Post by: brianb231 on July 28, 2013, 07:19:57 PM
Dang Bear screwed with the camera and moved it and I did not get any more pics! :bash:
Post by: buglebuster on July 28, 2013, 07:22:46 PM
Post by: brianb231 on July 28, 2013, 07:33:05 PM
Post by: rtspring on July 28, 2013, 07:42:53 PM
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Post by: bowhunterforever on July 28, 2013, 09:22:17 PM
Post by: JPhelps on July 28, 2013, 09:24:20 PM
Post by: brianb231 on July 28, 2013, 09:37:37 PM
Post by: mrmoskillz on July 29, 2013, 10:05:15 AM
Post by: D-Rock425 on July 29, 2013, 10:24:48 AM
Post by: brianmtsinc on July 29, 2013, 10:25:46 AM
Post by: MLBowhunting on July 29, 2013, 10:39:07 AM
Post by: brianb231 on July 29, 2013, 12:04:45 PM
Post by: trophyhunt on July 29, 2013, 12:09:59 PM
Post by: brianb231 on July 29, 2013, 12:13:22 PM
Post by: elkoholic1 on July 29, 2013, 12:15:33 PM
Post by: JPhelps on July 29, 2013, 03:27:11 PM
Sweet pics!! I would love to take that bear! And that big bull is a shooter for sure in my book! I wonder how much more he will grow? Thoughts? :dunno:
The big one is done :twocents:
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Post by: trophyhunt on July 29, 2013, 04:10:39 PM
Post by: brianb231 on July 29, 2013, 05:36:10 PM
Post by: JPhelps on July 29, 2013, 05:43:22 PM
Post by: BOWHUNTER45 on July 29, 2013, 05:50:40 PM
Post by: buglebuster on July 29, 2013, 05:51:36 PM
Post by: jackelope on July 29, 2013, 05:56:35 PM
That picture is from a month ago. I bet he got a little bigger. 320 bull maybe?Sweet pics!! I would love to take that bear! And that big bull is a shooter for sure in my book! I wonder how much more he will grow? Thoughts? :dunno:
The big one is done :twocents:
Post by: JPhelps on July 29, 2013, 06:03:27 PM
That picture is from a month ago. I bet he got a little bigger. 320 bull maybe?Sweet pics!! I would love to take that bear! And that big bull is a shooter for sure in my book! I wonder how much more he will grow? Thoughts? :dunno:
The big one is done :twocents:
I didn't look at the date. Yeah he probably grew a little more, but only the main beam and G5's appear to be balled up.
Post by: BOWHUNTER45 on July 29, 2013, 06:21:50 PM
Post by: brianb231 on July 30, 2013, 09:01:22 AM
That's a fine bull ...score means nothing :dunno: :twocents:
Yes, If we get lucky enough to stick one like that I am not going to worry too much about scoring inches
Post by: JPhelps on July 30, 2013, 09:18:47 AM
That's a fine bull ...score means nothing :dunno: :twocents:
Yes, If we get lucky enough to stick one like that I am not going to worry too much about scoring inches
Agreed, that bull would get an arrow 1 minute into opening morning shooting light :tup:
Post by: brianmtsinc on July 30, 2013, 09:40:38 AM
You can shoot that one.... I will shoot the bigger one we saw together a few weeks back! :chuckle:
Post by: brianb231 on July 30, 2013, 10:25:22 AM
Post by: JPhelps on July 30, 2013, 01:26:55 PM
Post by: brianb231 on July 30, 2013, 06:11:12 PM
Is that asking too much.... :dunno:
Post by: JPhelps on July 30, 2013, 06:20:59 PM
Yes, and I am first!!!!! :IBCOOL: :IBCOOL: Well I think we are going to go I hunt the morning, He hunts the evening, He hunts the next morning, I hunt the next evening and so on as far as the shooter goes. It would be nice to get one early in the season so we can hold out for a masher for the second one.
Is that asking too much.... :dunno:
Nope, not at all.
Post by: brianmtsinc on August 03, 2013, 10:00:22 AM
I have never been as serious and as focused on taking a big bull as I am this year!
Hope to post up some more pics by Monday evening! :tup:
Post by: trophyhunt on August 03, 2013, 10:14:25 AM
Post by: coachcw on August 04, 2013, 10:43:30 AM
Post by: brianb231 on August 05, 2013, 09:18:19 PM
We have plans A, B, C, D and E but plan F is to call you and RT Spring! Let us hope it does not come to that.
:tup:
Post by: Natures Way on August 05, 2013, 09:41:51 PM
Post by: buglebuster on August 05, 2013, 10:09:50 PM
Post by: brianb231 on August 05, 2013, 10:15:39 PM
Post by: brianmtsinc on August 07, 2013, 07:41:55 AM
Cameras have all been reset, new batteries, SD cards, and fresh attractant. 2 new cameras have also been placed. 1 one a wallow with a huge bed right next to it. I am hoping this is a certain bulls wallow!! Time will tell!
