Hunting Washington Forum

Big Game Hunting => Elk Hunting => Topic started by: Archery King on April 01, 2009, 05:14:12 PM


Advertise Here
Title: Lets check your skills!!!
Post by: Archery King on April 01, 2009, 05:14:12 PM
Ok so i cant tell you how many people see a picture of an animal and say they no exactly what it scores.  I just want to see how good some poeple are at this skill so give me your best guess!!!
Title: Re: Lets check your skills!!!
Post by: jackelope on April 01, 2009, 05:21:27 PM
321 3/8. i have completely pulled that number out of my arse...


there better be a story and more pics when this game is over. thats a nice muzzleloader bull.
Title: Re: Lets check your skills!!!
Post by: agchawk on April 01, 2009, 05:32:01 PM
I am NOT one of those that are great at scoring a bull without laying hands on it but I'll throw 315 3/8ths out there.

I agree, I hope we get the story behind this bull afterward! Great lookin' animal regardless of the final score.
Title: Re: Lets check your skills!!!
Post by: hogsniper on April 01, 2009, 05:33:37 PM
328 2/8....Gross
Title: Re: Lets check your skills!!!
Post by: AlpineMuley on April 01, 2009, 05:35:30 PM
Just a shot in the dark.  313 :dunno:
Title: Re: Lets check your skills!!!
Post by: Archery King on April 01, 2009, 05:54:27 PM
OH THE STORY I FORGOT MY BAD HERE GOES

It was a cold october morning on my families ranch while my brother dad and i sat in early twighlight waiting for light to come.  My brother and both pulling multi season elk tags this was our first trip out with a muzzle load usually stick with a bow.  It wasn't long before we heard a bull bugling nothin like the faint scream of a bull to get your heart racing.  When light came we spotted the heard of twenty head which included two 6X6's a couple rags and the rest cows.  The elk were moving threw a long valley about 3/4 of a mile from us, we paralled them until we caught up and were right in the mix of things.  I had harvested my first bull only a mile from there the year before so i told chase my brother he could shoot first.  As we belly crawled threw the sage brush the smaller six stepped into view Chase was wasting no time getting a rest.  I ranged him at 154 yards as the smoke cloud errupted from the barrel i heard the bullet hit.  When the smoke cleared the first six point was down.  As the heard crested the far hill about a mile out i looked at my brother and father and said "I'll see you tonight" :) i literaly ran to the last place i seen them and begain to track the running heard.  After about an hour i caught up to them.  To my relief they looked like they were about to bed down and they did in a horrible place for a stalk.  It was very open in all direction except for some small mounds of grass.  After two hours flat on my belly i crawled with on fifty yard of the heard.  But where is the big bull?  I couldnt go any further because i had a spike at thirty yards to my left.  Finally i seen him get up and pick out a new bed and just as he began to lay down i let the Black Diamond go to work.  The bull dropped in his track right around 11:45 two 6X6's in one morning!  It was a great day on the Hubbard Ranch  :chuckle: :IBCOOL:    A lil hint Chases was smaller and it scored 265  sorry no pic though
Title: Re: Lets check your skills!!!
Post by: Slider on April 01, 2009, 06:13:20 PM
286!!!  ;)
Title: Re: Lets check your skills!!!
Post by: rezboy on April 01, 2009, 06:14:50 PM
325
Title: Re: Lets check your skills!!!
Post by: Buckrub on April 01, 2009, 06:19:35 PM
345 class...hard to tell from one pic.
Title: Re: Lets check your skills!!!
Post by: head hunter on April 01, 2009, 06:25:25 PM
I put him around 293, how about a broad side pic.
Title: Re: Lets check your skills!!!
Post by: huntnphool on April 01, 2009, 07:26:38 PM
298 :dunno:
Title: Re: Lets check your skills!!!
Post by: boneaddict on April 01, 2009, 07:29:25 PM
by quick glance I would have called it a 280 bull.  Thats 280-289
Title: Re: Lets check your skills!!!
Post by: dontgetcrabs on April 01, 2009, 07:33:07 PM
What are you hiding in your left hand?   :)
Title: Re: Lets check your skills!!!
Post by: bow-n-head on April 01, 2009, 07:33:17 PM
288 7/8 :chuckle:
Title: Re: Lets check your skills!!!
Post by: GoldTip on April 01, 2009, 07:34:41 PM
I'm gonna go right around 295.
Title: Re: Lets check your skills!!!
Post by: bucklucky on April 01, 2009, 07:36:56 PM
Right about 291 gross
Title: Re: Lets check your skills!!!
Post by: bucklucky on April 01, 2009, 07:40:46 PM
I was going to say also, it is easier for me to judge them on the hoof, too many weird picture angles can make a bull look alot bigger than it acyually is. I may have over guessed but I think I am close??
Title: Re: Lets check your skills!!!
Post by: guardian on April 01, 2009, 07:46:33 PM
Just a guess but maybe 310ish :dunno:
Title: Re: Lets check your skills!!!
Post by: MichaelJ on April 01, 2009, 07:51:13 PM
319" gross...  I think I'm closs but thats a really weird angle....

