Hunting Washington Forum

Community => Photo & Video => Topic started by: RoyBoy on June 21, 2012, 02:48:09 AM


Advertise Here
Title: biggest "True" forked horn/ or "spike" you have seen or shot
Post by: RoyBoy on June 21, 2012, 02:48:09 AM
ok lets see them im kind of curious how big can spikes and forked horns get?
Title: Re: biggest "True" forked horn/ or "spike" you have seen or shot
Post by: Skyvalhunter on June 21, 2012, 05:28:56 AM
We had a biggest forked buck thread earlier in the year and there were some dandy bucks on it
Title: Re: biggest "True" forked horn/ or "spike" you have seen or shot
Post by: D-Rock425 on June 21, 2012, 06:19:37 AM
Ive seen a few monster spikes over the years never any pictures always trying to shoot them with the bow instead of the camera.
Title: Re: biggest "True" forked horn/ or "spike" you have seen or shot
Post by: Woodchuck on June 21, 2012, 07:02:50 AM
The one on the right had some longer stickers on him.  :dunno:
Title: Re: biggest "True" forked horn/ or "spike" you have seen or shot
Post by: Craig on June 21, 2012, 07:24:19 AM
Big Montana spike

(https://hunting-washington.com/smf/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fimg.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fv411%2Ftruck1%2FIMG_1498.jpg&hash=60c316b1cfa02f04b4dba43e71cd3d873e8ebec6)
Title: biggest "True" forked horn/ or "spike" you have seen or shot
Post by: THunt on June 21, 2012, 07:46:18 AM
Craig

That buck is awesome.  You don't find many like that!
Title: Re: biggest "True" forked horn/ or "spike" you have seen or shot
Post by: 75johndeere on June 21, 2012, 08:02:39 AM
once saw a old regressed bull that was a spike with eye guard they must have been 5 feet long unfortunately i tagged out the day before  :bash: :bash: :bash: he was a big old bull would have got him stuffed :chuckle:
Title: Re: biggest "True" forked horn/ or "spike" you have seen or shot
Post by: mfswallace on June 21, 2012, 08:13:29 AM
33 1/2"   Spike!!
Title: Re: biggest "True" forked horn/ or "spike" you have seen or shot
Post by: mfswallace on June 21, 2012, 08:15:01 AM
Big Montana spike

  :tup: :tup:

cool looking Buck
Title: Re: biggest "True" forked horn/ or "spike" you have seen or shot
Post by: Woodchuck on June 21, 2012, 08:24:55 AM
33 1/2"   Spike!!
:yike: Wow, that is a booner spike right there.  :tup:
Title: Re: biggest "True" forked horn/ or "spike" you have seen or shot
Post by: D-Rock425 on June 21, 2012, 08:45:35 AM
Big old spikes on that elk. :tup:
Title: Re: biggest "True" forked horn/ or "spike" you have seen or shot
Post by: doyourtime89 on June 21, 2012, 08:54:46 AM
Big spike elk.  I shot at one like that years ago in the Colockum, shot right over his back when I first started bow hunting, missed judged the yardage.  His spikes almost touch each other at the top. 
Title: Re: biggest "True" forked horn/ or "spike" you have seen or shot
Post by: Buckblaster on June 22, 2012, 11:02:38 AM
I saw a heavy horned buck in the Sinlahekin last year that had about 14" forks with eyeguards that was pushing 30" wide.  He was one of those big beer belly bucks that was twice the size of the three 3-points he was with.  I had the rut permit and thought I could do better but in hindsight, I should have shot him.  That was the biggest forked horn I've seen.
Title: Re: biggest "True" forked horn/ or "spike" you have seen or shot
Post by: huntnphool on June 22, 2012, 11:25:39 AM
I see nice ones every year.
Title: Re: biggest "True" forked horn/ or "spike" you have seen or shot
Post by: 180-GRAIN on June 22, 2012, 03:19:02 PM
Dam Phool I think I would notch a quality tag on that forked horn! He looks like a giant.
Title: Re: biggest "True" forked horn/ or "spike" you have seen or shot
Post by: adamR on June 22, 2012, 03:57:20 PM
 :yeah:
Title: Re: biggest "True" forked horn/ or "spike" you have seen or shot
Post by: NRA4LIFE on June 22, 2012, 04:03:33 PM
Not the biggest I have ever seen, but a pretty good one a buddy of mine got a few years back in another state.  22" across If I recall.
Title: Re: biggest "True" forked horn/ or "spike" you have seen or shot
Post by: mfswallace on June 23, 2012, 08:18:57 AM
Dam Phool I think I would notch a quality tag on that forked horn! He looks like a giant.
:yeah: :drool:
Title: Re: biggest "True" forked horn/ or "spike" you have seen or shot
Post by: kentrek on June 23, 2012, 08:25:15 AM
i scouted a spike by fork blacktail with a 16 inch-ish spike..il try an get the pics off my cruddy phone
Title: Re: biggest "True" forked horn/ or "spike" you have seen or shot
Post by: crazyantler on June 23, 2012, 10:16:16 AM
mfswallace that has to be one of the biggest spikes I have ever seen and he has the mass too. 
Title: Re: biggest "True" forked horn/ or "spike" you have seen or shot
Post by: throttlejocky20 on June 23, 2012, 10:22:06 AM
marked
Title: Re: biggest "True" forked horn/ or "spike" you have seen or shot
Post by: Moose-head on June 23, 2012, 10:25:52 AM
I spent quite a bit of time looking at one similar to what NRA4LIFE posted during the season near Pomeroy.  Of course it is 3 point or better and in spite of my best efforts I could not make another point grow on him.
Title: Re: biggest "True" forked horn/ or "spike" you have seen or shot
Post by: huntnphool on June 23, 2012, 10:48:55 AM
Here is another one.
Title: Re: biggest "True" forked horn/ or "spike" you have seen or shot
Post by: stickbuck on June 23, 2012, 11:11:49 AM
huntnphool, that is one giant two point for sure. That is a pretty awesome 2 point. I hope I don't see a buck like that during my late Alta muzzy hunt. I might just be overly tempted to pull the trigger. 
Title: Re: biggest "True" forked horn/ or "spike" you have seen or shot
Post by: huntnphool on June 23, 2012, 11:19:15 AM
I hope I don't see a buck like that during my late Alta muzzy hunt. I might just be overly tempted to pull the trigger.
Please do.
Title: Re: biggest "True" forked horn/ or "spike" you have seen or shot
Post by: stickbuck on June 23, 2012, 11:49:10 AM
I dont think I would shoot the second one but I like the mass on that first one you put up.  I would probably pull the trigger on the last few days :tup:
Title: Re: biggest "True" forked horn/ or "spike" you have seen or shot
Post by: MLBowhunting on June 23, 2012, 10:52:11 PM
wow gotta love those mulies
Title: Re: biggest "True" forked horn/ or "spike" you have seen or shot
Post by: MLBowhunting on June 23, 2012, 10:53:21 PM
but mine was a late season blackie  :chuckle:
Title: Re: biggest "True" forked horn/ or "spike" you have seen or shot
Post by: buglin4bulls on June 24, 2012, 03:32:55 PM
First elk from when i was 13, Sorry for bad quality. but still some nice spikes on him  :tup:
Title: Re: biggest "True" forked horn/ or "spike" you have seen or shot
Post by: deerdog on June 24, 2012, 03:40:22 PM
Here is a picture of my biggest two point. 2008 ID. Seen a few last year here in Washington that were Bigger!!
Title: Re: biggest "True" forked horn/ or "spike" you have seen or shot
Post by: johnnyaustin44 on June 24, 2012, 04:41:45 PM
That's a nice buck deerdog. you think he would classify as a legal buck in wa?
Title: Re: biggest "True" forked horn/ or "spike" you have seen or shot
Post by: D-Rock425 on June 24, 2012, 04:47:28 PM
Its hard to tell how big that eye guard is in the picture.
Title: Re: biggest "True" forked horn/ or "spike" you have seen or shot
Post by: deerdog on June 24, 2012, 05:11:49 PM
That's a nice buck deerdog. you think he would classify as a legal buck in wa?

