Post by: dirty24d on September 10, 2012, 06:22:16 PM
So heres a few pics and a video i took from about 125 yards away with the phone so sorry for the poor quality. i circled him in the pics and in the video he is in the center at the start.
Links is here: Taneum Elk (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FY5uuSS4v_k#ws)
Post by: dirty24d on September 10, 2012, 06:24:44 PM
oh and 25 BONUS POINTS TO ANYONE THAT GUESS WHY I TITLED THE PICS THE WAY I DID!!
I'm not gonna say why till somebody guesses it!! :)
Post by: dirty24d on September 10, 2012, 06:27:36 PM
This guy was pushing the girlies around quite a bit and had his mouth open for a bit as well!!
Post by: ellensburgpo on September 10, 2012, 06:31:00 PM
Post by: runamuk on September 10, 2012, 06:32:08 PM
Some have begun the trek to Jo Watt it would appear...thats what it looks like to me too...getting ready to hole up on some private ground until the seasons all end :chuckle:
Post by: Huntbear on September 10, 2012, 06:48:05 PM
Havent posted much to the site in awhile as i've just been super busy but i'm still lurkin and hope to post some deer pics in the next few weeks when i whack one!!
oh and 25 BONUS POINTS TO ANYONE THAT GUESS WHY I TITLED THE PICS THE WAY I DID!!
I'm not gonna say why till somebody guesses it!! :)
Ummmmmmmmm you and your wife/girlfriend/significant other are having a baby???
OH, and I think it is time me and my big camera went hunting for a bit.... would love to get some good bull pics right now.
Post by: dirty24d on September 10, 2012, 08:10:47 PM
Post by: PlateauNDN on September 10, 2012, 08:17:48 PM
Post by: dirty24d on September 10, 2012, 08:25:30 PM
Post by: Pinetar on September 10, 2012, 09:17:26 PM
Post by: ellensburgpo on September 10, 2012, 09:21:50 PM
Welfare Elk
Oh gosh I hope that's it because that is funny...
Post by: Huntbear on September 10, 2012, 09:26:12 PM
Some have begun the trek to Jo Watt it would appear...
Gonna be a short trek.... :chuckle: :chuckle: :chuckle:
Post by: dirty24d on September 10, 2012, 09:29:12 PM
Welfare Elk
Ding ding ding!!! Nice job!! I've never heard them called that before and it's so true and hilarious!
Post by: PlateauNDN on September 10, 2012, 09:31:37 PM
Post by: dirty24d on September 10, 2012, 09:35:38 PM
Hahaha. Welfare elk! Yep, living off the State just like many others. Free food, free housing and police protection, how could they go wrong? Hahaha LOL :chuckle:
:chuckle: Bingo! Friggin cracks me up! I said I'm going back where I saw that huge bull because I know he has cows with him and he said dint waste ur time chasing welfare elk...
Post by: bankwalker on September 10, 2012, 11:56:27 PM
Post by: Kioti on September 11, 2012, 05:41:34 AM
Post by: coachcw on September 11, 2012, 06:19:40 AM
I use to watch a good size herd in that field every year. But it's been 5 or 6 years sense I even seen an elk thereAre you kidding , they live there and always have !
Post by: RG on September 11, 2012, 06:31:45 AM
Post by: coachcw on September 11, 2012, 09:39:40 AM
Post by: dirty24d on September 11, 2012, 10:10:50 AM
. Too bad. I like the welfare elk tag, especially when they move over to Joe Watt.
Agreed. They were coming going outta there quite a bit. If i had more time i coulda pulled an ambush but time was sparse and i chose to hunt the ridges and timber and not the Watt. I think there are 4 seperate herds running around up there from what we were hearing about guys bumping them simultaneously miles apart. Then again that could just be people blowing smoke in the afternoons at the campground.
Post by: hunterrcc on September 11, 2012, 12:33:08 PM
Unfortunately there's always some guy who plants his buddies on the draw up the hill behind there, sneaks past the safety zone signs, and chases them up the hill off of the Heart K. Everybody around there sees it or hears about it and it gives us all a bad name as greedy slobs. A few years ago a guy shot a big muzzleloader bull that way, his friend chased it to him off the Heart K, then he went around posting pictures and bragging about what a great hunter he was. Too bad. I like the welfare elk tag, especially when they move over to Joe Watt.
