Hunting Washington Forum
Big Game Hunting => Elk Hunting => Topic started by: go4steelhd on February 04, 2024, 05:52:47 PM
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Let’s run a thread on your best Washington Bull. The only time I drew a regular bull tag was the year my son was born. He was due the day before the opener. I spent 5 days of opening week in the hospital with my wife since he did not want to come out:) Three days after he was born I was able to go out for the day. I found a five while I was stalking in on a distance bugle. While quartering that Bull I had a 6x7 walk by at 65 yards.
Let’s see how you have done.
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This thread should get good! Here’s my favorite Wa bull. OTC west side archery
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Only bad things bout this hunt are that the pictures with friends turned out bad and that another dear friend couldn't be there on kill day. Both those things suck but the hunt and preparation will be vivid memories for the rest of my life.
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Holy cow Lewy, that bull is super cool! Chunky!
...And Jonathan's bull is super LONG! Bet that score is a big one.
Both awesome, thank you for sharing! :tup:
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6x1 in spike bull unit .
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6x1 in spike bull unit .
In 2021 we had an old 7x1 on camera that the spike hunters were all hot and bothered by. Very cool
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My one and only bull elk, spike unit.
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Holy cow Lewy, that bull is super cool! Chunky!
...And Jonathan's bull is super LONG! Bet that score is a big one.
Both awesome, thank you for sharing! :tup:
more of Jon's.
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Here’s one.
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Best Washington rifle
Best Washington archery
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2021 east raffle bull
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Muzzy
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Best Archery
Best Muzzy
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Rifle bull
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I am going with live ones, plural, last month
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Your bait piles are too close together... :chuckle:
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Some great bulls posted!
2015 archery.
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2017 Bethel archery
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2017
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2021 muzzy bull
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Awesome fronts on that bull! :tup:
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Some outstanding bulls folks! Well done!
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Westside quality tag
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My best WA bull. Envious of all the pretty typicals. Nice work and thanks for sharing.
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:puke:
That's unreal
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My best WA bull. Envious of all the pretty typicals. Nice work and thanks for sharing.
You win
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My best WA bull. Envious of all the pretty typicals. Nice work and thanks for sharing.
Can’t post that monster without a story.🤣
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Eastern WA. General Modern Season. Any Elk Unit. Opening day 2015
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My best WA bull. Envious of all the pretty typicals. Nice work and thanks for sharing.
WHOA!! :tup:
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My best WA bull. Envious of all the pretty typicals. Nice work and thanks for sharing.
Wow!
Incredible Bull. :tup:
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My best WA bull. Envious of all the pretty typicals. Nice work and thanks for sharing.
Holy cow that’s a big bull!! Congratulations!!
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Ok Crowns, you don't have to put the unit in the story but give us a little background on your bull please! It looks to be from Cle Elum area. :dunno: Here's another pic of Crowns bull.
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Somewhere on here I recall a huge bull from the NorthEast corner that had really dark black horns and it was laying on a boulder crag in the woods. Like a rocky drainage slope in dark timber. Anyone recall that bull? It was neat and kinda unique.
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This thread is a good reminder of why the draw odds are still so bad in this state. Definity some great bulls out there for the folks that are lucky enough to draw and hunt hard.
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2014 Quality tag. Coastal Roosevelt. My brother had this one pushed past him, and shot the pursuer. I thought I was “helping” him put down his bull. Much to my surprise we had both bulls down 20 minutes into opening day and a lot of work ahead of us.
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My sons first archery bull. West side general tag.
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That Rosie is gorgeous Huckleberry! I love the color on that rack and it's a good size Rosie at that! Nice job!
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2017 general rifle
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Love the Rosie’s.👍
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Love the Rosie’s.👍
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My best WA bull. Envious of all the pretty typicals. Nice work and thanks for sharing.
You win
Naw. No winners. I grew up around nice bulls - playing with them every September. Taking photos. When I got the footage of this bull, I got very stressed and obviously obsessed. Spent 33 days scouting that summer. My wife and I ended up killing him on the second day of the season. It was an emotional roller coaster and it’s hard to hunt elk now. I’m just a shed hunter for now. Until I can find one of those big typicals. Just got to keep on wondering what’s over the next ridge and it’ll happen eventually right? Thank you guys for the compliments.
