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Title: Giant Bull
Post by: Buckjunkie on January 04, 2020, 07:24:40 PM
I drew a good tag and with the help of family and friends killed a giant. Official Gross SCI score is 419.
Title: Re: Giant Bull
Post by: Boss .300 winmag on January 04, 2020, 07:26:00 PM
Dude gotta have a story on this beast.👍
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Post by: Fl0und3rz on January 04, 2020, 07:26:52 PM
Wow!
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Post by: redi on January 04, 2020, 07:28:23 PM
That is a giant. Congrats
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Post by: h20hunter on January 04, 2020, 07:32:43 PM
Yes. That is a giant bull.  :tup: :yike:
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Post by: MADMAX on January 04, 2020, 07:33:11 PM
Wow
Super
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Post by: elkaholic123 on January 04, 2020, 07:38:50 PM
Great Bull! 👍 Wa. Bull?
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Post by: Buckjunkie on January 04, 2020, 07:39:58 PM
Great Bull! 👍 Wa. Bull?
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Yes
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Post by: High Climber on January 04, 2020, 07:41:44 PM
Good couple years you’ve had! Congrats that’s a heck of a bull
Title: Re: Giant Bull
Post by: Birdguy on January 04, 2020, 07:51:57 PM
Holy smokes!!! What a beast!! Congrats to you and ALL involved.
Title: Re: Giant Bull
Post by: wheels on January 04, 2020, 07:53:34 PM
just wow bull of dreams
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Post by: full choke on January 04, 2020, 07:53:55 PM
Great bull!  :tup:
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Post by: Buckjunkie on January 04, 2020, 07:54:14 PM
Good couple years you’ve had! Congrats that’s a heck of a bull

Thanks buddy!
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Post by: cem3434 on January 04, 2020, 08:00:02 PM
Beautiful bull, congrats!
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Post by: hunting4sanity on January 04, 2020, 08:07:49 PM
Congratulations! That certainly qualifies as a giant ........ actually qualifies for whatever is beyond giant.
Title: Re: Giant Bull
Post by: jackelope on January 04, 2020, 08:09:13 PM
Congrats man! That is definitely a giant.
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Post by: Alchase on January 04, 2020, 08:13:50 PM
What a beautiful bull!
Congratulations!
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Post by: buckfvr on January 04, 2020, 08:14:54 PM
 :yike: :yike: :yike:
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Post by: HUNTINCOUPLE on January 04, 2020, 08:17:48 PM
Congrats on a stud of a bull elks! :tup:
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Post by: Buckjunkie on January 04, 2020, 08:23:13 PM
Dude gotta have a story on this beast.👍

Maybe around a campfire.
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Post by: gee_unit360 on January 04, 2020, 08:43:09 PM
Dude gotta have a story on this beast.👍

Maybe around a campfire.

Really? Congrats anyway
Title: Re: Giant Bull
Post by: Mfowl on January 04, 2020, 08:46:13 PM
Congrats! Thanks for sharing! Beautiful bull!
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Post by: Mtnwalker on January 04, 2020, 08:47:02 PM
Looks familiar. Stud bull congrats
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Post by: BreezyBear on January 04, 2020, 08:50:22 PM
"Colockum Giant"
Title: Re: Giant Bull
Post by: Buckjunkie on January 04, 2020, 08:51:05 PM
"Colockum Giant"

Winner winner chicken dinner
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Post by: Jason on January 04, 2020, 08:57:02 PM
Congrats on a dandy bull!
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Post by: Pathfinder101 on January 04, 2020, 09:05:24 PM
Wow.  Awesome   :tup:
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Post by: Pinetar on January 04, 2020, 09:16:04 PM
Great bull, Congrats!!
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Post by: Rainier10 on January 04, 2020, 09:21:00 PM
That is a giant.

