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Title: how many years have you been elk hunting? how many elk?
Post by: elk79 on July 14, 2011, 03:27:10 PM: Just wondering what peoples succes has been on elk and how many years they have hunted elk.
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Post by: SkookumHntr on July 14, 2011, 03:30:42 PM: 20 years and have killed 3
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Post by: Tony on July 14, 2011, 03:32:08 PM: 10 years Archery 1 elk
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Post by: vandeman17 on July 14, 2011, 03:34:35 PM: About 10 years and 1 elk
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Post by: Buckhunter24 on July 14, 2011, 03:35:53 PM: 3 years of actual hunting ( bought tags before as a kid but didnt really hunt too much was more interested in deer) 0 elk
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Post by: rtspring on July 14, 2011, 03:39:25 PM: Serious elk hunting about 10 years, Killled 7 elk

Been Elk hunting for 20 Plus years, Didn't figure them out for quite sometime...
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Post by: CedarPants on July 14, 2011, 03:39:36 PM: 3 elk camps scattered over the course of the past 10 years. Have yet to kill 1. If it wasn't spike only in the Blues though I'd have 2 6x6's under my belt (wouldn't we all :chuckle:)

I plan on kicking the elk hunting up a notch though now. Not sure why I never got into it before like I did deer hunting, but I sure want to now and plan on doing just that.
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Post by: Kowsrule30 on July 14, 2011, 03:41:03 PM: 17 years...... 11 elk..... 5 cows.... 1 nice 6 point..... 5 spikes..... Gonna be 6 spikes this year!!!! :chuckle:
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Post by: D-Rock425 on July 14, 2011, 03:43:29 PM: I've shot 6 since 03 all archery
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Post by: gasman on July 14, 2011, 03:44:01 PM: about 18 years, only 1 elk.
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Post by: p-ohana on July 14, 2011, 03:46:21 PM: 6 years of elk hunting= 2 bulls.
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Post by: frostman on July 14, 2011, 03:49:05 PM: 20 years.......6 elk..........4X4.......5X5......4 fat cows......all rosies
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Post by: Kain on July 14, 2011, 03:50:37 PM: Quote from: Buckhunter24 on July 14, 2011, 03:35:53 PM
3 years of actual hunting ( bought tags before as a kid but didnt really hunt too much was more interested in deer) 0 elk

Same with me. Bought tags before as a kid but didnt start actually hunting until three years ago. 0 elk
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Post by: The100Road on July 14, 2011, 03:53:34 PM: 4 years 4 elk = (1-3x4bull & 3-cows) Hopefully the luck continues this year.
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Post by: Rainier10 on July 14, 2011, 03:54:25 PM: 15 years, 5 elk, 2 muzzle loading, 3 archery, 4 cows, 1 spike
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Post by: raghorn69 on July 14, 2011, 03:54:50 PM: 20 Plus years 6 Cows 1 Spike 1 Raghorn

Could have killed 2 other Ragbulls but passed them waiting for the bigger one. Salted the tag & ate it

The Big Bull is coming in 2011 if not 2012 or 13 or very late 2014! :chuckle:
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Post by: BOWHUNTER45 on July 14, 2011, 03:54:59 PM: Geeeez I will need to brake it down ..

muzzleloader - 1- spike / 2 -cows
Rifle 1 -5x5 / 1- 2x3
BOW 1- 7x7 / 1 - 6x7 / 1- 4x5 and 3 cows

total = 11 elk in 21 yrs ... All it should be better than that ..Cant believe I could miss a couple when they are so big .. :chuckle: :chuckle: :bash: and thank god I never missed the biggest ones ...geeeeez
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Post by: buglin4bulls on July 14, 2011, 04:01:51 PM: I'm 19 years old, been hunting for 6 years, killed 2 spikes, 1 cow, and a 330 inch 6x6 :IBCOOL:
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Post by: dartondude on July 14, 2011, 04:04:50 PM: 3 elk in 5 yrs in W. Colorado, then 1 elk in 6 yrs in W. Washington.

I too am finally learning how to hunt them here - but it took a long time.
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Post by: HUNT on July 14, 2011, 04:05:54 PM: 17 years hunting elk

14 bulls
1 cow

1 6x6
2 5x5
2 4x4
1 3x3
8 Spikes
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Post by: BOWHUNTER45 on July 14, 2011, 04:07:16 PM: Quote from: buglin4bulls on July 14, 2011, 04:01:51 PM
I'm 19 years old, been hunting for 6 years, killed 2 spikes, 1 cow, and a 330 inch 6x6 :IBCOOL:
Well ........ that pretty dang good their son ... :tup: :tup:
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Post by: toyman2 on July 14, 2011, 04:32:58 PM: aout 10 years totle, took a long break in the middle.
1 spike and 2 cows
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Post by: Alan K on July 14, 2011, 04:38:11 PM: 6 years with the rifle, 3 bulls, 2 years with the bow, nada. The last couple years I haven't really hunted much though, just a couple nights in treestands, as my areas have become overran with hunters. >:(
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Post by: GoldTip on July 14, 2011, 04:40:34 PM: Been hunting elk since 1978 so 33 years. Hunt in Montana, Idaho and Washington many years since 1994. Thought I had all my dead elk counted up one time, but then remembered a couple, so gotta be honest I can't say how many I've killed. But I can't say the last time I did not have elk meat in the freezer. Can't say the number is 33, but it's probably over 25. But I kill them all, first legal elk I see is going in the freezer. I know Dad is well over 40, younger brother most likely has more than me.
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Post by: andersonjk4 on July 14, 2011, 04:58:37 PM: Since I was 12 and i'm 27.... so 13 years. And I've killed 2 elk - one spike and one cow.

I know my math doesn't quite add up (I missed two elk seasons for football playoffs while I was in high school).
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Post by: wsucowboy on July 14, 2011, 05:02:39 PM: Since I was 14 and I'm 21 now. Made elk camp every year but two and have killed two spikes, both with my 338 A bolt. Got an X bolt this winter and hopefully I'll be able to take an elk with it this fall
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Post by: Black Ram on July 14, 2011, 05:07:33 PM: been hunting for 23 years and have got one elk.and no i have not hunted elk every year.oh yah and i didnt even get to keep the elk. dont ask very long story.
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Post by: YoterHunter on July 14, 2011, 05:09:39 PM: 30 years . 6 cows 1 spike 1 4x5 all archery will add 1 big bull this year . i have the oeaches ridge rifile tag :IBCOOL:
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Post by: OlympicElkJunkie on July 14, 2011, 05:16:33 PM: Moved here from back east in 1997 and had never seen an elk before. Started hunting a few years later and thanks to a couple great mentors I have been blessed by filling my archery elk tag 5 times in 9 seasons, all bulls (including a late season bull calf) :cue:
Sure is interesting to see the success represented on this site. thanks for sharing you guys ... thumbs up to all my blood brothers that go out and get after it, tags full or not. :tup:
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Post by: dreamingbig on July 14, 2011, 05:21:42 PM: This will be the 10th year. Three elk in the past 9 years all with the bow.
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Post by: woodswalker on July 14, 2011, 05:40:39 PM: 1 cow, 2 spikes, 7 branches since 1981...and I took a break in there for 5 years when i ran the mill in Everett.
Cow and spikes all out of eastern WA...all the branches off the Olympic Penninsula
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Post by: bucklucky on July 14, 2011, 05:46:24 PM: 11 years with a bow, 8 elk , 5 bulls
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Post by: jjhunter on July 14, 2011, 05:56:53 PM: I think that I have elk hunted 7 or 8 days in WA and killed 4 raghorn bulls, all general season archery.
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Post by: Todd_ID on July 14, 2011, 06:06:27 PM: Surprising results on this thread. I've been hunting elk since 1985 and have probably taken 25 since then. Several with each rifle, bow, and muzzleloader. Probably the most with muzzleloader. Maybe 10-11 bulls with most of those being 5 or 6 points. Mostly in Idaho.
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Post by: marty on July 14, 2011, 06:09:36 PM: 22 years 12 bulls a few cows.
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Post by: bench beast on July 14, 2011, 06:10:32 PM: 26 years of Elk hunting. 15 elk, 2 bulls with bow, 11 bulls with rifle and 2 cows with rifle. all in Washington state.
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Post by: rsrobins on July 14, 2011, 06:33:32 PM: 18 years of hunting elk, 10 bulls with rifle, 1 bull with muzzle loader, 2 bulls with bow, and 3 cows with bow. All rosevelt.
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Post by: CamoDup on July 14, 2011, 06:39:51 PM: Quote from: Kain on July 14, 2011, 03:50:37 PM
Quote from: Buckhunter24 on July 14, 2011, 03:35:53 PM
3 years of actual hunting ( bought tags before as a kid but didnt really hunt too much was more interested in deer) 0 elk

Same with me. Bought tags before as a kid but didnt start actually hunting until three years ago. 0 elk

same answer... been drawn for two cow tags when I was in my teens but didnt have anyone to go with.. I knew i wanted to go just didnt get the chance.
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Post by: buglebuster on July 14, 2011, 06:52:37 PM: I'm 21 hunting elk for 8 years.1 spike 1 cow eastside rifle.1 muzzleloader cow eastside, 2 archery cows westside, 1 6x6 archery westside. So 6 total
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Post by: Goldeneye on July 14, 2011, 07:17:12 PM: Trying to think that far back is a little sketchy, but if I think about it this is pretty close. 1 cow, 1 spike, and 18 branch bulls in a total of 28 years of elk hunting. Biggest one is a 6x7 Rosie. All westside except for the muzzleloader animals (1 cow and 2 bulls). I usually take the first legal bull I see unless it's a draw tag in a good area. Don't like tag soup. Been on a little bit of a roll the last few years. 4 bulls in 4 years. These are mostly rifle bulls with 3 muzzleloader mixed in.
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Post by: jbeaumont21 on July 14, 2011, 07:27:40 PM: 6 years, 2 rag horn bulls with ML.
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Post by: vfilbert on July 14, 2011, 07:31:55 PM: 12 years 3 elk 1 muzz 1 archery 1 rifle
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Post by: Kowsrule30 on July 14, 2011, 07:46:44 PM: Quote from: jjhunter on July 14, 2011, 05:56:53 PM
I think that I have elk hunted 7 or 8 days in WA and killed 4 raghorn bulls, all general season archery.

:o :dunno: You must have got some good raffles?????
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Post by: carrot13ify on July 14, 2011, 07:51:02 PM: I'm 18 ive killed an elk every year 1 five by six 1 five point 4 spike. Ive learned it doesn't how big they are its the memories you make while hunting for ELK!
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Post by: jstone on July 14, 2011, 08:00:49 PM: 3 cows and one 5x6 in the last 7 years..
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Post by: grundy53 on July 14, 2011, 08:04:39 PM: Due to high school football I wasn't able to start hunting elk until I was 19 but even then I was more concerned with partying and chasing tail. I started to get serious 5 years ago and now have killed Elk the last 4 years. Cow, 6x6, 5x5, 4x4. In that order. And yes those horn counts are counting all points (which wouldn't go over too well in my Elk camp). I am now VERY passionate about Elk hunting it is my favorite form of hunting and as my fiance would say "my addiction" :chuckle:.
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Post by: grundy53 on July 14, 2011, 08:06:15 PM: Also I think It would be cool if everyone added some of their kills to their posts. :dunno:
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Post by: wall of wood camp on July 14, 2011, 08:18:01 PM: Im 32 and this year will be number 17 for me I have 5 spikes under my belt, and the rest cows all with a modern rifle all east side. hope to add a big bull to the total this year with the Peaches Ridge bull tag first time ever being drawn for a bull tag.
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Post by: JPhelps on July 14, 2011, 08:23:04 PM: I have killed 14 bulls in 15 years. They have all been 4x4, 4x5, and 5x5 roosevelts. Killed a rocky in Montana, but I didnt know that the bull had already been shot or at least shot at by a guy in our party.

Mine have been a mix of modern, muzzle and archery.

My passion is calling bulls in close. Wouldn't want it any other way.
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Post by: furbearer365 on July 14, 2011, 08:33:06 PM: Have bought tags for 14years but only hunted hard for 3 out of the last 4 years and have killed two nice bulls. 1- 6x6 and 1-4x5. i am a deer fanatic. i prefer hunting on my own and killing a 800 lb. animal 10 miles in by myself never really appealled to me. :chuckle: But with 13 points next year the appeal is growing. :IBCOOL:
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Post by: BoomWhop on July 14, 2011, 08:38:05 PM: 10 years 1 Bull
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Post by: AKBowman on July 14, 2011, 09:01:40 PM: 3 years archery 0 Elk.
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Post by: RadSav on July 14, 2011, 09:07:12 PM: Since 1982 Archery = 23 bulls/4 cows, Rifle 3 bulls. Biggest bull 1984 323 P&Y. Missed a couple way bigger of course.
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Post by: addicted on July 14, 2011, 09:13:40 PM: 4:1
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Post by: elkontherun on July 14, 2011, 09:17:33 PM: I started hunting elk at the age of 13 killed my first bull when I was 15 I am 27 now and have killed 10 branched bulls all in western washington belive it or not I have killed 7 of them laying my gun across the same rotten log. Year after year the (meat hole) produces.
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Post by: trophyhunt on July 14, 2011, 09:26:40 PM: I started elk hunting when I was about 19 or 20, about 18 years of those were in the white river. I'm now 42 and have hunted elk seriously for about 18 years. 2 spikes rifle, 4 rag horns rifle, 1 7x8 archery, 3 6x6's rifle, 1 cow muzzy. I've been a lucky guy to have the chance at hunting these incredible animals, I have more respect for the elk than I do a lot of people. We are blessed just to be able to smell, hear, see and hunt these elk in our state.
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Post by: steen on July 14, 2011, 09:39:28 PM: Have been buying elk tags for about 7 years to put in for draws. Drew Dayton for quality bull and shot my first elk, firearm. That is the only year I ever hunted. To many crazy's out there to spend alot of time hunting them so we just go mostly when we draw. My husband drew a cow elk tag so I will be there unless work keeps me from it.
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Post by: 6x6in6 on July 14, 2011, 09:40:46 PM: 33 years, 24 bulls and 2 cows. All rifle.
Only 2 in WA and neither were spikes and back in the pre-draw days. All but 2 bulls were DIY hunts.
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Post by: wehunt on July 14, 2011, 09:44:11 PM: 19 elk, 3 archery, 3 front loader and 13 rifle. 17 bulls and 2 cows. 2 of the 3 with my front loader made Washington state book with the largest at 355, I shot it 2 years ago. For the last 15 years, I only hunt them when I draw a good tag.
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Post by: kramer on July 14, 2011, 09:52:33 PM: Put in for eastside for 11 years drew a tag for peaches ridge muzzle loader. Killed a 7 x7 that scored 344. My only elk to date.
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Post by: Prime Time on July 14, 2011, 09:54:15 PM: 10 years of elk hunting; 6 branched bulls and one cow, all roosies. 4 Muzzle kills and 3 archery. If I could only have back some of those muzzle shots :bash:
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Post by: 50CalJim on July 14, 2011, 09:55:19 PM: In the last 35 yrs I've hunted Elk probably 20 yrs or so & I've killed 9 Elk. 8 of them were Nooksack Bulls & the other one was a last day Calf in Montana.
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Post by: BOWHUNTER45 on July 14, 2011, 09:59:45 PM: Quote from: wehunt on July 14, 2011, 09:44:11 PM
19 elk, 3 archery, 3 front loader and 13 rifle. 17 bulls and 2 cows. 2 of the 3 with my front loader made Washington state book with the largest at 355, I shot it 2 years ago. For the last 15 years, I only hunt them when I draw a good tag.
Have any pictures of that 355... Love to see it ......
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Post by: BOWHUNTER45 on July 14, 2011, 10:00:26 PM: How about posting some of these bad boys ...... :yeah:
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Post by: kalamasasquatch on July 15, 2011, 02:45:14 AM: 8 years all archery
6 elk
4 bulls
2 cows.
1 4x4
1 4x5
1 5x5
1 6x6 scored 239 p&y
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Post by: PolarBear on July 15, 2011, 04:12:06 AM: On and off for 26 years.
6 cows
1 spike
3-5x5
3-6x6
1-6x7 (358" gross, 350 net)
4 total P&Y bulls (3 over 300"), All Western WA typical Roosies, archery.
Have had a self imposed 5x5 or better rule for the past 10 years so, couple that with an average of less than 2-3 days per year of hunting and I have eaten a few tags as of late.
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Post by: 250savage on July 15, 2011, 06:45:34 AM: 12 years with a muzzle loader 2 elk.
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Post by: BOWHUNTER45 on July 15, 2011, 06:58:12 AM: Quote from: 50CalJim on July 14, 2011, 09:55:19 PM
In the last 35 yrs I've hunted Elk probably 20 yrs or so & I've killed 9 Elk. 8 of them were Nooksack Bulls & the other one was a last day Calf in Montana.
Must of been back in the good old days in the nooksack :bash:
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Post by: D-Rock425 on July 15, 2011, 07:05:14 AM: Quote from: kalamasasquatch on July 15, 2011, 02:45:14 AM
8 years all archery
6 elk
4 bulls
2 cows.
1 4x4
1 4x5
1 5x5
1 6x6 scored 239 p&y

I hope you mentioned 339.
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Post by: Elkpiss on July 15, 2011, 07:22:07 AM: 20 years 8 elk.. 4 branched bulls, 4 cows

1 rifle, 7 archery
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Post by: Rick on July 15, 2011, 07:22:37 AM: I've hunted elk on/off since I was 10. In those 27 years,I've actually hunted elk maybe 9-10 seasons.

