Post by: BIGMIKE on June 10, 2012, 09:08:33 PM
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Post by: BIGMIKE on June 17, 2012, 08:26:05 AM
Post by: dvolmer on June 19, 2012, 01:31:41 PM
Post by: BIGMIKE on June 21, 2012, 07:51:37 AM
Thanks for the info. My camp for the last 3 years was at Conover's ranch. I must say that the Conover's hospitality is second to none. I am hoping to camp in the same area with my crew. Do you know anyone in the area that is letting hunters hunt their property? Maybe a little higher than Jasper Mtn. Thanks again for the info.
Post by: dvolmer on June 21, 2012, 10:23:02 AM
Post by: ThePascoKid on June 21, 2012, 11:10:04 AM
Post by: dvolmer on June 21, 2012, 04:20:33 PM
I forgot to tell you that my wife drew Dayton A Big bull so we wont be far from ya. My best friend drew the Watershed big bull, my two daughters and brother drew Manastash cow tags, my son drew the youth Silver Dollar Hanford cow tag, and by best friends (guy that drew the Watershed) brother drew a cow tag in Dayton. So we will be busy this fall along with my son and brother who also drew blue mt foothills late rut rifle buck tags. Than the Sunday (last day of general elk season) we head to the Sweetgrass hills to hunt deer and antelope in Montana for a week and than back to the Bitterroot's in Montana Thanksgiving week to hunt elk in unit 270 that we drew out on. Busy Busy Busty. Why cant there be more weeks in Oct and Nov. You will love your Blue Creek hunt. In 2006 myself, daughter, brother, and tow of my best friends, got 5 of the 13 big bull tags for Dayton. I shot a typical 358 6X6, my brother shot a non-typical 7X8 396 bull, my daughter shot a typical 316 bull, and my buddy shot a 336 6x7. We had to eat one of the tags and that was really hard to do. It was the year of the big burn and we shot most of them right in the black burnt area. In 2007 I took my best friends worker who drew a Dayton tag with only 2 points in and he shot a 7x7 I would guess scores around 310. Than my oldest daughter (I have 6 girls and one son) that drew the Dayton tag in 2006 drew a bull tag with only 2 points for the Observatory area above Ellensburg (Manastash GMU) and she got a nice 6X6 on opening morning scoring around 285. I am new to this forum and just signed up a few weeks ago. I will try to get some pictures posted soon. If I knew how to do it I would but my kids will have to help me. Like I told you, My hunting buddies daughter drew the Blue Creek tag last year but do to him fighting cancer and her schedule they didnt get one.
Post by: Woodchuck on June 21, 2012, 04:27:18 PM
Post by: 400out on June 21, 2012, 04:37:10 PM
Big MikeDamn! tough times for you :bash: :chuckle:
I forgot to tell you that my wife drew Dayton A Big bull so we wont be far from ya. My best friend drew the Watershed big bull, my two daughters and brother drew Manastash cow tags, my son drew the youth Silver Dollar Hanford cow tag, and by best friends (guy that drew the Watershed) brother drew a cow tag in Dayton. So we will be busy this fall along with my son and brother who also drew blue mt foothills late rut rifle buck tags. Than the Sunday (last day of general elk season) we head to the Sweetgrass hills to hunt deer and antelope in Montana for a week and than back to the Bitterroot's in Montana Thanksgiving week to hunt elk in unit 270 that we drew out on. Busy Busy Busty. Why cant there be more weeks in Oct and Nov. You will love your Blue Creek hunt. In 2006 myself, daughter, brother, and tow of my best friends, got 5 of the 13 big bull tags for Dayton. I shot a typical 358 6X6, my brother shot a non-typical 7X8 396 bull, my daughter shot a typical 316 bull, and my buddy shot a 336 6x7. We had to eat one of the tags and that was really hard to do. It was the year of the big burn and we shot most of them right in the black burnt area. In 2007 I took my best friends worker who drew a Dayton tag with only 2 points in and he shot a 7x7 I would guess scores around 310. Than my oldest daughter (I have 6 girls and one son) that drew the Dayton tag in 2006 drew a bull tag with only 2 points for the Observatory area above Ellensburg (Manastash GMU) and she got a nice 6X6 on opening morning scoring around 285. I am new to this forum and just signed up a few weeks ago. I will try to get some pictures posted soon. If I knew how to do it I would but my kids will have to help me. Like I told you, My hunting buddies daughter drew the Blue Creek tag last year but do to him fighting cancer and her schedule they didnt get one.