Congrats!
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Post by: Dan-o on January 04, 2020, 09:31:10 PM
 :drool: :drool: :drool: :drool: :drool:
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Post by: LongBomb on January 04, 2020, 09:36:41 PM
Awesome bull congrats!
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Post by: hunt6226 on January 04, 2020, 10:23:58 PM
WOW!!!!  Absolute Stud.
Congrats... would also love to here a story
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Post by: blindluck on January 04, 2020, 10:59:02 PM
Congrats on the Colockum giant. He was a beast in person, love to know where you found him in relation to where we filmed him. Good job!!!
Title: Re: Giant Bull
Post by: jmscon on January 04, 2020, 11:09:55 PM
Crazy and congrats!!
It’s great to see such big bulls coming out of this state!
Title: Re: Giant Bull
Post by: huntnphool on January 05, 2020, 12:09:14 AM
 Fantastic bull, congrats :tup:
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Post by: liljozie495 on January 05, 2020, 07:12:58 AM
Hell yea buddy 🍻🍻🍻
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Post by: tgray on January 05, 2020, 08:22:34 AM
Awesome bull, congratulations
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Post by: Tenkara on January 05, 2020, 09:00:20 AM
congrats.  :tup:
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Post by: MtnMuley on January 05, 2020, 09:04:11 AM
Your persistence payed off once again. :tup:
Title: Re: Giant Bull
Post by: Buckhunter24 on January 05, 2020, 09:07:55 AM
Hipe you have vaulted ceilings  :yike: between this bull and that moose thats gonna cover a lot of real estate
Title: Re: Giant Bull
Post by: jstone on January 05, 2020, 09:18:01 AM
Fantastic Bull Great Job
Very jealous
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Post by: Monsterbull11 on January 05, 2020, 09:19:53 AM
Absolutely deserved!!! Great bull.
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Post by: Watimberghost on January 05, 2020, 09:55:53 AM
Bull of a lifetime! Must have been a fun hunt!
Title: Re: Giant Bull
Post by: elkrack on January 05, 2020, 10:06:31 AM
Amazing bull! :tup:


Holdout! :chuckle:
Title: Re: Giant Bull
Post by: HntnFsh on January 05, 2020, 06:38:31 PM
I drew a good tag and with the help of family and friends killed a giant. Official Gross SCI score is 419.

Yes you did! Awesome! Congrats!
Title: Re: Giant Bull
Post by: bulldogs40 on January 06, 2020, 04:27:54 PM
What a fantastic bull!!!!!
Title: Re: Giant Bull
Post by: Buckjunkie on January 06, 2020, 05:28:43 PM
Thank you everyone! It was a great hunt. 9 scouting trips, a bunch of friends and family that resulted in a giant. I know it’s cliche, but it really doesn’t get any better than this!
Title: Re: Giant Bull
Post by: Wetwoodshunter on January 06, 2020, 05:41:25 PM
Congratulations, bull of a lifetime.
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Post by: CLARKTAR on January 06, 2020, 06:05:45 PM
Great job!

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Title: Re: Giant Bull
Post by: bearpaw on January 06, 2020, 06:42:23 PM
outstanding bull, congrats  :tup: :tup:
Title: Re: Giant Bull
Post by: Lumpy Taters on January 06, 2020, 08:02:59 PM
I dont even see ELK that good in my dreams.   Congrats
Title: Re: Giant Bull
Post by: Buckjunkie on January 06, 2020, 08:06:33 PM
I dont even see ELK that good in my dreams.   Congrats

I don’t either Tater. I am still dumbfounded every time I walk out to my garage.

Thanks for the comment!
Title: Re: Giant Bull
Post by: OutHouse on January 07, 2020, 09:36:20 AM
Way cool. The antlers across your body/chest give it some impressive scale. If you can post a few more pics with different angles that would be awesome. Thanks for sharing!
Title: Re: Giant Bull
Post by: trophyhunt on January 07, 2020, 09:58:07 AM
Thank you everyone! It was a great hunt. 9 scouting trips, a bunch of friends and family that resulted in a giant. I know it’s cliche, but it really doesn’t get any better than this!
which animal is better for you, that record moose, or this amazing bull??? If you had to pick one??
Title: Re: Giant Bull
Post by: HikerHunter on January 07, 2020, 10:10:33 AM
That is absolutely amazing, thank you for sharing!
Title: Re: Giant Bull
Post by: westside Elkhunter on January 07, 2020, 10:43:47 AM
Wow what a amazing looking bull. Congratulations.  Thank you for sharing.