Michael
Title: Re: Lets check your skills!!!
Post by: Hardtop on April 01, 2009, 07:51:41 PM
Lets stab at it 287
Title: Re: Lets check your skills!!!
Post by: bucklucky on April 01, 2009, 07:53:40 PM
Its probably going to be closer to 282  ;)
Title: Re: Lets check your skills!!!
Post by: boneaddict on April 01, 2009, 07:54:01 PM
and we wonder where elk scores come from out in the woods.  We have from 280 to 345 and it isn't on the hoof which always adds another 20 or more or running which adds another 20 :chuckle:
Title: Re: Lets check your skills!!!
Post by: bucklucky on April 01, 2009, 07:55:27 PM
 :chuckle:
Title: Re: Lets check your skills!!!
Post by: bucklucky on April 01, 2009, 07:56:15 PM
You also have the excitement factor when you are the one holding that all elusive big bull tag....add another 10 inches  :chuckle:
Title: Re: Lets check your skills!!!
Post by: hornhunter on April 01, 2009, 08:02:16 PM
304    tops.   Where his bases come out of his head you can tell he is younger. Lots of decieving stuff here!!  This is always fun!!

Title: Re: Lets check your skills!!!
Post by: Timber Hunter on April 01, 2009, 08:04:19 PM
Looks like 300" gross score.
Title: Re: Lets check your skills!!!
Post by: cougkilr on April 01, 2009, 08:19:17 PM
312 5/8 gross
Title: Re: Lets check your skills!!!
Post by: bam on April 01, 2009, 08:23:24 PM
Nice Bull!  I would say 310 - 320 from my armchair, I'll go on record as 316 2/8
Title: Re: Lets check your skills!!!
Post by: link on April 01, 2009, 09:41:55 PM
279
Title: Re: Lets check your skills!!!
Post by: Danny on April 01, 2009, 10:12:37 PM
269
Title: Re: Lets check your skills!!!
Post by: RUTNBULL1 on April 01, 2009, 11:01:08 PM
303 gross, 285-290 net, short G3's which is common, but nice bull! Remember NETS ARE FOR FISH. :chuckle:
Title: Re: Lets check your skills!!!
Post by: Aneoakleaf on April 01, 2009, 11:10:46 PM
Hummm....I think 282.and 1/2   ( sorry Chairly I didn't see yours first!)..but lets ask Smokey....
He says.......oh he's watching tv....
Title: Re: Lets check your skills!!!
Post by: Aneoakleaf on April 01, 2009, 11:14:30 PM
OK I snaged him And Smokey says 337    :drool:
Long way from what I guessed!
Title: Re: Lets check your skills!!!
Post by: Turkeyman on April 02, 2009, 06:46:10 AM
342
Title: Re: Lets check your skills!!!
Post by: yelp on April 02, 2009, 06:53:01 AM
315 gross  304 net
Title: Re: Lets check your skills!!!
Post by: matlockmike on April 02, 2009, 07:15:12 AM
315
Title: Re: Lets check your skills!!!
Post by: whacker1 on April 02, 2009, 07:22:55 AM
307
Title: Re: Lets check your skills!!!
Post by: PacificNWhunter on April 02, 2009, 07:40:39 AM
291 3/8
Title: Re: Lets check your skills!!!
Post by: RyanD on April 02, 2009, 09:16:37 AM
That is a great bull congratulations!!!

