Post by: get one leakin on June 17, 2013, 08:06:30 PM
Post by: Pathfinder101 on June 17, 2013, 08:08:11 PM
Post by: X-Force on June 17, 2013, 08:10:38 PM
Can't wait to see the bull
Post by: BENCHLEG on June 17, 2013, 08:12:43 PM
Post by: get one leakin on June 17, 2013, 08:54:20 PM
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Post by: klickman on June 17, 2013, 11:17:16 PM
KLICKMAN
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Post by: aer212 on June 18, 2013, 06:41:51 AM
Your pops looks a little cold in that pic :chuckle: Did talking about that bull tag today at lunch get you thinking :chuckle:
Oh man!
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Post by: johnnyaustin44 on June 18, 2013, 09:47:51 PM
Gotta wait another 2.5 years for the second chapter!Haha yeah no kidding.
Post by: zackmioli on June 18, 2013, 09:59:05 PM
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Post by: 6x6in6 on June 18, 2013, 10:18:37 PM
:chuckle:
Post by: Shawn Ryan on June 18, 2013, 10:56:51 PM
Those photos don't look like a hell hole-they look awesome. Are all the tales just camp fire ghost stories, whose truth is cloaked behind the "no-trespassing" signs? Say it isn't so.
Post by: get one leakin on June 19, 2013, 02:10:59 AM
Once again first light saw us already an hour in and picking our way down a ridge I had scouted before season. The shooting started early this morning and a we had a good vantage point so we waited to see what happened. Within a few minutes a rag horn five appeared on the ridge in front of us... no thanks so we kept moving. On down the ridge we spotted to bulls across the canyon from us and one looked like it needed a closer inspection so we backed into the timber and closed the distance. The bigger bull was feeding on an open ridge 350+- yards from us and under closer inspection was a really nice bull but was just a 5x5. After some pleading from my hunting partner I elected to pass, I was having way to much fun to quit now and notch my tag. The bulls fed into the timber and we proceeded down the ridge. I had to keep telling myself I was OK with not getting one because that's what I had decided, you cant shoot the big one if you already put your tag on his little brother and with a draw like this I was going to make it count. A couple hrs later found us really down in a hell hole when my hunting partner whispered "Now I've got one you cant pass up". Sure enough down below us was a lone bull feeding in the timber. This was not the prettiest bull by a long stretch but he was so massive along the bases it was a really trophy bull. He had a huge body which I thought may make his rack look a little small for what it actually was. Range finder said 475 and once again I was planning to cut it to 400 where my Christensen 300 RUM would be hitting -6". Just then we heard a whisper from down below us, it was a guy that had camped right across from us. He motioned us down there and told us exactly what we didn't want to hear "theres a bull right down here". He had spotted the bull first So we slid down beside him. It was his move now. He was shooting a 30-06 and the shot was out of his range so he wanted to move closer... I knew it was a bad idea but off we went with him in the lead, to fast and to loud trying to close the distance. The whole time kicking myself for not staying put and seeing if the bull got spooked, I considered myself in range if the bull started getting suspicious. When we broke into the next clearing down the ridge all I could see was the big bull making tracks up the other side. I scrambled to get into position to take a shot and I watch him pause for a half of second on top of the ride before going out of site over the ridge never to be seen again. Never in the open enough to even attempt a shot. Within an hour it was raining as hard as it could possibly rain for the rest of the day. We took shelter under a tree waiting for it to break but as darkness fell we started the long haul back to the horses.
That would be the last decent bull we would see. The elk seemed to disappear with the hunting pressure. We kept right on after it and went 5 days without seeing an elk. Two days left in the season and we got 6 inches of fresh powder and I thought this was our chance. I did see one small rag horn and two cows that day but it was close to dark and they were a long ways off so we waited for the last day. On the last morning we came in from a total different area and hunted up from the bottom. Once again in in the dark, out in the dark and the season was over. We did not see and elk the last day.
