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Big Game Hunting => Elk Hunting => Topic started by: M_ray on December 19, 2007, 10:41:05 PM

Title: Ea. WA Raffle Bull permission to post.
Post by: M_ray on December 19, 2007, 10:41:05 PM: Well I finally got the permission to post the Eastern Washington Raffle bull. As some of you know one of my buddies drew the tag and I was fortunate enough to get to spend some time with him in the Blues in search of his trophy. So here's what one raffle ticket will get ya!

(https://hunting-washington.com/smf/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi241.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fff122%2Fmray30%2FNov07032.jpg&hash=4d0615602a65de401c0e9fc32c12cb14b160808d)

If my memory is right he is a tad over 360 and nets out green at 355 7/8! My friend may log-in and tell his story or I may paste it for him at any rate he could leave 100 page story from beginning to end as he hunted for 29 days and looked at allot of tremendous animals!!!!! In the end I know his struggle was finding a bull that wasn't broken up ... a 3-1 cow ratio had much to do with that.

(https://hunting-washington.com/smf/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi241.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fff122%2Fmray30%2FNov07019.jpg&hash=6e63452a0159f0b930aba4ad5f14d3319d1c2291)

All I can say is he hunted hard he put in his time and miles and in the end he was rewarded with a bull of a lifetime, very well deserving. :bow: :bow: :bow:
Congrats Brad! :tup: Thank you for allowing me to be a part of it and posting this for you.
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Post by: WAcoueshunter on December 19, 2007, 10:46:23 PM: YES! Those pics are killer with the snow! Thanks to you M_ray for working to get permission to post those photos. Tell your buddy well done, and thank him for allowing you to post. That's a beautiful bull. One that gets less than 5" of deductions speaks to its great symmetry.
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Post by: archery288 on December 19, 2007, 10:47:06 PM: What a bull huh mark??!! Maybe next year you'll get that tag! haha
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Post by: Craig on December 19, 2007, 10:48:40 PM: That is a awesome looking bull. He has everything working for him.
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Post by: M_ray on December 19, 2007, 10:51:52 PM: Quote
What a bull huh mark??!! Maybe next year you'll get that tag! haha

Well Jon I probably have as good of a chance at that one than any of the others seeing how I have 0 points now!
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Post by: archery288 on December 19, 2007, 10:54:46 PM: haha yeah good point! decided if your gonna go back to archery next year or not??!
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Post by: M_ray on December 19, 2007, 10:56:23 PM: Not sure I'm in love with the smokepole! :chuckle:
I'll go Archery in Oregon though.
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Post by: archery288 on December 19, 2007, 10:59:08 PM: haha I don't blame ya! it's an addiction all the way around no matter the weapon!! :drool: Well we'll definetly have to go do some scoutin this summer!
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Post by: nwhunter on December 19, 2007, 11:46:43 PM: Thanks for posting the pics. That is an awesome bull and sounds like he earned it. I was lucky enough to have an archery tag over there this year and can only imagine what it would be like picking through all those bulls with a rifle. Thats a nice symetrical big bull that anyone would be proud of. Curious to know out of all the elk you looked at how many spikes did you see. While I was over there scouting and hunting I never saw one just cows and branched bulls. nwhunter
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Post by: M_ray on December 20, 2007, 12:22:03 AM: We called one spike in my second day there and I saw one in a herd on another day. That's all I saw but I wasn't there all 29 day's of coarse we'll have to wait to hear that from the Raffle winner himself. But from most of the conversations I had with him I think the answer is going to be very few.
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Post by: huntnphool on December 20, 2007, 01:11:23 AM: Well its about g#@ da&% time, Ive been sitting on those pics for too freaken long wanting to share. For those that dont know him, Brad has always been way too humble of a guy, hence the long wait to post the pics. Thanks Mark for talking him into it. What a hog of a bull, congrats again Brad!!!
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Post by: Ridgerunner on December 20, 2007, 05:36:26 AM: AWESOME looking bull, glad to see teh pics finally, that thing is SWEET!
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Post by: GoldTip on December 20, 2007, 06:45:27 AM: A truly beautiful bull, congrats to the raffle tag winner!
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Post by: boneaddict on December 20, 2007, 07:11:37 AM: Same here huntphool! AWESOME PICS! of an AWESOME BULL! Now thats a hunt of a lifetime.
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Post by: Slider on December 20, 2007, 09:37:00 AM: He's a BEAUTY!!! Congrats
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Post by: MuleySniper on December 20, 2007, 09:40:05 AM: Thats a great bull. I dont know why I never buy raffle tickets! I'm brainwashed to think all state drawings are inside jobs even though I'm sure not all of them are :chuckle:. All the snow makes the picture even more awesome.
MS
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Post by: Bearhunter on December 20, 2007, 09:50:31 AM: Awesome bull, I would have thought he went more then that, what a beautiful rack.
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Post by: Muleyslyr on December 20, 2007, 10:20:11 AM: Sweet! Great pics too. Can't believe how many stars were out that night. ;) Lucky guy for sure....glad to hear he worked for it and got what he wanted.
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Post by: WACATHUNTER on December 20, 2007, 10:34:50 AM: Congrats on an awesome bull. Thanks for getting permision to post like others said, I have been waiting to the successful raffle and govs here for quite sometime. Once again congrats to the hunter on a bull and hunt of a lifetime.
WACAT
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Post by: jackelope on December 20, 2007, 10:39:46 AM: thank god you posted...they were like a $100 bill burning a hole in my pocket.
what a great bull, and an awesome setting.
what i would give...
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Post by: PacificNWhunter on December 20, 2007, 12:59:00 PM: What an awesome bull! Tell you buddy thanks for letting you post the pic's and congrats on a great trophy.
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Post by: vanhornhunter on December 20, 2007, 01:14:28 PM: Very impressive Bull! Congrats to your buddy! Anyone know what gmu he was killed in?I figured dayton?Thanks for the post!
Title: Re: Ea. WA Raffle Bull permission to post.
Post by: M_ray on December 22, 2007, 12:38:39 AM: Quote
Anyone know what gmu he was killed in?I figured dayton?