296"
Title: Re: Lets check your skills!!!
Post by: boneaddict on April 02, 2009, 09:22:34 AM
Hey Ane, I think Smokey watches too many of those hunting shows where they always pad the scores. LOL   J/K
Title: Re: Lets check your skills!!!
Post by: groundhog on April 02, 2009, 09:44:11 AM
Before I saw anyones score I thought 284 so I will stick with that.
Title: Re: Lets check your skills!!!
Post by: jackelope on April 02, 2009, 10:42:57 AM
WELL??
Title: Re: Lets check your skills!!!
Post by: WAPITIHUNTER on April 02, 2009, 03:22:06 PM
272"
Title: Re: Lets check your skills!!!
Post by: finnman on April 02, 2009, 03:56:07 PM
275 Gross. This bull is obviously real deceiving! :dunno:
Title: Re: Lets check your skills!!!
Post by: WAPITIHUNTER on April 02, 2009, 04:05:28 PM
Looks like a bunch of people on here have been smoking a little too much wacky tobacky. :chuckle: :chuckle: :chuckle:

Their vision has been blurred and depth perception obscured. :chuckle: :chuckle: :chuckle:
Title: Re: Lets check your skills!!!
Post by: Pathfinder101 on April 02, 2009, 04:22:09 PM
Tough to say from the camera angle, but he's definently under 300. 
I'll say 280ish
Title: Re: Lets check your skills!!!
Post by: colockumelk on April 02, 2009, 04:43:43 PM
Tough to say from the camera angle, but he's definently under 300. 
I'll say 280ish

Pathfinder you are way wrong that bull is obviously  279 1/2 :chuckle:
Title: Re: Lets check your skills!!!
Post by: Pathfinder101 on April 02, 2009, 04:48:55 PM
 :chuckle: :chuckle:  I guess I wasn't using my "calibrated eye"...
Title: Re: Lets check your skills!!!
Post by: Hunting Cowboy on April 02, 2009, 05:06:11 PM
I'd say upper 290's -300.
Title: Re: Lets check your skills!!!
Post by: boneaddict on April 02, 2009, 05:09:18 PM
Would love to know what the official score is........
Title: Re: Lets check your skills!!!
Post by: Pathfinder101 on April 02, 2009, 05:10:52 PM
X2
Title: Re: Lets check your skills!!!
Post by: AlpineMuley on April 02, 2009, 05:17:51 PM
X3
Title: Re: Lets check your skills!!!
Post by: jager on April 02, 2009, 05:18:15 PM
289 3/8
Title: Re: Lets check your skills!!!
Post by: Buckrub on April 02, 2009, 06:58:54 PM
OK I snaged him And Smokey says 337    :drool:
Long way from what I guessed!

Is that what it scored?
Title: Re: Lets check your skills!!!
Post by: bucklucky on April 02, 2009, 07:01:25 PM
ArcheryKing......SCORE NOW!!  :chuckle:
Title: Re: Lets check your skills!!!
Post by: Todd_ID on April 02, 2009, 08:48:25 PM
I'll play along with a 322" guess.  I'm thinking the angles are going to throw us off some.
Title: Re: Lets check your skills!!!
Post by: Drop-tine on April 02, 2009, 08:55:40 PM
Archery king is my buddie and he said he'd post the score tomorrow at 5 and no later haha
Title: Re: Lets check your skills!!!
Post by: BC CHASER on April 02, 2009, 09:06:30 PM
280-285, good bull.
Title: Re: Lets check your skills!!!
Post by: heavy hauler on April 02, 2009, 10:13:11 PM
 :party1: :party1:  291 net   :party1: :party1:
Title: Re: Lets check your skills!!!
Post by: bow4elk on April 02, 2009, 10:18:59 PM
270 class  (strange photo)
Title: Re: Lets check your skills!!!
Post by: MAGhunter on April 02, 2009, 10:20:53 PM
287  :dunno:
Title: Re: Lets check your skills!!!
Post by: heavy hauler on April 02, 2009, 10:21:55 PM
strange photo for sure. but i bet if we all tried ,we could each post a pic we took that looks photo shopped but isnt :twocents:
Title: Re: Lets check your skills!!!
Post by: MuleyontheWall on April 02, 2009, 10:39:44 PM
282  :dunno:
Title: Re: Lets check your skills!!!
Post by: Aneoakleaf on April 02, 2009, 10:57:05 PM
OK I snaged him And Smokey says 337    :drool:
Long way from what I guessed!

