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Big Game Hunting => Elk Hunting => Topic started by: WAPITIHUNTER on August 10, 2009, 02:00:44 PM

Title: Bull's Shedding?
Post by: WAPITIHUNTER on August 10, 2009, 02:00:44 PM: Who has seen bulls shedding velvet this year.

I spoke with a bear hunter up in Nooksack that said he saw a big bull with Velvet hanging.

Anybody else?
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Post by: boneaddict on August 10, 2009, 02:01:38 PM: It is TIME
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Post by: HUNT on August 10, 2009, 02:04:20 PM: Seems early still for the ones I have seen lately. Couple weeks.
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Post by: boneaddict on August 10, 2009, 02:06:23 PM: They should be starting now and most should be done within the next 3 weeks. THere are always outliers. I stalked a huge 6x6 on Peaches on Sept 8th that was still in Velvet.
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Post by: WAPITIHUNTER on August 10, 2009, 02:12:49 PM: Hogsniper told me last year on the 29th of August he saw a big bull in Nooksack whose antlers were pitch black with ivory tips.
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Post by: Dipsnort on August 10, 2009, 02:20:45 PM: I saw two 6-point bulls in full velvet jogging along the road as I was driving through Teanaway on Friday morning. That was a most unexpected site! :IBCOOL:
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Post by: D-Rock425 on August 10, 2009, 02:44:08 PM: My trail cam last year had most of the bulls shedding velvet about the last week of august.
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Post by: MtnMuley on August 10, 2009, 04:27:26 PM: In the Okanogan country this weekend I saw a 3" tree mauled. Definately fresh, if not earlier in the morning that I was there. Sure wouldn't think a deer rite now, but no sign of moose or elk in the area....ever.....?
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Post by: Timberstalker on August 10, 2009, 04:51:43 PM: I saw two 7x7's Saturday. They were both still in velvet
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Post by: vfilbert on August 10, 2009, 05:05:33 PM: i was bear hunting today and saw a bull in full velvet. (no bear blood)
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Post by: dreamingbig on August 10, 2009, 05:06:45 PM: I was in the high country on Saturday in 356 and didn't see any rubs but also didn't have time to get far from the trail. However, I was thinking the same thing... it has to be close to being TIME! Fall was definitely in the air up there on Saturday (misty rain, lower 40s at dawn, warmed to maybe 60 during the day).
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Post by: BrushChimp on August 10, 2009, 05:16:21 PM: Seen 3 bulls last Thursday in full velvet. Last night, saw one bull with full velvet and another was fully rubbed clean. :dunno:
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Post by: Machias on August 10, 2009, 05:18:17 PM: I hiked into an area on Saturday that had several old old rubs from years past and two very fresh rubs. It smelled like a barn yard in there. Elk droppings and tracks all over the place. :tung:
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Post by: tonymoe on August 10, 2009, 06:02:35 PM: I posted it somewhere on here a little while back, but my buddy here in washougal (very creditable source) was 50yds from a 5 or 6 pt. staring at him for a minute or so, and it was all bone, this has been atleast 2 weeks ago.
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Post by: Houndhunter on August 10, 2009, 06:11:45 PM: saw 3 while in a bear hunting area, all bone and 2 were around the 300 mark
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Post by: WAPITIHUNTER on August 10, 2009, 07:13:06 PM: OH! :yike:
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Post by: BENCHLEG on August 10, 2009, 08:26:58 PM: this is all crap it doesn't mean anything until sept 8 th . :drool: nice to see that you are all sharing. good luck to all and be safe. J
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Post by: Timber on August 10, 2009, 08:56:02 PM: I found about 10 fresh elk rubs in the Nooksack unit yesterday.
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Post by: WAPITIHUNTER on August 10, 2009, 09:22:50 PM: Quote from: Timber on August 10, 2009, 08:56:02 PM
I found about 10 fresh elk rubs in the Nooksack unit yesterday.

Yeah I think you have been sniffin cow elk hole!!!!!!!!

Benchleg it means everything cause my hunt start on the 1st of Sept!
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Post by: BENCHLEG on August 10, 2009, 09:42:34 PM: whack em and stack-em . good luck . a really big velvet bull sure would look good on the wall. be safe J.
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Post by: letmhunt on August 10, 2009, 10:16:37 PM: The longer they keep the velvet the bigger they get!! :drool:
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Post by: WAPITIHUNTER on August 10, 2009, 10:43:05 PM: Quote from: letmhunt on August 10, 2009, 10:16:37 PM
The longer they keep the velvet the bigger they get!! :drool:

The longer my arrow stays in the quiver the crappier I feel! :dunno:
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Post by: BLUEBULLS on August 11, 2009, 06:52:10 AM: this next Friday through Sunday is the magical time here in the Southeast, I bet 80% of the bulls will rub in those 3 days... just something about it :dunno:
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Post by: workstohunt on August 11, 2009, 07:00:22 AM: I saw two 6X6 buls together yesterday.
One was completely rubbed out and one still in full velvet. :dunno:
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Post by: Pathfinder101 on August 11, 2009, 02:50:13 PM: I haven't seen a bull for a couple of weeks (been out of town), but they should be getting close. I don't see any rubs yet.
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Post by: wints13 on August 13, 2009, 04:55:13 PM: I saw 2 5X5's last weekend both in full velvet.
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Post by: blacktail luv on August 13, 2009, 09:54:19 PM: Had pictures of five different branched bull on my trail cam last week all in full velvet, checking it tomorrow so I will let you guys know what they are like now.
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Post by: Pathfinder101 on August 13, 2009, 11:00:37 PM: No elk on the trail cam, but I did see a young bull today. Still in velvet. Found a fresh rub though.
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Post by: norsepeak on August 14, 2009, 08:28:16 PM: saw 5 nice big bulls last night in the bumping unit, all of them still had perfect velvet. Should be about another 10 days or so around here for them to grow.
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Post by: WAPITIHUNTER on August 14, 2009, 08:34:08 PM: Just got word from a special contact up in the Nooksack......................................BULLS ARE RUBBING!!!! :yike:

I just wet my pants..... :'(
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Post by: PolarBear on August 14, 2009, 08:34:30 PM: All of mine are still in velvet. I am looking at them as I type.
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Post by: WAPITIHUNTER on August 14, 2009, 08:35:21 PM: :yike: That is cool!