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Big Game Hunting => Elk Hunting => Topic started by: Flaming Antler Outdoors on February 22, 2020, 07:48:19 AM

Title: Dream come true elk hunt
Post by: Flaming Antler Outdoors on February 22, 2020, 07:48:19 AM: This is a video of my good buddy Paul's Wenaha elk hunt. Amazing hunt!
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Post by: tmike on February 22, 2020, 08:24:34 AM: Oh my! Great bull. I thought I had a good chance of drawing that last season. Hopefully I’ll have a crew like that to pack when I do. Nice video.👍
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Post by: redi on February 22, 2020, 09:50:31 AM: Awesome adventure. Thanks for sharing
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Post by: dilleytech on February 22, 2020, 10:51:41 AM: Any meat loss leaving it whole over night?
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Post by: Dan-o on February 22, 2020, 11:55:24 AM: Dream hunt for sure.

Thanks for sharing!
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Post by: cem3434 on February 22, 2020, 12:04:25 PM: Quote from: tmike on February 22, 2020, 08:24:34 AM
Oh my! Great bull. I thought I had a good chance of drawing that last season. Hopefully I’ll have a crew like that to pack when I do. Nice video.👍

I think your draw odds just got a little worse! Instead of 0.32% chance of drawing, you're probably more like 0.29% chance of drawing. :chuckle:
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Post by: Mfowl on February 22, 2020, 12:42:56 PM: Great bull and awesome vid! Congrats and thanks for sharing!
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Post by: Dan-o on February 22, 2020, 01:59:37 PM: Quote from: cem3434 on February 22, 2020, 12:04:25 PM
Quote from: tmike on February 22, 2020, 08:24:34 AM
Oh my! Great bull. I thought I had a good chance of drawing that last season. Hopefully I’ll have a crew like that to pack when I do. Nice video.👍

I think your draw odds just got a little worse! Instead of 0.32% chance of drawing, you're probably more like 0.29% chance of drawing. :chuckle:

So you're saying I have a chance.
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Post by: Buckjunkie on February 22, 2020, 02:13:50 PM: Great bull!
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Post by: fishngamereaper on February 22, 2020, 02:21:20 PM: That's a good bull...how do you round up that many guys to pack...i don't even have that many friends.
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Post by: gee_unit360 on February 22, 2020, 03:02:54 PM: Score?
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Post by: Flaming Antler Outdoors on February 22, 2020, 05:45:22 PM: Paul Ellis of Ellis Hunting Ranch killed this Wenaha bull in the Oregon unit. Takes at least 23 resident points. Pretty much not available to out of state guys. Much like the other two trophy Oregon units. Oregon sucks for out of state hunters. I wish Wa would give 90% tags to residents and only 10% to out of state guys.
Anyways this bull was killed late in the day and cold weather. They had to leave the bull and get out because they were not prepared to stay the night on the mountain. A ton of friends were ready on call to help and they headed out once Paul called them that night. Really an awesome hunt done the right way. No issue leaving the bull over night it was gutted and very cold in October at 3700 feet. I have hunted with Paul many times and he has helped so many hunters live their dreams and like so many great guides they rarely hunt for themselves.
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Post by: one shot kill on February 22, 2020, 06:52:20 PM: A true OIL hunt with Oregons point system. Awesome bull and thanks for sharing.
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Post by: ipkus on February 22, 2020, 07:42:11 PM: Great bull, congrats to your friend.

Not sure where you are going with Washington limiting non-residents to 10% of tags? WA is the least non-resident friendly state in the West. The way they make non-residents front the whole fee just to apply and then our pyramid scheme squaring of points scares almost all non- residents away. Washington State hunting has a ton of problems, but non-residents aren’t one of them.
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Post by: tmike on February 22, 2020, 07:53:06 PM: I have one or two years before I’ll have the time to do it right. I tried with 21 points last year and could have made it happen with the rifle tag. Oregon’s draw system is competing with Washington’s. It will be an OIL. You did it justice.
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Post by: HUNTINCOUPLE on February 22, 2020, 09:51:34 PM: :tup:
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Post by: Caseknife on March 10, 2020, 07:09:22 AM: Absolute stud of a bull, the mass is unreal, definitely OIL.
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Post by: HikerHunter on March 10, 2020, 08:40:45 AM: Wow! Love the dark beams and white tines! Awesome video too!