Is that what it scored?
Smokey's not the king ( But don't tell him!) :yike:
Title: Re: Lets check your skills!!!
Post by: Pathfinder101 on April 03, 2009, 07:49:12 AM
My 10 year old just came in the kitchen while I was on this thread and wants to take a shot at it.  He pushed his finger along each point trying to estimate how many inches.  Added it all up and got 234.
 
I guess if we are elk hunting and he says "that's a 300 bull" I'd better shoot, huh...?
Title: Re: Lets check your skills!!!
Post by: 300UltraMagShooter on April 03, 2009, 08:19:54 AM
309 3/8

give or take 1/8

 :chuckle:


I stink at guessing elk.

Whitetail are the only think I am good at.  I guess because I have seen so many of them?
Title: Re: Lets check your skills!!!
Post by: Archery King on April 03, 2009, 05:10:40 PM
WOW I Just got back in town from working thats a lot of responses guys thanks a lot the highest guess was 345 the lowest was 234.  You guys are very correct that this pic is deciving and i thank my father for the great photgraphy ;)!  I thought a huge give away would be the muzzle loader layin on his chest it looks big compared to the horns.   

 THE OFFICAL SCORE   IS!!!!!!!!!!!       
                                               275'' NET  AND GROSS 278 1/8"      CONGRADS TO ANY ONE IN THE 270 TO 280 RANGE
   Thanks for playing along ya'll this was fun i hope some of you learned that pics can be deciving so dont belive every thing you see on the internet!! lol     
Title: Re: Lets check your skills!!!
Post by: jackelope on April 03, 2009, 05:18:20 PM
looks like link would be the winner at 279.

I was only 43" off...not bad.
 :(

Title: Re: Lets check your skills!!!
Post by: Archery King on April 03, 2009, 05:46:47 PM
Congrds Finnman good call!!!
Title: Re: Lets check your skills!!!
Post by: WAPITIHUNTER on April 03, 2009, 06:43:56 PM
Just so everybody knows the only reason Finnman knew to guess 275 is I got a PM after my post telling me that I was the closest. So Finnman had a little help from his little brother. My first guess was 272"
Title: Re: Lets check your skills!!!
Post by: Ghost1941 on April 03, 2009, 06:55:26 PM
Just so everybody knows the only reason Finnman knew to guess 275 is I got a PM after my post telling me that I was the closest. So Finnman had a little help from his little brother. My first guess was 272"

Lol, way to dime him out :P  Haha

Nice bull.
Title: Re: Lets check your skills!!!
Post by: colockumelk on April 03, 2009, 09:13:35 PM
looks like link would be the winner at 279.

I was only 43" off...not bad.
 :(



I was so close at 279 1/2.  Actually I was going to say 275 but I thought I'd be a  :sas: and say 279 1/2 because Pathfinder said 280 :chuckle:
Title: Re: Lets check your skills!!!
Post by: Pathfinder101 on April 04, 2009, 12:40:15 PM
looks like link would be the winner at 279.

I was only 43" off...not bad.
 :(



Don't feel bad, my 10 year old was 41" off... :chuckle:
Title: Re: Lets check your skills!!!
Post by: Slider on April 04, 2009, 04:16:59 PM
looks like link would be the winner at 279.

I was only 43" off...not bad.
 :(



Don't feel bad, my 10 year old was 41" off... :chuckle:

 :chuckle: :chuckle:
Title: Re: Lets check your skills!!!
Post by: BULLZ-i on April 04, 2009, 09:37:59 PM
LETS JUST SAY CONGRATS
Title: Re: Lets check your skills!!!
Post by: finnman on April 04, 2009, 09:48:23 PM
Some of us need all the help we can get :chuckle:
SimplePortal 2.3.7 © 2008-2025, SimplePortal