This just shows you that sometimes no matter how hard you hunt, how bad you want it its still hunting, nothing is a guarantee, and that's why I love it so much. Spent countless hours scouting and hunting in a 10 year draw and never took off the safety. I don't regret not shooting one of those bulls I was just having the time of my life and it was going to take a truly once in a lifetime bull to get me to give up that tag and quit hunting.
My words of advice about the shed is if you are putting in for it you better be prepared for the hardest hunting of your life. Theres no road hunting, no roads at all actually. Theres no "its down hill to the pickup" all the roads are strait uphill from the hunting area, theres not even a flat place to sit in the whole shed, and here I am hoping and praying that they will put these dam results out so I know If we get to do it again this year!!
Post by: BENCHLEG on June 19, 2013, 07:23:10 AM
Post by: Pathfinder101 on June 19, 2013, 08:42:27 AM
I grew up hearing about how great the 'Shed was to hunt. I've never put in for the tag and won't unless I give up bow hunting or they allow an archery tag. I've read about the "hell hole" that it is, the tough regulations on carrying out your feces, and how brutal the hunt is. I've Google Earthed it for hours, dreaming of 7x8's sparring with even bigger 380" monsters.
Those photos don't look like a hell hole-they look awesome. Are all the tales just camp fire ghost stories, whose truth is cloaked behind the "no-trespassing" signs? Say it isn't so.
No point in putting in for it unless you are hunting Modern Firearm. I stopped when I started archery hunting in 2003. You read the post; it's hard enough to get a shot in there at 400 yards, much less 50.
Post by: get one leakin on June 19, 2013, 08:54:31 AM
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Post by: get one leakin on June 19, 2013, 09:26:35 AM
Post by: BENCHLEG on June 19, 2013, 10:05:12 AM
Post by: trophyhunt on June 19, 2013, 10:08:46 AM
Verry nice bull thanks for sharing. I put in with 14 pts still hoping for my chance.I will fall out of my chair and choke on my whiskey/water if you don't draw that tag with those points! You will love it in there if you've never been inside the shed, good luck and get in shape.
Post by: NWWA Hunter on June 19, 2013, 10:52:39 AM
Post by: Falcon on June 19, 2013, 10:58:50 AM
I agree that at some point, hunting is way more then pulling the trigger.
Good Hunting!
Bryan
Post by: Maverick on June 19, 2013, 01:00:17 PM
Verry nice bull thanks for sharing. I put in with 14 pts still hoping for my chance.I will fall out of my chair and choke on my whiskey/water if you don't draw that tag with those points! You will love it in there if you've never been inside the shed, good luck and get in shape.
My dad and uncle had 16 points last year and didn't get drawn for watershed as a first choice.
Post by: BENCHLEG on June 19, 2013, 01:12:03 PM
Post by: rosscrazyelk on June 19, 2013, 08:40:46 PM
Post by: Maverick on June 21, 2013, 01:19:57 PM
Post by: firefighter4607 on June 22, 2013, 01:55:46 AM
Get one leakin you will have another chance at one. :tup:
Post by: hqdan on June 22, 2013, 08:43:46 PM
Post by: wsucowboy on June 24, 2013, 12:32:47 PM
Nice bull for the 07 bull where is the 2011 bull?:yeah:
Post by: washingtonmuley on June 24, 2013, 12:39:31 PM
dude, looks like you hunted off the deadman peak side. I was there that year with 2 friends that drew, hunted off paradice ridge, got a 350 and a 353 bull, killer hunt hope you tagged out. ps I drew wenaha west archery tag this year, Im" jackedGood luck on your West tag.
Post by: rosscrazyelk on June 24, 2013, 05:37:19 PM
Didn't you read the story? He said he didn't kill one in 2011. He killed one in 2007. :chuckle:No I just look at pictures :chuckle:
Get one leakin you will have another chance at one. :tup: