Hunting Washington Forum
Big Game Hunting => Elk Hunting => Topic started by: Caretaker on November 14, 2010, 08:22:36 PM
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First I apologize for the late post, I've literally been out of town since Oct 25th. My hunt started the first two days of constant 60 mph winds with gusts up to 90, snowy so bad my skid plate was dragging on my Dodge 2500, no animals were seen up at this 6000+ elevation so we had to change our tactics and go lower, after that we seen animals every day. The highlight of my hunt was a conservative 370 bull in our spotting scope, 50 inch mains, 44 inch inside spread, scared me so bad I couldn't breath. Haven't had fever like that since I was 10 years old. It was too dark to get a feel for what he was, had 100 + cows with him and he had only been seen 3 times this entire year. By the time we could figure out he was a real shooter another vehicle drove up and spooked the whole damn herd and there he went, we chased him for 3 miles and could never catch up. Was funny though, he screwed up and should have been mine. When the lead cow barked off he was running straight at me breath fogging and he was a proud animal, cows went left and he went Ohhh *censored* my ass is grass then followed the cows. Came within 20 yards of a few fork'n horns fighting the night before, heard this large bull bugling about 20 yards behind them but there was no way to get to him before getting busted by his cows. Hooked up with some old timers who showed me the ways of 40+ years of hunting the same camp site. I learned more in a few days with them then I had the entire summer scouting it. This particular bull I took on the last Saturday morning at 9:45 am, he tried to work his way behind me through some trees and decided to come above me on a saddle, he came out of the trees, looked up and never looked down my way, I proned up, shot him at 202 yards quartering away from me looking right, he jerked, looked up the saddle and turned 180 and sat down, I hit him again then the sucker stood straight up and did a 180 looking right, so I hit him again then he fell and it was over. I didn't want him running any more down hill. We were already 1 mile from the truck with about a 500 ft vertical climb. I took one backstrap and gave the rest of the meat to my hunting partner. I really thank him for pushing me to limits beyond what I thought possible, continually pushing me on the edge to make this hunt a success. I have memories for a lifetime and sad that is is over, some tears and experiences I will never forget.
Caretaker
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Nice bull caretaker, congrats on your success.
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Congrats on the bull Caretaker!!! Way to go!
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Congrats :)
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Nice bull. Congrats :tup:
That scope is huge, looks like a telescope mounted on your rifle. :twocents:
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Nice bull congrats. Sounds like you had a great time. That is one hell of a scope your rifle is packing. :o
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Nice Bull! Congrats!
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:tup: :tup:
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It's just he sun shade on the scope, I've considered taking it off.
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It's just he sun shade on the scope, I've considered taking it off.
Hey, we're just giving you a hard time. If it works, and you like it, leave it. I bet you don't get any glare.
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Okay, I was a little concerned on the first picture. I could see the elk head and not yours :chuckle: Great pictures and hunt!
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congrats on a fine bull and thanks for sharing with us! i have a huge shade on one of my guns. do they make a diffrence yes! i would not touch it! they are light weight and do help. looks like it worked great on the bull. :IBCOOL:
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Yea, that bull has a huge head, I mean big. We packed him out in two trips. The old timers I mentioned shot a spike the same morning, it took 6 of them three trips to pack it out. After their first trip they took a breakfast/coffee break, no rush but finished before dark. After pictures and cutting, we had our last load out by 4:30. Good times.
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Hell yea Caretaker - Nice Job!! :tup: :rockin: :brew:
Love that country you took your bull - great pictures congrats on a great hunt and great bull!
Michael
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Good looking bull! Congrats!
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gorgeous bull...congrats
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Awesome job Larry! I bet your neck was killing you by the time you got his head out :drool: Sorry to hear about the hog you were on but thats hunting :bash: :bash: still a great bull good job :brew:
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great bull
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congrats on a nice bull!!!
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The guys that helped me with my hunt hit that unit for the spike opener and said they saw a "PIG"!! Woner if it was the same one.....nice job on your bull!
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One of the most amazing stat's for that area is the cow to bull ratio, has to be 100/1. They need to offer serious cow tags, control native slaughtering or limit the number of spike tags. I didn't want my tag going into the spike hunt because all the big bulls head into Dark Canyon, steep nasty country where us two leggers just can't safely go.
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Awesome bull-congrats
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Congrats!
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nice looking bull what part of the unit did you did you get him in
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I took him on the Eastern edge of the Asotin Wildlife area. I chose this spot for my morning hunt because we had spotted a large herd 100+ on private land a few ridges over a day or two earlier, knowing a party of spike hunters were going after them and chances are they would push them my way. It worked, just not the bull I was hoping for.
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Congrats to you.. Nice bull... :brew:
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Dude...you have a HUGE scope! :hello:
Nice bull and great pics!
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:drool: Very nice Bull Caretaker. Congratulations on a nice animal. That is awful nice of you to leave that bigger bull for me next year when I draw out on the Lick Creek tag. Thanks for doing that... Congrats again. Tag filled meat in the freezer. :hello:
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Great job and nice bull
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I like it! Congrats
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Nice Bull! Got a cow (bow) in Lick Creek last year! Love that country! Looks like a rocket launcher on your rifle!!!
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Awesome bull caretaker!!! Congrats.
I got to see a few first hand pics earlier.
And thats one hell of a hunting machine you have there with you.Er,Um, I mean partner.
And believe me I should know.Beings I'm proud to consider him as one of my best friends.Even if he is my Brother in law. :chuckle:
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Nice Bull.. Holy rifle scope bat man :chuckle:
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Awesome bull. The guy packing the head probably had a neck ach the next day!!!
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Nice bull. I hunted the Lick Ck. area allot. Looks like the Able's Ridge area.
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That's a sweet bull.
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Good looking bull, congrats!
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congrats :tup:
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-Now thats a scope! :o
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Congrats Caretaker! :tup:
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Congrats on a very nice bull. :tup:
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Nice looking bull. That rifle looks like it has a hubble telescope on it. :chuckle:
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bull look like its got some good lainght to him
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K thats a super nice bull but I am now more interested in what kind of gun and scope set up you have there? How far can you shoot comfortably?
Beautifull bull though!
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Taken with my Browning 300 WSM, 168 gr TTSX, 68.5 gr RL17, 3180 fps, shot at 202 yds. Nikon 6-24 target dot. Love the clarity of the optics and the one tiny dot but the adjustable turrets kind of bother me. I'm thinking of going back to a scope with no turrets. If you make a adjustment one outing and forget to adjust it back you will screw yourself in the field. I've shot under 3" group with it at 400 prone in the field.
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Congrats on the Great Bull!!