Post by: Woodchuck on June 21, 2012, 04:44:29 PM
Post by: Elkstuffer on June 21, 2012, 05:42:34 PM
Post by: BIGMIKE on June 21, 2012, 08:13:39 PM
My name, Address, phone number, my hunting buddies that might accompany me (4 on the list), my truck info, the dates I will be hunting which is pretty much the whole season, target species, My signature block.
Land owner name and signature block, #of acres and general location(street, town, coordinates).
special rules from the land owner block:
I also added on the bottom that I will repect the land, properties, landowner like a Soldier would do.
Is there any thing else I need to add. This is my first rodeo when it comes to asking permission that is on paper. Any info will be appreciated. an example would be perfect. ;)
Post by: Pathfinder101 on June 21, 2012, 08:26:32 PM
Post by: Elkstuffer on June 21, 2012, 09:23:15 PM
Good luck. Sounds like you are ready to put your whole heart and sole into it. It should be a terrific hunt no matter the outcome.
Post by: BIGMIKE on June 21, 2012, 10:30:00 PM
Post by: dvolmer on June 21, 2012, 11:33:24 PM
Post by: coachcw on June 22, 2012, 01:04:54 PM
The permission sheet that has always worked well for me has included a copy of my drivers license and also my hunting license. I also included the different organizations that I belong to : SCI, RMEF and so on.Allong with a smoked salmon !
Good luck. Sounds like you are ready to put your whole heart and sole into it. It should be a terrific hunt no matter the outcome.
Post by: BIGMIKE on June 22, 2012, 04:54:15 PM
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Post by: BIGMIKE on June 24, 2012, 08:41:28 AM
Post by: 400out on June 24, 2012, 08:54:56 AM
. What are your techniques on passing a bull if you dont want to stick it? This is going to be very hard for someone who has not tag a bull in his lifetime like myself. anything???Don't open your eyes :chuckle:
Post by: nwhunter on June 24, 2012, 09:21:04 AM
Post by: BIGMIKE on September 13, 2012, 10:58:21 PM
I graduated from air assault school on the 31st August from Boston MA. I did not get home until almost midnight that day. I spent a day with the kids and my beautiful wife while packing the trailer at the same time. I made sure my bow, release and license are loaded first. Then loaded it with my camp clothes and hunting clothes, I picked up a few items from the grocery store for snacks and food for two weeks. I stop by to get ice and pulled my frozen meats, soups etc. from my freezer I prepared two weeks ago. I made sure that the truck is fueled up and with proper tire pressure. I hooked up the trailer and spent the rest of the day with my kids in the park.
I kissed my wife and kids goodbye early morning and off I went, heading towards the eastern part of the state. I left home early on the September 2nd knowing that my window of opportunity will get smaller as the season's weather will be warmer than normal and the general season archery hunters will start stirring things up in the mountains. I got to our usual spot around 12 set up camp and was able to hunt that afternoon. I saw a 2 herds before it got dark and the herd bull looks dark horned and a shooter for sure.
September 3, we went back to the same spot where we spotted a herd of elk the previous day. We saw some cows but the bull is nowhere to be found. That afternoon we saw a few bucks but did not see a single elk.
