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Big Game Hunting => Elk Hunting => Topic started by: jtrammell on September 07, 2015, 05:44:25 PM

Title: Trophy?
Post by: jtrammell on September 07, 2015, 05:44:25 PM: So this is my first year hunting in Washington. I tried to last year when I moved here but I had three brain surgeries that prevented me from doing so. I have a nice bull on camera and I'm just wondering if he would be considered a trophy.
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Post by: jstone on September 07, 2015, 05:46:19 PM: They like the golden apples better than the reds!!
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Post by: Naches Sportsman on September 07, 2015, 05:48:45 PM: A "trophy" animal is defined differently by each and every hunter. If he meets your defenition of a trophy animal, then it is a trophy.

I would consider that a trophy elk by my defenition.
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Post by: PolarBear on September 07, 2015, 05:56:28 PM: Quote from: Naches Sportsman on September 07, 2015, 05:48:45 PM
A "trophy" animal is defined differently by each and every hunter. If he meets your defenition of a trophy animal, then it is a trophy.

:yeah:
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Post by: zwickeyman on September 07, 2015, 06:30:23 PM: Like said

"Trophy is in the eye of the beholder"
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Post by: coachcw on September 07, 2015, 06:31:27 PM: Nice bull for sure throphy bul to yet. :twocents:
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Post by: Mark251 on September 07, 2015, 06:37:38 PM: If its a trophy to you, then its a trophy. Nice Bull!
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Post by: garbagegoat on September 07, 2015, 06:54:43 PM: Looks good to me.
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Post by: h20hunter on September 07, 2015, 06:55:43 PM: I would push my grandma down, step over her, and not look back until he was down.
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Post by: mtman on September 07, 2015, 07:11:22 PM: I shot a 2 point buck this year and he is a trophy. So yes that bull is a trophy.
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Post by: BIGDOG253 on September 07, 2015, 07:19:41 PM: That's a trophy in my book!
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Post by: jackelope on September 07, 2015, 09:20:35 PM: A trophy to me is defined by a lot more than just the size of the animal's antlers. Did you work your butt off for him? Were you in a special place? Did you have some buddies or family with you that make that hunt unforgettable? You get the idea. We can't tell you what a trophy is in your book. I'd be super proud of a bull like that.
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Post by: Bob33 on September 07, 2015, 09:27:25 PM: A majority of Washington's elk hunters will never kill an elk that nice. Many will never kill any elk.
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Post by: lokidog on September 07, 2015, 10:12:49 PM: I would shoot him in an instant! Good luck!
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Post by: USMC86 on September 07, 2015, 11:00:11 PM: I've been on six guided elk hunts in four different states ( two in WA). I got elk on only three of those hunts, and two of the Bulls were smaller than that one. Bob33 summed it up perfectly. A lot of folks never shoot a mature elk and even fewer shoot one that nice. If it was my hunt I wouldn't think twice.
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Post by: Eli346 on September 08, 2015, 07:52:10 AM: He's a trophy and apple-fed to boot. That is a great bull in any state!
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Post by: Jonathan_S on September 08, 2015, 07:59:16 AM: Glad your brain surgeries went well enough that you can hunt :tup:

No, that is not a trophy. That is a trail camera photo of a great bull.

If you kill that bull or even see him up close, the memory will always live as a trophy in your mind. :tup:
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Post by: CP on September 08, 2015, 08:00:31 AM: He’s kind of skinny, I’d pass.
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Post by: Mark251 on September 08, 2015, 07:29:33 PM: Quote from: jackelope on September 07, 2015, 09:20:35 PM
A trophy to me is defined by a lot more than just the size of the animal's antlers. Did you work your butt off for him? Were you in a special place? Did you have some buddies or family with you that make that hunt unforgettable? You get the idea. We can't tell you what a trophy is in your book. I'd be super proud of a bull like that.

:yeah:
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Post by: coachcw on September 08, 2015, 07:35:56 PM: Not knocking that bull . Kill him in a heart beat. Throphy in the definition to me would meet either pope and young or BC . Requirements. . I'd say any 300 bull or 170 buck would eat throphy. I less a guy has a riffle rut or raffle tag a 300 bull is a great measuring point.
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Post by: Ridgeratt on September 08, 2015, 08:22:13 PM: Quote from: Bob33 on September 07, 2015, 09:27:25 PM
A majority of Washington's elk hunters will never kill an elk that nice. Many will never kill any elk.

True this!

If you have never shot an Elk put him on the lawn!!
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Post by: jtrammell on September 09, 2015, 02:29:48 PM: Thanks for the input guys. As this is my first year ever hunting in Washington, anything I harvest will be extremely special
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Post by: notellumcreek on September 09, 2015, 02:33:58 PM: Quote from: h20hunter on September 07, 2015, 06:55:43 PM
I would push my grandma down, step over her, and not look back until he was down.

:lol4: that got me laughing.

that would be a trophy in my book! But then again so is a spike in my book :chuckle:
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Post by: dune on September 10, 2015, 06:44:09 AM: He is a shooter for wa he will score 280 maybe 310
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Post by: HuntNFish94 on September 10, 2015, 10:33:00 AM: Very respectable washington bull for sure!
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Post by: Firedogg on September 10, 2015, 11:12:31 AM: Any legal elk taken legally is a trophy, antlers are just a bonus.