Post by: TeacherMan on July 28, 2008, 03:33:08 PM
Post by: rackattack on July 28, 2008, 03:47:03 PM
Post by: bucklucky on July 28, 2008, 03:49:06 PM
Post by: Opportunist on July 28, 2008, 08:10:19 PM
My hunting partner Rod was driving back to camp and this other hunter flagged him down. The other hunter was driving by meadow creek and saw the bull laying in the creek. When he approached the live bull it couldn't get up. When it did get up it half charged him then fell back in the creek. The guy shot him and finished off the bull. Thats the arrow floating behind the bull. This was about the third week of the hunt and the bull had been wounded by another hunter in the neck sometime earlier in the hunt. You can see the arrow stuck in the neck in this photo.
(https://hunting-washington.com/cpg/albums/userpics/10058/rotten_bull_1.JPG)
The bulls hair/hide was rotting off while he was alive and had maggots all over his neck and shoulder. The hunter who finished off the bull contacted the Starkey Experimental authorities. He could have tagged it and taken the horns but the meat was completely gone. The hunter did not want the bull and continued to hunt. The Starkey Experimental Forest personnel cut off the horns and left the carcass. I uploaded these photos and sent them in a pm I think it was to M-ray after I had posted about my hunting partners cougar he had killed on the same hunt.
It was a complete shame and a waste of beautiful bull.
Post by: wf70gonehunting on July 28, 2008, 08:16:22 PM
Post by: Jackjr on July 28, 2008, 09:18:44 PM
Post by: archery288 on July 28, 2008, 09:24:33 PM
I would hate to lose something like that >:(
Sad thing is... It happens each and every year!!! :bash: >:( Not to offend anyone or any archers on here but having worked in and archery shop for 3 years I heard all sorts of stories with people loosing their animals and they'd try and blame it on us that the equipment failed or the arrow didn't fly right... Well the truth is they just NEVER practiced and/or knew where there *censored* was shooting, simple as that! That is why I shoot year round and not just 2 or 3 times before season starts... Once again not trying to offend anyone, just stating the facts.
Post by: MountainWalk on July 28, 2008, 09:31:19 PM
Post by: Ray on July 29, 2008, 07:37:55 AM
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People would rather have speed and not a good balanced set upThere probably is some truth to that. Not sure how relative it is to dead bulls in the creek though. I have seen a fair amount of folks who were more interested in how fast their arrow flies than how well they can shoot their bow. Me not being a great shot I don't want to preach anything to those sort of folks.
Post by: bucklucky on July 29, 2008, 07:47:28 AM
Post by: WDFW-SUX on July 29, 2008, 07:47:55 AM
Last year I saw a guy that was going on a guided hunt in Idaho and showed up to the range with his brand new compound bow still in the box, no rest no sight no nock, and prceeded to fling arrows down range. His arrows were hitting the ground after about ten feet and could not figure out what the problem was. I left. I have no time for people like that.
Post by: boneaddict on July 29, 2008, 07:55:30 AM
Post by: bucklucky on July 29, 2008, 07:57:48 AM
Post by: archery288 on July 29, 2008, 08:01:16 AM
Post by: TheHunt on July 29, 2008, 10:45:05 AM
Post by: Fullabull on July 30, 2008, 02:10:06 PM
That' why a couple years ago I passed on a ten yard neck shot on a nice bull here on the west side. His body was covered by small trees and I had a opening at his neck but decided it just wasn't worth the risk. The picture above tells me I made the right choice :) I would rather an animal live for another year then take a chance on wasting it!
Fulla