I'm from Oregon and feel like posting some pics that haven't been shared. You seem like an awesome crowd. We love these reclusive black antlered giants and love huntin for them even more. Post your pics please! :archer:
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Here's dream bulls for anyone.
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Caught these out in a clearcut in August a few years back. Can't wait to string my bow in a few more weeks.
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I never tire of find big Rosy bull rubs.
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This pic is from a giant 8 pt that eluded me for 4 years.
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Caught this big boy standing in a clear cut.
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Found this set of sheds while out looking for some bulls.
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Found this one in the bottom of a rugged canyon.
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Awesome pics, thanks for sharing. One day I'll get to go on an Elk hunt, but for now I'll settle for Whitetail.
A dandy Rosy on game cam.
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What a bull and what a jungle!
Is that big one at Dean Creek?
My best so far
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Awesome pics guys thanks for sharing. I would love to go on a elk hunt. Ah someday.
The base on this shed is one of the biggest I've ever found.
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A couple days of pounding the mtns for Rosy elk sheds.
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While out scouting for some bulls behind the house a few years ago.
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One of my favorite Rosy bull elk sheds, wish I could have found the other side. Definite Booner.
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Once in a while one of us gets lucky. 277 gross P&Y
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Monster sheds a friend found.
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My buddy Kevin and I were hunting together several years ago for Rosy bulls. We checked out a couple cuts, he went one direction and I went the other and when I peaked over I saw this black antlered bull with six cows.
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While out elk hunting with my brand new custom Blacktail VL recurve I called up this youngster 5 times one enjoyable evening hunt.
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Back when I had more free time to go shed hunt, I had a great season of picking up brownies. I stopped by a friends house to see this monster 8 pt. I love the pic with all my better sheds and his giant on my tailgate. There are some giants still hidding out in them there mountains.
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I hope you have all those under lock and key in a secure location!
Yep, I sure do!
Here's a monster 7x6 bull I followed for 3 years, here he is at 6 years old and an incredible +330 P&Y. I came close that year on the very last day.
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The first time I hiked into this spot and found the dandy rub. It was such a beautiful day and with lots of elk sign and this smoker rub, I had to take a pic to remind me of this memorable elk hunt.
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Awesome pixs...thanks for posting them!!! I really like that pix of the big bull in the clear cut. :thumbsup:
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A couple seasons ago a friend and I were driving down a logging road in the late afternoon when I glanced over his steering wheel and spotted this 4 pt bull standing there looking at us.
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Fresh bull rub.
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My partner setting up while I tried to call the bull in.
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My best bull to date a 320 gross, 7 year brute bull.
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Wow, makes me want to move out West.... Beautiful pictures!!!
Chris makes it look easy, but he puts in more hours of pre season work than any six people I know.
Thanks, preseason is were its at for sure. But as of lately I'm not doing any preseason scouting. Hope that will change next year.
I love it when I come up on big bulls sign.
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What's your little stick you are using?
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That's my homemade longbow, 64", 57 lbs @ 28". My friend Allen Boice of Liberty longbows helped me make it. I love his Chief model and decided in the winter of 2011 to learn how to make longbows. I hope to take a P&Y size bull one of these seasons.
When I saw this old rub I had to take a pic, must have been a giant bull.
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Can't get enough of them big bull rubs.
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There just isn't much out there for good in depth information on how to hunt for mature Roosevelt bull elk. I recently listened to this podcast by Gritty Bowmen with Angry Spike team from Washington, talk for an hour on how they target big bulls in Washington and Oregon. I thought they gave some really good information on one aspect to hunting them. I'd like to see more stickbow hunters be successful at taking a mature Rosy bull and I think this podcast might help you if your hoping to take a P&Y caliber bull. Only 30 days till Rosy elk season in Oregon.
http://www.grittybowmen.com/gritty-podcasts-blog/2016/7/6/episode-141-hunting-roosevelt-elk-with-angry-spike-productions
Classy looking bull.
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My first bull with a longbow.
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Hi Chris! You sure know how to make a guy forget he is at work... :thumbsup: I am targeting a roosie bull this year. IMO western Oregon/Washington are ideal for traditional archery. I love getting in the thick stuff and mixing it up with them. I let the wheelie bows guys have the clear cuts. I have been working on my "cold shot" accuracy, alarm is set for 04:30, 1st thing I do, even before I get dressed, is grab the bow and 1 arrow, and head to the back patio, focus for a second, then let er rip tater chip! :archer2: I haven't taken any days off this year, but I have all of archery season scheduled off, I can't wait for the peace and quiet of sitting in the treestand the 1st few days of the season.
Holy smokes, Chris, those are all awesome pics. I am hoping someday to live in the Pacific Northwest or at least visit! Thanks for posting this. WOW
Thanks guys, I hope you get to hunt the whole season Raghorn and towards the end of season you get that dream bull. Taking the whole season off to elk hunt, especially with trad gear is probably the number one tip to getting an elk. You definitely will learn the most from being out there everyday.
A few years back I spotted a lone elk feeding in a basin across the canyon. I knew from years past that bulls liked to winter there and was optimistic about finding an antler or two over there. Little did I know which bull it was and was thrilled when I found last years other side and both sides to him that year. I have 3 sets of sheds from this bull, this set is about 315 class Rosy. I get excited knowing about Booner bulls walking around in those mountains.