vanhornhunter,
You're right! 162 Dayton is where this beauty came from.
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Post by: Ray on December 23, 2007, 05:29:52 PM: That's fantastic. I really like all the snow flying too :IBCOOL:
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Post by: Chuethou_b18c5 on December 24, 2007, 01:12:28 AM: What a beauty...i've hunted this area for many years...just never gotten a raffle bull tag yet.....hopefully i get lucky this year.....
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Post by: hunterofelk on December 24, 2007, 07:11:51 AM: This year has been a good year for members of this site. A very impressive bull elk. Body wise he looks huge, any weight estimate? Seems as though the elk from the east slopes of the Cascades are about 25% lighter than their counterparts to the east. Just my unprofessional opinion.
Title: Re: Ea. WA Raffle Bull permission to post.
Post by: SHANE(WA) on December 25, 2007, 11:52:38 PM: nice bull, yeah go figure how 17 branch antlered bull tags went to game officials this year
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Post by: tmike on December 26, 2007, 08:05:01 AM: Do game officials qualify for the 10 preference points for turning in poachers? That program always didn't seem quite right to me. :dunno:
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Post by: Geno on December 26, 2007, 08:16:43 AM: How did you find out that 17 game officials were drawn for branched bull tags?
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Post by: WAmuleyHunter on December 29, 2007, 07:00:40 PM: i would love to know that as well. and if true how to find this stuff out for the future
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Post by: billythekidrock on December 29, 2007, 07:04:00 PM: Quote from: SHANE(WA) on December 25, 2007, 11:52:38 PM
go figure how 17 branch antlered bull tags went to game officials this year

Do you know this for fact? How did you find out?
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Post by: M_ray on December 29, 2007, 07:35:27 PM: Not sure what you mean about game officials but I know that a WDFW biologist drew a Muzzle Bull tag in the Wenaha this year.
Title: Re: Ea. WA Raffle Bull permission to post.
Post by: klickman on December 29, 2007, 07:50:53 PM: WOW what else can I say. That is a huge bull. Congrats to the hunter and thanks for posting
Klickman
Title: Re: Ea. WA Raffle Bull permission to post.
Post by: TheHunt on December 30, 2007, 10:09:58 AM: Quote from: billythekidrock on December 29, 2007, 07:04:00 PM
Quote from: SHANE(WA) on December 25, 2007, 11:52:38 PM
go figure how 17 branch antlered bull tags went to game officials this year

Do you know this for fact? How did you find out?

Call your local state Rep or Sen and have them run that question to ground...
Title: Re: Ea. WA Raffle Bull permission to post.
Post by: BLUEBULLS on December 31, 2007, 08:14:14 AM: I know of a game warden that drew a coveted tag this year and questions always arise but I think it's the first time he's been drawn.
all I know is that it looks like I'll never be drawn.
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Post by: gramps on January 02, 2008, 08:22:13 PM: Congrats on a fine Bull. I happened to be out for a drive in the Blues in late Sept. and was parked along side of the road and the tag holder stopped to visit for a few. Two plus months later all the hard work paid off.
Title: Re: Ea. WA Raffle Bull permission to post.
Post by: skookum on January 08, 2008, 08:19:48 PM: Quote from: M_ray on December 19, 2007, 10:41:05 PM
Well I finally got the permission to post the Eastern Washington Raffle bull. As some of you know one of my buddies drew the tag and I was fortunate enough to get to spend some time with him in the Blues in search of his trophy. So here's what one raffle ticket will get ya!