I've killed 2 spikes and a cow.
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Post by: demontang on July 15, 2011, 07:33:55 AM: 14 years archery and 1 year mod, shot one modern spike before that I had taken a few shots and missed. I plan to and another this year :tup:
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Post by: MADMAX on July 15, 2011, 07:58:41 AM: 20 years or so
1 Rifle bull 5x5
3 bulls archery 2 spikes and 3x3
1 cow with a cell phone
Yeah its a long story on the cow
In a nutshell, found it when leaving Taneum with 2 broken legs in an irrigation canal with no trespass signs everywhere it had come down off the concrete flume on the hill.
The game warden was called using the cell phone who shot it and let us tag it and hence "cell phone elk'
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Post by: dscubame on July 15, 2011, 08:02:34 AM: 10 years 6 elk. Started in Taneum area with a 50+ year camp I was invited too. Spike only seasons without luck for 4-5 years. Went to Idaho panhandle in 2006 where I started getting into them.
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Post by: 50CalJim on July 15, 2011, 08:47:47 AM: Quote from: BOWHUNTER45 on July 15, 2011, 06:58:12 AM
Quote from: 50CalJim on July 14, 2011, 09:55:19 PM
In the last 35 yrs I've hunted Elk probably 20 yrs or so & I've killed 9 Elk. 8 of them were Nooksack Bulls & the other one was a last day Calf in Montana.
Must of been back in the good old days in the nooksack :bash:
Yep! That was before the Tribes wiped them out & got the Nooksack shut down. :bash: :bash: :bash:
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Post by: RidgeRunner_07 on July 15, 2011, 09:14:42 AM: This will be my 11th year....with a big 0 on success.
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Post by: et1702 on July 15, 2011, 09:22:14 AM: Been hunting since I was 11, switched to archery at 15 and I'm now 47. So, in over 30 years, only 3 elk. Plan to add another this year!
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Post by: HighCountryHunter88 on July 15, 2011, 09:44:27 AM: been on three elk hunts, 2 archery bulls both 5x5 one from montana and one from western wa. missed my only oppertunity at a bull the year i did muzzy.
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Post by: 338_Thumper on July 15, 2011, 09:45:28 AM: 34 years Hunting Elk - 24 Elk

3 bulls Archery - 5 x 5 biggest - Could of shot a lot of smaller bulls during that time hunting archery - about 8 years but drew down on a few monster Big Bulls but couldn't thread the arrow to them in the thick stuff on the westside (Back side of Lake Quinault (Higley peak area).
A couple of cows and the rest rifle bulls - (2) 6 x 6's (1) 5 x 5 and the rest spikes and raghorns.
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Post by: slim9300 on July 15, 2011, 09:45:56 AM: If you add up all the years hunting elk... 8 elk for 10 years. At this point I think my partner and I have finally figured it out and dialed in our skills. I credit our new found success (about 75% of it) to Paul Mendel (aka Elknut). The guy is an elk hunting genius and could turn anyone into an elk killing fool. Check out www.elknut.com

I killed my first elk with a muzzleloader at age 13. Then I didn't get to hunt due to Hockey until I was 17 and that year I killed my first elk with a bow. From then on I have killed 6 elk. The last 3 seasons have been pretty good and I hope this year goes just as well. 5 elk killed. (3 in WA and 2 in MT)
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Post by: Recurve-Elk on July 15, 2011, 10:11:13 AM: Few, I thought I was just a bad hunter for awhile but it seems like the general consensus isn't all that great. I've been bow hunting seriously for only about 2-3 years. (I am 18) Before that, I guess you could say I was hunting, but really just hiking :chuckle:. That was a period of about 5 years. What do I have to show for it? Nothing :IBCOOL: However, I am really starting to take off I think. Each year I hunt harder, have new skills, and now I can call successfully. Also seems that each year I get into more elk.

Elk hunting really is an addiction isn't it. Look at our success rates haha. We are really gambling every year! Gotta love it!