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This pretty 6x5 gave me the slip a couple of times during season but I was able to get a decent pic of him.
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A friend of mine found these dandy 7x6 sheds in an area I like to hunt.
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One of my favorite pics, my 320 bull on the right and a friends 335, 6x6 monster Rosy bull. Hard to believe that these bulls are living on public ground that any stickbow hunter could pursue. That's if they knew the bulls were there. And what's even crazier is I know that there is even bigger bulls than these just waiting to be discovered. :archer:
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Just a cool thread!!! Just a curios question for you guys, with the cover so thick how effective are trees stands for Roosevelt's?
I am going to try one for the first couple of days this season. After that I'm afraid the elk will be blown out of the area by other folks so a waste of time after that. I've taken four Rosies in the past and all from the ground, spot and stalk.
Chris, anytime you want to drag a semi crippled up old man around the hills with you, let me know!! You already know that I can shoot!
For treestands to work effectively it's all about location, location, location. What I mean by that is do you and I know what or where to look for ideal treestand locations and have the right mind set as to how or why we'd hang a stand. Yes, treestands are extremely deadly especially for a stickbow hunter for several reasons like scent, above eye level, reduce bumping animals and most importantly it gives us that ideal close shot. I killed a great bull out of stand on a pinch point and I know of several wallows that my friends and I enjoy setting game cams that if we put the time in could possibly get a shot at a bull from a stand. Last year I was relaxing in a tree on an evening hunt when I could hear elk at a distance. I listened for a while and doubting they were going to come by; so I gave some enticing cow calls. Two minutes later 3 small bulls walked by at 20 yards. I have heard some amazing stories from folks who moved out west from the east coast that applied their treestand skills on our Rosies and out hunted us locals terribly.
We bowhunters have a fairly new hunt here in SW Oregon in January that looks enticing but no one knows how to effectively hunt the bulls. It's 3 point or better for bull only in this Tioga unit. I've often thought about how I would hang a stand on some feeding areas, green meadows, patch of grass if the weather permitted to take a bull during that season. It's a hard hunt but I've dreamed of taking a Rosy with a winter cape.
Good luck Newhouse, lets stay in touch and see how the season unfolds and make plans accordingly. I'm hearing some great reports on the elk and the weather conditions have been ideal for the animals and mountains. I'm optimistic that the elk will be in great shape and hopefully an early rut for the Rosies.
What town are you from?
I live in Coquille Chris. We have had enough moisture this year that it doesn't look like the timberlands will be closed this year. Fire danger really shut down some great areas last year. The place I killed a bull two years ago was closed for the entire season last year.
Great, lets keep in touch. I'd like to share a hunt with you too. Did you get a permit for the tree farm? I heard of a giant bull that was seen this past winter in your neck of the woods that's on pubic ground. Some great memories of a couple heavy black antlered bulls in them hills. I'm looking at some country in the south end of the Sixes for a hunt in some new country. I had some great hunts down there in the past. But if the woods are under low fire danger I probably won't make the drive.
If I remember right you know Dan Godfrey? He sure shot a dandy Rosy last year. If you see him tell him I said HI and good luck this year. I'm anticipating a small army of stickbow hunters this year in those coastal mtns, should see several of them carrying Blacktail bows. I'm thinking about grabbing my Blacktail recurve off the shelf and string it up just because it's so easy for me shoot accurately.
This will be the 1st year in 7 that I am not... And I am regretting my decision not to. You can bet I'll be in Washington state for 2 weeks next year though
That's a bummer midd, what kind of success have you had in Washington?
Have you hunted Oregon?
I'm glad your still a crack shot Newhouse and I'm still calling in bulls for buddies so I must be a decent caller. If we can pair up with your shooting and my calling, maybe we can put your tag on one of those rascals. I've called 4 bulls in for hunting buddies and they keep missing, they tell me they got "bull fever." Oh well, that's why it's called hunting and not killing. I love it!!!
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There just isn't much out there for good in depth information on how to hunt for mature Roosevelt bull elk. I recently listened to this podcast by Gritty Bowmen with Angry Spike team from Washington, talk for an hour on how they target big bulls in Washington and Oregon. I thought they gave some really good information on one aspect to hunting them. I'd like to see more stickbow hunters be successful at taking a mature Rosy bull and I think this podcast might help you if your hoping to take a P&Y caliber bull. Only 30 days till Rosy elk season in Oregon.
http://www.grittybowmen.com/gritty-podcasts-blog/2016/7/6/episode-141-hunting-roosevelt-elk-with-angry-spike-productions
Thanks for that! My hunting partner and I both listened to that and found it useful.
We live outside of Yacolt and are hunting elk this year.
Awesome, glad it was worth your time listening too. If you get a Rosy please post it here for us to enjoy your success.
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Some experiences I had enjoyed in the past.
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A gorgeous rub.
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I've got two game cams on this wallow right now. Can't wait to check my cams in 3 weeks.
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This is just up the mountain from the previous wallow.
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Here's a pretty bull that's real close to 300. He dropped his antlers the following and I got one side.
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A couple bulls in the fog.