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Post by: RG on September 11, 2012, 02:15:27 PM
The difference there compared to elsewhere is that what you do is visible from a lot of places.
Post by: colockumelk on September 11, 2012, 02:51:36 PM
Post by: PlateauNDN on September 11, 2012, 03:27:47 PM
I have heard the term welfare elk alot. My family uses it to describe the elk that come down to the feed station at Oak Creek every year to get free hay whether there is snow on the ground or not. I'm sure you and your "family" (the CCC) are familiar with welfare elk. :rolleyes: And technically those elk are not in the Taneum they are in the Manastash. And I see those elk there every year. They know where they are safe. Come winter time there will be hundreds of elk in there. Cool place to look at them.
Yep, my kids still love seeing the elk up close and alive. :tup:
Post by: elkfins on September 11, 2012, 03:45:23 PM
Post by: rosscrazyelk on September 11, 2012, 06:42:08 PM
Post by: coachcw on September 11, 2012, 06:47:00 PM
Post by: dirty24d on September 11, 2012, 07:12:54 PM
I have heard the term welfare elk alot. My family uses it to describe the elk that come down to the feed station at Oak Creek every year to get free hay whether there is snow on the ground or not. And technically those elk are not in the Taneum they are in the Manastash. And I see those elk there every year. They know where they are safe. Come winter time there will be hundreds of elk in there. Cool place to look at them.
I think where they are standing in the pictures is taneum unit but if they climb the draw is manashatash . but I'm probably wrong it's the creek that seperatea the two units right?
Post by: coachcw on September 11, 2012, 07:25:58 PM
Post by: nailbender on September 11, 2012, 08:26:59 PM
I don't know who shot the bull. I have friends who live on Watt Canyon road that I hear from. I've hunted a lot in that area and I don't care if somebody sits on the hill above the ranch and hunts, more power to them. My complaint is if people do things that are illegal or unethical in the name of hunting and give the rest of us a black eye. I don't know Nailbender and I didn't see him shoot his bull so I have no issue with him. I'm relating information I received from people who live right there and I think it's relevant because I know they don't have any reason to make this stuff up, they're hunters too. Why would you get defensive about this if my point is that some people do the wrong thing and it affects all of us?
The difference there compared to elsewhere is that what you do is visible from a lot of places.
Unfortunately there's always some guy who plants his buddies on the draw up the hill behind there, sneaks past the safety zone signs, and chases them up the hill off of the Heart K. Everybody around there sees it or hears about it and it gives us all a bad name as greedy slobs. A few years ago a guy shot a big muzzleloader bull that way, his friend chased it to him off the Heart K, then he went around posting pictures and bragging about what a great hunter he was. Too bad. I like the welfare elk tag, especially when they move over to Joe Watt.
Good lord! Really?? Just as RC said…GET YOUR FACTS STRAIGHT! Don’t start sling'n mud saying someone went behind safety zones, did something "illegal" and put it out there as an innuendo. And when you start talking about bad ethic's and try to attach my name to it...you god damn right I’m gonna take offense to that! You have NO F'n idea who the hell I am or what my moral codes are... Don't post something like that just because you want to gossip about what you "think" you know. You just assumed something you did not witness and you don’t have any privileged information to back up what you said, because it simply did not happen.
I really don't have to argue, dispute nor defend my ethics on how I shot my bull. The people who know - were with me. The people who know me.. Know who I am and what I stand for. The people who don't... gossip and try make someone else's success seem insignificant.
Well dude... just as you said, I have no problem with you as I don't know who you are either.
Just get your facts straight before you post something like that! Makes you look like a fool!