(https://hunting-washington.com/smf/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi241.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fff122%2Fmray30%2FNov07032.jpg&hash=4d0615602a65de401c0e9fc32c12cb14b160808d)

If my memory is right he is a tad over 360 and nets out green at 355 7/8! My friend may log-in and tell his story or I may paste it for him at any rate he could leave 100 page story from beginning to end as he hunted for 29 days and looked at allot of tremendous animals!!!!! In the end I know his struggle was finding a bull that wasn't broken up ... a 3-1 cow ratio had much to do with that.

(https://hunting-washington.com/smf/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi241.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fff122%2Fmray30%2FNov07019.jpg&hash=6e63452a0159f0b930aba4ad5f14d3319d1c2291)

All I can say is he hunted hard he put in his time and miles and in the end he was rewarded with a bull of a lifetime, very well deserving. :bow: :bow: :bow:
Congrats Brad! :tup: Thank you for allowing me to be a part of it and posting this for you.

STUD BULL
Title: Re: Ea. WA Raffle Bull permission to post.
Post by: SHANE(WA) on January 10, 2008, 12:28:54 AM: When I drew my prescott muzzleloader tag, a local down in Pasco was helping me out and the property owner.It so happened the game warden also drew 1 of 2 rifle tags right where he works, he also said 17 wildlife officials drew bull elk tags.I personally know of 3 for sure.Little fishy to me
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Post by: billythekidrock on January 10, 2008, 05:43:52 AM: Quote
Little fishy to me

Sounds like it.
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Post by: M_ray on January 11, 2008, 10:25:22 AM: Sorry that I havent given an update guy's, I will ask again if my friend would consider posting his story. Keep in mind he owns his own Business and took 29 day's off to hunt this bull so things got a little piled up for him at work which is the reason for a delay.
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Post by: Miles on May 08, 2016, 06:55:34 PM: Nice raffle bull.
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Post by: HntnFsh on May 08, 2016, 07:46:18 PM: I thought that was a pic from last year. Then realized the thread was 8 years old.
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Post by: Jpmiller on May 08, 2016, 08:30:39 PM: I would love to hear the story, I hope to someday have a 29 day hunt! What a finish to end up with a beautiful bull like that, congrats!
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Post by: DOUBLELUNG on May 09, 2016, 03:53:37 PM: Thanks Miles, I totally missed this thread first time around. Beautiful bull!
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Post by: teanawayslayer on May 09, 2016, 04:03:13 PM: Awesome bull! I don't know how I missed this one either. Thanks for sharing mark!
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Post by: Antlershed on May 09, 2016, 04:18:41 PM: Quote from: teanawayslayer on May 09, 2016, 04:03:13 PM
Awesome bull! I don't know how I missed this one either. Thanks for sharing mark!
Probably because it was 3 years before you joined the site. :chuckle:
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Post by: jjhunter on May 09, 2016, 04:20:48 PM: Quote from: Antlershed on May 09, 2016, 04:18:41 PM
Quote from: teanawayslayer on May 09, 2016, 04:03:13 PM
Awesome bull! I don't know how I missed this one either. Thanks for sharing mark!
Probably because it was 3 years before you joined the site. :chuckle:

Way before you knew how to hunt. :chuckle:
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Post by: Gringo31 on May 09, 2016, 04:34:39 PM: :tup:
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Post by: boneaddict on May 09, 2016, 05:32:46 PM: I,wonder how many threads like this are buried in the archives. Obviously raffle bulls get a little more traffic now than they did in 07. Cool bull. Did he have it mounted Mark?
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Post by: teanawayslayer on May 09, 2016, 05:35:25 PM: Quote from: Antlershed on May 09, 2016, 04:18:41 PM
Quote from: teanawayslayer on May 09, 2016, 04:03:13 PM
Awesome bull! I don't know how I missed this one either. Thanks for sharing mark!
Probably because it was 3 years before you joined the site. :chuckle:
lmao! I didn't even look at the date of the thread.
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Post by: Antlershed on May 09, 2016, 07:52:56 PM: Quote from: teanawayslayer on May 09, 2016, 05:35:25 PM
Quote from: Antlershed on May 09, 2016, 04:18:41 PM
Quote from: teanawayslayer on May 09, 2016, 04:03:13 PM
Awesome bull! I don't know how I missed this one either. Thanks for sharing mark!
Probably because it was 3 years before you joined the site. :chuckle:
lmao! I didn't even look at the date of the thread.
:chuckle:

It is a great bull though :tup:
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Post by: M_ray on May 09, 2016, 09:39:09 PM: Quote from: boneaddict on May 09, 2016, 05:32:46 PM
I,wonder how many threads like this are buried in the archives. Obviously raffle bulls get a little more traffic now than they did in 07. Cool bull. Did he have it mounted Mark?

He did, I'll see if I can get a pic of it! :tup:
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Post by: boneaddict on May 10, 2016, 12:34:39 PM: Cool!
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Post by: MLBowhunting on May 11, 2016, 03:31:42 PM: Beautiful bull. :tup:
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Post by: C-Money on May 11, 2016, 03:35:38 PM: Sure is nice. What a bull...