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Big Game Hunting => Elk Hunting => Topic started by: demontang on September 26, 2021, 04:03:22 PM

Title: Rimrock bull
Post by: demontang on September 26, 2021, 04:03:22 PM: Well first off got to say thank you to
fishngamereaper and his friend for the help. Last wedsday i was lucky enough to call in a nice bull. Unfortunate that i have not found him still to this day. 4 days of looking and i have turned up nothing. Blood started out really good bright with bubbles. My arrow had the sam blood up about 20" and the first 7" are broken off. Tracked him for about 12 yards and lost sign. Super heart broken over this and can not under stand how such good looking blood and no animal.
Title: Re: Rimrock bull
Post by: demontang on September 26, 2021, 04:04:53 PM: Arrow
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Post by: trophyhunt on September 26, 2021, 04:10:12 PM: Happens a lot w archery, just part of the hunt. You did your best in looking, I’d go back and look/listen for ravens. At least try to get his antlers out, sounds like you made a good shot.
Title: Re: Rimrock bull
Post by: demontang on September 26, 2021, 04:12:35 PM: Yea sucks was so excited about it then heart broke after 10 hrs of looking and loosing blood.
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Post by: demontang on September 26, 2021, 04:14:41 PM: Blood
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Post by: trophyhunt on September 26, 2021, 04:16:18 PM: A good friend of mine last week arrow’d a 370” bull at 10 feet, they never found it. Talk about heartbreak! Curious how long after the shot you waited to pursue blood?
Title: Re: Rimrock bull
Post by: demontang on September 26, 2021, 04:17:27 PM: Over a hr
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Post by: gonehuntin68 on September 26, 2021, 04:21:00 PM: I feel your pain bro.
Title: Re: Rimrock bull
Post by: trophyhunt on September 26, 2021, 04:21:58 PM: Quote from: demontang on September 26, 2021, 04:17:27 PM
Over a hr
well, you did good there!! If you can, I’d go look for birds. Sorry man.
Title: Re: Rimrock bull
Post by: demontang on September 26, 2021, 04:27:56 PM: Yea thinking ill go up next weekend and hit it hard again. Me and my boys looked at all the water area we could yesterday. Walked the heavy cover spaced as far as we could so we could k8nd of see eachother and nothing. We pushed 15miles of walking.
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Post by: trophyhunt on September 26, 2021, 05:15:51 PM: Damn, well, maybe he lived? Pretty tough animals!
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Post by: fishngamereaper on September 26, 2021, 05:32:43 PM: :tup:
Pleasure scouring those hill's for that bull with ya . Love being in elk country regardless of what the reason is.
I'm still scratching my head where he went and how he got there..that blood was a kill shot in my experience. Maybe. Just maybe he's still upright. Like nothing happened.

One things for sure...max effort was put forth to find him.
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Post by: gasman on September 26, 2021, 06:16:58 PM: Sorry man......all the texting back and forth after the shot got my blood going for you, i know the feeling of good blood and turns to nothing, its heart breaking. Wish i could have been there helping you than in CO working :bash:
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Post by: Timberstalker on September 26, 2021, 06:20:26 PM: How far from the spot you shot him was that blood?
Title: Re: Rimrock bull
Post by: demontang on September 26, 2021, 06:26:41 PM: Think in a striaght line about 1200 yards 600ft gain
Title: Re: Rimrock bull
Post by: gasman on September 26, 2021, 06:29:16 PM: Quote from: Timberstalker on September 26, 2021, 06:20:26 PM
How far from the spot you shot him was that blood?

He is jot showing all the blood that was spilled, we text back and forth and he sent me many more pic of good blood than the one he posted, lots of blood was spilled.....
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Post by: haftard on September 26, 2021, 06:30:09 PM: That bull is dead up there somewhere. I would go to last blood and just start making circles.
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Post by: demontang on September 26, 2021, 06:38:45 PM: I have for multiple days. Made it a strong 6-700 yard in the circle and nothing. Ill be back up next weekend looking again.
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Post by: MADMAX on September 26, 2021, 07:07:42 PM: Take a dog
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Post by: dvolmer on September 26, 2021, 08:46:44 PM: Quote from: demontang on September 26, 2021, 04:27:56 PM
Yea thinking ill go up next weekend and hit it hard again. Me and my boys looked at all the water area we could yesterday. Walked the heavy cover spaced as far as we could so we could k8nd of see eachother and nothing. We pushed 15miles of walking.
Every area is different, but I wouldn't wait to long to try and find him with birds. Second and third day after death is the best for finding animals with birds. After that it would be tough because most of the animal will be picked clean from birds, coyotes, bears, cougars, and other small predators. Of course every place is different due to landscape and what predators are around. When we do gutless butchering of deer up on the ranch that I hunt on there is quite a bit of carcass to feed on with the guts still inside of the cavity. After two to three days the carcass is nothing but bones and the birds are gone.
Title: Re: Rimrock bull
Post by: demontang on September 26, 2021, 08:52:45 PM: Ive been up 3 and 4 days after the shot and no birds etc.
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Post by: Ronquillo08 on September 28, 2021, 12:35:02 PM: I think that there was a post about someone shot a bull and found a broad head in the tender loin. I don not remember the title of the post or the location. Might be worth looking into. :dunno:
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Post by: baker5150 on September 28, 2021, 12:40:24 PM: Quote from: Ronquillo08 on September 28, 2021, 12:35:02 PM
I think that there was a post about someone shot a bull and found a broad head in the tender loin. I don not remember the title of the post or the location. Might be worth looking into. :dunno:

Nooksack unit IIRC
Title: Re: Rimrock bull
Post by: yakimanoob on September 29, 2021, 01:48:21 PM: I'm in contact with demontang and if the bull isn't found beforehand, I'm planning a coordinated search on Wednesday 10/6 (the earliest I'm available, I'm afraid).

If you'll be in the Naches/Rimrock area and want to help, and you're able to track your search patterns on a GPS/phone and provide either a track or an image showing your track, shoot me a DM.

Hopefully it's found before a week from today, but if not, we can at least rule some areas out.
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Post by: fishngamereaper on September 29, 2021, 02:49:44 PM: Good luck guys. :tup:
We covered some ground..if I had to look again I would keep going up. :twocents:
Title: Re: Rimrock bull
Post by: Twispriver on September 29, 2021, 04:40:04 PM: If you find a dead elk now, likely devoured by scavengers, after the season is closed, is it legal to remove the antlers attached to the skull from the woods?
Title: Re: Rimrock bull
Post by: MADMAX on September 29, 2021, 04:46:59 PM: I think it’s ok if you punch your tag on it
Otherwise ??????
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Post by: idaho guy on September 30, 2021, 07:19:29 PM: I feel your pain been there. I hope you can recover the rack
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Post by: gunbirk on October 10, 2021, 10:07:29 AM: Where did you shoot him in the Rimrock unit? And how many points did he have? I found a dead bull last week during muzzy season in the Cowiche unit.
Title: Re: Rimrock bull
Post by: demontang on October 10, 2021, 01:50:26 PM: Shot you a pm.