I measured the point and it is 1.25" on the long side and an 1" on the short side so by wa standards he would be legal, but I don't think I would be comfortable making that call out in the field with it being that close. Lucky for me in Idaho its any buck. He was facing me front on I seen the height and I thought he was going to be bigger that a two point. I was a little shocked when I walked up to him and that's all he was.
Title: Re: biggest "True" forked horn/ or "spike" you have seen or shot
Post by: johnnyaustin44 on June 24, 2012, 05:19:59 PM
Yeah I bet he looked real good from the front. cool buck though. not many have big two points to show off
Title: Re: biggest "True" forked horn/ or "spike" you have seen or shot
Post by: jstone on June 24, 2012, 09:18:59 PM
huntnphool, Didnt that big 2 up north get killed last November? That looks the same size.
Title: Re: biggest "True" forked horn/ or "spike" you have seen or shot
Post by: huntnphool on June 24, 2012, 09:33:48 PM
huntnphool, Didnt that big 2 up north get killed last November? That looks the same size.
If this one got killed it was either hit by a car, killed by wolves or poached.
Title: Re: biggest "True" forked horn/ or "spike" you have seen or shot
Post by: jstone on June 24, 2012, 09:40:57 PM
There was one killed up north with a late muzzy permit that was a wopper 2 point. Lookout
Title: Re: biggest "True" forked horn/ or "spike" you have seen or shot
Post by: 3nails on June 24, 2012, 09:44:56 PM
 One of my favorite hunts. Blacktail.
Title: Re: biggest "True" forked horn/ or "spike" you have seen or shot
Post by: huntnphool on June 24, 2012, 09:47:42 PM
Nice blacktail
Title: Re: biggest "True" forked horn/ or "spike" you have seen or shot
Post by: johnnyaustin44 on June 24, 2012, 09:54:39 PM
One of my favorite hunts. Blacktail.
looks to be a pretty flat area your hunting  :chuckle:
Title: Re: biggest "True" forked horn/ or "spike" you have seen or shot
Post by: RoyBoy on June 25, 2012, 02:06:58 AM

[/quote]
looks to be a pretty flat area your hunting  :chuckle:
[/quote]

yeah it looks like your hunting the low land prairies
Title: Re: biggest "True" forked horn/ or "spike" you have seen or shot
Post by: Skyvalhunter on June 25, 2012, 05:35:29 AM
atleast you have a nice trail into your area.
Title: Re: biggest "True" forked horn/ or "spike" you have seen or shot
Post by: RoyBoy on June 26, 2012, 12:51:45 AM
One of my favorite hunts. Blacktail.

where was this buck taken?
Title: Re: biggest "True" forked horn/ or "spike" you have seen or shot
Post by: Gringo31 on June 26, 2012, 02:06:14 AM
3nails, that pic really says it all. 

Very cool.
Title: Re: biggest "True" forked horn/ or "spike" you have seen or shot
Post by: 3nails on June 26, 2012, 05:17:03 AM
One of my favorite hunts. Blacktail.

where was this buck taken?
A little east of I-5.
Title: Re: biggest "True" forked horn/ or "spike" you have seen or shot
Post by: RoyBoy on June 26, 2012, 10:23:29 PM
One of my favorite hunts. Blacktail.

where was this buck taken?
A little east of I-5.


OH i know Exactly where that is.
Title: Re: biggest "True" forked horn/ or "spike" you have seen or shot
Post by: danderson on June 26, 2012, 10:33:34 PM
Heres a picture of my 2011 late muzzy buck, it was to nice to pass up
Title: Re: biggest "True" forked horn/ or "spike" you have seen or shot
Post by: johnnyaustin44 on June 26, 2012, 10:44:34 PM
Heres a picture of my 2011 late muzzy buck, it was to nice to pass up
yeah that would be a tough one to pass. The big two points have kinda grown on me here in the last couple weeks
Title: Re: biggest "True" forked horn/ or "spike" you have seen or shot
Post by: RoyBoy on June 27, 2012, 12:14:51 AM
Heres a picture of my 2011 late muzzy buck, it was to nice to pass up
yeah that would be a tough one to pass. The big two points have kinda grown on me here in the last couple weeks

 :yeah: :yeah: for sure these are some beasts
Title: Re: biggest "True" forked horn/ or "spike" you have seen or shot
Post by: NWBREW on June 27, 2012, 01:56:20 AM
Those big two points need to be taken out.  :tup:
Title: Re: biggest "True" forked horn/ or "spike" you have seen or shot
Post by: MLBowhunting on June 27, 2012, 07:30:23 AM
Huge 2 pt lol  :yike:
Title: Re: biggest "True" forked horn/ or "spike" you have seen or shot
Post by: Huntbear on June 27, 2012, 07:32:47 AM
One of the biggest Blacktail forkies I have seen in awhile..

Title: Re: biggest "True" forked horn/ or "spike" you have seen or shot
Post by: RoyBoy on June 27, 2012, 11:01:42 AM
a guy at my taxidermy a couple years back brought in a true 2x2 that had a 20 inch spread and about 10 inch points! it was crazy
Title: Re: biggest "True" forked horn/ or "spike" you have seen or shot
Post by: AKBowman on June 28, 2012, 07:02:32 PM
One of my favorite hunts. Blacktail.


Nice!! Looks like a buck I chased in Whatcom county alpine a few yrs back. Looked like he had an elk sized body
Title: Re: biggest "True" forked horn/ or "spike" you have seen or shot
Post by: steen on June 28, 2012, 07:49:58 PM
I was going to post a couple but for some reason it posted my whole photo album....not cool.  What did I do wrong?
Title: Re: biggest "True" forked horn/ or "spike" you have seen or shot
Post by: Smith_22 on June 28, 2012, 10:58:09 PM
(https://hunting-washington.com/smf/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi299.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fmm307%2Fstevesmith_22%2Fmuledeeredit.jpg&hash=7b84fd0b18ad8f3f50e73282cc48586bbd890b8f)
Title: Re: biggest "True" forked horn/ or "spike" you have seen or shot
Post by: RoyBoy on June 29, 2012, 12:44:32 AM
I was going to post a couple but for some reason it posted my whole photo album....not cool.  What did I do wrong?

 :chuckle: well maybe instead of clicking one picture you clicked a whole folder? :dunno:
Title: Re: biggest "True" forked horn/ or "spike" you have seen or shot
Post by: rasbo on June 29, 2012, 03:56:39 AM
old blacktail I rattled in
Title: Re: biggest "True" forked horn/ or "spike" you have seen or shot
Post by: lewy on June 29, 2012, 05:49:10 AM
big forky bt, hog body too....
Title: Re: biggest "True" forked horn/ or "spike" you have seen or shot
Post by: gutsnthegrass on June 29, 2012, 08:12:11 AM
Here is my biggest fork, Swakane late hunt on the last day.  The weather sucked that year, the big snow storm  started the day after the season ended.  Just my luck.
Title: Re: biggest "True" forked horn/ or "spike" you have seen or shot
Post by: dvolmer on June 29, 2012, 10:10:22 AM
I hate to see big fork horned mule deer in eastern Washington.  I have really enjoyed the 3 pt min rule here in EW.  If you hunted in the 70's and 80's you will remember hunting for days just trying to find a deer with any horns.  the 3 pt rule increased the bucks and doe to buck ratios which has made for better hunting overall.  There is always a problem though when you mess with mother nature.  these large dominant two point bucks cant be shot and pass there genes on and we end up with genetic problems with our deer.  I wish there was someway to cull these big bucks out of our herds here in EW.  Dont really have a solution for it but they need to be killed and not passing the substandard genes on.
Title: Re: biggest "True" forked horn/ or "spike" you have seen or shot
Post by: WA hunter14 on June 29, 2012, 10:28:21 AM
1 year of two point only  :chuckle:
Title: Re: biggest "True" forked horn/ or "spike" you have seen or shot
Post by: huntnphool on June 29, 2012, 12:51:50 PM
I hate to see big fork horned mule deer in eastern Washington.  I have really enjoyed the 3 pt min rule here in EW.  If you hunted in the 70's and 80's you will remember hunting for days just trying to find a deer with any horns.  the 3 pt rule increased the bucks and doe to buck ratios which has made for better hunting overall.  There is always a problem though when you mess with mother nature.  these large dominant two point bucks cant be shot and pass there genes on and we end up with genetic problems with our deer.  I wish there was someway to cull these big bucks out of our herds here in EW.  Dont really have a solution for it but they need to be killed and not passing the substandard genes on.
A youth permit hunt for the entire month of November, two point only, points below the fork do not qualify as points.
Title: Re: biggest "True" forked horn/ or "spike" you have seen or shot
Post by: MLBowhunting on June 29, 2012, 01:13:13 PM
Permits would be a good idea :) for hunters and the state. Also for the deer herds aswell
Title: Re: biggest "True" forked horn/ or "spike" you have seen or shot
Post by: combs338 on June 29, 2012, 01:13:56 PM
 A youth permit hunt for the entire month of November, two point only, points below the fork do not qualify as points.
[/quote]

