Has anyone here had a cow tag but shot a legal bull instead?

[bod]

If so what was your reasoning or situation.

[buglebuster]

Why wouldn't you shoot a bull if the opportunity presented itself? Use the cow tag as a last chance meat tag.

[marty]

The bull stepped out first.

[rosscrazyelk]

I never have but I read a story awhile back where that happened to a bow hunter. His arrow hit a branch and deflected into a bull. He felt bad as he should, called the gamies to say what happened. and got taken thru the ringer. paid thousands of $$$  lost his hunting rights for 5 years..  Felt bad for the guy he was trying to do the right thing.. I am sure if that was to eer happen again he will just walk away..

[Elkaholic daWg]

 Not elk, but I've done it with deer in NE Wa. a few times. Need to have a cow tag for it to happen and never had one for our area. Hell we're (we're told) lucky to get 2 quality tags for 2 GMU's and 1 bull tag for the other GMU
 So as you might guess-up until last year I didn't even apply for antlerless tags.

[wall of wood camp]

I have done this more than once when the cow season doesn't start until five days after the general season and the cow is never a guarantee of course I'm going to shoot a spike if the opportunity presents itself.  the last year i did this I shot a spike day before cow season and then didn't see another elk the next 4 days glad i pulled the trigger on the spike.

[Crunchy]

I had a MH any elk tag.  I let the air out of the first elk in my path, which took about 30 minutes to do.  I was meat hunting, not horn hunting.  Besides it was a second elk tag, so I knew I still had a chance of shooting a bull.  Turns out I killed a second cow, three weeks later. 

[BOWHUNTER45]

I had a MH any elk tag.  I let the air out of the first elk in my path, which took about 30 minutes to do.  I was meat hunting, not horn hunting.  Besides it was a second elk tag, so I knew I still had a chance of shooting a bull.  Turns out I killed a second cow, three weeks later.

well sounds like you ate good !!

[Dean44]

I had a January Coweeman cow tag last year.  Was going to hunt with a handgun to add a little challenge.  Good opportunity to test handgun bullet performance on a cow.

Ended up shooting a bull during the general rifle season so had to burn the cow tag.  I call that a good kind of problem.

[steen]

Haven't had the tag in my pocket to make the choice, only deer.  One of my girls shot a mulie buck instead of a doe but that was ony 1 in 5, we took home 3 does and once ate the tag.  Not all in the same year either.  If I had a cow tag I'd shoot a cow and let the general guys or draw people take the bulls, but I haven't had the choice yet.

[D-Rock425]

I did the opposite a few years back.  I had a bull tag and shot a legal cow.

[KopperBuck]

I did the opposite a few years back.  I had a bull tag and shot a legal cow.

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