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Title: Greenhorn gets his first branched bull! (Peaches)
Post by: Greenhorn on October 24, 2012, 05:04:21 PM: Well, I kept telling myself "Don't shoot the first bull you see" unless it is one of the big ones that I have caught on my trail cam in the last two months. Well guess what?:bash: I had told myself I was going to sit in my spot for 12 days straight to get one of these and I only lasted one day :bash: Hadn't had a bull on the camera for two weeks. Only saw a bird the first day. The second day, I decided to chase after some other elk my dad and I had been watching and followed a bull bugling somewhere up ahead. I finally came to the bottom of a clearcut and the herd was heading into the timber about half way up. I only had a thin shot that I could see the cows heading into the timber through. I finally saw the bull and had a short time to decided on the distance. I was guessing about 400 yds but it was 360 and up at about a 45 deg. angle. I hit him right through the top of the backbone and he dropped like a sack of rocks. He was the first bull that I saw :bash: I wish I could bring that bullet back. That evening (Tuesday) after packing my elk out I went to get my trail camera and watched 4 cows and one of the big bulls that I had on my trail cam walk through my little meadow, 200 yds away! :bash: I had a blast hunting the bulls early and am looking forward to doing it again (in another 10-15 years)! :) I ended up packing up a chainsaw to get this bull out from under the trees where he got stuck.
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Post by: royalbull on October 24, 2012, 05:13:20 PM: nice job David
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Post by: Kowsrule30 on October 24, 2012, 05:15:33 PM: Don't blame you... Nice bull congrats!!! What tag??
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Post by: Greenhorn on October 24, 2012, 06:38:59 PM: Peaches Ridge tag
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Post by: hoytem on October 24, 2012, 06:40:21 PM: Way to go man. Nice job!
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Post by: Timberstalker on October 24, 2012, 06:43:07 PM: Nice Bull.
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Post by: rtspring on October 24, 2012, 07:01:46 PM: oustanding! Any elk is a good elk... Who cares how big he is...

Wish i could of been there, ive been busy,,,,

RTSPRING
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Post by: carpsniperg2 on October 24, 2012, 07:04:24 PM: Congrats man! Glad you got your bull :IBCOOL:
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Post by: SniperDanWA on October 24, 2012, 07:04:54 PM: For that bull, I wouldn't have waited either. He will be more tender too :drool: congrats.
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Post by: sled on October 24, 2012, 07:06:52 PM: :tup: awsome bull.
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Post by: BENCHLEG on October 24, 2012, 07:41:58 PM: nice work enjoy your time with friends. :tup:
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Post by: stickbuck on October 24, 2012, 07:44:12 PM: Beauty! Congratulations on a nice bull! :tup:
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Post by: blackveltbowhunter on October 24, 2012, 07:57:55 PM: Great Bull!!! Any elk is a good elk! :tup:
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Post by: ShaneTyTrey on October 24, 2012, 08:02:20 PM: Congrats
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Post by: rebal69972 on October 24, 2012, 08:18:14 PM: congrats :tup:
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Post by: BOOM!! on October 24, 2012, 08:19:27 PM: Way to go! :tup:
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Post by: Ridgerunner on October 24, 2012, 08:28:50 PM: A good bull for a first one no shame in that guy.
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Post by: WSU on October 24, 2012, 08:38:41 PM: Nice bull. That tag is no slam dunk since the rut is basically over.
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Post by: HUNTINCOUPLE on October 24, 2012, 09:03:39 PM: Quote from: rtspring on October 24, 2012, 07:01:46 PM
oustanding! Any elk is a good elk... Who cares how big he is...

Wish i could of been there, ive been busy,,,,

A dead elk is a good elk!!!!! Good story! What tag did you have?