The fever is beginning to set in. Very hard and very fast!
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Post by: THEBUGLER on July 15, 2011, 10:52:14 AM: In 22 years Ive taken 15 bulls and 2 cows. 4 of those bulls were rifle, and the rest by archery. Can we count the misses on the ones that got away? :chuckle:
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Post by: kalamasasquatch on July 15, 2011, 11:18:54 AM: Quote from: D-Rock425 on July 15, 2011, 07:05:14 AM
Quote from: kalamasasquatch on July 15, 2011, 02:45:14 AM
8 years all archery
6 elk
4 bulls
2 cows.
1 4x4
1 4x5
1 5x5
1 6x6 scored 239 p&y

I hope you mentioned 339.

nope, i ment 239 which isnt a monster but makes the book and is my best bull to date. for a true coastal rosey, he is a agood bull.
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Post by: blacktail7 on July 15, 2011, 11:38:12 AM: 8 years hunting elk, 5 bulls and 1 cow
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Post by: yakimarcher on July 15, 2011, 11:42:53 AM: third year, no elk yet. equipment failure and lack of time have limited me in the past but not this year.
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Post by: youngbull on July 15, 2011, 02:30:27 PM: 13 years for elk harvested 2 lost 1 :'( missed a hanful and chased a bunch all on the west side. A magnificent beast that never ceases to amaze me how smart fast and quiet these animals can be
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Post by: whacker1 on July 15, 2011, 02:35:52 PM: hunted a couple of years in high school and shot 1 cow. took many years off and started hunting elk again in 2002, and missed many opportunities, and killed one spike in Idaho.
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Post by: DoubleJ on July 15, 2011, 07:03:33 PM: 1 year, 0 elk
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Post by: SniperDanWA on July 15, 2011, 07:28:48 PM: First year for my son and me in WA. 0 elk, but we both want one bad. Still discussing the right area to go.
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Post by: SFD2015 on July 15, 2011, 07:38:19 PM: 4 years hunting elk (Hunting anything for that matter). 2 Elk each a 4 x 4. My first year Elk was pretty damn small, but tasted GREAT! Last years Elk was MUCH bigger (And I think Elk Gets tastier the more you shoot)!
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Post by: wehunt on July 15, 2011, 08:37:01 PM: Here you go Bowhunter45, this is the bull I got in Washington 2 years ago with a front loader.
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Post by: Slayerz on July 15, 2011, 10:33:33 PM: 16 years elk hunting and 7 elk, 2 6x6, 1 5x6, 1 5x5, 1 5x3, and two spikes!
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Post by: bucklucky on July 15, 2011, 11:47:32 PM: Hell of a bull Wehunt!
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Post by: RadSav on July 16, 2011, 12:01:38 AM: Yeah! I can imagine my arrow clanging through those antlers :'(

I always forget on those big boys - aim at the spot not the antlers!!! Guess that's why I'm not Chuck Adams or Randy Ulmer :)

I'd trade four or five of mine for that one - Sweet!
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Post by: briancorneal on July 16, 2011, 01:13:29 AM: 5 years hunting. Finally SAW an elk last year, and no luck on closing the distance within 85 yards. On the bright side, I got my boots broken in pretty good!
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Post by: dad98684 on July 16, 2011, 07:25:37 AM: 10 years of weekend warrior, 9 years of staying all season, i have 2 cows to show for it, but countless close encounters of the west side type.
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Post by: Shed Stud on July 16, 2011, 08:29:05 AM: Hunted elk HARD for 10 years. O for 10. I'm the guy who dosn't get drunk, goes to bed early, gets out before daylight, and stays out all day. For some reason I always end up dragging other peoples elk to our camp. Even the FNG harvested in our camp several times. :dunno: Big bulls come to those who wait!
Oh yeah, I wouldn't trade any of those days spent out in the cold with elk out of range or behind the brush with no shot and not pulling the trigger for ANYTHING! Good luck to all this season, as I need a #$%load!
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Post by: Fullabull on July 16, 2011, 11:13:07 AM: 12 years, 5 bulls, opportunity was there the other seven years and just could not get the shot or missed the shot.

