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Big Game Hunting => Elk Hunting => Topic started by: Hornseeker on May 28, 2009, 08:20:00 AM

Title: Elk Killing Machines!
Post by: Hornseeker on May 28, 2009, 08:20:00 AM: Who are they? I am not one...I have killed some bulls, killed some cows... passed quite a few up when i thought I was a trophy hunter... but am NOT an elk killing machine!!

Who do you know (or if its yourself) that have flat put the hurts on the elk population? These guys amaze me..and if you keep a marriage and family together and still do it...thats even more impressive! Lets here the numbers!

I have several friends/acquaintences that have killed 25-40 elk... one guy has killed 34 with a bow and many others with his rifle before he switched over... several years of his life he killed 3 bulls in a year, hunting Utah, Wyoming and Colorado...

I recently heard about a guy in Colorado that has killed 45 bulls and 7 of them are over 350 AND they were all with a recurve....

I also have a friend or two that kill 310-360 bulls every year... they are younger guys that have only been elk hunting for 10-15 years...when they are 60.... they will have some dam impressive numbers stacking up!!!!! :drool:

Not a contest...just curious if you've heard any crazy numbers!!!
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Post by: bucklucky on May 28, 2009, 08:47:50 AM: I do know one for sure, killed 12 bulls 350 or better on public land with his bow. Learned alot from him. Has an ungodly stack of 300 class (rag bulls) as he puts it. Wish I was an elk killing machine like that. Hes got video of 340 class bulls he passed up.
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Post by: ghgetter on May 28, 2009, 09:07:49 AM: I know two guys who are flat killing machines...over 25 bulls each in WA alone. BUT, they have not kept there marriage/families together and I would blame a lot of it on their inability to properly controll their obsession of hunting. I will choose my wife and kids over a bunch of bone on the wall every time.

Its a balancing act but if priorities arent right then no one wins.
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Post by: SHANE(WA) on May 28, 2009, 09:31:21 AM: If you can do it in WA my hats off to you, but if you live in MT,ID,WY,UT,CO,NM and oregon its acheivable, elk pops in some of those states is insane, the liberal seasons and tons of public land
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Post by: JNB on May 28, 2009, 09:33:29 AM: Down in New Zealand there is no limit, so some guys who live on the West Coast down there will shoot an Elk (or Wapiti as the kiwis refer to them)/red deer hybrid damn near every week. I think the elk are originally Washington stock, so I guess that kind of counts...
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Post by: Huntbear on May 28, 2009, 09:36:14 AM: NOT ME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :bash: :bash: :bash: :'( :'( :'( :'( :'(
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Post by: GoldTip on May 28, 2009, 09:55:00 AM: I know a couple old boys back home in Montana that gotta be approaching 60 elk to their credit. Hell, one old boy that been dead for ten or more years was probably over a hundred I'd bet. None of these guys are trophy hunters, kill the big bulls when they see'em, kill the cows when they see'em as well. My family has always done pretty well, but just meat hunters.
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Post by: backwoods_boy on May 28, 2009, 09:57:13 AM: not yet but i have many many many years of this hunting thing and i dont feel as if its ever gonna get old.
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Post by: jjhunter on May 28, 2009, 10:09:26 AM: I know a guy in North Idaho who killed 13 330+ bulls in 15 years. He also killed two 190"+ mule deer in that time (public land). I killed 4 bulls in 6 total days of elk hunting with my bow in WA if that counts? :chuckle:
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Post by: BULLBLASTER on May 28, 2009, 10:11:08 AM: i am at 9, 5 cows and 4 bulls, all washington. 3 archery, 3 rifle, and 3 muzzleloader.
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Post by: Bigshooter on May 28, 2009, 11:19:42 AM: My dad told me that he helped my grandpa pack out his 50th bull. I know 2 of them scored over 300. Dad also said that all but 5 or 6 were killed in Washington. The funny thing is my grandpa was in his 40's when he killed #50. Moved to alaska the next year, never killed another bull and died two years later.
Title: Re: Elk Killing Machines!
Post by: bucklucky on May 28, 2009, 12:29:47 PM: Quote from: backwoods_boy on May 28, 2009, 09:57:13 AM
not yet but i have many many many years of this hunting thing and i dont feel as if its ever gonna get old.

