Hunting Washington Forum
Community => Photo & Video => Topic started by: RoyBoy on June 21, 2012, 02:48:09 AM
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ok lets see them im kind of curious how big can spikes and forked horns get?
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We had a biggest forked buck thread earlier in the year and there were some dandy bucks on it
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Ive seen a few monster spikes over the years never any pictures always trying to shoot them with the bow instead of the camera.
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The one on the right had some longer stickers on him. :dunno:
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Big Montana spike
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Craig
That buck is awesome. You don't find many like that!
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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:
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33 1/2" Spike!!
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Big Montana spike
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cool looking Buck
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33 1/2" Spike!!
:yike: Wow, that is a booner spike right there. :tup:
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Big old spikes on that elk. :tup:
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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.
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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.
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I see nice ones every year.
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Dam Phool I think I would notch a quality tag on that forked horn! He looks like a giant.
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:yeah:
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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.
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Dam Phool I think I would notch a quality tag on that forked horn! He looks like a giant.
:yeah: :drool:
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i scouted a spike by fork blacktail with a 16 inch-ish spike..il try an get the pics off my cruddy phone
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mfswallace that has to be one of the biggest spikes I have ever seen and he has the mass too.
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marked
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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.
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Here is another one.
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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.
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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.
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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:
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wow gotta love those mulies
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but mine was a late season blackie :chuckle:
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First elk from when i was 13, Sorry for bad quality. but still some nice spikes on him :tup:
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Here is a picture of my biggest two point. 2008 ID. Seen a few last year here in Washington that were Bigger!!
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That's a nice buck deerdog. you think he would classify as a legal buck in wa?
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Its hard to tell how big that eye guard is in the picture.
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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.
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Yeah I bet he looked real good from the front. cool buck though. not many have big two points to show off
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huntnphool, Didnt that big 2 up north get killed last November? That looks the same size.
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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.
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There was one killed up north with a late muzzy permit that was a wopper 2 point. Lookout
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One of my favorite hunts. Blacktail.
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Nice blacktail
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One of my favorite hunts. Blacktail.
looks to be a pretty flat area your hunting :chuckle:
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looks to be a pretty flat area your hunting :chuckle:
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yeah it looks like your hunting the low land prairies
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atleast you have a nice trail into your area.
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One of my favorite hunts. Blacktail.
where was this buck taken?
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3nails, that pic really says it all.
Very cool.
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One of my favorite hunts. Blacktail.
where was this buck taken?
A little east of I-5.
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One of my favorite hunts. Blacktail.
where was this buck taken?
A little east of I-5.
OH i know Exactly where that is.
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Heres a picture of my 2011 late muzzy buck, it was to nice to pass up
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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
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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
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Those big two points need to be taken out. :tup:
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Huge 2 pt lol :yike:
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One of the biggest Blacktail forkies I have seen in awhile..
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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
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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
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I was going to post a couple but for some reason it posted my whole photo album....not cool. What did I do wrong?
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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:
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old blacktail I rattled in
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big forky bt, hog body too....
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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.
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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.
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1 year of two point only :chuckle:
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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.
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Permits would be a good idea :) for hunters and the state. Also for the deer herds aswell
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A youth permit hunt for the entire month of November, two point only, points below the fork do not qualify as points.
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:yeah: I think this is a great idea... :tup: :tup:
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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.
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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.
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That is one awesome looking bull. Its a trophy in its own book.
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Wow that spike is long a true trophy
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:yike: I would've loved to have seen that one up close :drool: What a huge old spike. :drool:
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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.
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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:
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Here's a MT 2 pt I got a few yrs back. He was w/ 10-12 does. I think 27" wide.
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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.
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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
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This is the biggest blacktail forked horn I've ever seen, and my 9 year old son was the lucky shooter.
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That's a very pretty deer. love the double throat patch. awesome
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The biggest 2pt I ever saw I killed back in 1995. The body on him was huge for a blacktail.
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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.
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I hope you got him mounted huntnfolk!!
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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?
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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?
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No, I believe he said it was from OR.?
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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
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Buddy of mine got this on the peninsula.
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Shot him on last day 2010.
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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.
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those are some good looking bucks, the spike bull.........EPIC 8)
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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?
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Southeastern WA
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That was a giant spike bull! Great trophy! :tup:
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Ok here is the only picture I have of this rack... Was a freak and was shot years ago..
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:yike: :yike: :yike: LUUUUUUUCKY!!!!!! I would've loved to have been the lucky hunter to mount those. :tup: :chuckle: :chuckle: :chuckle:
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:yike: :yike: :yike: LUUUUUUUCKY!!!!!! I would've loved to have been the lucky hunter to mount those. :tup: :chuckle: :chuckle: :chuckle:
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Heres the tallest spike I've seen :P
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same one
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:yike: :yike: :yike: :yike: :yike:
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same one
holy :yike:
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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.
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How do I post picture from iPad?
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We make a spike happen whenever we need to... :chuckle:
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:chuckle:
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One of my favorite hunts. Blacktail.
Is this from the same spot you got your buck last year?
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Nope. :sry:
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Here is a better than average BT fork that a friend harvested last year