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Big Game Hunting => Elk Hunting => Topic started by: WalleyeJason on September 03, 2013, 09:25:30 AM

Title: What would you do on Day one?
Post by: WalleyeJason on September 03, 2013, 09:25:30 AM: Ok, it's day one of the Peaches Ridge Muzzy season and this guy comes barging in on you.

What do you do?
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Post by: mp.hunter on September 03, 2013, 09:28:10 AM: I have that tag, if you don't want it let me know!! I'd shoot it.
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Post by: Labs07 on September 03, 2013, 09:30:32 AM: Shoot the Elk!
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Post by: pianoman9701 on September 03, 2013, 09:43:37 AM: Bang!
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Post by: turkeyfeather on September 03, 2013, 09:45:07 AM: Drop the hammer.
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Post by: PolarBear on September 03, 2013, 09:45:21 AM: Pass
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Post by: jackelope on September 03, 2013, 09:47:25 AM: Pass on day one. He's young and not that big.
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Post by: vandeman17 on September 03, 2013, 09:50:20 AM: Quote from: jackelope on September 03, 2013, 09:47:25 AM
Pass on day one. He's young and not that big.

I agree for the most part unless I had tons of scouting in and cameras that weren't showing much if anything bigger. He is a decent young bull but it would be tough to pull the trigger the first morning.
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Post by: bobcat on September 03, 2013, 09:58:02 AM: I would probably take him. I ended up with a spike on the last day of the season with the same permit, in 2005 I believe it was.
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Post by: mp.hunter on September 03, 2013, 10:00:56 AM: Hey Bobcat, how many bulls did you pass on during your hunt?
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Post by: bobcat on September 03, 2013, 10:09:51 AM: Quote from: mp.hunter on September 03, 2013, 10:00:56 AM
Hey Bobcat, how many bulls did you pass on during your hunt?

I didn't pass up any. We just never got within muzzleloader range of any bulls.
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Post by: WalleyeJason on September 03, 2013, 10:13:10 AM: This is the bigest bull to show so far. I swapped cards yesterday and found that the batteries had died on August 11th. There were 2300 pictures, and 3/4 of them were at night. I have a feeling that the flash bured up the batteries.

I was bummed that I didnt have pics from the last couple of weeks. I'm hoping that more salty bull will appear.

But I'll have to be honest, this bull steps out on day one, Bang! Whe would make a dandy first elk.
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Post by: hoyt5199 on September 03, 2013, 10:16:21 AM: Don't pass on anything you would shoot the last day :)
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Post by: stewcamp on September 03, 2013, 03:03:58 PM: SHOOT!
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Post by: mholzngel on September 03, 2013, 03:15:33 PM: i helped a friend last year with that tag shot at one about that size n missed. i left and the elk that he harvested was tiny id shoot that :tup:
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Post by: Old Man Yager on September 03, 2013, 03:51:35 PM: Shoot da bull !!
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Post by: zackmioli on September 03, 2013, 03:51:41 PM: :hunter:
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Post by: jeffro on September 03, 2013, 04:11:54 PM: I wouldn't even hesitate to fill my freezer with him.
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Post by: lostbackpacker on September 03, 2013, 04:15:01 PM: shoot 'em, shoot 'em elizabeth
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Post by: Smossy on September 03, 2013, 04:16:19 PM: Quote from: vandeman17 on September 03, 2013, 09:50:20 AM
Quote from: jackelope on September 03, 2013, 09:47:25 AM
Pass on day one. He's young and not that big.

I agree for the most part unless I had tons of scouting in and cameras that weren't showing much if anything bigger. He is a decent young bull but it would be tough to pull the trigger the first morning.
Naw, shoot him, stock the freezer. On to the next animal.
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Post by: wildmanoutdoors on September 03, 2013, 04:23:47 PM: If its a first Elk you shoot!
If your looking for a trophy let him walk. (You probably have a couple under your belt if your trophy hunting).
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Post by: h2ofowlr on September 03, 2013, 04:35:31 PM: I would shoot it!
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Post by: Pathfinder101 on September 03, 2013, 04:38:52 PM: Depends on what else you have been seeing in there. If you don't have a bigger one nailed down, I'd be shooting...
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Post by: arees on September 03, 2013, 04:44:26 PM: Bang.
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Post by: hrd2fnd on September 03, 2013, 04:45:05 PM: Having never shot an elk and being my 1st time, I wouldn't hesitate.
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Post by: BOWHUNTER45 on September 03, 2013, 04:51:25 PM: Only a trophy hunter would pass on that bull ....since I am not one :chuckle: I WOULD KILL IT :tup: :yeah:
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Post by: nw_bowhunter on September 03, 2013, 05:00:19 PM: I would shoot...i never shot a bull elk before so I wouldn't be able to pass for somehting bigger")
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Post by: Mfowl on September 03, 2013, 05:01:37 PM: Shoot'em! I took a spike with my bull tag last year. First bull we saw once the season started, day 5 of hunting. I would have loved to have seen one like that!
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Post by: Smossy on September 03, 2013, 05:06:39 PM: Ill only shoot one if he looks like this :rolleyes:
(https://hunting-washington.com/smf/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fonyourownadventures.com%2Fhunttalk%2Fattachment.php%3Fattachmentid%3D32848%26amp%3Bd%3D1352307736&hash=72746e5f38430443dfed7e2c983b00b05ee36269)
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Post by: Tbar on September 03, 2013, 05:25:02 PM: If he makes you happy shoot him. I wouldn't shoot, I have no problem passing a bull early if it's not to my standards, and am happy shooting a dink on day 4 or 5. As long as you are happy that's all that matters. Good luck on your hunt. That unit has potential to produce a very nice bull.
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Post by: dreamingbig on September 03, 2013, 07:31:34 PM: I would be shooting.
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Post by: steeleywhopper on September 03, 2013, 08:47:09 PM: Shoot him then spend the rest of the month coho fishing. :chuckle:
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Post by: DARKTIMBER on September 04, 2013, 04:53:23 PM: Dump him over right where he stands
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Post by: SGM R on September 05, 2013, 09:07:46 PM: Go home early and eat backstrap. :chuckle:
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Post by: KillerBeee on September 06, 2013, 11:44:44 AM: Looks like a beauty to me. No way I could pass...That's just me.