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Does this pic just fire you up? I bugled this bull out of the timber last year and I was able to video him for 30 minutes and take a couple pics. What an amazing specimen!!!!!
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That is definitely a fine bull in his prime ... and looks like he is standing in one of those nasty coastal clear cuts full of ankle breaking blow downs.
Great thread!
WOW....what a bull :eek:
I've missed 2 bulls and had several close encounters with no shots. I have packed a few though. My uncle lives about 30 minutes north of the Columbia. We have thought about Oregon but don't know where to start
Sounds like you know what your doing in WA midd and with 4 weeks to hunt in OR you might want to look into it. I hunted SW OR my whole life and don't know a thing about the NW part but if you want to drive all the way down to my parts, any of the GMU are fairly decent. I don't hunt the Alsea but I hear its great, further south the Sixes is good but lots of private, Tioga is good and so is the Chetco and Siuslaw too. All these units have Booner bulls and a month of bow season to go elk hunt.
But some of GMU in norther Oregon have consistently produced Booner bulls and the biggest in the state too.
Call some Biologists, taxidermists in the area of the GMU and ask some questions about the quality of hunting there. Get some maps and have a 3 to 5 year game plan on learning that unit. I really believe by the end of a couple years you will know where to go hunt.
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As they lay. I hiked many miles that season before these put a smile on my face.
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I think this is a cool find. It might be small but it's the heaviest piece of antler for its size from a big old bull.
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I found a couple articles on Roosevelts that I thought someone new to them might enjoy reading them. Or if your like me, I just want to refresh and get myself fired up for this season.
http://www.elkhunting.com/pages/elk-hunting/resources/hunting-roosevelt-elk
http://www.cabelas.com/product/Trophy-Tactics-for-Roosevelt-Elk/532357.uts
http://www.bowhunter.com/feature_articles/feature_articles_bw_roosevelt_0909/
We got on a huge bull the 2nd week last year. We hunted him for 3 days but he stayed well out of bow range. We hunt mainly around Gifford Pinchot national forest and Weyerhaeuser tree farm around Longview. We also try to do 2-3 days at the coast and eat fresh seafood every night. I really like the northwest and have thought about moving there several times.
We used to hunt the tree farms before they started selling gate keys, we would bike in for miles and more times than not we would get on animals. Now with all the vehicle traffic and people bugling from every bend in the road it has made most of the bulls go quiet. We only heard 6 bugles and 2 weeks. The 2 bulls we called in never made a sound. On a positive note I did shoot a running grouse last year
Sounds like you had some great hunts midd but I hear you about allowing vehicles driving around looking for an elk to shoot or call. They sure go nocturnal and head to parts unknown. So do you believe that the hunters are killing more elk? I've seen this and the elk usually move to unlikely parts or hunker down. I can find elk next to roads sometimes big bulls too. But I have a hard time believing more elk are getting killed with more vehicle traffic. My point is if they aren't dieing then the elk are some where to be found. What do think happens to the elk when vehicles have been pounding the roads?
Look at all these beautiful brown Rosy elk antlers. A friend of mine found all these in one shedding season.
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I think people are still killing elk, it just seems to be more cows and rag horns. I think some of them better bulls we were seeing while biking in are staying in deeper nastier places.
I think we are going to give the tree farm one more season since Weyerhaeuser is now allowing camping.
Those are nice sheds. My uncle has a pile, I get one now and then to use as knife handles.
Beautiful group of cows
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A set of hog sheds I picked up last year. Wonder what he turned to the following year.
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A set of hog sheds I picked up last year. Wonder what he turned to the following year.
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Man oh man :clapper:
Thanks 23feet, a surreal feeling when I found them. They look really cool in the living room. As nice as they are I've got some even better material to show you here. I can't wait to share it.
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I found these giants a couple years ago on the same hike one morning in March. I looked all over and never found the other sides. Both are Booner bulls, love that white pedicle.
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A friend sent this to me of an absolute giant standing in the road. I would have drove off the road if he was standing infront of my pickup. Love those dark antlers! The body size of this beast is absolutely huge. What bothers me is how in the heck would I go about hunting him in that thick reprod next to a logging road?
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Sheeesh, my normal inclination is to stick an arrow into the first fat cow that I can sneak up on. All these pictures of antlers are making me rethink that, at least for the first part of the season! I actually depend on elk to fill the freezer so I hate to pass on any legal opportunity.
I know, aren't big bulls just cool to watch? Lots of fun buddy, I can't wait to load up the truck and drive up into the mountains, to go walk one of my favorite basins. I'm bouncing off the walls and driving my coworkers crazy with my excitement to get home!
Oh, I just remembered, I'm sending you a PM with important top secret elk info:)
Looking forward to receiving it!!
Some cool pics of some great animals.
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When I was home I set two game cams on a wallow, while I was leaving I was thinking to myself that there should be an elk antler in here. Well as I was walking out an elk trail back to the truck this old shed was laying in the trail. Never gets old picking up antlers, right Sliverpicker?
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Over the years of chasing Roosevelts I've found some amazing scenarios where two big bulls have fought. Even picked up a few broken tines.
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You guys really make me want to go to Oregon! I love looking at all the pics, keep them coming.
QuoteOriginally posted by JakeD:
You guys really make me want to go to Oregon! I love looking at all the pics, keep them coming.
X2 :clapper:
Thanks guys, we'd love to see some trad hunters from other states try a Rosy elk hunt; with an over the counter tag and 4 weeks to hunt plus some late season controlled hunts. It could be worth your while. I will say this, the hunting isn't a cake walk it will probably be one of your tougher hunts. But that is what makes it so adventurous. We also have lots and lots of black bears too. You could make a spring black bear hunt and scout for elk at the same time and then come back in the fall with an elk tag in your pocket. Something to think about.
I just have to post this. It came from Canada and is a possible new record. I wish it were a better picture but what a beast Roosevelt bull.
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I just thought of this for someone wanting a dvd that could help show first hand what Rosy elk hunting is like and some recommendations.
I know a couple of these guys and it's pretty decent material, a few parts should have been edited but you'll get the idea of what it takes and what we elk hunters go through to get a bull.
http://www.bornandraisedoutdoors.com/videos
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QuoteOriginally posted by sightsee:
Some cool pics of some great animals.
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I wonder if this top guy smelled a little Rutty :readit:
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A friend sent this to me of some bulls you would call celebrity type animals. Meaning everyone in town knows about them and have game cams out for them and will be targeting them this season. But the six pointer is a real dandy.
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A friend sent this to me of an absolute giant shed, I count at least 10 points with unreal mass. I can't imagine watching something like that coming into my calls within range of my stickbow.
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I was in the Portland area last week and went up on Mt Hood, also fished the upper Santiam catching some Rainbows. Got to see the Salmon run on the other side of the mountain. That was really cool! This really got my blood pumping since this is my off year for Elk hunting. Never got to see any Elk but it really gave me the fever. Very beatiful country! If I had my Schafer and a bag of arrows with me they may have never gotten me back to the airport.
I love these monster bulls hanging in garages, stores or barns from the old days.
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Oops, almost forgot this monster from Washington.
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QuoteOriginally posted by bucknut:
I was in the Portland area last week and went up on Mt Hood, also fished the upper Santiam catching some Rainbows. Got to see the Salmon run on the other side of the mountain. That was really cool! This really got my blood pumping since this is my off year for Elk hunting. Never got to see any Elk but it really gave me the fever. Very beatiful country! If I had my Schafer and a bag of arrows with me they may have never gotten me back to the airport.
John...I live 30 minutes from Mt Hood, just east of Sandy. Have hunted the north Cascades a lot. Been helping ODFW with some elk collaring projects up there.
Got about 20 minutes of video of three bulls tonight. Nothing big, but I'm not picky!
QuoteOriginally posted by newhouse114:
Got about 20 minutes of video of three bulls tonight. Nothing big, but I'm not picky!
Awesome.... those bulls are in trouble now! :archer2:
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Tree Killer, Next time we're in Oregon I'll have to look you up. Didn't have much time this time due to family obligations. Next time maybe I'll come out in Bow season, or at least give myself some extra time to explore. John
Wow, this has really got my blood pumping,,,,, :archer2:
I love this video of a huge Rosy with harem in typical elk habitat.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mi2JldT9QvY
Here's the secret to killing a P&Y Roosevelt bull elk and the same applies to taking a B&C Roosevelt bull elk too.
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Here's a bull picked up by authorities found dead just west of where I like to hunt and probably should have been hunting. This is the widest bull I've ever seen or scored and according to the record books, it's one of the top widest ever recorded. This rack has a 46.75" inside spread and grossed 326. Makes me wonder how he could fit his antlers through the brush? :confused:
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It's been several years now but I thought many of you Blacktail Bow fans would love this pic. This is Norm standing over a huge dug out area by an oversize Roosevelt bull way back in some very remote country on the Oregon coast. Didn't see or hear anything but a memorable evening with a dear friend. No, he isn't pulling up marijuana to take home, that's a fern the bull tore out of the ground.
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I dont watch much outdoor channel stuff but was interested when I saw a show about Roosevelt elk hunting. It was cool seeing the terrain and critters but when the wheelie guy shot his bull at what he said was 101 yards...yes a hundred and one :saywhat: I suddenly remembered why I dont watch much TV anymore LOL....I'll stick to checking this thread out :thumbsup:
We all definitely know how you feel Yohon and that's why we have this website for folks like us.
This was from a few years ago where it was opening week of season and this great 8x7 bull stood broadside at 40 yards for me. I didn't even bother knocking an arrow, to far of a shot. I had a great time trying for him for a month and even saw an even bigger giant two days after this bull.
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A nice place to stop by and view Roosevelt elk is at Deans Creek Elk Refuge near Reedsport. Took these pics a few years ago when I drove by the refuge, the bulls were sunning themselves in the afternoon.
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Here's a nice spike bull in bow range but with a tangle of brush in the way. It's good to practice kneeling shots and bent over canting your bow to shoot under limbs, etc. This is typical scenario for us stickbow hunters pursuing these bulls in the thick evergreens.
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Scouting is so important when it comes to elk hunting, it can't be emphasized enough. A few summers ago I was driving along the logging road when I spotted these bulls in a clearcut just before dark the week before season opened. The bull on the left is a good looking 6x6 P&Y canidate.
