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Big Game Hunting => Elk Hunting => Topic started by: RClare1223 on September 08, 2013, 08:16:20 AM

Title: 6x7 down!
Post by: RClare1223 on September 08, 2013, 08:16:20 AM: I stuck this guy yesterday right at noon. I was in a small swampy meadow that i decided to go into and sit for a while. I got in the meadow at about 11 and sat down on a log to eat some lunch. Then i decided to lay back on the log and take a nap. About 30 min into my nap i get woke up tothe sounds of this bull walking into the meadow. So i got up nocked an arrow and had to move about 15 feet and the bull walked into a opening and stopped. I put my arrow right in the boiler room at 30 yards. He ran about 30 yards and dropped. Then the work started. It was 3 miles back to the truck and we had to pack him through a swamp to get him out. Pretty good for my first archery elk.
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Post by: HUNTINCOUPLE on September 08, 2013, 08:21:18 AM: That's awesome! Good work! :tup:
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Post by: JMTaylor on September 08, 2013, 08:24:43 AM: I love getting animals after a fresh nap. Congrats.
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Post by: wackum on September 08, 2013, 08:25:04 AM: Cool looking bull Congrats!
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Post by: cedarriver on September 08, 2013, 08:28:08 AM: Nice bull! Great job, Congrats!
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Post by: TheFewTheProud on September 08, 2013, 08:30:21 AM: Nice shot Sir.
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Post by: elkh8me on September 08, 2013, 08:31:46 AM: nice bull. i stopped and talked to you at the shell station in town last night.
great job!!!
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Post by: SniperDanWA on September 08, 2013, 09:27:04 AM: :IBCOOL: great looking bull. Congrats :tup:
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Post by: JWhite22 on September 08, 2013, 09:32:24 AM: Good job! Hope you had help with the pack out! Nice shot, nice bull! Excited for you!
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Post by: fillthefreezer on September 08, 2013, 09:37:36 AM: you're having quite a season!
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Post by: X-Force on September 08, 2013, 09:39:04 AM: Very cool. Congrats!
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Post by: notellumcreek on September 08, 2013, 09:39:23 AM: :tup: :tup: :tup: nice work! congrats!
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Post by: Mfowl on September 08, 2013, 09:42:32 AM: Congrats! Always nice to wake up to some game!
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Post by: shrek on September 08, 2013, 09:44:48 AM: Nice bull ya got there! Congrats
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Post by: RClare1223 on September 08, 2013, 09:51:31 AM: Quote from: JWhite22 on September 08, 2013, 09:32:24 AM
Good job! Hope you had help with the pack out! Nice shot, nice bull! Excited for you!

Yeah i did get help for the pack out. The first thing i did after making sure he was down was go get cell service and start making calls and my buddy terry and his wife picked up my wife and they came up to help. Would have been a miserable pack by myself. Even with the help it took 7.5 hrs to get h quarted and out to the truck.
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Post by: luvtohnt on September 08, 2013, 10:01:08 AM: Nice elk!!! Good shooting. :tup:

Brandon
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Post by: SemperFidelis97 on September 08, 2013, 10:01:45 AM: Nice bull, it looks like its a local congrats its no easy task getting an arrow to an elk in the jungle around here.
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Post by: whiteeyes on September 08, 2013, 10:03:46 AM: Whole new meaning to a power nap... Nice job!
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Post by: Stick em on September 08, 2013, 10:32:39 AM: :tup: :tup: awesome shot.
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Post by: Titan-1 on September 08, 2013, 10:58:07 AM: :tup: Awesome, Congrats :tup:
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Post by: Dan-o on September 08, 2013, 11:06:37 AM: Nicely done!! :tup: :tup: :tup: :tup:
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Post by: Maligator on September 08, 2013, 11:29:12 AM: Great looking animal you have there :drool: Congrats to you :tup:
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Post by: h2ofowlr on September 08, 2013, 11:48:36 AM: Great first animal!
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Post by: Michelle_Nelson on September 08, 2013, 11:54:42 AM: That's a great looking Bull! Love the crowning on both sides. Congrats!
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Post by: BOWHUNTER45 on September 08, 2013, 11:59:07 AM: awesome...nice bull ...I would say you layed the smackdown on that bull ....nice shot :tup: :tup:
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Post by: bowhunterforever on September 08, 2013, 12:02:40 PM: Nice bull,congrats :tup:
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Post by: fishseeker on September 08, 2013, 01:32:38 PM: :yeah: :tup:
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Post by: halfpipe88 on September 08, 2013, 01:39:28 PM: I like the arrow still in it. Didn't penetrate real deep did it.
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Post by: ShaneTyTrey on September 08, 2013, 01:48:44 PM: Great first bull, congrats
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Post by: Jayfire83 on September 08, 2013, 02:14:55 PM: Well done! Nice shot.
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Post by: RClare1223 on September 08, 2013, 02:21:55 PM: Quote from: halfpipe88 on September 08, 2013, 01:39:28 PM
I like the arrow still in it. Didn't penetrate real deep did it.

It was a quartering away shot. The arrow went all the way into the other shoulder and stopped in the bone. It went through both lungs and the heart.
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Post by: cem3434 on September 08, 2013, 02:25:43 PM: Between the bull and the bear, you are having quite the year so far. Congrats on a great looking rosie! :tup:
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Post by: jwd7777 on September 08, 2013, 02:28:30 PM: Great job!!! :)
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Post by: Taco280AI on September 08, 2013, 02:44:28 PM: Great bull :tup:
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Post by: rasbo on September 08, 2013, 03:05:41 PM: saweeeeeeet :drool: :tup:
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Post by: Elkstuffer on September 08, 2013, 06:09:10 PM: Congratulations on a fine first archery bull.
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Post by: addicted2hunting on September 08, 2013, 06:52:57 PM: way to get it done man! congrats!
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Post by: RClare1223 on September 08, 2013, 08:09:52 PM: Thanks to everyone for all the congrats. And good luck to everyone on their hunts.
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Post by: zackmioli on September 08, 2013, 10:29:31 PM: way to go! i got a bull that looks similar to him on my trail camera!
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Post by: spin05 on September 09, 2013, 03:08:56 AM: That bull has a real nice looking rack. Did you hear any bugling at all where you were at??? My son and i are headed out tuesday.
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Post by: RClare1223 on September 09, 2013, 07:49:42 AM: I didnt hear any bugling up there.
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Post by: bearhunter99 on September 09, 2013, 08:14:35 AM: Congrats! Good looking bull there!
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Post by: C-Money on September 09, 2013, 08:27:23 AM: Congrats on a dandy!! :tup: :drool:
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Post by: lostbackpacker on September 09, 2013, 08:27:44 AM: Thats a nice bull
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Post by: runningboard on September 09, 2013, 08:35:00 AM: like the power nap story! congrats :tup:
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Post by: Labs07 on September 09, 2013, 08:45:04 AM: Great looking Bull! Congrats on your first Bull archery kill!
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Post by: dewandgin on September 09, 2013, 08:48:37 AM: Nice bull. :tup:
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Post by: RB on September 09, 2013, 08:52:59 AM: Wow! :tup:
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Post by: spitfire on September 09, 2013, 12:00:03 PM: :tup: Awesome!
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Post by: whtbuck on September 09, 2013, 12:26:48 PM: Right on....nice bull...can't wait for January 1-16