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tracker
09-13-2008, 06:06 PM
After a couple long hard days I was able to bag and tag this bad boy!!!

Friday was going to be great I just knew it,I get into my spot before sunrise and get the pack on and walk into the timber and listen for the bugel so I can get closer too..Well nothing but I do find a nice trail to sit by and listen for the bull and there comes some cows down the trail a heart a poundin waiting for him to come into view but nothing as the cow work toward me by the trail they pass 8 feet from me [did not know that was there trail] wow that was cool .After some time sitting there I packed up towards another spot I knew was heavily travelled and set up my blind and waited in ambush mode,high noon came around and crash ,cash behind be I rubber necked around the tree was against but there was nothing there but the crash was right beside me ,so I looked around the other side of the tree and a there was a black bear walking beside me,he gets about 12 feet from me and sniffs the air and sniffs and sniffs then just keeps going ,now that was realy, realy cool,:biggrin:the day is getting better I told myself ,after some eats and a water I doze off for a bit and get woke up by rain and wind ,but I was sitting under some heavily branched firs that kept me dry and comfy....

Another couple hours go by and nothing ,wondering to myself is this the best spot you could sit ,well maybe you should move again or go see what pic's you have on the game cam you have had in the tree for thet last couple days and then I hear crash ,crash behind me again oh shit not another bear as I swing my head around to look I see the white tipped antlers heading through the timber at 40 yards away ,up with the bino's looking at his fronts ,got three good now back shit behind a tree he steps out to the top of the rack I go and yep he has 3 on top on both sides grab the 338-06 leaning on the tree pick a hole the bull will come through and Ka-Boom He side steps as the bullet hits him followed by a pause and a shiver he bolts through the timber and makes it 30 yard as he tips over backwards hitting the ground with a big crash [the bush is very dry ] allright ,throw the blind outa my way and I move towards my trophy as I get closer I am amazed by the beauty and girth of this ghost of the timber[elk ,wapity what ever]:shock: A couple thanks and atta boys I call for the packers [my bro's] after some time hanging it in the bush overnight it was a slug out this morning and to the cooler with the meat, but what a friday it was and will be remembered for a long time ......

Here are a couple pic's

http://i190.photobucket.com/albums/z78/tracker_07/go.jpg

http://i190.photobucket.com/albums/z78/tracker_07/7x6.jpg

oddsix
09-13-2008, 06:15 PM
thats a dandy bull, cool story

BigBanger
09-13-2008, 06:22 PM
Wow , sounds like a hell of a day , nice bull .

Kody94
09-13-2008, 06:30 PM
Congrats! Nice bull, good story. :)

guest
09-13-2008, 06:39 PM
Nice Bull, Even side to side, cool experience for you.
Great eater too !
Congrats
C/T

Kitimat Killer
09-13-2008, 06:46 PM
really nice bull congrats i need to try for those guys one year

MIL720
09-13-2008, 07:21 PM
nice bull....congrats

kennyj
09-13-2008, 07:29 PM
Great story and a dandy Bull! love the color of those Antlers.
kenny

jimk shockey
09-13-2008, 07:42 PM
nice bull, good story congrats, any tips on elk hunting? this is my first year getting into it and no clue on what to think or do

model88
09-13-2008, 08:10 PM
Nice bull Tracker, congrats:!:

88

fin241
09-13-2008, 08:15 PM
Nice job....he's a beautt

doubled
09-14-2008, 06:10 AM
Beautiful bull, has the heart started to slow down yet????

hunter1947
09-14-2008, 06:27 AM
Very ,very nice bull you got there congrats on getting this fine animal.

You don't get them much better then that one ,will be very good eater on the dinner table this fall.

Little Hawk
09-14-2008, 06:32 AM
Congrats! Thanks for posting. Stunning rack.

Something mystical about elk-racks.

More 'Elk-drug'...

Mik
09-14-2008, 08:45 AM
Congrats on a fine kill. Great story.

abbyfireguy
09-14-2008, 09:26 AM
Now thats what hunting is all about..Thanks for sharing the story and pics with us.
Memories that you will reflect back on for a lifetime.