Post by: brianb231 on August 11, 2013, 07:13:11 PM
Post by: bowhunterforever on August 11, 2013, 09:06:23 PM
Post by: hunting4sanity on August 11, 2013, 09:17:28 PM
Post by: Dblstks on August 12, 2013, 09:02:57 AM
Post by: brianb231 on August 19, 2013, 04:23:43 PM
Drag the trailer up (home for the next 3 weeks) on Sunday! :IBCOOL: :IBCOOL:
Still employed by the end of the week..........Hopefully!!!!!
GEt ready boys!
Post by: wiremonkey on August 19, 2013, 04:41:18 PM
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Post by: trophyhunt on August 19, 2013, 08:01:00 PM
Post by: brianb231 on August 19, 2013, 09:13:30 PM
It's really sickening knowing some other hunter probably took your camera, only hunters would go to areas where you and Brian are going. They won't even come close to ruining you hunt but I sure hope they get a bit of bad carma for the next few years, aZz holes.
Yeah Jerry , that is what I figure. They must have really needed that camera more than I did..... :o
But it is what it is and now its time to put the smack down on a pig! Lets hope all those Karma points I have been savin up are worth something to the ELK GODS!
Post by: brianmtsinc on August 27, 2013, 06:11:33 PM
Here are a couple that we got on film....
Post by: brianmtsinc on August 27, 2013, 06:13:31 PM
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Post by: brianmtsinc on August 28, 2013, 12:24:10 PM
Post by: D-Rock425 on August 28, 2013, 12:26:23 PM
I just heard from my hunting partner (BrianB) that he could have filled his tag this morning! Had a bull come running silently into his call. Broadside at 15 yards! It starting boys!!! :tup: :IBCOOL:why is he calling already?
Post by: brianmtsinc on August 28, 2013, 12:33:53 PM
Post by: D-Rock425 on August 28, 2013, 12:38:11 PM
Post by: Skillet on August 28, 2013, 12:50:50 PM
Post by: D-Rock425 on August 28, 2013, 01:18:47 PM
Post by: WalleyeJason on August 28, 2013, 02:12:11 PM
What are you talking about skillet :dunno:
We hope to find out Monday!
WJ
Post by: trophyhunt on August 29, 2013, 04:41:23 PM
I just heard from my hunting partner (BrianB) that he could have filled his tag this morning! Had a bull come running silently into his call. Broadside at 15 yards! It's starting boys!!! :tup: :IBCOOL:hey bri, where's the video!!! You guys are Gona have a blast, these guys are really good elk hunters so be ready for some kill pics soon guys!
Post by: brianmtsinc on August 29, 2013, 06:04:48 PM
Had more updates a few minutes ago.... I will leave the stories for Brian B, but trust me when I tell you that the bulls are starting to talk.... I CANT WAIT!!! Tuesday cant get here soon enough!!!
Post by: bowpredator on August 29, 2013, 06:39:45 PM
Post by: brianmtsinc on August 29, 2013, 06:52:54 PM
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Post by: brianmtsinc on August 30, 2013, 04:52:43 AM
4 am wake ups from here on out..... only 4 more wake ups to go until the "PEACHES 2013 - NO EXCUSES" season starts!!!
We have never worked harder or prepared more than this year. Serious workouts ( I am in the best shape I have been in since I left the Navy 20+ years ago) , shooting, and calling practice, along with extensive scouting..... now it's time to put it all together!!! :tup:
Post by: trophyhunt on August 30, 2013, 05:33:39 AM
:yike: man your getting old :chuckle:
since I left the Navy 20+ years ago
Post by: Skillet on August 30, 2013, 08:41:51 AM
What are you talking about skillet :dunno:
Ol' WalleyeJason has a couple of cams up for his Peaches Quality ML tag... two week soak in July netted 1600+ pics on one, so I'm guessing unless things changed he's got himself a couple of full cards by now. Hopefully lots of bone, with lots of points. Got enough pics of slickheads to last a lifetime! :chuckle:
Good Luck to the Brians - hope you guys whack a couple of mashers. :tup:
Post by: coachcw on August 30, 2013, 08:43:57 AM
Post by: Skillet on August 30, 2013, 08:52:37 AM
remember alltough photos are cool , those buggers have four legs.
Good point.
Post by: rtspring on August 30, 2013, 08:58:20 AM
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Post by: brianmtsinc on August 30, 2013, 09:48:45 AM
Post by: trophyhunt on September 04, 2013, 06:03:54 AM
Post by: trophyhunt on September 04, 2013, 06:13:21 AM
If we don't get an update, I will be up there next week so I will drive by their camp and see if I see any horns :chuckle:.if we don't get an update by next week I'm Gona go up there and take my wall tent down!! :chuckle:
Post by: trophyhunt on September 04, 2013, 10:20:01 AM
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Post by: trophyhunt on September 14, 2013, 02:05:20 PM
Has Brian B's brother connected in his bull tag?no he hasn't, not in the past day at least. I'm not sure what's happening today?