Fulla
Title: Re: how many years have you been elk hunting? how many elk?
Post by: bow-n-head on July 16, 2011, 11:15:04 AM: 16 elk 17years
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Post by: rosscrazyelk on July 16, 2011, 11:52:11 AM: I have taken my fair share.. Maybe even more.. :chuckle:
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Post by: Hurricane on July 16, 2011, 12:05:23 PM: This is year 6 and so far the score is Elk 5 me 0. I have been close but we all know that doesn't count. I have missed 3 times. Twice shot over and one under. With the toutle tag this year I think My hard work all these years will finally be paying off.
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Post by: christopheri on July 16, 2011, 04:10:21 PM: Year 3 for me. 0 elk. 3 blown stalks. I have been lucky and have seen them every year but I just cant seem to close the deal. Im guessing that I will have them figured out by the time I am 60 :chuckle:
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Post by: lewy on July 16, 2011, 04:18:56 PM: Im running about 50 percent.
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Post by: BIGMIKE on July 16, 2011, 04:21:33 PM: 3 years and 0 elk, Will keep trying until I kill one. Its just a matter of time. :)
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Post by: BOWHUNTER45 on July 16, 2011, 04:52:06 PM: Quote from: wehunt on July 15, 2011, 08:37:01 PM
Here you go Bowhunter45, this is the bull I got in Washington 2 years ago with a front loader.
Thanks ...Thats a damn nice bull their now :drool: :tup:
Title: Re: how many years have you been elk hunting? how many elk?
Post by: runningboard on July 16, 2011, 04:54:36 PM: like others had tags but never really hunted for em when younger, then took 7 year hiatus from ALL hunting got back into it about 10 years ago and have taken 8 elk lifetime with gun & bow, no muzzleloader yet.
3 cows
2 spikes
1 5x5
1 5x6
1 6x6
my wife has been elk hunting 3 years & has 1 cow & a 4x4 to her credit. missed a nice 6x5 in ID 2 years ago.
my 15 yo daughter has been close several times in 2 years but still 0-2, she usually has 3-4 days a year due to volleyball.
my 23 yo son missed a too close 6x6 last year & I nearly had a heart attack over it, I coulda hit it with a rock, it was that close!
Title: Re: how many years have you been elk hunting? how many elk?
Post by: Old Mule on July 16, 2011, 08:24:25 PM: 31 years 20 Elk, 14 with Modern,5 with Mussy and 1 with a Bow,2 7x7, 2 6x6, 1 spike, 1 3pt,3 cows, and the rest were 4s and 5s. all from King County except one of the 7x7s was with a muzzle loader in the Puallup Unit. Hoping to get another with the Bow this Year.
Title: Re: how many years have you been elk hunting? how many elk?
Post by: Raul Duke on July 16, 2011, 08:38:05 PM: 3yrs 0 Elk. I can't wait for this fall. :chuckle:
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Post by: Ridgeratt on July 16, 2011, 08:48:59 PM: Well been hunting elk since 1975. That has been 3 states Montana, Idaho, and Washington.
Used to hunt all 3 at a time but I have scaled back.
The amount of elk; Several

Now I just chase them here local.
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Post by: Ingwe on July 16, 2011, 08:55:09 PM: About 35 years and 22 elk, all in western lewis county. All with rifle.
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Post by: Bigluke1981 on July 18, 2011, 10:43:59 PM: about 10 years. 1 spike and 1 cow..
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Post by: GoPlayOutside on July 18, 2011, 10:48:58 PM: 10 years:
3 spike w/ rifle
2 spike w/ bow
1 cow w/ bow
Title: Re: how many years have you been elk hunting? how many elk?
Post by: elkslayer069 on July 18, 2011, 10:56:52 PM: 5 bulls all 4pts and up plus 2 i was in on with dad (we both had tags and we both shot them and he tagged them just to keep the internet police happy) outta 11 years. First year i hunted i killed a bull and didnt get a deer go figure.
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Post by: Carnivore on July 19, 2011, 01:42:03 PM: About 22 yrs hunting only archery and only in Washington with 5 elk downed by me.
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Post by: LincolnTWilliams on July 19, 2011, 02:29:21 PM: Two years hunted and one bull taken. A tasty 4x4!
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Post by: Arrow on July 19, 2011, 02:41:18 PM: 5yrs archery hunting with 1-cow down and more to come
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Post by: BiggLuke on July 19, 2011, 02:44:22 PM: 4 years (for real) and haven't shot one yet.
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Post by: Elkrunner on July 19, 2011, 03:20:52 PM: 8 years....
2 cows
2 spikes
Title: Re: how many years have you been elk hunting? how many elk?
Post by: piledup on July 19, 2011, 04:15:50 PM: about 6-7 years and 0 elk :'(
Maybe this year
:archery_smiley:
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Post by: TopOfTheFoodChain on July 19, 2011, 04:55:28 PM: 12 years total- 10 years muzzleloading, 2 years bow.
3 bulls, 1 cow with muzzleloader
1 bull with bow
Title: Re: how many years have you been elk hunting? how many elk?
Post by: NWWABOWHNTR on July 19, 2011, 05:26:20 PM: Since 1981, but only got to hunt 9 years due to being gone during a lot of them thanks to Uncle Sam's Canoe club....