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Here's a couple giants that got poached several years ago out of the Powers unit. It's too bad that some trad bowhunters couldn't have taken them. The top bull goes 325 gross and I think the bottom went 315.
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One thing is for sure about this pic, it definitely shows how freaking big bodied this Rosy is and older bulls can get. This bull was only 7 years old though. It's those 9 or 12 year old bulls that look prehistoric.
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Chris, you making the next 10 days seem like an eternity! Is that last bull a 5x?
Never mind, I enlarged the pic, beautiful 6x!
WOW..... :notworthy:
Now that's a big Bull Elk.
QuoteOriginally posted by sightsee:
One thing is for sure about this pic, it definitely shows how freaking big bodied this Rosy is and older bulls can get. This bull was only 7 years old though. It's those 9 or 12 year old bulls that look prehistoric.
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Here's a dream bull hanging in a hardware store in Coquille. It's so massive, wonder how he broke that G1 off? I haven't put a tape on him but I'm guessing 350 class Rosy. What a bull with great character don't you think?
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I love this thread. I check it several times a day to see what new pics have been added. Good luck to you west coast guys in your upcoming elk season. I expect to see some hero pics.
Got this video on a game came a whole 10 yards from where my opening day stand is. The stand has been up for a couple of weeks now. Watch the video until the end!!
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Now that's what I'm talkin about, great video!!! It's like Christmas every time I go to check a trail cam. And a spike fork too, very rare to see spikes that fork. I call them a spiker with good genetics. I've already watched 4 times:)
Glad you enjoy the thread JW, I love looking at it too. Wish there were more Rosy enthusiasts out there contributing. They are a beautiful animal and one of the most challenging to hunt with trad gear!
Here's another cranker size stud bull hanging in a store in Reedsport. Each bull is so different and unique and special. Can't wait to string my bow.
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My buddy and I were in the tree farm a few years back looking for a big bull when I found this rub. I prefer to have something or someone next to the rub for comparison and you can tell that rub is a good one.
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Here's a real pretty herd bull that will easily make P&Y. This was at Deans Creek Refuge a few years ago.
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There are two fork horn bulls in that bunch, one is a real heavy bodied animal so I'm thinking a year older than the other. One with good antler genetics and one with poor. Either one would taste great!
QuoteOriginally posted by newhouse114:
There are two fork horn bulls in that bunch, one is a real heavy bodied animal so I'm thinking a year older than the other. One with good antler genetics and one with poor. Either one would taste great!
That's interesting, my thoughts are good genetics and early born bull calf and good feed, they usually don't branch at 1.5 year old bull for Rosies. Have you ever put salt/mineral licks out with success? It's impossible to tell if a bull has good genetics until about 5 years old in my opinion. I have quite the portfolio of several bulls over the years growing up and I would have never guessed which bulls would have turned into something special. Meaning a bull at 5 years old should be over a 270" gross type of animal "in my opinion." Some are obvious and others aren't so obvious as to how big they will turn out. But it sure is fun to guess and watch them grow up. I've been wanting to share some of these pics to give us all a little insight on how some bulls evolve with age. In some future posts I'll share some of what I have learned.
I hope you will find this interesting and of some value in some way. I've never shared this with anyone cause most hunters get to dang jealous and envious of what I know or have. So I just shut up most of the time but I hope you will respect what I am sharing and will give qualified input and comments to this thread.
I'll start with this beautiful bull I nicked named Two Brows. You will see 3 years of him growing up. I came close to arrowing him at 6 years old but he was gut shot by a compounder on the last day of bow season and was never found unfortunately.
Two Brows at 4 years old. I typically see 4 year old bulls in that 210 to 240 class range at that age and Two Brows is definitely in that category.
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Two Brows at 5 years old. This what I consider a good genetic bull.
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This is him at 6 years old going around 290. Doesn't get much better than that. If only wildlife department managed for old age class bulls. I know.... start Traditional only bowhunts and cut back on modern archery season and rifle tags. I love my Cuddeback gam cams, great pics.
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Awesome thread. Some awesome bulls in here.
A friend stopped by the house a few years back with this set of heavy 7x7 sheds for me to hold. A cool bull with lots of character.
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I was really bummed when I saw this bull come into the sport show to get scored at the end of season. I actually watched this bull two days before season in a clearcut with a huge herd of cows. I never could find him during season. Gorgeous big bull that net scored 322.
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I had been hiking all day when I checked a new spot and as I was circling around the meadow I was shocked when I spotted this heavy old antler.
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The 2012 season was a fun hunt that I didn't expect much and in return ended up getting my bull. What makes this such a good story is I had been gone all year working over seas and came home in the middle of season unprepared. Plus I was going hunting with my home made longbow too, just to give the elk a little more of an advantage.
This is how the hunt started. I hunted for a couple of days and decided to check out some new country the next morning. I got up early and drove for an hour into some remote mountain ranges on the coast that I had seen some good elk sign the previous year the first time I was in there. There was a huge roadless canyon that I really wanted to scout out and hopefully get lucky and find a bull there. While I was driving up the mtn I noticed fresh rubs every 60 yards along logging road. I followed the rubs and tracks to where they peeled off the road. I parked and immediately found a decent elk trail heading to the bottom of the canyon. It was probably hour and half later of pushing through brush and calling intermediately when I came just about face to face with a bull. He bolted while I gave a cow chirp, the bull stopped immediately. I could clearly see was a 4x4. With only a couple days left to hunt and my brand new longbow I made, it was an easy decision to shoot. Plus I love to shoot, it's an adrenaline rush, especially at an elk. The bull ended up dying in the road and is to this day the easiest elk I've ever packed out.