You still goto figure out what an elk looks like ;)
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Post by: boneaddict on May 28, 2009, 12:38:55 PM: How about one of our old professors. Seems to me he killed so many he decided to use a spear. I remember him shooting one with a rubber arrow once too if I remeber right.
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Post by: Machias on May 28, 2009, 12:42:22 PM: I'm on the other end of that spectrum. Been in bow range of several nice bulls, always in a spike and cow only unit. I can whack and stack whitetails and bears, but for me elk are shape shifters or reside in another dimension.
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Post by: Elkpiss on May 28, 2009, 01:47:44 PM: killed 7 in the last 8 yrs, 5 bulls 2 cows, all archery.. Called in 5 bulls for kills for other guys in that time as well. All Washington Public Land.. I guess one in Oregon to..
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Post by: whacker1 on May 28, 2009, 01:54:14 PM: Not It - But I know of a few. One in Washington is typically good for a bull every other year. A few relatives that are in the high 20's low 30's using multiple states to do it.

One friend in Idaho typically gets 2 per year in Idaho, both as a non-resident and 1 every other year in Montana. He hunts very dense timber and typically shooting inside 50 yards. He has been hunting the same area for a very long time, and his success is atributed to knowing the area extremely well, and what the animals do and spend their time.

I have known him about 8 years, and he is hardcore. No kids, but is married, and hunts 35-42 days for deer and elk.

Myself - spike and a cow. Been close several times, but no shots.
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Post by: norsepeak on May 28, 2009, 06:59:00 PM: killed 13 elk with my bow, and 5 or 6 with my rifle in the last 21 years. All in Washington.
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Post by: videoman on May 28, 2009, 07:55:13 PM: I have killed 3 bulls in 3 years. Score 344, 308 5*5 and a 240 5*5. 2 in western WA and 1 eastern WA. I have the multi tag so count it as 4.
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Post by: joebear on May 28, 2009, 08:24:53 PM: Good luck Videoman!!
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Post by: Old Mule on May 28, 2009, 09:13:48 PM: Used to Be, then I got Married and started only getting them every other year, Then I started passing them up if they weren't big enough, then I just got to lazy. 20 in 25 years, all but one in Washington.
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Post by: Todd_ID on May 28, 2009, 11:27:10 PM: I've got a great uncle in MT that had a 40x60 loft in his barn full of 5 and 6 point racks. There must have been near 75 or 80 at one time. There are some whoppers in the bunch, but he says he never packed out the biggest racks. He's fed more people in his 89 years than United Way ever will.

Myself.....well, I'll never make it to legendary status, but I don't want to, either. I've hunted 23 years and probably taken 20-25 elk; I'd have to count the box of teeth to find out. Some with each kind of hunting: rifle, muzzleloader, and bow; some were cows, some were 6 points. I'm still waiting for the Booner with a bow, though. Come on archery Blues tag!

I can say I've had fun along the way, and I'm still married after 12 years!
Title: Re: Elk Killing Machines!
Post by: HntnFsh on May 29, 2009, 06:33:13 AM: I aint tellin on myself! ;)
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Post by: Ridgerunner on May 29, 2009, 07:39:42 AM: This thread is worthless without some pics. If half the above stories are true, then there are some guys who have got this elk thing figured out, I know I don't.
Title: Re: Elk Killing Machines!
Post by: Elkpiss on May 29, 2009, 07:57:52 AM: I know pictures definaltely do justice, but i love it.. I know nobody wants to share their secrets or brag, but its hard not to if you have been successfull.. I havent posted many pics on this site, cause i dont want to give any of my secrets away or spots.. But i am gettin addicted to this site; lol, i will post my elk killin pics soon!! All westside public land, do it yourself!!! :chuckle:

Elk hunting is more than a sport it is a passion, their is nothing better than calling in a bull elk.. It raddles your bones when you got a screamer in close.. It will change your life!!! I called 2 bulls in a 10 yrds for my 2 bestfriends this past season and the look on their faces was priceless.. We captured them on vidoe as well, so that was priceless for my 2 buddies first bulls.... :)
Title: Re: Elk Killing Machines!
Post by: 6x6in6 on May 29, 2009, 04:37:44 PM: Quote from: Ridgerunner on May 29, 2009, 07:39:42 AM
This thread is worthless without some pics. If half the above stories are true, then there are some guys who have got this elk thing figured out, I know I don't.
2% is being in the right place.
2% is being there at the right time.
96% is combining the above 2.
:chuckle:
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Post by: vfilbert on May 29, 2009, 05:35:12 PM: i have an uncle in eastern oregon that has taged 60+ as for myself ive been hunting elk 7 years and have taken 1 bull and 1 cow in wa and have had many encounters with big bulls. all about the meat though to me, but ill have no problem eating a 6x7.
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Post by: Pathfinder101 on May 29, 2009, 05:37:03 PM: I know one guy, but he's no longer married. Not sure if elk hunting was the cause.
Title: Re: Elk Killing Machines!
Post by: Hornseeker on May 29, 2009, 07:43:53 PM: Wow... some good ones on the site and some more amazing tales too...

Yeah Doug... Tom had it figured out....

I agree...the few guys I know and the few who posted here that do it in Washington...especially if the bulls are mature bulls... REALLY have my respect. I know a couple brothers that do it... one of them will kill a 270-330 bull every single year... unreal... and I'm talking for the last 20+ years...

As for Montana..Idaho, Wyoming, etc..... being easy... well... I am a self confessed retard when it comes to killing critters... The seasons are long over here and the country is fantastic... but its still not easy. heck...even ask Bone Addict....

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Title: Re: Elk Killing Machines!
Post by: WDFW Hates ME!!! on May 29, 2009, 09:12:54 PM: My brother in law should post up his wall. :drool:
He is the killing machine in our family.

I only get one every couple of years.
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Post by: videoman on May 31, 2009, 10:17:03 AM: 2007 western WA
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Post by: videoman on May 31, 2009, 10:17:58 AM: 2006 eastern WA
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Post by: videoman on May 31, 2009, 10:18:36 AM: 2008 western wa
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Post by: dbllunger on May 31, 2009, 10:54:59 AM: My hunting partner and I started hunting elk in 94 I think. Only modern firearm never hunted with a bow for elk. Between us we have killed 12 bulls in Wa. Never tried for cows . Hunted MT a few times over the years and were only skunked because we let small bulls go. Killed 8 in Mt. Had four different times where we did the count down, and dropped two bulls at the same time. We have done ok, but still have not killed a 320+ to stick on the wall. Gotta love Wa spike only and our crazy modern firearm season for elk.
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Post by: bucklucky on May 31, 2009, 12:07:09 PM: Nice Bull V Man! Love that big western wa Bull!
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Post by: bow-n-head on May 31, 2009, 02:20:04 PM: I'v only been hunting elk for about 16 years, so to some of you I am still a youngster. I have only ate one elk tag in that time. I have never killed a monster bull. The guys who consistantly kill 320+ bulls amaze me. Just to shoot elk is just a matter of hard work and effort. I have been married 15 years, sometimes it's questionable if we will make it to the next hunting season :chuckle: :chuckle:. Give in all year except during elk season, then collect on your time.
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Post by: bolsen on May 31, 2009, 03:11:20 PM: wow i was going to post some pics of my bulls but not after seeing videomans!!! im up to 6 bulls now, all in the last 4 years. killed a bull in WA 4 years in a row now, 3 rifle and 1 archery. and one in colorado and one in idaho, so by the time im 40 i should have some pretty good numbers.
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Post by: bucklucky on May 31, 2009, 03:42:47 PM: Had to post my biggest ;)
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Post by: Alchase on June 01, 2009, 08:53:16 AM: Videoman, that 07 western bull has tons of charactor and great color.
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Post by: 257 Wby Mag on June 01, 2009, 10:57:00 PM: Nice bulls Videoman!!! I've killed a bunch of em, just can't respect a bull like I do a big buck. Thats where's its at for me.....
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Post by: boneaddict on June 02, 2009, 05:52:55 AM: I agree 257. I probably could have been slated for an elk killing machine, but then I discovered moose. That knocked me out of the elk hunting for about 5 years. Got back into it last year though. Man that was fun. I Missed it.
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Post by: huntnphool on June 02, 2009, 10:56:36 AM: Nice bulls VMan, love the color of those rosies.