September 4, was really slow day. No elk in sight, no bugle it was slow hunting. But with the last 30 minutes of daylight left in the clock our luck turned for the better. With less than 30 minutes of day light left my buddies and I were glassing a canyon next to our camp when all of a sudden spotted two bulls a mile away climbing their way out of the canyon. Quickly, we got back on the truck and drove 10 minutes on the other side of the canyon to get the wind right and to intercept the bulls. We parked the truck and we rushed to about 400 yards where we saw the bulls last and set up started a series of cow calls. Next thing I saw was this bull was running on a straight path towards the calls and when he got in 70 yards behind a 4 foot pine tree. I drew my bow and tracked the kill zone with my 30 yard pin. He stop a few times directly to my front so I did not have an ethical shot, so I waited for him to make a fatal mistake of taking few more steps towards my kill zone and when he did I released my arrow. The sharp Montec G5 cut on contact broad head of my arrow almost passed thru his chest cavity puncturing both lungs. This bull came in up close and personal (7 yards) on the second day of the hunt, I could have slapped him if I wanted to. I was looking for something bigger but it's hard to pass up a shot that close especially when this was my first bull tag. He bolted and stopped at 65 yards standing quartering away. I knocked another arrow, aimed towards his opposite shoulder and released, hit him again… perfect. We backed away and waited 2 hours, ate dinner while waiting for him to expire. We found the bull 30 yards from where I shot him the second time. He was not the biggest bull I saw but he was the closest. I hunted for bear and buck the next 4 days but did not want to take a small buck at 30 yards, knowing my freezer will be filled with meat :tup:. I wanted to take something special for the wall and to have an excuse to go for deer in the late season in Okanagan ;). I was looking for a nice whitetail buck spot and stalk with my bow. I saw a Sow with a cub at 90 yards but did not want to fling an arrow towards mama bear thought about shooting the cub for my 3 year old but I know my wife would kill me if I brought the cub home. Close but no cigar on bear and buck.
I wanted to take this opportunity to tank all my hunting buddies that made this hunt successful (can’t have enough buddies when it comes to packing an elk out of the woods), to my boss that approved my leave, and of course to my beautiful, loving and understanding wife who lets me do what I love to do come every September…Do it yourself, fair chase bow hunting. And to my kids that are being so good at school and at home. I am truly blessed with everything I have in my life and with that I am great full. I am calling this bull the "Air Assault Bull of 2012". Happy hunting everyone and I hope that your season is filled with great memories of the outdoors, safe and successful.
Post by: bearpaw on September 13, 2012, 11:01:53 PM
Post by: dvolmer on September 13, 2012, 11:09:08 PM
You are the man! Great job. When I first talked to you on this forum I thought you had a modern rifle permit. killing a 6x6 bull with a bow in the huge country of "Blue Creek" is a great accomplishment. Killing a cow in that area would be no small task. You should be proud!
So did you kill it on Conovers or Smiths place? I hope the information was helpfull.
Volmenator
Post by: BIGMIKE on September 13, 2012, 11:16:51 PM
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- Josh
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Post by: mfswallace on September 14, 2012, 07:43:01 AM
Thanks for your service and great story!! You sure seem like the type of hunter that any of us would be happy to call a representive of our way of life!!!
Nice Bull! :drool:
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ElkNut1
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Post by: 724wd on April 01, 2013, 09:05:09 PM
I am hoping to tag ANOTHER nice one.
:tup:
Post by: Dbax129 on April 02, 2013, 12:54:38 AM
Post by: Pathfinder101 on April 02, 2013, 10:04:19 AM
Your taxi did a fantastic job! :tup: Congrats again, sorry I wasn't there for the kill.
Post by: combs338 on April 02, 2013, 10:18:27 AM
Congrats!! Thanks for following up with a picture of your mount!!!
Post by: pd on April 02, 2013, 10:33:05 AM
Mount complete in less than 5 months :IBCOOL:. I am really happy how he turned up. He is my first Elk and I am proud to hang him in my wall. :) This year I am going to Montana to chase elk with my bow. I am hoping to tag a nice one.
It looks like we have a new addict here.
BigMike: This was a great thread, and you are truly a stud. Excellent work in 2012, and good luck again this year.
Post by: elkoholic1 on April 02, 2013, 11:02:18 AM