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Title: Re: Giant Bull
Post by: Doublelunger on January 07, 2020, 11:52:18 AM
DAYYYYUUUUMMMMM!!!! :o :tup:
Title: Re: Giant Bull
Post by: Buckjunkie on January 07, 2020, 01:59:39 PM
Thank you everyone! It was a great hunt. 9 scouting trips, a bunch of friends and family that resulted in a giant. I know it’s cliche, but it really doesn’t get any better than this!
which animal is better for you, that record moose, or this amazing bull??? If you had to pick one??

I have been looking at the moose for a year, so I would probably say the elk, but I am still amazed looking at the moose.
Title: Re: Giant Bull
Post by: trophyhunt on January 07, 2020, 02:18:24 PM
Thank you everyone! It was a great hunt. 9 scouting trips, a bunch of friends and family that resulted in a giant. I know it’s cliche, but it really doesn’t get any better than this!
which animal is better for you, that record moose, or this amazing bull??? If you had to pick one??

I have been looking at the moose for a year, so I would probably say the elk, but I am still amazed looking at the moose.
I’m a huge elk fan, but I drew a wa moose tag this past year and it was tough finding a good bull.  Your moose is a once in a lifetime, amazing bull!  That bull elk is also amazing, but if I had to pick, that moose would be my favorite!  Either way, you have 2 animals that most people won’t even get to see in real life, you are blessed!  Congrats! 
Title: Re: Giant Bull
Post by: h2ofowlr on January 07, 2020, 03:38:39 PM
Was this bull harvested in Washington?  It's a nice one for sure.
Title: Re: Giant Bull
Post by: Buckjunkie on January 07, 2020, 03:43:43 PM
Was this bull harvested in Washington?  It's a nice one for sure.

Yes
Title: Re: Giant Bull
Post by: rosscrazyelk on January 07, 2020, 05:14:58 PM
That's a fantastic  bull.  Congrats
Title: Re: Giant Bull
Post by: lewy on January 07, 2020, 06:29:15 PM
 :tup:
Title: Re: Giant Bull
Post by: Buckjunkie on January 07, 2020, 07:40:25 PM
Thank you everyone! It was a great hunt. 9 scouting trips, a bunch of friends and family that resulted in a giant. I know it’s cliche, but it really doesn’t get any better than this!
which animal is better for you, that record moose, or this amazing bull??? If you had to pick one??

I have been looking at the moose for a year, so I would probably say the elk, but I am still amazed looking at the moose.
I’m a huge elk fan, but I drew a wa moose tag this past year and it was tough finding a good bull.  Your moose is a once in a lifetime, amazing bull!  That bull elk is also amazing, but if I had to pick, that moose would be my favorite!  Either way, you have 2 animals that most people won’t even get to see in real life, you are blessed!  Congrats!

I totally agree, I am blessed...Amazingly blessed.

What some don’t know is that from late October 2018 til late September 2019. I became a grandfather, took two mule deer a 164” and 176” buck, took this moose and the bull. I’m not sure why...why this happened to me, but I am grateful. My thirst is quenched. I’m not done hunting by any stretch, but my focus will be more about helping others...especially kids.
Title: Re: Giant Bull
Post by: SWHUNTER on January 07, 2020, 07:43:47 PM
Way to go man. That's so awesome. Congrats!
Title: Re: Giant Bull
Post by: rasbo on January 07, 2020, 07:51:05 PM
Wow that there is awesome, congrats
Title: Re: Giant Bull
Post by: scottfrick on January 07, 2020, 08:15:46 PM
Awesome job Buckjunkie!!!!
Title: Re: Giant Bull
Post by: Buckjunkie on January 07, 2020, 08:21:54 PM
Awesome job Buckjunkie!!!!

Thanks Scott. You should stop by and see them.
Title: Re: Giant Bull
Post by: scottfrick on January 07, 2020, 08:22:44 PM
Yes I need too! Still living at the same place?
Title: Re: Giant Bull
Post by: Buckjunkie on January 07, 2020, 08:26:46 PM
Yes I need too! Still living at the same place?

