My first 6 point bull elk.

[Rattler]

Well I finally managed to connect on a 6 point bull yesterday. It all started the week before during the bow season when my partner and I came oh so close to closing the deal on a nice 6 point bull. After a hour of calling I finally managed to get the bull with bow range, but the bull spooked before my partner could get a shot off:sad:. Here are some pics of the bull through our spotter.
http://i377.photobucket.com/albums/oo218/Teika2001/Sept_03_09bull.jpg
http://i377.photobucket.com/albums/oo218/Teika2001/sept_03pic2_09.jpg

After a week of replaying that hunt we headed off on our 3 hour drive to our spot. We had high hopes of reconnecting with the same bull from the week before. Day 1 only produced one 5 point bull and no bugles:sad:. We made plans that night to hunt elk in the morning and then head high for Mule deer, thinking the elk had left our spot.

We woke up to the sound of elk bugling and they were close to our camp....yee haww!:razz: We quickly got our gear and headed off in the direction of the closest bull. On the way there we spotted a nice bull on the edge of a swamp. We estimated him near 330, but couldn't get a shot off before he walked into the timber.

Meanwhile the other bull was bugling below us in some god awful blowdown/devils club mess. This bull wasn't coming in and I decided to go after him. After 2 hours of chasing the bull across the valley I finally managed to turn the bull around. I was making my way up a steep hill when he bugled right above me. I looked up and saw a bull come into the opening above me and scrambled behind a small Balsam. I quickly peered around the tree and counted 6 points, but didn't have a clear shot. I had to move because he caught me in a tough spot. I waited as long as I could and made 2 steps uphill to get into better position. The bull was looking directly at me when I peered around the tree and shot the bull in the neck. The rest is history except the UGLY 12 hour pack out, but it was worth it. Hope you enjoy the pics.

Thanks Brambles for all your help.

http://i377.photobucket.com/albums/oo218/Teika2001/Elk2009014.jpg
http://i377.photobucket.com/albums/oo218/Teika2001/Elk2009012.jpg
http://i377.photobucket.com/albums/oo218/Teika2001/Elk2009020.jpg

A couple of funny pics for you as well.
http://i377.photobucket.com/albums/oo218/Teika2001/Elk2009016.jpg
http://i377.photobucket.com/albums/oo218/Teika2001/Elk2009017.jpg

For those wondering this is the same bull we bugled in the week before.

[showtimebc]

heck of a bull! well done!!

[kootenayelkslayer]

Great bull guys! Wish I was down there hunting elk right now, but I guess I'll just live vicariously through your pictures. Good job!

[1899]

Excellent post, two thumbs up!

[Brambles]

Yup. Really great hunt. The best thing about the pack out was the END:biggrin:. Lots of good memories. I just wish fuel prices weren't sooo high as I'd like to go back and try for that bigger bull, but 3 hours each way eats up a fair amount of fuel and time.

I would be nice if we could find a place like that closer to home:roll: And it really sucks when you got Grizz breathing down your neck and trying to steal your friggen animal too:cool: Whats with all the friggen bears over there anyways:eek:

[BlacktailStalker]

Good deal guys, congrats !
That 12 hour pack will be worth it with every bite.
330", thats a solid RME, go get him!
Will pay for fuel :lol:

[Mik]

great bull, congrats

[guest]

Great looking bull !!

Congrats, the first is so very cool, but your hooked now. The rest are to much FUN!

Again ....congrats !
CT

[Brambles]

Damn thats a fine looking rifle:biggrin:



Here's a few things we learned,

-Cheese cloth meat bags, the type you buy at walmart SUCK. We are gonna make our own cotton bags now.
-Blowflys SUCK
-Hot spots on your feet after 12 hours of packin SUCK
-Eberlestock J107 CAN take the weight, you can fit a deboned hind quarter AND front quarter in the main compartment.
-Hiking poles ROCK!!
-Tie Flagging tape on everything, including newly purchased electronic equipment


But everything said and done, I had a great time and would do it again in a heartbeat.

[slashhunter]

what did you shoot that guy with?

[ydouask]

Congratulations Gentlemen. Now, what about that 330 ? Rattler, you going to lend that shooter to Brambles on the next one? Seems to work just fine. Oh, and what colour did you say your flagging tape was ???

[Allen50]

well that elk will make a great new hatrack in your home, cool,,

[35 Whelen]

Nice work Jeff....

On the elk and the rifle....looks like some of your work.

Bears.......yes if its the area I am thinking of.....shit loads of them.;-)

[Fisher-Dude]

Nice! When we get that WK GOS opened up, you won't have to drive the go-kart too far, Bubs! :razz:

[hunterofthedeer]

huge bull!! very nice defenetly a dream of mine

[5 spike]

nice bull congrats.

[rocksteady]

Congrats, welcome to the addiction called elk hunting...

[mcrae]

Great bull Rattler. You boys worked for that one!

[Rattler]

what did you shoot that guy with?

I shot this bull with my Remington 280 mountain rifle. I was using 140 grain bullets. I recently had the wood stock replaced with a synthetic stock. Brambles did a heck of a job and now the gun is a serious tack driver.

[d6dan]

Good Bull boys. Sounds like it was an entertaining hunt..

[fester]

great animal!!

[325]

Fantastic...congratulations, that's a heck of a first bull (or any bull)!!

[jasper]

beauty bull you have set the bar pretty high to top that one congrats on all the hard work and a truely beauty bull

[Little Hawk]

Magnificent!

[rifleman]

wow that sure is a nice bull you got. and for your first one it sounds like you have earned it. way to go you guys.

[browningboy]

Good job, I hear you about the walmart cheesecloth...waste of money, be better off with very light bed sheets..

Just got the new primos cow call, pretty cool! Can't wait to go!

[shaner338]

That's a great bull congrats!!!

[RiverBoatFantasy]

I would never pack ANY elk for 12 hours.

[Stone Sheep Steve]

Way to go boyz!!!
Glad to hear you made up for the archery miss!8)

Great looking bull!

Meat sacks......I had my wife made up a bunch for our caribou hunts....muslin with draws strings...worked well8)...but I also bought a few off 2-Stroke....bigger size for elk quarters(big enough for leaving the bone in if you're close enough to the truck/atv) and wash up really nice.

Congrats again Ken!

SSS

[muleyman]

Hmm .280 rem 140 gr bullets smart man,congrats.

[bigben]

Those Salmo bulls a hard to hunt and especially hard to pack well done on a nice bull many more to come but easier lol

[Brambles]

Those Salmo bulls a hard to hunt and especially hard to pack well done on a nice bull many more to come but easier lol



Oh WOW you nailed it right on the head. But wait, wouldn't we have needed an LEH to hunt Salmo????? Keep fishin there big fella8)

[BCrams]

Way to go buddy!! Pretty thrilled to hear you put down a bull elk a few days ago!!

[steepNdeep]

Right on - great bull! Makes it all the sweeter when you have a history with the animal... Nicely done. :cool:

[hillclimber]

nice elk congrats on a successful hunt!

[dana]

Great looking bull guys! Congrats! And Brambles, good to hear that Eberlestock did what it was meant to do, Go in Light and Come out Heavy!

[duckhunt]

thats awesome great shooting!!!

[yiorgo3]

Nice work!! Great pictures also!

[BiG Boar]

Wow What a load of bull! Good work guys.

[cloverphil]

beautiful elk, nice job, I need one of those lol

[Wild Images]

Nice bull Ken, good to see you got some work out of the big fireman.
Now lets see you guys get Vader and the season will be complete :smile:

[tinhorse]

Nice bull Ken. Andrew is headed up there in a few days looking for one. I hope next year I will get out on a trip. Well done

[Ride]

Great elk Ken, congrats on your first!

[bozzdrywall]

Great bull congrats. Now your an elkaholic.

[mark]

Way to go guys! very nice bull!
Nothing easy about finding critters, or packing them out, when hunting the west koots!!!!
I got the truck into winching distance for ours this year! :-D

[quackquackbang]

Awsome Elk!8-)

[hunter1947]

That is a dandy bull you put down ,are you getting a mount done ??? ,a big congrats to you.

[mbariesheff]

Yes I remember my first 6 point I will never forget it just as I'm sure you won't either!!! Very nice first bull congrats!!!

[Rattler]

That is a dandy bull you put down ,are you getting a mount done ??? ,a big congrats to you.

Hunter1947,

Thanks for the compliment. No I'm not getting a mount done, mainly because of limited space. He is a nice bull, just breaks 300 gross, and I'm very happy with him. I will probably mount a bull, if he breaks 350. I have seen several, just need the LEH:smile:.

Question for you. This bull had next to no ivories. Does this mean it was an old bull?

[Blktail]

That is why we hunt!

[leadpillproductions]

looks like a great hunt

[hunter1947]

Hunter1947,

Thanks for the compliment. No I'm not getting a mount done, mainly because of limited space. He is a nice bull, just breaks 300 gross, and I'm very happy with him. I will probably mount a bull, if he breaks 350. I have seen several, just need the LEH:smile:.

Question for you. This bull had next to no ivories. Does this mean it was an old bull?


You got that right the smaller the ivories the older the bull ,darn I wish they the wildlife branch still did the ageing of the bulls with the tooth you sent to them ,I have hunting albums with lots of the return ages of the bulls i shot over my elk hunting days as for the crests that came back with the return age of the elk ..

[5 spike]

fine looking bull great pics thanks and congrats.

[Bigbuckadams]

Great bull, well done !! Congrats, with a little hint of jealousy, thought I'd be able to try Elk this year, didn't get to it :sad:

[Rattler]

You got that right the smaller the ivories the older the bull ,darn I wish they the wildlife branch still did the ageing of the bulls with the tooth you sent to them ,I have hunting albums with lots of the return ages of the bulls i shot over my elk hunting days as for the crests that came back with the return age of the elk ..

Thanks hunter 1947. I really miss that tooth for truth program. I like knowing how old my animals are...

[mark]

Thanks hunter 1947. I really miss that tooth for truth program. I like knowing how old my animals are...

Just so ya know guys, there is a lab in the US that still does it for $20, very cool, hunter friendly people.
I used then recently, it was very easy!

[hunter1947]

Just so ya know guys, there is a lab in the US that still does it for $20, very cool, hunter friendly people.
I used then recently, it was very easy!

Mark can you send me the address and there phone number from there that is you don't mind http://www.huntingbc.ca/forum/images/icons/icon7.gif.

[mark]

here is the link for anyone interested!

www.DeerAge.com (http://www.deerage.com/)