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That's your tip of the week right there!
Make sure there pointed towards the road before you shoot them :thumbsup:
I got to know how you loaded your elk in the back of your Toyota by your self, did the adrenaline rush kick in?
QuoteOriginally posted by sightsee:
The 2012 season was a fun hunt that I didn't expect much and in return ended up getting my bull. What makes this such a good story is I had been gone all year working over seas and came home in the middle of season unprepared. Plus I was going hunting with my home made longbow too, just to give the elk a little more of an advantage.
This is how the hunt started. I hunted for a couple of days and decided to check out some new country the next morning. I got up early and drove for an hour into some remote mountain ranges on the coast that I had seen some good elk sign the previous year the first time I was in there. There was a huge roadless canyon that I really wanted to scout out and hopefully get lucky and find a bull there. While I was driving up the mtn I noticed fresh rubs every 60 yards along logging road. I followed the rubs and tracks to where they peeled off the road. I parked and immediately found a decent elk trail heading to the bottom of the canyon. It was probably hour and half later of pushing through brush and calling intermediately when I came just about face to face with a bull. He bolted while I gave a cow chirp, the bull stopped immediately. I could clearly see was a 4x4. With only a couple days left to hunt and my brand new longbow I made, it was an easy decision to shoot. Plus I love to shoot, it's an adrenaline rush, especially at an elk. The bull ended up dying in the road and is to this day the easiest elk I've ever packed out.
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That's a good question catman, first I called my buddy Norm and second a come-along with rope is vital to have in the back of the truck. So many uses for both of them. It was a workout for both of us.
Those bulls love to rub these alders, makes their antlers turn orangish color.
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Looking for big black antlered bulls with a good huntin partner, best part of season.
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Check this cranker bull from Washington, 413", only time I've ever seen this beast. I just had to take a pic of him to add to my collection of monster Rosies. I hope some day I get to watch a bull like that in Oregon.
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I got to thinking and want to ask you viewers; have any of you RATTLED in a Roosevelt bull elk?
Have any of you used a decoy elk successfully at bringing in a Roosevelt bull?
If time permits I'm going to try rattling and encourage you Rosy elk hunters to try it too. And please share your experience using these tactics.
A few seasons ago on an evening hunt in my tree stand waiting for a bull to wander by; I gave a few cow calls and was pleasantly surprised to see this calf wander under my stand. I got some great pics and video, made for a very enjoyable evening for me.
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This bull was taken in the Powers unit a few years ago by the person who bought the governs tag. This Rosy has the best main beams I've ever seen at 55" and gross 326", it's a whopper of a bull.
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Every once in a while we find a large chunk of antler that's been laying out in the forest a long time by the time one of us finds it. That' what happened when a buddy of mine was hiking back to the truck and saw a tine sticking up from the ground. We both can only imagine what kind of an antler this giant must have looked like. There are some real toads walking around in them hills these days.
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Whats up CT?: You getting some time off to come home and hunt the early season? If you remember from other site/trad thread? I had several encounters with a big bull with royal points on each side last year, all this year I have been glassing, hiking, looking for sheds, TC's in bedding areas, and travel routes, nothing to show that he made it to this year! My only and last hope was he is one of those bulls that lives somewhere else, and moves in to where the cows hold up all year long? Well yesterday was last TC card/battery switch, the last TC I came to I could see several alders rubbed, and one was really worked, all these rubs were no further than 25 yards in front of my TC.... I was so happy, and couldn't wait to get home... I get home, get out of boots and start going through the pics...I was crushed, felt like a little kid disappointed on Christmas day, to see that batteries had died on 8/2 and no elk! :knothead: :knothead: :knothead: So the unknown is still unknown.
OH... MAN, I feel for you Bro!!!!
Last year I learned the importance of having two game cams in good spot, because of that reason and to cover more area. I'll be home soon and retrieving my cams too. And I have two cams on each of my top spots to help collect better intel.
A few winters ago I went hiking to try and find a giant bulls shed antlers and after many hours in the wet rain forest I stumbled upon this set of 6x5 sheds from several years before.
Same thing with the big brown 6 pt. I had hiked a long ways in to get this basin and after hours of looking it was on the way out I glanced to my right and spotted this beautiful sight. A glossy wet brown antler, freshly dropped in the orange and brown leaves. Just waiting for me to tenderly scoop it up and take it home to be with me for a long time.
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Hey Chris. I won't be hunting rosies, but will be after Rocky Mt. elk in Idaho in a couple of weeks. All your pix of big elk, mounts and antlers have certainly stoked the fire for me. Thanks much.
Thanks Orion, that's what this is all about. Hopefully get some more trad hunters chasing these elusive animals.
Here's a 4 year old 6x6 that is rolling on the ground leaving his scent getting ready for the rut.
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One day I will make it out there to hunt those Rosies. They sure are some beautiful creatures. All you western guys sure do have a great playground to wander around in.
Thanks, we really do have a pretty good opportunity here in Oregon but like a lot of other states it's going down hill in some ways. But not to be a downer we do have some beautiful animals to be enjoyed so hope you get out here soon.
Took my lab out to a basin that needed to be scouted and picked up this set of odd old 5x5 sheds.
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A friend brought this over to my place to find out what this tremendous bull might score. This bull was taken in one of my favorite hunting areas so it was interesting to see this animal. I've never seen a 6x5 this big before or one that would score over 290 for that matter. But now I've held only a couple others that were in this category. All I can say is what a stud animal for only being a 6x5.
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Here's a bull that was spotted before season, was well known for years living in this area and is a living legend. He was found dead near an area I like to hunt and was picked up a month after bow season very decomposed. What a waste for a true monarch, one of the heaviest racks I've ever held. I rough scored him at 364 gross and as you can see very little deductions too. When this bull rubbed against a tree, the tree came up rooted from the soil. Pics don't do this bull justice. The only other thing I wish was in the picture was a stickbow!
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Wow! You holding it puts it into perspective. What a freaking giant...
Another pic of Two Brows.
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Here's a weird heavy 4 pt shed I found a few years back. I was actually trying to find the antlers from several other bulls in the area even though I never found theirs I stumbled on this one.
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I like to display my antlers against the white wall for a nice contrast. This set was 60 yards apart and gross around 280".
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Well a couple more days and we have a month of Bowhunting Olympics.
So what does it take to be a gold medal bull and a silver medal and a bronze medal bull?
Good luck to you, may the wind be in your face, sun at your back and your arrows fly true!
I stopped by a buddies house where I got to get my hands on this monster Rosy with lots of character.
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This was a very memorable day hiking in the coast range picking dropped Rosy elk antlers.
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This was pretty funny when it happened with a good friend of mine several years ago. He called me the day before saying he had several bulls near the house and we should go find some antlers. When we parked the 4 wheeler we put our packs on and discussed what we should do. While he was talking I looked over his shoulder above the dirt bank in the grass I seen antlers tines sticking up. We couldn't believe it, I had to take some pics of him standing there when I spotted it. Later that afternoon I glassed up 3 mountain lions in a clearcut together. By the end of the day we had a couple elk antlers and a couple blacktail sheds. Great day in the hills.
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Well its 03:30, oatmeal is done, sitting here contemplating which stand to go to on opening morning??? Been 90/95* the last few days, its either a small little alder bench that has water on the north side, or down in a bowl just inside a big timber patch on the edge of a 10/15 year old cut that never got reseeded they love to feed in.... 1st world problems :thumbsup:
QuoteOriginally posted by RAGHORN 3:
Well its 03:30, oatmeal is done, sitting here contemplating which stand to go to on opening morning??? Been 90/95* the last few days, its either a small little alder bench that has water on the north side, or down in a bowl just inside a big timber patch on the edge of a 10/15 year old cut that never got reseeded they love to feed in.... 1st world problems :thumbsup:
Oh boy oh boy oh boy!!!!!!
The chase is on :jumper: :jumper: :jumper:
Life sounds pretty darn good for you Raghorn.
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I always look forward to scouting out new country. You never know what you'll find, it's not knowing rather than the knowing, that is the addiction. And such is the case this one afternoon when I checked out a new canyon in the cascades for bucks and bulls and found these three sheds. A bit later I found the other side to the heavy brown 5 pt.
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Hey Chris. You've put pix of so many big antlers up the past few weeks that I've gotten used to looking at them without breathing heavily. Maybe they will help me from getting flustered if/when I see a big set attached to a bull in Idaho in a couple of weeks. Thanks again.
Good to hear Orion, we elk hunters have got to keep our wits at that critical moment when everything comes together for the shot or we're going to miss or worse yet. It's a very important responsibility! One way to help dull the excitement is to look at so many big bulls, you get bored at looking at them. Second thing I do is tell myself it's just a dairy cow I'm shooting. This is exactly what I did when I drew my once in a lifetime bighorn sheep tag. I looked at hundreds of ram pictures and when the big ram presented a shot, it's just a small dairy cow. I was as calm and as smooth on the shot as I would be if I was on the range. I made a perfect shot on the ram and since I started this mind set I've missed very few animals. It's a great feeling of accomplishment.
But if I'm not paying attention that old buck fever, bull fever creeps up on me every now and then.
Great thread guys!! Shoot straight :archer2:
Sightsee,
gotta say that i'm loving this thread. Roosevelt Elk are one species that really pique my interest in North America. I think they would be similar to the Sambar I hunt down here, except they have a defined vocal rut.
Good luck for the upcoming season, i'll be keeping tabs here.
Memo.
Super to hear your enthusiasm and deep curiosity about our highly elusive Roosevelt elk. If anyone has questions about coming out here to hunt, feel free to ask. Season opened yesterday and a giant 7x7, heavy black antler bull is being prepped for the freezer.
I'd love to go on a Sambar hunt some day with my trad gear and for a few other critters out your way too memo. You can't have too many huntin buddies.
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Season opened yesterday and a giant 7x7, heavy black antler bull is being prepped for the freezer.
Woohoo, bring on the pics & story! :thumbsup:
Cant wait to see pics and hear the story!