Yep
Title: Re: Giant Bull
Post by: nitroelk on January 08, 2020, 08:58:18 AM
congrats on a stud bull. WOW!!!!
Title: Re: Giant Bull
Post by: Buckjunkie on January 25, 2020, 05:35:30 PM
Took my bull down to the Puyallup Sportsman’s show for the Horn Competition if anyone wants to see it in person.

Didn’t stick around to see what they scored it at.
Title: Re: Giant Bull
Post by: Buckjunkie on January 25, 2020, 06:32:47 PM
If anyone is at the show, can you tell me what they got for a score? I would really appreciate it.
Title: Re: Giant Bull
Post by: Russ McDonald on January 25, 2020, 06:43:36 PM
One of these?  These are the 2 highest scoring bulls.(https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20200126/8347965147b7c76fd3852ae5bb3d8640.jpg)(https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20200126/033fcd928b725aeb60a049c112e44ac1.jpg)(https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20200126/4908bec75d90b4dc755fde158e547133.jpg)(https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20200126/98ffe65b51dbd1432ee917453e3afa6d.jpg)

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Title: Re: Giant Bull
Post by: Russ McDonald on January 25, 2020, 06:47:12 PM
Better pic on the first one which I think this is the one.

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Title: Giant Bull
Post by: jackelope on January 25, 2020, 06:50:55 PM
Top one.  What’s the score say?

I was there right when they were starting to measure him but didn’t stick around either.
Title: Re: Giant Bull
Post by: Russ McDonald on January 25, 2020, 06:53:18 PM
Top one.  What’s the score say?

I was there right when they were starting to measure him but didn’t stick around either.
Better pic posted. 298 7/8 BC

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Title: Re: Giant Bull
Post by: jackelope on January 25, 2020, 06:54:50 PM
Top one.  What’s the score say?

I was there right when they were starting to measure him but didn’t stick around either.
Better pic posted. 298 7/8 BC

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It’s definitely not 298. Maybe 398.
Title: Re: Giant Bull
Post by: Russ McDonald on January 25, 2020, 06:55:32 PM
Top one.  What’s the score say?

I was there right when they were starting to measure him but didn’t stick around either.
Better pic posted. 298 7/8 BC

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It’s definitely not 298. Maybe 398.
Damn it 397 7/8

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Title: Re: Giant Bull
Post by: Buckjunkie on January 25, 2020, 06:56:07 PM
Thank You!
Title: Re: Giant Bull
Post by: Russ McDonald on January 25, 2020, 06:57:37 PM
Thank You!
Did I get the right one?

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Title: Re: Giant Bull
Post by: Buckjunkie on January 25, 2020, 06:59:47 PM
Yes sir
Title: Re: Giant Bull
Post by: meatwhack on January 25, 2020, 07:45:22 PM
Is that the net typical score they posted or non typical?
Title: Re: Giant Bull
Post by: Buckjunkie on January 25, 2020, 08:00:42 PM
Net non typical
Title: Re: Giant Bull
Post by: huntnfmly on January 25, 2020, 08:01:49 PM
I really liked the other set you got a pic of in person it looked like it was actually grey compared to others.
Thought that was kinda cool coloring
Title: Re: Giant Bull
Post by: Russ McDonald on January 25, 2020, 09:00:53 PM
I really liked the other set you got a pic of in person it looked like it was actually grey compared to others.
Thought that was kinda cool coloring
I thought that it was prettt dark almost black with velvet hanging off of it.

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Title: Re: Giant Bull
Post by: dilleytech on January 25, 2020, 10:00:10 PM
Was that a 388 Rosie! What’s the state record Rosie?
Title: Re: Giant Bull
Post by: Russ McDonald on January 26, 2020, 08:38:04 AM
Correct me if I am wrong but by the state the division line between roosevelt classification and rockies is I 5.  If that elk was shot east of I 5 by state regs it is a rockie mountain elk.  So I would think it wouldn't qualify as a roosevelt state record.  Yes I know that there are plenty of roosevelt elk east of I 5

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Title: Re: Giant Bull
Post by: Bango skank on January 26, 2020, 08:42:04 AM
Correct me if I am wrong but by the state the division line between roosevelt classification and rockies is I 5.  If that elk was shot east of I 5 by state regs it is a rockie mountain elk.  So I would think it wouldn't qualify as a roosevelt state record.  Yes I know that there are plenty of roosevelt elk east of I 5

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According to boone and crockett's definition, youre right. 

