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Big Game Hunting => Elk Hunting => Topic started by: jstamp on September 28, 2010, 12:02:31 PM

Title: Sterile bull?
Post by: jstamp on September 28, 2010, 12:02:31 PM: I have been watching this bull the last 2 years. He has never had cows with him, won't respond to any calls and just recently shed his velvet. He is an old bull. He's a 5x5 about 45 inches wide, but the horns aren't really big. He does have kinda some goofy looking horns though. I don't have any pics of him, as i watch him from 250 to 300 yards away, and i don't have a good enough camera to take good pics. just wondering if anyone on here has any thoughts about what the problem is. I see him almost daily, and can't figure out what's wrong with him. I think i'm gonna have the kid shoot him on opening day of rifle season just to see what's going on. :dunno:
Title: Re: Sterile bull?
Post by: 1morebuck on September 28, 2010, 12:17:18 PM: Guess your gonna have to shoot him and find out! :chuckle: I'll taste test the backstraps if you need a second opinion. :P
Title: Re: Sterile bull?
Post by: Deer slayer on September 28, 2010, 03:32:51 PM: Let us know what you find out after your son fills his tag.
Title: Re: Sterile bull?
Post by: whacker1 on September 28, 2010, 03:34:13 PM: sick - hoof rot maybe.

or maybe gay? Does he dress up for Mardi Gras with something that is just a little too much?
Title: Re: Sterile bull?
Post by: PA BEN on September 28, 2010, 04:03:45 PM: Can you see a nut sack? Could be a cow w/horns. :dunno:
Title: Re: Sterile bull?
Post by: Deer slayer on September 28, 2010, 04:12:26 PM: Quote from: PA BEN on September 28, 2010, 04:03:45 PM
Can you see a nut sack? Could be a cow w/horns. :dunno:
I was wondering that too.
Title: Re: Sterile bull?
Post by: boneaddict on September 28, 2010, 04:16:42 PM: Could be old age. Sometimes bucks and bulls will quit breeding and enjoy the solo life. We could probably learn something from them.