity and they hunted from the truck and ORVs. Both got really respectable bulls, but not the top record book bulls, but monsters nonetheless. They could have had they accepted the offers. My good friend drew an Elkhorn tag two years ago, finally. He is in his 80’s and suffered from COPD. Had offers to shoot elk on ranches the hands had spotted and could have taken him right to on a four wheeler. He thanked them, but said he came to hunt, not shoot an elk someone else had done the work on. He could only hunt for half a day out of every three days. Didn’t fill the tag. Ronny Jenkins who knows more about sheep and hunting all over the world than practically anyone told me that without a doubt Jim, who is the hunter in the story linked to above would have shot the number one ram if he had not insisted on making a hunt out of it. What I object to, and vehemently and unabashedly so, is others who claim that I have no right to hold and express the opinion that others who would have not only jumped at the opportunity to take a bigger animal, they would have financially compensated anyone who enabled them in doing so, don’t belong in the same class and/or that their achievement deserves to be viewed in the same light. What I also have a big problem with is the proposition “We all need to stick together.” In the first place I don’t care to have the royal we lump me in with individuals who I do not care to be associated with. Irrespective of claims by others who I recognize as having standards I find beneath me, whenever that statement has been brought up, more likely than not, it impresses me as being brought up out of concern for excusing questionable conduct than out of any concern for what is in the best interest of the sport of hunting in general. Whenever I have heard it, I’m immediately reminded of the words of Samuel Johnson regarding the last refuge of a scoundrel. In 1774, Samuel Johnson printed The Patriot, a critique of what he viewed as false patriotism. On the evening of 7 April 1775, he made a famous statement: "Patriotism is the last refuge of the scoundrel." The line was not, as is widely believed, about patriotism in general but rather what Johnson saw as the false use of the term "patriotism" by William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham (the patriot minister) and his supporters. Johnson opposed most "self-professed patriots" in general but valued what he considered "true" patriotism.
Quote from: MeSacHappy on January 05, 2025, 09:58:54 PMWow...this thread has so much flavor.I knew this bull, as did most people in the Roslyn community. As an adult bull he never once stepped foot on public land. He hung out on the golf course, the cemetery, and people's yards...that's how he lived to such an old age and grew such an extraordinary world record set of antlers.Is Casey a great elk hunter? Without a doubt.But does the end justify the means? Can he seriously look up at his wall of 400" bulls and be proud of his World Record?So if it never left the resort land and city property where could he have shot it at? I have heard it traveled a bit further than that.
Wow...this thread has so much flavor.I knew this bull, as did most people in the Roslyn community. As an adult bull he never once stepped foot on public land. He hung out on the golf course, the cemetery, and people's yards...that's how he lived to such an old age and grew such an extraordinary world record set of antlers.Is Casey a great elk hunter? Without a doubt.But does the end justify the means? Can he seriously look up at his wall of 400" bulls and be proud of his World Record?
Quote from: The scout on January 07, 2025, 01:51:31 PMQuote from: kentrek on January 07, 2025, 12:17:12 PMQuote from: The scout on January 07, 2025, 11:50:19 AM Bragging to your buddies around a fire and putting it on the internet so thousands of people you don’t know can see are 2 very different things.How about sending an article into a magazine ? Fred bear vids ? Caveman paintings ?Its same same different dayYou’re right, I guess it just feels different being on social media. Reaches way more people.And people can comment.
Quote from: kentrek on January 07, 2025, 12:17:12 PMQuote from: The scout on January 07, 2025, 11:50:19 AM Bragging to your buddies around a fire and putting it on the internet so thousands of people you don’t know can see are 2 very different things.How about sending an article into a magazine ? Fred bear vids ? Caveman paintings ?Its same same different dayYou’re right, I guess it just feels different being on social media. Reaches way more people.
Quote from: The scout on January 07, 2025, 11:50:19 AM Bragging to your buddies around a fire and putting it on the internet so thousands of people you don’t know can see are 2 very different things.How about sending an article into a magazine ? Fred bear vids ? Caveman paintings ?Its same same different day
Bragging to your buddies around a fire and putting it on the internet so thousands of people you don’t know can see are 2 very different things.
Definately a nice bull. I wonder if he will name it. Suncadia bull or Roslyn bull?
Quote from: h2ofowlr on January 08, 2025, 06:07:39 PMDefinately a nice bull. I wonder if he will name it. Suncadia bull or Roslyn bull? Maybe "Chip Shot" or "Gimme"
Quote from: bigdub257 on January 08, 2025, 07:56:56 PMQuote from: h2ofowlr on January 08, 2025, 06:07:39 PMDefinately a nice bull. I wonder if he will name it. Suncadia bull or Roslyn bull? Maybe "Chip Shot" or "Gimme"Alright, this thread is getting out of hand now and you guys are all jealous because he hit a hole in one on that bull!
