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Title: Little Naches Bull Down
Post by: fireguy459 on October 07, 2008, 02:43:39 PM: Hey guys and gals. Back from my uncles little naches bull hunt. What a blast. It was a hunt to remember. It was not as long as it could have been which can be a good thing and a bad thing. But all and all it was a good times. After many weekends, weekdays and dreams of scouting the weekend before season finally came. My uncle from Missouri flew in to help with the hunt. So Saturday it was off to the airport to pick him up. I worked Sunday and got off work Monday morning and it was straight over chinook pass. Camp was set up by the late afternoon and the hunt had officially been kicked off. Monday night i set out to continue the preseason scouting. Right before dusk i spotted 8 elk with two small bulls a rag horn and a spike. not bad for being out less than an hour. Tuesday morning brought more preseason scouting. With a not so productive daylight scout 2 hours after daylight brough increased enthusiasm. 3 cows and a 7X6. They were in a relatively easy area for my uncle to access. After that more scouting and more scouting. lunch. then out for the afternoon/evening scout. took an old jeep trail out to the end of a point that looked into two basins. Initially say a fork and 5 cows and then a spike and a URO (unidentified running object). Not hundreds of trophy bulls but still promising. After sitting around the fire Tuesday night we decided that opening morning would be started in the area of the 7x6. Of course as typical luck has it no bull or elk for that matter to be found.

That morning and afternoon we hiked from one basin down into the next and saw lots and lots of sign. We just could not find what was making the sign. That evening i decided to go back to where i had seen the 7x6 and sure as hell i saw three cows not 100 yards from where i had seen the elk two days before. they were feeding out of the bottom up onto the ridge across from me. I waited this dark for the bull to show himself and was left empty handed.

Thursday morning took us back to the same area. This time we decided to hunt it a tad different. We were awake before the elk and positioned for light. we hiked down a skid road for close to a mile to get close to the elk. right at light we spotted a couple of elk in the general area that i had seen the bull in two days earlier. As we got the spotting scope out we could see at least one shooter bull. We moved further down the skid road to get a closer look. As we walked i looked across the canyon and saw one lone elk standing broadside. I glassed it and it was the shooter bull. I ranged it with the Nikon 800 and it was 526 yards faced uphill broadside. My uncle tried various rests. :chuckle: and ended up with a rock under his day pack. laying down. He took the shot and the rest is history. of course me being the youngest i got to endure the 8 hour pack :bdid: . I really need to start having kids.
Thanks to everyone that helped with input. another successful family trip down in the books.
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Post by: NW-Eric on October 07, 2008, 02:47:55 PM: great job that is a nice looking bull, and sounded like a brutal pack haha
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Post by: boneaddict on October 07, 2008, 02:48:33 PM: SWEET! NICE job
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Post by: rougheye on October 07, 2008, 02:48:45 PM: Nice bull :chuckle: Well done :chuckle:
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Post by: X-Force on October 07, 2008, 02:58:53 PM: Congrats well done :drool:
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Post by: bowsandhose on October 07, 2008, 03:18:02 PM: very nice congrats
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Post by: Opportunist on October 07, 2008, 03:39:00 PM: Sounds like a great hunt with family and friends and a beautiful bull is the bonus. I love that country.
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Post by: C-Money on October 07, 2008, 03:49:49 PM: Great Bull! Congratulations!
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Post by: M_ray on October 07, 2008, 03:52:15 PM: Great job and congrats to your Uncle! That brings back some good memories for me from last year :)
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Post by: bucklucky on October 07, 2008, 03:55:57 PM: Pretty Bull!
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Post by: wf70gonehunting on October 07, 2008, 03:58:52 PM: Got to like that, Nice bull :chuckle:
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Post by: mwhite on October 07, 2008, 08:09:22 PM: Awesome! Glad to hear you guys had a great hunt and your uncle got a dandy bull! Congratulations!
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Post by: Slider on October 07, 2008, 08:30:15 PM: He's a Dandy!!! Congrats
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Post by: WaltHenry on October 07, 2008, 09:51:44 PM: ;)i am jealous. :)
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Post by: cohoho on October 07, 2008, 09:57:07 PM: What a good bull, one day.. Good job..
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Post by: Rhinoron247 on October 07, 2008, 09:58:10 PM: Great Bull, outstanding pics.

Thanks
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Post by: bow4elk on October 07, 2008, 11:11:09 PM: Nice 6!
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Post by: Muleyslyr on October 08, 2008, 10:28:42 AM: Sounds like good times!! That's a great look Bull....Congrats to your uncle!
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Post by: FireMedic on October 08, 2008, 10:47:47 PM: Nice bull, sounds like a good hunt, wish i could be going for a big one. I'll be stuck looking for spikes the end of this month. :'( What dept. are you with? I'm at Lynnwood.
Title: Re: Little Naches Bull Down
Post by: fireguy459 on October 08, 2008, 11:14:28 PM: Yeah i will be hunting spike at the end of the month also. but in good hopes i also drew an oregon any bull tag so hopefully that works out. i work for king 44. well good luck to all. i am getting antsy again and its only been a week. haha
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Post by: huntnphool on October 09, 2008, 09:21:35 AM: Looks like a well organized camp and one hell of a lot of fun, congrats on a nice bull.
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Post by: Buckoholic on October 09, 2008, 07:45:13 PM: Nice Bull congrats :)
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Post by: jae on October 11, 2008, 06:06:29 PM: Very Nice bull! Congratulations!!!
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Post by: Muleyslyr on October 13, 2008, 01:11:26 PM: Quote from: FireMedic on October 08, 2008, 10:47:47 PM
Nice bull, sounds like a good hunt, wish i could be going for a big one. I'll be stuck looking for spikes the end of this month. :'( What dept. are you with? I'm at Lynnwood.

I live right down the street from ya. Keith still workin' at the Lynnwood one??
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Post by: PacificNWhunter on October 13, 2008, 04:07:15 PM: Good to see you back on here man, looks like you had an awesome time!
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Post by: TeacherMan on October 14, 2008, 01:12:33 PM: I have a big bull tag this year and I'm just a little excited to get on it. :drool: My question for the guys on the forum would be what do you think that bull scores?

280ish?
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Post by: bowsandhose on October 14, 2008, 01:26:13 PM: i think your close teacherman