Da Bull of 2013

[Bigbullsh$tter]

Finally got lucky with this guy yesterday. It was 2 hours of cat and mouse pushing him and his cows down the mountain, up the mountain and back down again. He finally made a mistake and let me close the distance enough so i could count 6, and take a 20 yard shot out on a little rock ledge. I hit him good in the lungs and it was an easy track to find him dead at the top of another steep rock ledge......i got very lucky, but it did make for a nice picture. I want to say thanks to my pro-packing team (Cody, Dad, Tom and even my wife Anne.......i think she was the only one that had the energy to make one more trip). Although he is a nice bull, i was suprised that a young bull like this was the herd bull of 7 cow/calves. I hunted three different locations hard in the WK since Sept.10th, and the one common theme on all of my trips was increased wolf sign and reduced elk/mule deer sign. It is amazing how their numbers have exploded around here in 3 short years.



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[adriaticum]

Nice bull, no bull!

[Darksith]

yeah, nothing wrong with that, is the reason you are surprised simply because of his age? Seems to have a decent frame on that rack. Makes me jealous thats for sure

[Roughneck Country]

Nice!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[monasheemountainman]

epic, nice chocolate horns! beauty, good job buddy!

[pnbrock]

Nice bull but I'm more jelious over your pack girl !!!

[325]

Beautiful elk!

[ElliotMoose]

Great bull. Love the colour of that guys rack. Pretty quiet in the EK last weekend, way too warm. Hoping for better luck this weekend

[Trekker]

awesome, love the pics!

[Gateholio]

I was interested in the elk until I saw what a fabulous babe your wife is. ;)

Congrats, nice bull. Great family! :)

[Dusty Roads]

Awesome! Congrats!

[Knute]

Love the colour of the rack, that's a great looking bull!

[sniper ren]

Nice job on the Bull......and the wife! Lol

[guest]

Can't help it.

NICE RACKS !

Congrats hahaha sounds like it was a fun hunt .......

CT

[BernDawg]

So let me get this straight, you cap that wicked bull and you get to sleep with her after...??? cue slow applause and look of respect ;-)

[paulgug]

Great looking bull. Really like the dark antlers. Looks like he busted off a point on the right side. Is that from earlier? Or did he break it going down? Or did it simply not grow properly? Also wondering how you are able to determine the bulls age? Or is it just an educated guess based on his overall appearance

[Duck Buster]

Nice Bull !!!!! I can't wait until next week when we head out for our goat/elk hunt it is going to be great, seeing nice animals like that just makes it harder for me to sleep for the next 6 days.

[Bigbullsh$tter]

Great looking bull. Really like the dark antlers. Looks like he busted off a point on the right side. Is that from earlier? Or did he break it going down? Or did it simply not grow properly? Also wondering how you are able to determine the bulls age? Or is it just an educated guess based on his overall appearance

His 5th point on the right side looks like it was chipped off earlier in the season, but it doesn't look like it would have been more than 3" long. On his age, i judged him by the wear on his teeth and his smaller body frame.

[Ltbullken]

Nice bull. Hunters got to start taking part in handling the wolf numbers. Wolf hunting weekends in the winter?

[Sofa King]

nice elk.
congrats.

really guys?
have you's never seen a woman before?
you sound like a bunch of grade-schoolers.

[Elkhound]

beautiful elk. Well done. Thats a lot of work well spent

[d6dan]

Nice Bull BigBullShatter. At least your posting good pics and a story.Thanks :-D

[Above the Treeline]

Great bull! awesome to see the family out with ya! congrats.

[nature girl]

Way to go on shooting that elk.
Very nice pictures.

[eric]

CONGRATS on a fine Elk.
Nice of that Elk to pose for the trophy shot like that

[kootenayelkslayer]

Great job man, cool looking bull.

[quadrakid]

thanks for a great post, nice critter

[mungojeerie]

You couldn't have put him in a better photo spot if you had the choice.... fantastic!

[buckguy]

Beauty bull! I hope to harvest one someday soon. Congrats

[SPILTZ]

Sweet Action! nice Bull and rack!! Congrats.

[The Hermit]

beautiful!

[Hillbros_96]

Congrats on the elk. Very nice character in those antlers.

[BimmerBob]

Looks like a lotta bull! Awesome country, congrats on the harvest.

[Casagrande]

What elk?!!!

[HarryToolips]

Nice racks for sure

[BlacktailStalker]

Nice bull, great pic !
Any wife with a pack frame on is a 15 outta 10. She have any sisters ? I'm looking for a new one :lol:

[Fella]

Nice elk! Thanks for the story

[Hodaka]

Nice job! Did I see you with the elk in the back of your truck at Hall Siding ?

[mike_69]

Congrats, nicely done!!!!

[Bigbullsh$tter]

Nice bull, great pic !
Any wife with a pack frame on is a 15 outta 10. She have any sisters ? I'm looking for a new one :lol:

Hahaha....sorry, no sisters.

[Muy Grande]

Nice bull; congrats on a successful hunt! Very nice story; good to see the family/friends out with you to enjoy this successful hunt with you.

[IslandmanDan]

Epic man! Hope to have the same luck myself one day...Nice Bull for sure!!! Thanks for the post, getting fired right up now!

[5 spike]

Very nice bull congrats.

[bigben]

Congratulation nice bull and to share it will the family Priceless many more happy returns for sure

[leadpillproductions]

Nice bull congrats

[Abashai]

Wow you were able to get some neat pictures with where it fell. The antlers are a nice dark colour too! Thanks for sharing!

[albravo2]

Love to see a successful hunt, especially with the family and an awesome bull. Well done!

[Brez]

Beautiful animal - really nice color on the horns. Just got off the phone with your dad. He said how much work it was to chase the bull down - good job. Congrats

[redwards92]

Very nice! Congrats to you and your fam, should be good eating this winter :D

[Deeboe]

Drool.... great pics and a dandy bull

[huntcoop]

That's awesome, well done. Nice to see the quad pic also, nothing better than a loaded machine.

[Rattler]

Congrats, fine looking bull. Did you hear any wolves?

[Bigbullsh$tter]

Congrats, fine looking bull. Did you hear any wolves?

Yeah......wolves were very vocal and not shy to make their approach on a couple different hunting groups that were in the same area.

[Hunter49]

Great job...nice photos

[1899]

Beautiful colours on that bull. Congrats. And good for you that your wife is involved in the hunt.

[riflebuilder]

Congrats on the bull

[blackbart]

Thanks for sharing the story and photo's. Interesting rock formations for sure, kinda like some sheep photos but they don't normally have ponderosa pines in them.

[warnniklz]

you that's what you call a team effort... hunting at it's finest

[fester]

Finally got lucky with this guy yesterday. It was 2 hours of cat and mouse pushing him and his cows down the mountain, up the mountain and back down again. He finally made a mistake and let me close the distance enough so i could count 6, and take a 20 yard shot out on a little rock ledge. I hit him good in the lungs and it was an easy track to find him dead at the top of another steep rock ledge......i got very lucky, but it did make for a nice picture. I want to say thanks to my pro-packing team (Cody, Dad, Tom and even my wife Anne.......i think she was the only one that had the energy to make one more trip). Although he is a nice bull, i was suprised that a young bull like this was the herd bull of 7 cow/calves. I hunted three different locations hard in the WK since Sept.10th, and the one common theme on all of my trips was increased wolf sign and reduced elk/mule deer sign. It is amazing how their numbers have exploded around here in 3 short years.



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Lets see those pics again!!! Right on