"Roosevelt’s elk are acceptable from Del Norte, Humboldt and Trinity Counties, California, as well as that portion of Siskiyou County west of I-5 in northern California; from west of Highway I-5 in Oregon and Washington; from Vancouver Island, B.C.; and from Afognak and Raspberry Islands of Alaska. The Alaskan animals are the result of a successful transplant from the Olympic Peninsula of Washington. To date no trophies from Alaska have been entered that reach the current all-time records book minimum score of 290. Most of the entered trophies to date have come from coastal Oregon and Washington, with a smaller number from Vancouver Island."
Title: Re: Giant Bull
Post by: time2hunt on January 26, 2020, 09:52:33 AM
Better pic on the first one which I think this is the one.

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Title: Re: Giant Bull
Post by: Russ McDonald on January 26, 2020, 10:00:31 AM
Better pic on the first one which I think this is the one.

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Might want to change the county it was shot in.


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Title: Re: Giant Bull
Post by: Buckjunkie on January 26, 2020, 10:01:47 AM
Might want to change the county it was shot in.


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Title: Re: Giant Bull
Post by: jackelope on January 26, 2020, 10:11:21 AM
Correct me if I am wrong but by the state the division line between roosevelt classification and rockies is I 5.  If that elk was shot east of I 5 by state regs it is a rockie mountain elk.  So I would think it wouldn't qualify as a roosevelt state record.  Yes I know that there are plenty of roosevelt elk east of I 5

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According to boone and crockett's definition, youre right. 

"Roosevelt’s elk are acceptable from Del Norte, Humboldt and Trinity Counties, California, as well as that portion of Siskiyou County west of I-5 in northern California; from west of Highway I-5 in Oregon and Washington; from Vancouver Island, B.C.; and from Afognak and Raspberry Islands of Alaska. The Alaskan animals are the result of a successful transplant from the Olympic Peninsula of Washington. To date no trophies from Alaska have been entered that reach the current all-time records book minimum score of 290. Most of the entered trophies to date have come from coastal Oregon and Washington, with a smaller number from Vancouver Island."

The NW big game record book, which is what this was all for, has a designation for cascade Roosevelt elk, which is what that bull would be.
Title: Re: Giant Bull
Post by: Russ McDonald on January 26, 2020, 10:25:59 AM
Didn't realize that it is called a cascade roosevelt. 

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Title: Re: Giant Bull
Post by: Ironhead on January 26, 2020, 12:34:17 PM
Beautiful Bull Buckjunkie, congrats!
Title: Re: Giant Bull
Post by: C-Money on January 27, 2020, 07:56:46 AM
Congratulations! What a giant bull...
Title: Re: Giant Bull
Post by: 92xj on January 27, 2020, 08:19:50 AM
Unlock this thread https://hunting-washington.com/smf/index.php/topic,242722.120.html
so the discussion of that bull doesn't keep diluting the original bull killed by the OP.
Title: Re: Giant Bull
Post by: Russ McDonald on January 27, 2020, 10:16:09 AM
Unlock this thread https://hunting-washington.com/smf/index.php/topic,242722.120.html
so the discussion of that bull doesn't keep diluting the original bull killed by the OP.
It has only been a few comments and now back on track.  I wasn't sure which bull he was looking for so I posted the to pics.  Other thread will remained locked.  Enough said on other bull.  Awesome bull buckjunkie I would assume a first place?  I did see a monster shoulder mount wheeled out Sunday that I hadnt seen so I was wondering.

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Title: Re: Giant Bull
Post by: Buckjunkie on January 27, 2020, 12:16:17 PM
My bull was the highest scoring Non Typical Rocky Mountain Elk entered for Washington at the Puyallup show this year. Based on the current on-line records, it should be #10 in that category. I don’t know who took best of Show or what place I came in. It was noisy and hard to understand. I won a archery target and some broadheads.