  :yeah:  I think this is a great idea... :tup: :tup:
Title: Re: biggest "True" forked horn/ or "spike" you have seen or shot
Post by: huntnphool on June 29, 2012, 02:15:56 PM
 A bit of educating for the kid with the tag and the adult that would be with them but I think it would be doable. What kid wouldn't be happy with one of those big two's, plus they would be able to see all kinds of rut activity, which they likely don't get to see in the general season right now.

 I would like to see it tried for a season and see what happens, maybe 1-2 permits per unit to target these mature two's, it would be like a raffle tag for a kid and be a feather in the hat of WDFW for coming up with a additional youth hunt to get kids involved. I'd rather tag along on a hunt like that than hunt for myself in the joke of a general season we have right now.
Title: Re: biggest "True" forked horn/ or "spike" you have seen or shot
Post by: Pathfinder101 on June 29, 2012, 03:58:11 PM
This is PathfinderJR with an elk a buddy of mine killed last year.  Opening day archery, he cow called and this spike came running by, stopped broadside and he shot it.  Went back to camp for breakfast, came back a couple of hours later to track and find his "spike".
When he walked up to it he couldn't believe the size.  It was a huge, ancient bull (almost no teeth left, hooves like a moose) that had regressed back to being a spike.  Biggest bull any of us had ever seen.
Title: Re: biggest "True" forked horn/ or "spike" you have seen or shot
Post by: deerdog on June 29, 2012, 04:04:31 PM
That is one awesome looking bull. Its a trophy in its own book.
Title: biggest "True" forked horn/ or "spike" you have seen or shot
Post by: Ridgerunner on June 29, 2012, 04:19:00 PM
Wow that spike is long a true trophy
Title: Re: biggest "True" forked horn/ or "spike" you have seen or shot
Post by: PlateauNDN on June 29, 2012, 04:37:28 PM
 :yike:  I would've loved to have seen that one up close :drool:  What a huge old spike. :drool:
Title: Re: biggest "True" forked horn/ or "spike" you have seen or shot
Post by: hunterofelk on June 29, 2012, 05:35:13 PM
How was the meat on that old bull, Pathfinder 101?  I got a cow estimated age thirteen plus and we made salami of the whole thing.
Title: Re: biggest "True" forked horn/ or "spike" you have seen or shot
Post by: Pathfinder101 on June 29, 2012, 07:29:39 PM
How was the meat on that old bull, Pathfinder 101?  I got a cow estimated age thirteen plus and we made salami of the whole thing.

The meat was fantastic.  We took out the whole backstrap, cut it in two, seasoned it and BBQ'ed it all day on low heat like a prime rib.  Sliced it off in slabs about the size of a desert plate.  Best elk camp meal I have ever eaten.   :tup:
Title: Re: biggest "True" forked horn/ or "spike" you have seen or shot
Post by: Brushbuster on June 29, 2012, 07:50:12 PM
Here's a MT 2 pt I got a few yrs back. He was w/ 10-12 does. I think 27" wide.
Title: Re: biggest "True" forked horn/ or "spike" you have seen or shot
Post by: wsmnut on June 29, 2012, 07:53:54 PM
No pictures, but my son and I spotted a huge two point on a hillside in the Chiliwist Unit a couple years ago.  We watched that big brute for nearly 20 minutes trying to spot a third point. The deer had absolutely no eye guards. Nothing.  He was really big.  Likely 280 lbs or so.  Later we had a look at his tracks.  Longer than a 270 round and really deep.  To add insult to this, last season on the same hillside I spotted a forkhorn in exactly the same spot, with no eye guards.  Just a smaller version of the big two point.

Title: Re: biggest "True" forked horn/ or "spike" you have seen or shot
Post by: carpsniperg2 on June 29, 2012, 08:00:57 PM
That is one trophy spike!!!! 

Brushhunter my little bro popped a buck that looks twin to that one but he as a small 3 and eye gaurds. I would post him up but he has a 3 on one side that is like 1.2" long :chuckle: I think he was right at 25" wide
Title: Re: biggest "True" forked horn/ or "spike" you have seen or shot
Post by: Huntnfolk on June 30, 2012, 03:25:13 PM
This is the biggest blacktail forked horn I've ever seen, and my 9 year old son was the lucky shooter.
Title: Re: biggest "True" forked horn/ or "spike" you have seen or shot
Post by: johnnyaustin44 on June 30, 2012, 03:29:16 PM
That's a very pretty deer. love the double throat patch. awesome
Title: Re: biggest "True" forked horn/ or "spike" you have seen or shot
Post by: Relish the Journey on June 30, 2012, 03:44:39 PM
 
The biggest 2pt I ever saw I killed back in 1995.  The body on him was huge for a blacktail.
Title: Re: biggest "True" forked horn/ or "spike" you have seen or shot
Post by: link on June 30, 2012, 04:39:24 PM
This is the biggest blacktail forked horn I've ever seen, and my 9 year old son was the lucky shooter.
That has to be the best looking blacktail I've seen, in regard to antler color and cape.
Title: Re: biggest "True" forked horn/ or "spike" you have seen or shot
Post by: deerslyr on June 30, 2012, 06:02:24 PM
I hope you got him mounted huntnfolk!!
Title: Re: Re: biggest "True" forked horn/ or "spike" you have seen or shot
Post by: 75johndeere on July 13, 2012, 02:41:45 PM
This is PathfinderJR with an elk a buddy of mine killed last year.  Opening day archery, he cow called and this spike came running by, stopped broadside and he shot it.  Went back to camp for breakfast, came back a couple of hours later to track and find his "spike".
When he walked up to it he couldn't believe the size.  It was a huge, ancient bull (almost no teeth left, hooves like a moose) that had regressed back to being a spike.  Biggest bull any of us had ever seen.

Was that in yakima county?

Sent from my DROID X2 using Tapatalk 2
Title: Re: Re: biggest "True" forked horn/ or "spike" you have seen or shot
Post by: PlateauNDN on July 13, 2012, 02:50:03 PM
This is PathfinderJR with an elk a buddy of mine killed last year.  Opening day archery, he cow called and this spike came running by, stopped broadside and he shot it.  Went back to camp for breakfast, came back a couple of hours later to track and find his "spike".
When he walked up to it he couldn't believe the size.  It was a huge, ancient bull (almost no teeth left, hooves like a moose) that had regressed back to being a spike.  Biggest bull any of us had ever seen.

Was that in yakima county?

Sent from my DROID X2 using Tapatalk 2

No, I believe he said it was from OR.?
Title: Re: biggest "True" forked horn/ or "spike" you have seen or shot
Post by: 75johndeere on July 13, 2012, 04:21:42 PM
Was just wondering that looks almost exactly like the bull i was talking about on the first page of this thread the only time i have ever regretted shooting a animal was when i saw him that next day

Sent from my DROID X2 using Tapatalk 2
Title: Re: biggest "True" forked horn/ or "spike" you have seen or shot
Post by: skybusterbo on July 15, 2012, 08:33:17 AM
Buddy of mine got this on the peninsula.
Title: Re: biggest "True" forked horn/ or "spike" you have seen or shot
Post by: Turner89 on July 15, 2012, 11:15:27 AM
Shot him on last day 2010. 
Title: Re: biggest "True" forked horn/ or "spike" you have seen or shot
Post by: Sumpnneedskillin on July 15, 2012, 12:05:24 PM
Here's a couple of the local boys from about 3 wks ago.  The one on the left wasn't as big as the one on the right.  Both are going to be bruisers. 
Title: Re: biggest "True" forked horn/ or "spike" you have seen or shot
Post by: whitetailslyr on July 15, 2012, 04:59:10 PM
those are some good looking bucks, the spike bull.........EPIC 8)
Title: Re: Re: biggest "True" forked horn/ or "spike" you have seen or shot
Post by: Pathfinder101 on July 15, 2012, 11:24:46 PM
This is PathfinderJR with an elk a buddy of mine killed last year.  Opening day archery, he cow called and this spike came running by, stopped broadside and he shot it.  Went back to camp for breakfast, came back a couple of hours later to track and find his "spike".
When he walked up to it he couldn't believe the size.  It was a huge, ancient bull (almost no teeth left, hooves like a moose) that had regressed back to being a spike.  Biggest bull any of us had ever seen.