9 years - 1 bull, 6 cows. Now the bull was a raghorn and 3 of the cows were in Idaho.....
Title: Re: how many years have you been elk hunting? how many elk?
Post by: norsepeak on July 20, 2011, 02:40:28 PM: 25 seasons, 3 rifle, 17 archery.
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Post by: pianoman9701 on July 20, 2011, 02:42:35 PM: 15 years archery - 1 elk. Big bull story from last year, but didn't get to drop the string.
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Post by: spikehunter on July 20, 2011, 03:20:34 PM: 35 years hunting went 11 years w/o a shot last 24 years 14 bulls (3- 5x5 2 4x4 9 spikes) and last year tagged a fat cow, then I realized some cows are bigger than spikes ! :)
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Post by: stickinmaster on July 20, 2011, 05:52:30 PM: 14 years at chasing elk with archery gear
6 cows
4 spike bulls
ive drawn three bull tags and I still haven't slivered a branched bull :bash:
I'm almost second guessing the "To kill a monster you have to hold out"
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Post by: bone head on July 20, 2011, 08:52:46 PM: 20 some yrs and 40 something :chuckle: just kidding
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Post by: spotter26 on July 29, 2011, 10:37:12 AM: 15 years western muzzleloader and i have killed 1 cow. yet to shoot at a bull.
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Post by: BowOnly on July 29, 2011, 04:45:20 PM: 2 Years 1 big Cow with a bow
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Post by: bolsen on July 29, 2011, 05:12:58 PM: 11 years elk hunting....8 bulls...3 archery and 5 rifle
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Post by: ribka on July 29, 2011, 05:25:12 PM: 6 years for elk

3 with bow (2 cows , bull)

2 with muzzle loader ( cow tags)
Some year hope to draw a WA bull tag :'(
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Post by: bwhntr350 on July 29, 2011, 05:55:28 PM: 17 years hunting, killed 12 bulls, two with rifle back when you could hunt bow and then rifle if you did not score early, the other ten bulls, all 5 point or better with archery equipment.
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Post by: bdwfan82 on July 29, 2011, 06:16:39 PM: 5 years rifle and my first year in bowhunting so only 2 till sept 6th then its 3... 8)
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Post by: bloodhound on July 29, 2011, 07:56:09 PM: umm...... 15 years archery no elk
13 points still no draw for special permit
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Post by: huntnut on July 30, 2011, 09:06:22 PM: Started hunting elk when I was 11 killed first elk at 14,killed an elk every year until I was 44 am now 49 and have not hunted elk since I was 44. Taken cows, spikes,up 5X5,with archery,muzzle and rifle all on the west side.
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Post by: WA hunter14 on July 30, 2011, 09:12:02 PM: year: 1

elk: none

im gonna change that this year! and i mean the elk count not just the year :chuckle:
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Post by: gasman on July 30, 2011, 11:10:36 PM: Quote from: ribka on July 29, 2011, 05:25:12 PM
6 years for elk

3 with bow (2 cows , bull)

2 with muzzle loader ( cow tags)
Some year hope to draw a WA bull tag :'(

Hey Ribka, you can live your deam hunt through me this year :chuckle: :chuckle: :chuckle: :chuckle:

And when you go to Canada, I will live mine through you :'(
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Post by: Glockster on August 01, 2011, 08:03:28 AM: 30yrs elk hunting more off than on.....0 elks. :IBCOOL:
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Post by: Shank on August 01, 2011, 12:31:48 PM: I feeling so much better now that ive read this post! Started hunting elk in 1989 @ the age of 12, and i can count the amount of elk ive shot on one hand, well, really one finger. Years of "hunting" with my dad, while he drank beer and drove around, left a lot for me to learing when i got older. Switched to a smokepole a 7years ago and learned alot.
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Post by: Glockster on August 01, 2011, 12:47:42 PM: Shank you and I could have had the same dad. LOL.

Keep in mind that everyone who has shot an elk or more than one elk is happy to tell you about it...
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Post by: C-Money on August 01, 2011, 12:54:22 PM: I have been hunting elk for around 15 years and killed one spike. Sure glad I got that little bull! That spike rack hangs with quite a few sets of deer antlers. When I look at all the great memories each set of antlers gives me, one of the most special to me is that little set of spike elk antlers.