The way I understand it, the entries that score the highest in their category place the highest in the overall competition. There were some amazing trophies down there. New state record Black Bear, new state record archery Cascade Roosevelt, a giant youth Rocky Mtn Elk to name a few.

Good competition...Congratulations to all!
Title: Re: Giant Bull
Post by: Russ McDonald on January 27, 2020, 01:48:34 PM
That youth one must have been the shoulder mount.  Young kid was pulling the wagon with a huge smile.  It was a beast.  Congrats again.

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Title: Re: Giant Bull
Post by: carpsniperg2 on January 27, 2020, 01:58:11 PM
The way I understand it, the entries that score the highest in their category place the highest in the overall competition. There were some amazing trophies down there. New state record Black Bear, new state record archery Cascade Roosevelt, a giant youth Rocky Mtn Elk to name a few.

The way they do it is they have a formula that compares your animal to the current #1 in the books. Not the current ones being entered at the show.

So say your number 1 elk may have been biggest and been the top one entered in that category at the current show. However you said it would be number 10 in the books.

Some guy could have like a # 1 bear at the show that is going in the all time books at #5 so even though your both first place for that show in each of your areas. His bear would place higher in the completion and prizes then your elk.

Hope that makes sense.
Title: Re: Giant Bull
Post by: 180-GRAIN on February 04, 2020, 01:56:10 PM
Beauty of a bull! Where did you get him scored? I shot a giant in AZ this year and I'm struggling to find a SCI measurer.
Title: Re: Giant Bull
Post by: Buckjunkie on February 04, 2020, 09:02:49 PM
Beauty of a bull! Where did you get him scored? I shot a giant in AZ this year and I'm struggling to find a SCI measurer.

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Title: Re: Giant Bull
Post by: jae on March 23, 2020, 02:20:45 PM
Incredible Bull.
Congratulations!
Title: Re: Giant Bull
Post by: Buckjunkie on March 23, 2020, 02:57:47 PM
Incredible Bull.
Congratulations!

Thank You!
Title: Re: Giant Bull
Post by: beauhunter on April 21, 2020, 07:17:26 AM
If the bull was a draw tag on free range why is it scored sci and not Boone and Crockett? Kinda looks like a ranch bull
Title: Re: Giant Bull
Post by: Buckjunkie on April 21, 2020, 07:22:44 AM
If the bull was a draw tag on free range why is it scored sci and not Boone and Crockett? Kinda looks like a ranch bull

#1 Because Boone & Crockett wants to know everything about the location, creek drainage, gps coordinates...

#2 It is definitely not a ranch bull

FYI - SCI is just the gross score. No deductions

It was a free range harvest.
Title: Re: Giant Bull
Post by: bearpaw on April 21, 2020, 07:25:05 AM
If the bull was a draw tag on free range why is it scored sci and not Boone and Crockett? Kinda looks like a ranch bull

Many SCI members have their animals scored by SCI rather than B&C, SCI has categories for free range animals or estate animals and some hunters think the SCI system is a better system as the OP has stated.
Title: Re: Giant Bull
Post by: Pinetar on April 21, 2020, 07:31:19 AM
If the bull was a draw tag on free range why is it scored sci and not Boone and Crockett? Kinda looks like a ranch bull

Are you serious? Certainly not a ranch bull, lots of people knew where this bull lived and have seen him year around on public ground.

SCI is just total gross without deductions. OP is probably a member of SCI
Title: Re: Giant Bull
Post by: beauhunter on April 21, 2020, 07:34:09 AM
I wasn't trying to offend anyone it's a awesome animal regardless, I think all animals should get credit for every inch they have, just haven't seen public land bulls scored sci. More of a question I guess
Title: Re: Giant Bull
Post by: MooseZ25 on April 21, 2020, 07:43:39 AM
Congratulations on all of your bulls/bucks you have harvested in the last couple years.  Truly amazing animals.  I was wondering if I could borrow some of your magic dust for my applications this year?  :chuckle:
Title: Re: Giant Bull
Post by: Buckjunkie on April 21, 2020, 10:21:52 AM
Congratulations on all of your bulls/bucks you have harvested in the last couple years.  Truly amazing animals.  I was wondering if I could borrow some of your magic dust for my applications this year?  :chuckle:

Absolutely! Best of luck!!
Title: Re: Giant Bull
Post by: huntnphool on April 21, 2020, 11:48:09 AM
 I prefer SCI scoring, IMO if the animal grew it, there should be credit! :twocents:
Title: Re: Giant Bull
Post by: Alchase on April 21, 2020, 12:06:10 PM
I prefer SCI scoring, IMO if the animal grew it, there should be credit! :twocents:

 :yeah:

Not that I ever cared for any scoring, but if you are going to score count it all.

My mind scores by "Beautiful Bull, fantastic Bull, OMG!, and like this one  :yike:
Title: Re: Giant Bull
Post by: huntnphool on April 21, 2020, 12:14:56 PM
I prefer SCI scoring, IMO if the animal grew it, there should be credit! :twocents:

 :yeah:

Not that I ever cared for any scoring, but if you are going to score count it all.

My mind scores by "Beautiful Bull, fantastic Bull, OMG!, and like this one  :yike:

 SCI also recognizes the California Bighorn Sheep as being a separate subspecies of the Rocky Mountain Bighorn Sheep, B&C does not....but back to elk talk. :chuckle:
Title: Re: Giant Bull
Post by: Buckjunkie on April 21, 2020, 12:27:49 PM
I prefer SCI scoring, IMO if the animal grew it, there should be credit! :twocents:

 :yeah:

Not that I ever cared for any scoring, but if you are going to score count it all.

My mind scores by "Beautiful Bull, fantastic Bull, OMG!, and like this one  :yike:

His bugling was weak. He sounded like a rag bull. When he stepped out at 80 yards I couldn’t believe what I was seeing. I thought this bull was dead already. Four steps forward to get a shooting lane and shot one time. It was over quick or I would have probably missed😉.
Title: Re: Giant Bull
Post by: JakeLand on April 21, 2020, 03:44:57 PM
That’s a incredible bull ! Sure wouldn’t mind seeing some more pics !!!!
Title: Re: Giant Bull
Post by: Buckjunkie on April 21, 2020, 04:13:48 PM
More pics
Title: Re: Giant Bull
Post by: Buckjunkie on April 21, 2020, 04:15:14 PM
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Title: Re: Giant Bull
Post by: Buckjunkie on April 21, 2020, 04:17:33 PM
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Title: Re: Giant Bull
Post by: Odell on April 21, 2020, 04:41:54 PM
Thank you for posting the pictures. WOW. What a bull. Congrats!
Title: Re: Giant Bull
Post by: JakeLand on April 21, 2020, 05:13:36 PM
Thanks !! That had to have been just a adrenaline rush ! Shoulder mount ?
Title: Re: Giant Bull
Post by: HntnFsh on April 21, 2020, 06:17:34 PM
Has your heart gotten back to a normal beat yet? :chuckle:
Title: Re: Giant Bull
Post by: Buckjunkie on April 21, 2020, 06:25:21 PM
Thanks !! That had to have been just a adrenaline rush ! Shoulder mount ?

Yes, but on a pedestal. Taxidermist should get started soon.
Title: Re: Giant Bull
Post by: Buckjunkie on April 21, 2020, 06:30:31 PM
Has your heart gotten back to a normal beat yet? :chuckle:

Not really...still can’t believe that happened.
Title: Re: Giant Bull
Post by: Buckjunkie on December 05, 2020, 06:13:26 PM
Got him back
Title: Re: Giant Bull
Post by: Buckjunkie on December 05, 2020, 06:14:01 PM
#2
Title: Re: Giant Bull
Post by: huntnphool on December 05, 2020, 06:33:57 PM
 Turned out great :tup:
Title: Re: Giant Bull
Post by: westside bull on December 05, 2020, 06:53:50 PM
That's awesome!
Title: Re: Giant Bull
Post by: High Climber on December 05, 2020, 07:03:29 PM
WOW!
Title: Re: Giant Bull
Post by: spin05 on December 06, 2020, 12:55:18 AM
Nice mount Jim. Who did the work??
Title: Re: Giant Bull
Post by: Buckjunkie on December 06, 2020, 07:37:27 AM
Nice mount Jim. Who did the work??