Was that in yakima county?

Sent from my DROID X2 using Tapatalk 2

Southeastern WA
Title: Re: biggest "True" forked horn/ or "spike" you have seen or shot
Post by: C-Money on July 16, 2012, 02:22:44 AM
That was a giant spike bull! Great trophy! :tup:
Title: Re: biggest "True" forked horn/ or "spike" you have seen or shot
Post by: Huntbear on July 20, 2012, 01:36:02 PM
Ok here is the only picture I have of this rack...  Was a freak and was shot years ago..


Title: Re: biggest "True" forked horn/ or "spike" you have seen or shot
Post by: PlateauNDN on July 20, 2012, 01:43:10 PM
 :yike: :yike: :yike:  LUUUUUUUCKY!!!!!!  I would've loved to have been the lucky hunter to mount those. :tup: :chuckle: :chuckle: :chuckle:
Title: Re: biggest "True" forked horn/ or "spike" you have seen or shot
Post by: mfswallace on July 20, 2012, 02:47:11 PM
:yike: :yike: :yike:  LUUUUUUUCKY!!!!!!  I would've loved to have been the lucky hunter to mount those. :tup: :chuckle: :chuckle: :chuckle:
:yeah:
Title: Re: biggest "True" forked horn/ or "spike" you have seen or shot
Post by: dblungshot on July 20, 2012, 05:30:12 PM
Heres the tallest spike I've seen :P
Title: Re: biggest "True" forked horn/ or "spike" you have seen or shot
Post by: dblungshot on July 20, 2012, 05:31:20 PM
same one
Title: Re: biggest "True" forked horn/ or "spike" you have seen or shot
Post by: Huntbear on July 20, 2012, 06:06:13 PM
 :yike: :yike: :yike: :yike: :yike:
Title: Re: biggest "True" forked horn/ or "spike" you have seen or shot
Post by: runamuk on July 20, 2012, 10:07:46 PM
same one

holy  :yike:
Title: Re: biggest "True" forked horn/ or "spike" you have seen or shot
Post by: steen on July 22, 2012, 06:51:58 PM
I hate to see big fork horned mule deer in eastern Washington.  I have really enjoyed the 3 pt min rule here in EW.  If you hunted in the 70's and 80's you will remember hunting for days just trying to find a deer with any horns.  the 3 pt rule increased the bucks and doe to buck ratios which has made for better hunting overall.  There is always a problem though when you mess with mother nature.  these large dominant two point bucks cant be shot and pass there genes on and we end up with genetic problems with our deer.  I wish there was someway to cull these big bucks out of our herds here in EW.  Dont really have a solution for it but they need to be killed and not passing the substandard genes on.

Permit drawsfor out to the ears two points, maybe for the master hunters that can take the time to judge the antlers.
Title: Re: biggest "True" forked horn/ or "spike" you have seen or shot
Post by: Blacktail99 on July 22, 2012, 10:34:03 PM
How do I post picture from iPad?
Title: Re: biggest "True" forked horn/ or "spike" you have seen or shot
Post by: ICEMAN on July 23, 2012, 06:22:10 AM
We make a spike happen whenever we need to... :chuckle:

Title: Re: biggest "True" forked horn/ or "spike" you have seen or shot
Post by: deerslyr on July 23, 2012, 08:30:58 AM
 :chuckle:
Title: Re: biggest "True" forked horn/ or "spike" you have seen or shot
Post by: gunnarnewt on July 23, 2012, 08:53:06 AM
 :tup:
Title: Re: biggest "True" forked horn/ or "spike" you have seen or shot
Post by: alecvg on July 23, 2012, 04:42:32 PM
One of my favorite hunts. Blacktail.

Is this from the same spot you got your buck last year?
Title: Re: biggest "True" forked horn/ or "spike" you have seen or shot
Post by: 3nails on July 23, 2012, 06:55:25 PM
Nope. :sry:
Title: Re: biggest "True" forked horn/ or "spike" you have seen or shot
Post by: singleshot12 on July 23, 2012, 07:04:10 PM
Here is a better than average BT fork that a friend harvested last year
SimplePortal 2.3.7 © 2008-2025, SimplePortal