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Big Game Hunting => Elk Hunting => Topic started by: MuleySniper on October 25, 2007, 01:48:56 PM

Title: Huge 421 bull
Post by: MuleySniper on October 25, 2007, 01:48:56 PM: My dads buddies brother got this hog a few weeks ago in Canada. Do you think it was a high fencer?? :rolleyes:
Still a cool elk though, minus any bragging rights.
(https://hunting-washington.com/smf/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi94.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fl89%2FMuleySniper%2F9-15-2007-091.jpg&hash=0add4e7d8c80bf061be5e1b422cc0579bd0ea015)
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Title: Re: Huge 421 bull
Post by: boneaddict on October 25, 2007, 01:51:41 PM: Minus the fence in the background....cool! Sure are big brutes.
Title: Re: Huge 421 bull
Post by: GoldTip on October 25, 2007, 02:47:08 PM: Those Saskatchewan bulls sure do grow the horn, of course the feeding program they are on helps considerably. Gorgeous bull, and yes I believe it is a high fence bull. Gonna be difficult to get the horns out through the gate.
Title: Re: Huge 421 bull
Post by: jackelope on October 25, 2007, 02:56:14 PM: I too think thats a ranch bull.
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Post by: Cougeyes on October 25, 2007, 02:59:15 PM: Probably moved the high nutritious feed in the feed trough for the picture....but yeah incredible bull, better hope he has tall ceilings in his house.
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Post by: Wea300mag on October 25, 2007, 06:33:41 PM: Either way, that is a monster. I would need a bigger house to hold that mount.
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Post by: huntingnut on October 25, 2007, 06:47:24 PM: That is a monster, nice rack just imagine the braggin' right that would have brought in the wild! :dunno:
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Post by: addicted on October 26, 2007, 09:38:08 AM: thats a bull there high fence or not it would definately be worth having the old lady pissed off cuz its on the wall.
Title: Re: Huge 421 bull
Post by: Intruder on October 26, 2007, 10:59:00 AM: "Shooting cattle"..... bout the nicest thing I can say about it.
Title: Re: Huge 421 bull
Post by: MuleySniper on October 26, 2007, 12:26:35 PM: Just under ten grand will get you 771 inches of elk rack. His kid shot a real nice 350 bull too. They were looking around for one that was even bigger, but couldn't find it. They only hunted for two days though. I have no interest in high fence hunting, its not for everybody. It will make an awesome mount in his house regardless how he got it, like I said in the original post, not much of a story to go along with it though. :hunter:
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Title: Re: Huge 421 bull
Post by: huntnphool on October 28, 2007, 02:02:11 PM: They hunted for 2 days in a cage and couldn't find the one they were looking for? Must be a monster of a ranch, any idea how big?..........................rf
Title: Re: Huge 421 bull
Post by: bucklucky on October 29, 2007, 01:41:36 PM: The ear tag must be in the ear you cant see! ;)
Title: Re: Huge 421 bull
Post by: jackelope on October 29, 2007, 02:07:23 PM: Quote from: bucklucky on October 29, 2007, 01:41:36 PM
The ear tag must be in the ear you cant see! ;)

on purpose, no doubt.
Title: Re: Huge 421 bull
Post by: huntnphool on October 30, 2007, 12:36:34 PM: Here is one I ran into while hunting Montana. I have been taking pics of this bull for a few years now, each time I head out there. He sits in this pen all year long with a few cows, makes me want to cut the fence at night and let him go....................rf
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Post by: huntnphool on October 30, 2007, 12:38:22 PM: Here is another shot
Title: Re: Huge 421 bull
Post by: MuleySniper on November 01, 2007, 10:18:18 AM: I saw this little guy when I was in Colorado last month
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Title: Re: Huge 421 bull
Post by: edmondshunter on November 01, 2007, 06:54:18 PM: When did some hunters loose their scruples? Fenced ranch hunting is a disgrace, why do you think people hate hunters/hunting. When you hunt fences you might as well be taking a census for the gov. . If you hunt fences, you should feel as small as the tag on the kills ear. Boo tisk
Title: Re: Huge 421 bull
Post by: huntnphool on November 01, 2007, 07:29:35 PM: Don't get it twisted, I was hunting in SW Montana and drove past this penned up bull in someones yard. This entire thread is about high fence hunts, I haven't read a single post encouraging this type of activity
Title: Re: Huge 421 bull
Post by: MuleySniper on November 02, 2007, 01:29:41 PM: That elk two posts up isnt even a "hunting ranch" elk. Its a meat farm. The elk are raised for meat and the sheds are sold and used for numerous things. Not all game that is farm raised is used for a 100% success hunt. Just because it has antlers, and is in a pen, doesnt mean its intended to be hunted ;)
Title: Re: Huge 421 bull
Post by: huntnphool on February 11, 2008, 06:42:28 PM: Sorry to be bringing back old threads but I found a few old pics on my other computer while looking for Rivers Inlet pics. This is the same bull I posted earlier, but this was in 06, you can see how he has changed if you compare them, still a monster bull though.
Title: Re: Huge 421 bull
Post by: PolarBear on February 11, 2008, 06:49:41 PM: My hunting buddy told me of a 500+ Canadian ranch bull that is currently in a taxidermist's shop in Shelton being done. He is trying to get some pics to post and permission to do so. I'll believe it when I see it.
Title: Re: Huge 421 bull
Post by: actionshooter on February 11, 2008, 07:20:03 PM: Quote from: Intruder on October 26, 2007, 10:59:00 AM
"Shooting cattle"..... bout the nicest thing I can say about it.
:tup: I agree
Title: Re: Huge 421 bull
Post by: Hunterman on February 11, 2008, 08:10:59 PM: Hunting is hunting..Maybe some folks hunt ranch raised because they need to in order to hunt..It makes no difference to me if a HUNTER shoots a deer,elk, buffalo, or rabbit inside a fence or in the high mountains as long as they kill it with dignity, then good job...We need to stop knocking the way people choose to hunt..After all we are all hunters..

