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Re: feel kinda bad about shooting tame bull elk.
« Reply #45 on: July 20, 2011, 01:38:23 PM »
I'm sorry but you really sound like a tree hugging hippie right now.
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Re: feel kinda bad about shooting tame bull elk.
« Reply #46 on: July 20, 2011, 01:39:59 PM »
I'm sorry but you really sound like a tree hugging hippie right now.
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Re: feel kinda bad about shooting tame bull elk.
« Reply #47 on: July 20, 2011, 04:39:09 PM »
You must have the woodland park zoo quaility buul tag im thinkin :dunno: never been around any kinda elk that was fond of me at all! seems like they always run away from me and stuff! maybe ive always been around mean ones  :dunno: i wanna come hunt with you where all the nice elk live ;)

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Re: feel kinda bad about shooting tame bull elk.
« Reply #48 on: July 20, 2011, 04:55:21 PM »
Okay, I'm not a Hippie! I love the woods but I'm not a tree huger! And I'm always looking for trouble!

But honestly, Since I started elk hunting, 1988, it seems to be much easier than ever to find and photograph big bulls in the hunting woods during hunting season. Just look at all the guys packing nice cameras and spike tags. 15 years ago I was jacked up before every elk season Now I get that way every 5 years or so if I'm lucky, cuase I get to chase a big bull.  What I am saying is it's easier to shoot a nice bull now than it was in 1995. And based on my experience the last few years , they seem a little tame.  --  And I will not take anything smaller than a 6pt or I will go home empty. And yes I use a longbow and will have a blast in the nile this fall! -- but then again I like catching rainbow stockers too!

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Re: feel kinda bad about shooting tame bull elk.
« Reply #49 on: July 20, 2011, 04:56:41 PM »
I'm sorry but you really sound like a tree hugging hippie right now.



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Re: feel kinda bad about shooting tame bull elk.
« Reply #50 on: July 20, 2011, 05:00:20 PM »
really???
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Re: feel kinda bad about shooting tame bull elk.
« Reply #51 on: July 20, 2011, 05:02:14 PM »
Okay, I'm not a Hippie! I love the woods but I'm not a tree huger! And I'm always looking for trouble!

But honestly, Since I started elk hunting, 1988, it seems to be much easier than ever to find and photograph big bulls in the hunting woods during hunting season. Just look at all the guys packing nice cameras and spike tags. 15 years ago I was jacked up before every elk season Now I get that way every 5 years or so if I'm lucky, cuase I get to chase a big bull.  What I am saying is it's easier to shoot a nice bull now than it was in 1995. And based on my experience the last few years , they seem a little tame.  --  And I will not take anything smaller than a 6pt or I will go home empty. And yes I use a longbow and will have a blast in the nile this fall! -- but then again I like catching rainbow stockers too!
The reason you see more is due to the implementation of the spike only.  There are A LOT more mature bulls now than there was in the 80's and early 90's.

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Re: feel kinda bad about shooting tame bull elk.
« Reply #52 on: July 20, 2011, 05:08:34 PM »
I'm sorry but you really sound like a tree hugging hippie right now.
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I'm sorry but you really sound like a tree hugging hippie right now.
I just call em like I see em.


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Re: feel kinda bad about shooting tame bull elk.
« Reply #53 on: July 20, 2011, 05:10:32 PM »
the old saying goes like this .if god didnt want them killed he wouldnt have made them out of meat.

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Re: feel kinda bad about shooting tame bull elk.
« Reply #54 on: July 20, 2011, 05:13:01 PM »
Okay, I'm not a Hippie! I love the woods but I'm not a tree huger! And I'm always looking for trouble!

But honestly, Since I started elk hunting, 1988, it seems to be much easier than ever to find and photograph big bulls in the hunting woods during hunting season. Just look at all the guys packing nice cameras and spike tags. 15 years ago I was jacked up before every elk season Now I get that way every 5 years or so if I'm lucky, cuase I get to chase a big bull.  What I am saying is it's easier to shoot a nice bull now than it was in 1995. And based on my experience the last few years , they seem a little tame.  --  And I will not take anything smaller than a 6pt or I will go home empty. And yes I use a longbow and will have a blast in the nile this fall! -- but then again I like catching rainbow stockers too!
   YEAH WE KNOW ...You just got on here to stir up sheeeeet huh !!!!! :chuckle: :chuckle: :yeah:

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Re: feel kinda bad about shooting tame bull elk.
« Reply #55 on: July 20, 2011, 05:13:57 PM »
ALL AND YOU DONE THAT !!! :tup:

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Re: feel kinda bad about shooting tame bull elk.
« Reply #56 on: July 20, 2011, 08:08:29 PM »
This is the Bambi syndrome. We have muliple generations of kids and people (Jimmy?) who think animals talk and are being taught man is evil.
Be careful of assuming a 6 pt bull will just be standing there waiting for you to get bull fever because you feel guilty about something. You will wind up putting bbq sauce on that "Quality" bull tag of yours. In this state ANY elk is a trophy.
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Re: feel kinda bad about shooting tame bull elk.
« Reply #57 on: July 20, 2011, 08:13:33 PM »
It would be pretty sweet to find a hungry tame one. I'd lure it right into the back of my truck before I shot it. That would be one hell of an easy pack out! :chuckle:
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Re: feel kinda bad about shooting tame bull elk.
« Reply #58 on: July 20, 2011, 08:13:58 PM »
Yes I have my Quality bull tag. But now I've started wondering about the ethics of it all.  Our state has systematically created tame, mature bulls thanks to their great wisdom in trying to manage  age distribution in breeding bulls. Also know as revenue building. 

Think about it. These bulls from 2.5 yrs on are getting their picture taken and apples tossed to them all summer and fall. Come winter we push hay off a truck for them and and take more pictures. After 5 years of this these poor creatures see us coming, start to drool a little, and then we pop em. It's kinda like shooting a pet dog! And we drop our hard earned dollars for these coveted tags.  To shoot tame bulls.

They are still free range and not high fence hunts.




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Re: feel kinda bad about shooting tame bull elk.
« Reply #59 on: July 20, 2011, 09:05:22 PM »
I always got into bulls in the days before draw tags. Always had a good hard hunt. And yeah, I missed a few(alot) but I killed enough. And I only feel a little guilty if I have to shoot em more than once.

What I am saying is Hunting was better here in the late eighties and 90's prior to the pay to draw. The hunting woods are always great, but we should all get to chase all the bulls. - and quit calling me a hippie - I'm bald!!!!!

And none of my hunting buddies are hunting the draw area with me.

 


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