Post by: boneaddict on September 14, 2013, 02:19:41 PM
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Post by: brianb231 on September 17, 2013, 03:41:57 PM
We had 3 tags and only filled one which was a disappointment. But that is a lesson I guess in just how hard and unpredictable Elk hunting with a bow can be. We put our eyes on some monster bulls from 12 ft to 100 yards but could not close the deal for one reason or another. And there are many reasons. The wind seemed to be our nemesis around every corner even when we hiked around to get it in our favor. We put over 50 miles on our feet during the course of this hunt. We hunted as hard as I think you can. Me and BrianMTSinc hunted together trading off hunts and calling for each other. THis partner of mine has the drive and will of a flower growing out of a crack in the freeway in the middle of I-5. He brings that never say die mentality to our game. I told myself that if I had not connected by the 11th of Sept that I would not pass on bulls after that point. I had only had an opportunity on a couple of Spikes up until that point.
THe morning of the 11th came and we got to a place that we have named "Hell" for various reasons. It is a place that Always, and I mean Always has elk in it due to its toilet bowl esq nature with no bottom in sight. We never worried much about other hunters in this place because they only drove around the rim of this "Hell Hole". So we no more then got to the area and we could hear the bulls screaming. Or just enough to lure us down into the depths of hell only to laugh and draw us farther with every setup!. So after they drug us to the bottom and then we had to hike back out we had burned every last bit of life out of us. IT was a low of lows. So as we were leaving this place in the truck BrianMTSinc says "lets go check this one last area out before throwing in the towel for the first half of the day". I have to admit I was spent and frustrated and really just wanted to go back to camp but I played along. After all I had already survived the hike out of Hell so how bad could it be. So we stop and bugle this one area and we heard no response. We were beginning to leave and had run into cell service not far from Hell so we stopped. BrianMTSinc said he was going to bugle this clearcut while I was checking my messages ( an excuse for trying to get my mind right again.) He bugles and says he hears a bugle way down the ridge. So we knew the road system went down that way so we got to where we might be close to the bull and got out. We gave an estrus call and this bull hit us back immediately with a really crappy sounding bugle. I would have assumed hunter but he was calling from a very bizarre cut of woods at 10:15AM. So I moved down into position by the skid road and BrainMTSinc stayed back and started the estrus calling again. Sure enough he was coming! and FAST! I saw the bull and only a flash of his rack. Enough to know it was a bull. It looked as though he was going to skirt by me through the thick section of timber and I was not going to get a shot, then he took a turn and headed straight down to me. I was already at full draw as he turned to come straight down to me. He came to 20 yards and stopped. My mind was made up he was not leaving without an arrow. I was going to wait for him to turn but I was pegged. Never thought I would have to take a frontal shot, but I have shot a couple thousand arrows this year so far and knew I could make a perfect shot. I pulled the trigger and watched my 440 grain arrow sink right into the center of his chest. I could only see about 2 inches of my arrow. He turned and bounced about 25 yards to my left and started to stumble and go down. I made a questionable decision to put a second arrow in him. I shot again and he "BOLTED!" I thought, oh my god, what did I just do???? So after awhile of my mind working on me and how good my shots were or weren't. We started looking very slowly. Blood was ok for the first 10 yards. I then saw my arrow from the second shot and realized that I had missed???? I guess the excitement took over. I would have bet the farm I laced him with that secon arrow as well. So this made me worry even more. So we only wanted to look a little farther before backing out for a couple hours but it was about to get HOT. But turns out we looked another 20 yards and brianMTSinc says out loud in a stadium sized voice " DO YOU WANT TO SEE HIM!" I was not comprehending what he was asking me. he said it again and I look over the rise and there he lay not 50 yards from the initial shot. I was without words. We gave our manhugs etc and began with pics and processing.
My dad Roy Blair hunted his entire life and never got a bull. He got our whol group into hunting and we have been bowhunting together for the past 25 years now. We like to have a toast for the animal and to my dad thanking them for our good fortune and being with us in spirit during the hunt. He passed away in Oct of 2009. In my heart this bull was for him. He is not the bull of the woods, but on this day he was my bull and could not be any bigger.
A big thanks to my partner to keep me going and always pushing. Could not ask for a better friend.
Good luck to everyone.
Brianb231
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Post by: rtspring on September 17, 2013, 04:00:16 PM
Great job
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Post by: brianmtsinc on September 20, 2013, 07:41:37 AM
I have sat down to share my story about this Peaches 2013 season several times since returning home, yet for some reason, I am not able to do so yet. Strange how something I love so much can leave me feeling so .... :dunno:
I am very proud that I was able to be a small part in BrianB's success. We worked harder than ever, prepared as much as possible, and absolutely left it all in the woods. With new blisters on top of our old blisters, aching bodies, and true exhaustion setting in, we pushed on every day, and ultimately were blessed with taking this beautiful bull. There is no doubt in my mind that Roy was with us that day in the woods, as he always is, pushing us further and making us work for everything we got. So many blessing to be thankful for.....
Best of luck to the rest of you this year!!! :tup:
Brian C.
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