Congrats again.

bckev
09-14-2008, 10:17 AM
Very nice. What part of the okanagan? I have been out bugling but no response yet.

JDR
09-14-2008, 11:49 AM
Well done Tracker. A 6 pt bull in the Okanagan is a truly great feat. Congrats. Just outa curiosity, had you seen this bull regularly on a trail cam? Is that why you didn't bother bugling or cow calling?

Robinhood
09-14-2008, 02:29 PM
Wow! way to go Tracker!

dukester
09-14-2008, 05:51 PM
Atta boy thats a great lookin bull... :grin: i want to know more about your .338-06 pls. 06 case with a 338 cal bullet. i think i like that combo.

rocksteady
09-14-2008, 05:53 PM
Nice bull....Good to see that members are harvesting them all across the province....They sure are good eatin...:mrgreen:

tracker
09-14-2008, 08:18 PM
Thanks for the great replies folks ,:razz:

Coming down from the "bull elk high" now and getting ready to go back to the grind tomorrow [work] goodluck hunting to all... :wink: Tracker

358mag
09-14-2008, 10:26 PM
congrad's on a nice 3-4 year old ok elk should be some good eats on that none hope the pack out wasnt to bad and the blow flys + yellow jackets dont get there pound of flesh

tracker
09-15-2008, 05:25 AM
It was a great pack out, I followed your old flagged trails to the nearest road :shock::shock: It was out fast so no flies .. thanks 358 mag

Leaseman
09-15-2008, 06:54 AM
Very nice animal....lots of memories stored from that hunt I bet!

Wildman
09-15-2008, 07:21 AM
Congrats on the beautiful bull!!!


nice bull, good story congrats, any tips on elk hunting? this is my first year getting into it and no clue on what to think or do

Your first year eh....quite the handle you have there!

358mag
09-15-2008, 09:03 PM
It was a great pack out, I followed your old flagged trails to the nearest road :shock::shock: It was out fast so no flies .. thanks 358 mag
Quick better give Looky Louis the GPS co-ordinates of the flagged trail so we can have somemore lower mainland gut piles hunters up in Region 8

358mag
09-23-2008, 08:54 PM
It was a great pack out, I followed your old flagged trails to the nearest road :shock::shock: It was out fast so no flies .. thanks 358 mag
good stuff nice to know you can still find a few olds trails !!
you find a cali bighorn ram for your buddy ????????

Tikka7mm
09-23-2008, 10:21 PM
Way to go tracker! Not too many hunters get to say they have harvested a bull like that in all their years of hunting. Congrats on a very successful hunt!

jasper
01-02-2009, 10:20 AM
nice bull not alot of animals in the okanagan they dont seem as vocal inthis region. great story

BlacktailStalker
01-02-2009, 10:25 AM
Thats an awesome bull, good for you!

Curious though, why did you count three on top, then pull the trigger, is it just 3 point season there ?

GoatGuy
01-02-2009, 05:07 PM
It was a great pack out, I followed your old flagged trails to the nearest road :shock::shock: It was out fast so no flies .. thanks 358 mag

bahahahahahaha, that's awesome! :lol:

mark
01-02-2009, 05:28 PM
Thats an awesome bull, good for you!

Curious though, why did you count three on top, then pull the trigger, is it just 3 point season there ?

The way I read it... he counted 3 on top AND 3 on bottom, both sides. And no its a 6 point season.
A 6 point elk in the okanagan is an incredible accomplishment, congrads! :smile:
I must have missed this one back in the day!

BlacktailStalker
01-02-2009, 07:07 PM
You're right mark, I read it wrong.
All I was thinking is something that makes me shudder that I heard a lot, that if there is 3 on top that its usually a 6 and thats a REALLY bad rule to judge by because its often not true (Lotsa 320" 5x5s runnin around lol!)
Yep, heck of an accomplishment, I got skunked this year on elk ! (and robbed :()

ruger#1
01-02-2009, 07:25 PM
Nice going tracker, all i could find in region 8 is 5 and 4 pointers, hopfuly next year is my turn.

hunter1947
01-03-2009, 06:46 AM
Just curios ,are you getting a mount done on this 7x6 ??http://www.huntingbc.ca/forum/images/icons/icon5.gif?? .