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Big Game Hunting => Elk Hunting => Topic started by: HornHoarder on September 28, 2011, 09:58:28 PM

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Post by: HornHoarder on September 28, 2011, 09:58:28 PM: I found a little down time, so I thought I'd post a pic of the bull my buddy Jason got this year on our annual elk hunt. I didn't kill it, but did help on the recovery. Shot on opening day in western WA.
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Post by: kglacken on September 28, 2011, 10:02:17 PM: If that truely is a Wetside bull I am impressed!
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Post by: HornHoarder on September 28, 2011, 10:06:39 PM: Sure is... just look at those dark antlers ;)
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Post by: BoomWhop on September 28, 2011, 10:07:50 PM: WOW :yike: :yike:
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Post by: hunterrcc on September 28, 2011, 11:47:51 PM: nice bull but looks like your on the East side!!! what unit was it on the west side My guess would be near 578 West Klic!
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Post by: Kola16 on September 28, 2011, 11:50:02 PM: Maybe I should try elk hunting :drool: :chuckle:
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Post by: bowhuntersd on September 29, 2011, 07:40:03 AM: Great Bull, But that looks like no ROSIE I've seen.... Not even in the Olympic Peninsula. ???????? :dunno:
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Post by: bucklucky on September 29, 2011, 07:49:43 AM: Very Nice!
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Post by: Huntboy on September 29, 2011, 08:09:53 AM: Sweet.
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Post by: pianoman9701 on September 29, 2011, 08:26:49 AM: Beautiful bull.
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Post by: shanevg on September 29, 2011, 08:32:45 AM: Beautiful elk! Congrats to your buddy!
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Post by: sirmissalot on September 29, 2011, 08:41:39 AM: Thats a dandy.

Sure doesn't look like a westside bull. How did he get the skull so clean, so fast? Looks like its already been whitened
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Post by: Austrian Hunter on September 29, 2011, 08:49:40 AM: Nice Bull!! I love the area in the background as well! :tup:
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Post by: Devinshoe on September 29, 2011, 12:02:29 PM: Dang nice bull!
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Post by: Skyvalhunter on September 29, 2011, 12:04:46 PM: Congrats on a nice elk. Got to love the hunting attire.
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Post by: buglebuster on September 29, 2011, 12:34:49 PM: Just because its westside doesn't mean its a rosie, lots of border units, nice bull!
Quote from: bowhuntersd on September 29, 2011, 07:40:03 AM
Great Bull, But that looks like no ROSIE I've seen.... Not even in the Olympic Peninsula. ???????? :dunno:
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Post by: sirmissalot on September 29, 2011, 02:18:43 PM: Quote from: buglebuster on September 29, 2011, 12:34:49 PM
Just because its westside doesn't mean its a rosie, lots of border units, nice bull!
Quote from: bowhuntersd on September 29, 2011, 07:40:03 AM
Great Bull, But that looks like no ROSIE I've seen.... Not even in the Olympic Peninsula. ???????? :dunno:

It is most definitely not a rosie. We can probably all agree on that. Even then, most westside bulls have alders to rub on... giving them the reddish and/or blackish horns. Still a great fricken bull
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Post by: crazyantler on September 29, 2011, 02:29:19 PM: Nice elk. I think it lived on the east side and commuted to the west side were he was shot.
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Post by: NWWABOWHNTR on September 29, 2011, 02:32:55 PM: my bet is a bull taken very close to the pacific crest trail.... the elk go back and forth all the time... from an east GMU to the west.... I have chased elk from the Taneum side and watched them run right up and over to the west side... Just because it is on the wet side doesn't make it a rosie...
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Post by: jackmaster on September 29, 2011, 02:33:01 PM: i live in graham and i constantly have some huge bulls in my back yard and all their antlers are dark some light but the 2 biggest ones which are absolute pigs are as dark as night
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Post by: pianoman9701 on September 29, 2011, 03:31:52 PM: That comes from rubbing them on the tires of a jeep he rolled with 'em.
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Post by: deerhunter_98520 on September 29, 2011, 06:28:15 PM: the timber company sure did a great job thinin that timber...wish weyehauser would do that on the coast..it would be much easier finding animals :chuckle:...all jokes aside thats a great bull no matter where it was shot! congrats to the hunter!
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Post by: HornHoarder on September 29, 2011, 07:57:07 PM: Most of you guys are real close to accurate. Not a true Roosevelt. I believe it would be classified as a cascade roosevelt. And I do the european mounts myself. Let me post one more of that bull and also the whitetail he tagged this year.
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Post by: deerslyr on September 29, 2011, 08:17:07 PM: Most of bulls taken on the westide arent rosies
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Post by: Jellymon on September 29, 2011, 08:21:11 PM: Quote from: bowhuntersd on September 29, 2011, 07:40:03 AM
Great Bull, But that looks like no ROSIE I've seen.... Not even in the Olympic Peninsula. ???????? :dunno:

Where did he say it was a Rosie? Great bull!
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Post by: kglacken on September 29, 2011, 10:18:58 PM: Quote from: deerslyr on September 29, 2011, 08:17:07 PM
Most of bulls taken on the westide arent rosies
:dunno:
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Post by: johnsc6 on September 30, 2011, 08:23:49 AM: :yeah:
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Post by: deerslyr on September 30, 2011, 10:03:02 AM: Rockies were transplanted on the west side in the 1920s I believe. Most of the elk east of I-5 have rocky blood in them.
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Post by: Rooster1981 on September 30, 2011, 10:21:03 AM: Quote from: deerslyr on September 30, 2011, 10:03:02 AM
Rockies were transplanted on the west side in the 1920s I believe. Most of the elk east of I-5 have rocky blood in them.

I would agee with that. :twocents:
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Post by: vaz,,66 on September 30, 2011, 10:55:47 AM: Nice bull for sure congrats.
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Post by: Snapshot on September 30, 2011, 02:36:50 PM: Quote from: sirmissalot on September 29, 2011, 08:41:39 AM
Thats a dandy.

How did he get the skull so clean, so fast? Looks like its already been whitened

How to...cut off all the flesh you can with a knife, then submerge it in boiling water (only the skull; not the antlers!) with a little soap (some say) until the rest of the flesh can be picked off (tedious work; be careful in the nasal passages because it is delicate), then submerge it in peroxide (or bleach?) until it is white to your liking (again not the antlers!). It only takes a couple of days.
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Post by: sirmissalot on September 30, 2011, 02:41:28 PM: Quote from: Snapshot on September 30, 2011, 02:36:50 PM
Quote from: sirmissalot on September 29, 2011, 08:41:39 AM
Thats a dandy.

How did he get the skull so clean, so fast? Looks like its already been whitened

How to...cut off all the flesh you can with a knife, then submerge it in boiling water (only the skull; not the antlers!) with a little soap (if you like) until the rest of the flesh can be picked off (tedious work; be careful in the nasal passages because it is delicate), then submerge it in peroxide or bleach until it is white to your liking (again not the antlers!). It only takes a couple of days.

I do a lot of skull whitening (not bleaching). If you kill an animal anytime in the near future, please follow the steps above. I'd like to see the damage the boiling water and bleach will do to the skull. Thats if you kill an animal. Big IF.
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Post by: Snapshot on September 30, 2011, 03:10:05 PM: Personally I have only used boiling water and then peroxide (I think I've heard others say they've used bleach and some say they put a little soap in the water; maybe I'm not remembering those two things correctly).

I have several skulls done exactly this way (and I killed the animals; what do you mean Big IF?). The boiling and the peroxide did no damage whatsoever...
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Post by: elkonastick on September 30, 2011, 10:39:42 PM: i use powdered ph increaser like you would put in your hot tub when i boil. it makes the meat turn rubbery and either fall right off or fairly easy to pull off. after its clean i paint the skull with a paste mixture of powdered bleach and hydrogen peroxide while its still wet from boiling. chain it to something and let it dry in direct sunlight for a half a day and brush it off. the ph increaser makes a nasty chemical/meat steam you dont wanna breathe but it works awesome and none of the boiling or chemicals have ever damaged any of my skulls, just keep a close eye on it and dont boil it any longer than you need to or you might. anyways that is an awesome bull and a nice buck too! and good job on the euro mounts