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Big Game Hunting => Elk Hunting => Topic started by: WDFW Hates ME!!! on December 14, 2008, 05:45:06 PM

Title: Thank god for snow...
Post by: WDFW Hates ME!!! on December 14, 2008, 05:45:06 PM: I had a dental appt. yesterday so no huntign for me. But my brother in law was up in the hills with one of the old guys. They ran around all day and at the end of the day my brother in law put a slug into a bull, he followed it untill he had no light. He marked where he lost sight in the reprod and came home. To recruit some help.

So this morn we get bck on the trail to where he marked it last night and we were right back on blood this morn, we followed track and blood for 3/4 of a mile, through reprod, into a clearcut, down into a creek, across a creek into some big timber where we lost tracks. We serched for 5 minutes and we saw an elk bedded down, but his head was up looking at us, it was a bull... We found him still alive, and finished out hunting season. It was a decent pack out. I took a quarter, another took a quarter, and the Manimal took out the front half. This is the only pic i have from my camera phone, it was a little dark in the big timber.
I was so happy we found him and he was still alive when we got to him. The bull went over a mile on 1 lung, and he ws not pushed hard. We figure he bedded down and couldn't get back up.

(https://hunting-washington.com/cpg/albums/userpics/10093/Travis_bull.jpg)
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Post by: agchawk on December 14, 2008, 05:47:00 PM: VERY NICE! CONGRATS to your brother-in-law!
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Post by: Hunterman on December 14, 2008, 06:02:02 PM: Nice job :IBCOOL: :chuckle: :IBCOOL: Nice looking bull..

Hunterman(Tony)
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Post by: searchnfor on December 14, 2008, 06:05:02 PM: Way to stick with it!!
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Post by: Houndhunter on December 14, 2008, 06:14:37 PM: wow someone packed out both shoulders in one trip? nice elk too
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Post by: WDFW Hates ME!!! on December 14, 2008, 06:24:13 PM: The manimal in the picture... It is not the first time he has done that. He would rather take one trip with both front shoulders than 2 trips.
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Post by: ELKBURGER on December 14, 2008, 07:25:49 PM: Looks like the snow helped out. Now its your turn. Good luck and drive carefully!
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Post by: Opportunist on December 14, 2008, 07:56:44 PM: Congrats!
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Post by: WDFW Hates ME!!! on December 14, 2008, 08:01:02 PM: Nope not my turn... We have all the meat we need for the year. Maybe next year will be my year.
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Post by: JoeVon on December 14, 2008, 08:24:24 PM: Nice bull, and Mullet, I'm envious.
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Post by: WDFW Hates ME!!! on December 14, 2008, 08:43:44 PM: Now that is funny. Joevon he grows the hair for "Locks of love". And it is actually all pulled under his hat, i wish he had a mullet then i could laugh at him for it... But with his hat on backwards it does look like a mullet.
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Post by: fc2038 on December 14, 2008, 09:45:33 PM: Sweet. nothing like a last minute Bull!
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Post by: cascademountainhunter on December 14, 2008, 09:58:48 PM: awsome congrats!
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Post by: skybusterbo on December 15, 2008, 09:16:38 AM: Great job!!! Those elk sure have a will to live. I think that's how a lot of people lose them. Congrats!!!!!!
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Post by: bighorns2bushytails on December 15, 2008, 01:34:31 PM: congrats! nice looking elk
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Post by: Charlie on December 15, 2008, 05:38:01 PM: Good work!! Congratulations to brother in law! :tup:
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Post by: elkaholic on December 15, 2008, 07:04:47 PM: Great JoB MANIMAL.... Thats sweet...
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Post by: SuperDave on December 15, 2008, 07:09:30 PM: Great story and bull!!