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2021 Archery bull.
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My best WA bull. Envious of all the pretty typicals. Nice work and thanks for sharing.
You win
Naw. No winners. I grew up around nice bulls - playing with them every September. Taking photos. When I got the footage of this bull, I got very stressed and obviously obsessed. Spent 33 days scouting that summer. My wife and I ended up killing him on the second day of the season. It was an emotional roller coaster and it’s hard to hunt elk now. I’m just a shed hunter for now. Until I can find one of those big typicals. Just got to keep on wondering what’s over the next ridge and it’ll happen eventually right? Thank you guys for the compliments.
Sweet bull crowns, I think I am your brothers neighbor, he's shown me pics of that bull before.
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I can’t contribute, mine is a Peninsula dink 4x5 Roosey :rolleyes:
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Some absolute studs on this thread, Rockies and Rosie’s! Congrats to everyone!
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Some absolute studs on this thread, Rockies and Rosie’s! Congrats to everyone!
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Some absolute studs. I've never really hunted rosies, but man I sure love looking at them! Bucket list for me to take one of those mature red, crowned bulls. Thanks fellas, appreciate you sharing with us all. :tup:
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Some nice Bulls! A real stud you got there Crowns.
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What is the score on that beast crowns? Has to be up their pretty high!
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Great bulls everyone, all awesome for Wa. My biggest 2020 eastern archery.
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Some real whoppers in this topic.
They all look great guys.👍
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Wife’s 2018 Quality Bull
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Family of killers Ivan !!!
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Some folks are holding out on this thread. C'mon post em up!
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redi needs a bigger house
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OTC westside
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2000, first big bull tag.
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im just gonna say any bull in WA is a best bull! :tup:
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2000, first big bull tag.
Can't tell if those are KUIU blue jeans or Sitka from this angle
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2000, first big bull tag.
Can't tell if those are KUIU blue jeans or Sitka from this angle
lol, I think they were probably bimart special edition elk killer blue jeans and wal mart sweatshirt. All my money was in that 270 rifle. :chuckle: :chuckle: :chuckle:
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2000, first big bull tag.
Can't tell if those are KUIU blue jeans or Sitka from this angle
lol, I think they were probably bimart special edition elk killer blue jeans and wal mart sweatshirt. All my money was in that 270 rifle. :chuckle: :chuckle: :chuckle:
love it
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im just gonna say any bull in WA is a best bull! :tup:
I’m with you👍
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Typicalish…
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Heck of bull 👍
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First is mine
Second is brothers
One general west side one quality tag
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Brothers
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Typicalish…
Holy cow. Can you just cut off that extra 20" front and glue it in the broken spot on the other side?
:tup: Wow, amazing bull!
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There have been lots of great bulls taken on here. Nice work and thanks for sharing them.
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Biggest bull Washington quality muzzy tag 2015. Called in by a fellow hunt wa member that went by Plat on here.
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Daughters mudflow youth bull. Captured on Titan Outdoors dvd series.
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Typicalish…
That’s a stud bull man!
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Daughters mudflow youth bull. Captured on Titan Outdoors dvd series.
Awesome redi! You and your family have done well in Washington.
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Some Awsome bulls in here, tried to post a few pics but it won’t let me. Nothing that compares to the rest anyway.
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Speaking of Plat, anyone know how he is doing?
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Speaking of Plat, anyone know how he is doing?
He was just out at my place a few weeks ago. We visited for awhile, seems to be doing good!
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Speaking of Plat, anyone know how he is doing?
He was just out at my place a few weeks ago. We visited for awhile, seems to be doing good!
Thats awesome, tell him I said hello. I haven’t seen or heard from him in years. He was once a good friend
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Best archery and best rifle
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Very nice 👍
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Some great bulls here. Some really nice Roosie's!
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im just gonna say any bull in WA is a best bull! :tup:
I’m with you👍
I'm 8 branch bulls in past 11 seasons western wa all public modern rifle hunts but nothing massive, all great at keeping freezer stocked!
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All great bulls. Awesome bolsen.
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Nice bulls everyone. Thanks for sharing :tup: :tup:
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A lot of people talk about wanting to leave Washington. The quality of animals here is honestly amazing. If politicians weren’t messing it up, Washington is incredible with the diversity and trophy potential. Dang, some really nice animals here.