Hunterman(Tony)
Title: Re: Huge 421 bull
Post by: actionshooter on February 11, 2008, 08:30:50 PM: Quote from: Hunterman on February 11, 2008, 08:10:59 PM
Hunting is hunting..Maybe some folks hunt ranch raised because they need to in order to hunt..It makes no difference to me if a HUNTER shoots a deer,elk, buffalo, or rabbit inside a fence or in the high mountains as long as they kill it with dignity, then good job...We need to stop knocking the way people choose to hunt..After all we are all hunters..

Hunterman(Tony)

Tony, I agree that the hunters need to stick together and all animals should be harvested with dignity, But high fence shooting is NOT hunting. I can't see how anyone needs to hunt high fence in order to hunt. For the price of one of the high fence someone could hire 4 guys to carry thier sorry ass to the top of a mountain. The only reason for this is instant gratification, I believe this is the easy way out for people with too much money.
Title: Re: Huge 421 bull
Post by: bobcat on February 16, 2008, 08:45:49 AM: Private ownership of elk should be illegal. Period.
Title: Re: Huge 421 bull
Post by: Curly on February 16, 2008, 09:02:40 AM: Quote from: Hunterman on February 11, 2008, 08:10:59 PM
...We need to stop knocking the way people choose to hunt..After all we are all hunters..

Hunterman(Tony)

I disagree. If something is wrong, why should we just sit by and say nothing? And we are not all hunters........if someone is shooting elk in a pen, then that is shooting......not hunting. Shooting animals in a fence could give hunters a bad name.

Maybe we could stop high fence hunting if more hunters would stick together and voice opinions against it.
Title: Re: Huge 421 bull
Post by: Dansk on February 18, 2008, 02:11:23 PM: It's no different than a trout farm. I've got no problem with trout farms. I've got no problem with kids that go to trout farms- or any adults that want to use a $1000 sage rod to catch a farmed trout. Heck- let them mount it in their den.

What is funny to me is that people pay for and display these elk mounts as if: "yeah- I'm a GREAT hunter because I shot this TROPHY animal- see how BIG it is? Aren't you impressed by my SKILL!" How many of these folks say 'it was an animal in a fenced area' as the first response to someone ogling the rack in their living room? I'd bet my paycheck that zero to none do. It's always... "shhhh... don't tell anyone, but..."

I think people do it because they like the killing and the trophy (bragging) more than a true hunting experience that may lead to tag soup. That's fine. To each his own. These hunters aren't in my circle of friends though. We enjoy the hard work and sweat.
Title: Re: Huge 421 bull
Post by: bobcat on February 18, 2008, 03:53:36 PM: Quote from: Dansk on February 18, 2008, 02:11:23 PM
It's no different than a trout farm.

But it is different. Most people including non-hunters do not have a problem with trout farms, but they do have a problem with elk farms. And people who pay to kill elk on these farms claim to be hunters and make all hunters look bad to the non-hunting public.
Title: Re: Huge 421 bull
Post by: Dansk on February 18, 2008, 04:46:21 PM: Quote from: bobcat on February 18, 2008, 03:53:36 PM
Quote from: Dansk on February 18, 2008, 02:11:23 PM
It's no different than a trout farm.

But it is different. Most people including non-hunters do not have a problem with trout farms, but they do have a problem with elk farms. And people who pay to kill elk on these farms claim to be hunters and make all hunters look bad to the non-huntig public.

Yeah- Bobcat, you do have a good point. I agree that lumping fair chase hunters together with farm shoots doesn't help our image. Non hunters are always flabergasted when I tell them how low the average success rates are for deer and elk.... once they learn that, most are sympathetic or at least ok with hunting.