Congrats, sightsee! Lookin' forward to the story and pics.
Spent Friday night in a tree and had elk all around me, all night. One bull screaming within 50 yards of my stand. Come daylight, couldn't find one of the stinking things!!
I'm sure sightsee has got lot of work ahead of him cuttin' up a 7x7 elk and gettin' in the freezer.
Sorry folks, someone else killed a big Rosy, unfortunately not me. Plus it was a compound kill, sorry. But hang in there I'm confident in several of our stickbow brothers that someone will be bringing home a punched tag. Besides I'm still working overseas but I'll be home very soon. Hope to be posting some current pics of some bulls soon.
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Sorry folks, someone else killed a big Rosy, unfortunately not me. Plus it was a compound kill, sorry. But hang in there I'm confident in several of our stickbow brothers that someone will be bringing home a punched tag. Besides I'm still working overseas but I'll be home very soon. Hope to be posting some current pics of some bulls soon.
Crap! Here I was all excited for you and everything.
Hang in there, I've got a couple things up my sleeve for you.
It's official, I'm the happiest person in Oregon anyway, just walked in the front door after 23 hours of flying. I'm dragging but I did manage to grab 7 game cameras that had lots of elk sign around them. With around 300, 15 second video clips to go through I have a lot of home work to study. Ain't it awful.
I also called three trad bow killers who had amazing opening weekends on the coast for elk. It's pretty early still but the season is shaping up to be a memorable one!
Here's a stud bull that I have watched for a few years. He's 5 year old 6x6 I guess around 285". A very good animal.
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New update, I checked my game cams and the most exciting results were from a wallow that has at least 7 branch bulls using it. A couple 4 pts, three 5 pts, and two 6 pts. Nothing I consider huge but it was very cool to see them working the wallow over so well.
I just got this pic of a monster Rosy earlier this summer from a friend. I'd love to this this monster hard horned!!!! And the body size is one of the biggest I've ever seen too!!! Enjoy
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Hope your paths cross. What a hog.
You got that right Snag, what a slob mack daddy of a Rosy.
Here's a gorgeous bulls shed I found a year ago and was pleasantly surprised when I walked up to it and recognized which bull it was. This antler made it four out of five consecutive years worth of antlers off this one bull. I guess him at 9 years old and around 290 plus caliber. I love that G3 and how that main beam arcs back.
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All bulls are good....but a Rosie's that drops back with a whale tail really does it for me!
Camera, lights, action.... finally getting some critters on camera, enjoy.
Cute youngster.
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Here's momma.
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I think we have a shooter Houston!
That sticker sticking up off the brow tine is called a devil point or a rhino point by some. They deduct the score but I love them for great character.
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Here's a good rub.
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Check these hookn's.
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Those bulls were working this wallow over pretty good this summer.
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Just found these two dandies the other day while tracking down a shy bull.
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I haven't gotten a shot yet at a bull and I've been out of blacktail deer meat for a while so when this mature buck came by I was eager to try for him. I made a perfect shot and thrilled to have some of his tasty steaks in the freezer now. Now I can concentrate on Rosies, I've seen several nice bull getting taken by trad guys, very awesome.
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And he's on the board! Nice job. I'm an opportunistic kinda hunter to, so I know where you're coming from.
Nice buck Chris, quite a bit bigger than the one I killed on Sunday but I've been out of venison for a year! Couldn't pass up the forky.
Thanks guys, the steaks taste fantastic. How's the elk hunting been newhouse? Did you Dan G. 6x6 bull he took recently? Another dandy!! Plus to make matters worse, a group from Washington is down here slamming our bulls. They have killed two giants, 6x6 and 7x7 Booner. I'm running over to Reedsport to hook up with Norms son and hunt for Th and Fri. And maybe with James, we'll see how it goes. Still some giants walking around out there and it's the best part of the season/year. If an opening pops open I call you, good luck partner.
I chased a small 6x all day today but he is used to being chased!
No bull elk for me this year. But I feel fortunate to come home and hunt for a few days with good friends and family. Lost some weight, got some great game camera video of elk and recharge my battery, hopefully it will stay charged till next season.
Anyone else get a Rosy?
Had one at less than 50 yards last night as the light slowly faded away to darkness! Still have a couple of days left!
It definitely could happen in just the last few days. Good luck to ya partner.
I found some sign of a couple dandies with my buddies standing next to these rubs.
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Just got this pic from a friend who has a hot spot for a truly giant Rosy. Check this cranker of a bull out, matching 8x8, probably will score well over 370. What a beautiful bull.
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Oh Yeah, I'd fly across the Pacific to see that fella screaming in the rut! Awesome bull, hope your mate comes across him.
Memo
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Just got this pic from a friend who has a hot spot for a truly giant Rosy. Check this cranker of a bull out, matching 8x8, probably will score well over 370. What a beautiful bull.
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Dream bull right there.
What do you think of this monster freak 9x9 Rosy? I was very fortunate to get some unreal video of this giant for 30 seconds and took a still pic of him to share with you to enjoy. I guess him around +370, big enough for me.
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Well, with his belly as deep as his chest, I'd say he's a proper mature bull - regardless of what's on his head.
But when you add the weight in his beams and numerous points off his tops, he'll do nicely.
Go get him Sightsee!