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Last hour on the last day of a ten day hunt in west side. Long ways from the gate.
elksnout
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My 2016 muzzleloader bull elk!
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Washington Bull.
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2017 Washington bull. Last time I had a bull tag for archery.
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My only branch antlered bull.
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And it’s a dandy, nice work mister
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Western WA bull
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Abs it’s a dandy, nice work mister
You helped! Thanks for the calling tutorials.
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Western WA bull
Awesome bull Scout. Love the character.
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Wow some great elk on this thread. Its amazing the qaulity of the elk and deer Washington can sometimes produce
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My wife’s rifle bull, westside. 301''
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That's a nice Rosie trophyhunt!
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Let's see that WA quality bull you got Jerry.......
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Let's see that WA quality bull you got Jerry.......
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I'll have to take a pic of it when I get home, small bull, its the only quality tag I've ever drawn for elk, 30+ years ago!
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Let's see that WA quality bull you got Jerry.......
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I'll have to take a pic of it when I get home, small bull, its the only quality tag I've ever drawn for elk, 30+ years ago!
heck I didn't know you even had one! I was just thinking we'd see a screen shot of all your points :chuckle:
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Let's see that WA quality bull you got Jerry.......
:chuckle:
I'll have to take a pic of it when I get home, small bull, its the only quality tag I've ever drawn for elk, 30+ years ago!
heck I didn't know you even had one! I was just thinking we'd see a screen shot of all your points :chuckle:
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So your saying it's a 20 pointer! :o
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So your saying it's a 20 pointer! :o
oh no! His is like a 27 or 28 pointer :chuckle:
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So your saying it's a 20 pointer! :o
oh no! His is like a 27 or 28 pointer :chuckle:
29 pointer!!! Not sure to laugh or cry!
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Ok, gonna be 29. Here’s my trophy’s!
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Ok, gonna be 29. Here’s my trophy’s!
damn dude can’t draw a cow tag with 26 points :yike:
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Ok, gonna be 29. Here’s my trophy’s!
damn dude can’t draw a cow tag with 26 points :yike:
I keep buying points but don’t put in, figure I’ll wait till my friends can join me on a fun group hunt. Prob wait till my quality, and bull tags get zero’d out. If ever
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Ok, gonna be 29. Here’s my trophy’s!
damn dude can’t draw a cow tag with 26 points :yike:
I keep buying points but don’t put in, figure I’ll wait till my friends can join me on a fun group hunt. Prob wait till my quality, and bull tags get zero’d out. If ever
I'm your friend Jerry :hello:
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Ok, gonna be 29. Here’s my trophy’s!
damn dude can’t draw a cow tag with 26 points :yike:
I keep buying points but don’t put in, figure I’ll wait till my friends can join me on a fun group hunt. Prob wait till my quality, and bull tags get zero’d out. If ever
I'm your friend Jerry :hello:
What about a buddy buck tag? 😆
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This just shows that points are worthless. They put all the points in a barrel and when they draw the numbers and you ended up only having one chance in the bin.
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Ok, gonna be 29. Here’s my trophy’s!
damn dude can’t draw a cow tag with 26 points :yike:
I keep buying points but don’t put in, figure I’ll wait till my friends can join me on a fun group hunt. Prob wait till my quality, and bull tags get zero’d out. If ever
I'm your friend Jerry :hello:
Your in! And the buck tag I’ll have to pencil some stuff out, the wife is my lucky draw person!
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This just shows that points are worthless. They put all the points in a barrel and when they draw the numbers and you ended up only having one chance in the bin.
not really. Ask some of these guys what hunts they have applied for and you will realize why they havent drawn and some like myself have drawn 3 quality tags. Some of these quality bull tags you may go a lifetime not drawing the odds are so bad
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Some really great bulls on this thread :tup:
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2010 Washington Bull, muzzle loader, 40yards
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Great bull!
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Awesome looking elk Tgray!
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2004 Cascade Rosie early archery from the Winston unit. A decent 6x7. I have let a good amount of bulls walk looking for a bigger one, though I upped the degree of difficulty. I've been hunting pure bred Rosie's on the coast/ Olympic Peninsula since 06. Over the counter only.