The taxidermist doesn’t want his name given. He is expensive and doesn’t want all the calls checking price.
Title: Re: Giant Bull
Post by: Sitka_Blacktail on December 06, 2020, 08:56:34 AM
Correct me if I am wrong but by the state the division line between roosevelt classification and rockies is I 5.  If that elk was shot east of I 5 by state regs it is a rockie mountain elk.  So I would think it wouldn't qualify as a roosevelt state record.  Yes I know that there are plenty of roosevelt elk east of I 5

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According to boone and crockett's definition, youre right. 

"Roosevelt’s elk are acceptable from Del Norte, Humboldt and Trinity Counties, California, as well as that portion of Siskiyou County west of I-5 in northern California; from west of Highway I-5 in Oregon and Washington; from Vancouver Island, B.C.; and from Afognak and Raspberry Islands of Alaska. The Alaskan animals are the result of a successful transplant from the Olympic Peninsula of Washington. To date no trophies from Alaska have been entered that reach the current all-time records book minimum score of 290. Most of the entered trophies to date have come from coastal Oregon and Washington, with a smaller number from Vancouver Island."

They should add Kodiak Island too. Animals from the  Afognak/Raspberry herd have managed to make it to Kodiak. ADF&G isn't very happy about that, but hunters who have gotten into them are.
Title: Re: Giant Bull
Post by: scottfrick on December 06, 2020, 11:43:10 AM
Got him back

Turned out amazing!!! I still need to come by and check that stud out. Awesome job Jim!!!
Title: Re: Giant Bull
Post by: pianoman9701 on December 06, 2020, 11:45:45 AM
 :yike: Super bull and mount.  :tup:
Title: Re: Giant Bull
Post by: trophyhunt on December 06, 2020, 12:18:43 PM
Great mount!!  I need to rethink where I’m applying!!  Congrats again.
Title: Re: Giant Bull
Post by: Watimberghost on December 06, 2020, 02:33:16 PM
That's a really great looking mount for one incredible bull! Very well done!
Title: Re: Giant Bull
Post by: Fish4Fun on December 08, 2020, 08:46:58 AM
Very nice bull, the guy that mounted it is a friend and I was amazed when I saw the pictures of how this turned out.   :tup:
Title: Re: Giant Bull
Post by: Monsterbull11 on December 08, 2020, 08:51:36 AM
Outstanding bull and outstanding mount!!!!
Title: Re: Giant Bull
Post by: arrowflinger on December 08, 2020, 10:06:26 AM
Great bull Jim! That Taxi did a hell of a job on him among a moose and a couple of cats I know of.
Title: Re: Giant Bull
Post by: scotbradly726 on December 10, 2020, 11:17:25 AM
Thank you everyone! It was a great hunt. 9 scouting trips, a bunch of friends and family that resulted in a giant. I know it’s cliche, but it really doesn’t get any better than this!
which animal is better for you, that record moose, or this amazing bull??? If you had to pick one??

I have been looking at the moose for a year, so I would probably say the elk, but I am still amazed looking at the moose.
I’m a huge elk fan, but I drew a wa moose tag this past year and it was tough finding a good bull.  Your moose is a once in a lifetime, amazing bull!  That bull elk is also amazing, but if I had to pick, that moose would be my favorite!  Either way, you have 2 animals that most people won’t even get to see in real life, you are blessed!  Congrats!

I totally agree, I am blessed...Amazingly blessed.

What some don’t know is that from late October 2018 til late September 2019. I became a grandfather, took two mule deer a 164” and 176” buck, took this moose and the bull. I’m not sure why...why this happened to me, but I am grateful. My thirst is quenched. I’m not done hunting by any stretch, but my focus will be more about helping others...especially kids.

And that's why you were blessed with these amazing creatures! So you  could do exactly that, give back. You sir deserve an amazing human award!!!
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