Post by: RG on September 11, 2012, 09:54:34 PM
Post by: coachcw on September 12, 2012, 06:18:03 AM
Post by: RG on September 12, 2012, 06:59:21 AM
Post by: Huntbear on September 12, 2012, 07:03:53 AM
Post by: hunterrcc on September 12, 2012, 09:22:24 AM
It sounds like it must have been a nice bull, I congratulate him on that for his first elk. Nobody told me a name, they just described an event that they witnessed. It sounds like it could have been any number of guys. I was certainly never blaming Nailbender or anybody else specifically because I didn't see it. Everybody jumped right onto this and started thumping their chest when my intent was to merely state that we, as sportsmen and women, should hunt by the rules, it's good for our future and our image. I'm not quite sure where we decided we needed to argue about that. Have a good season this year.Yes we will try to have a good season in about 12 days, and same to you.
Post by: coachcw on September 12, 2012, 10:23:15 AM
:tup: :tup: :tup:It sounds like it must have been a nice bull, I congratulate him on that for his first elk. Nobody told me a name, they just described an event that they witnessed. It sounds like it could have been any number of guys. I was certainly never blaming Nailbender or anybody else specifically because I didn't see it. Everybody jumped right onto this and started thumping their chest when my intent was to merely state that we, as sportsmen and women, should hunt by the rules, it's good for our future and our image. I'm not quite sure where we decided we needed to argue about that. Have a good season this year.Yes we will try to have a good season in about 12 days, and same to you.
Post by: nailbender on September 12, 2012, 07:35:12 PM
I wish you a great season this year as well!
Post by: RG on September 12, 2012, 07:38:14 PM
Post by: Pinetar on September 12, 2012, 09:43:45 PM
I just want to get my 25 bonus points from dirty24d
Post by: dirty24d on September 12, 2012, 10:32:34 PM
dang- I leave for a day of archery Elk hunting and everyone gets all fired up! hehehe
I just want to get my 25 bonus points from dirty24d
Haha. Where do you live at? I might have info that could be shared! If your a drysider I won't be of much help though.
Post by: Pinetar on September 12, 2012, 10:43:58 PM
Post by: hunterrcc on September 12, 2012, 11:01:50 PM
Welfare Elk
Ding ding ding!!! Nice job!! I've never heard them called that before and it's so true and hilarious!
That was the reason we shot the bull it was costing us all $$$ in hay!!! Not a big fan of welfare system I guess! :tup:
Post by: NBhunter on September 13, 2012, 12:17:42 AM
Post by: coachcw on September 13, 2012, 06:07:09 AM
that must be a differnet cow my friend and good for you following up on your shot . the cow i tracked ended up in the private property to the east . and yes I know that boundry very well , the real sticky part is between the barbwire fence and the canal and now that they have changed the boundry to the elk fence the very west tip is difficult to pinpoint a lil better signage and a slight boundry change to the base of that hill would fix the problem down there (but then those two tree stands in the edge of the field would be off limits) .to clarifiy the situation there , i used to hunt that spot and sit on elk comming and going from there . Then a couple of guys that where connected with the krd went in and set tree stands and bait in there right next to the fields . they would bugger the elk outta there . on said he had stuck a cow and lost it or didn't even pursue it . I dropped my gear and went in to a no shooting zone in the bottom of rattle snake to track the blood trail btw the boundry at the time was the cannell wich is under ground right there so even the boundry was in ????. then the lazy *censored* called the game dept . a warden came up and questioned me we cleared up the matter and the guy from krd never pursued it . i did jump then wounded cow out of there but she went hell bent towards eburg . so be carefull who the fingers get pointed towards . And there's quiet a few guys in that huch area that load up a spot with tons of mineral then sit on it not much diff really . Since I've left that camp for other reasons and as for how they hunt it in the past two years I don't know . :twocents:
i'm the lazy *censored* i took a welfare elk and it was timothy fed but i shot it outside the safety zone and i did recover it. i left my bow and tracked out into the field, marked last blood and two guys on the hill above pointed me in her last direction. i didnt track her immediately because i didnt want to push her and wouldn't ya know she followed the creek back and died just outside the safety zone near where i shot her, we found her that morning. called the game warden on 2 guys with bows in the safety zone days later. also the canal is underground but being connected with krd i know the boundaries very well, I'm not sure what you were trying to say but it sounds like your confused where the boundary is?