RTSPRING
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Post by: Greenhorn on October 24, 2012, 09:38:12 PM: I found this site as part of my scouting for my Peaches Ridge bull tag this year. I have really enjoyed all of the friends that I have made and all of the support. I have learned a pile about elk hunting this year even though I have been going for most of my life. This is a great forum and thanks for the opportunity for letting me be a part of it.
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Post by: KillerBeee on October 24, 2012, 10:45:36 PM: That's a beauty and I would take that shot in a heartbeat.

Nice work.
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Post by: bowhntr on October 25, 2012, 12:00:16 AM: Great bull! :tup: It's nice to see some snow on the ground.
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Post by: csaaphill on October 25, 2012, 01:44:52 AM: nothing to sneeze at nice bull!!!
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Post by: Kioti on October 25, 2012, 05:35:11 AM: Nice bull....good eating there
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Post by: muzbuster on October 25, 2012, 05:57:36 AM: Congrats on a nice bull!
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Post by: doyourtime89 on October 25, 2012, 08:42:25 AM: Nice bull...great job...I wouldn't have passed it up.
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Post by: Michelle_Nelson on October 25, 2012, 09:35:04 AM: Great looking Bull! Good Job!
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Post by: RB on October 25, 2012, 09:42:09 AM: Right on nice Bull! :tup:
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Post by: Boss .300 winmag on October 25, 2012, 09:48:37 AM: A tag nothed hung on an animal is worth more than anything left walking, tags don't taste good. Nice rack on him. :tup:
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Post by: shoot-em-dead on October 25, 2012, 09:55:12 AM: I will take the first legal bull I see. Hunting them for years and can never find a bull. Great job and nice bull.
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Post by: 250savage on October 25, 2012, 10:08:42 AM: Congrats. That's a nice bull. :tup:
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Post by: BoomWhop on October 25, 2012, 10:24:09 AM: I did the same thing with my tag. Nice Bull
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Post by: BIGMIKE on October 26, 2012, 06:55:33 AM: Thats a nice animal. A real trophy for sure. Congrats.
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Post by: Elkpiss on October 26, 2012, 07:04:27 AM: nice job Greenhorn, i was looking at your tc pics yesterday and wondering how you were doing on your hunt.. Thats one of the hardest things of elk hunting is being mentally tuff and holding out and grinding it out till the end for the big one happens to the best of us!.. Congrats on your bull and that is a fine bull!.. Its funny, when you get a opportunity to hunt a premier unit for elk, i hunted with my dad on a permit hunt and he shot about a 300 inch 6x6 biggest bull he has killed and he was disappointed cause he had chances on much bigger.. You got to appriciate the hunt and look at the big picture and enjoy such a great hunt.. Congrats to ya!. :tup:
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Post by: Instinct on October 26, 2012, 05:25:17 PM: Thats awsome dude congrats!
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Post by: wheels on October 26, 2012, 05:38:11 PM: hice bull where u end up taking it i was up there monday till today saw u 5 point on 1913 but no shot
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Post by: BOWHUNTER45 on October 26, 2012, 06:03:25 PM: Did you get it or did the tree :dunno: :chuckle: :chuckle: Looks like you done well for a green horn :tup: Congrats ,, nice bull :tup:
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Post by: Greenhorn on October 26, 2012, 08:56:33 PM: Wheels, pm sent. It was off the 1913 on Tuesday.
Bowhunter, I had a silencer on my chainsaw when I dropped the tree on him. :chuckle:
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Post by: Igottanewknee on October 27, 2012, 06:08:10 AM: Finally got the elk trap to work!! Nice..... :tup:
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Post by: Labs07 on October 29, 2012, 08:01:43 AM: Nice bull! Congratulations!
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Post by: yakimarcher on October 29, 2012, 08:03:36 AM: Awesome bull, congrats!
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Post by: Huntboy on October 29, 2012, 08:20:13 AM: Nice bull, congrats.
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Post by: C-Money on October 29, 2012, 09:31:02 AM: Nice bull! Congrats! :tup: