elkaholic

Sorry you lost a great bull!! Always tough to lose a bull - if you will look at the anatomy of the elk there is actually a huge - none vital zone just behind the shoulder 3/4 way up. these animals are "super" tough - clippin this or nippin that doesn't get the job done! That's not to say this bull didn't die eventually. i've seen shots that I thought - Noway that hit anythin vital - i was wrong obviously - elk was dead I wrote about the impossible shot - a few yrs back- long story short - guy shot the elk archery said he made a great 50 yrd shot- we found elk - It was way after dark - we loaded it up - hauled it to camp- I couldn't see a wound hole !!?? we found the braodhead while butchering - it was embeded in the front brisket - it never penetrated the body cavity- he had cut the main artery in the neck - the bull never went 50 yrds . How is this possible - i can't explain it but it happened . Thats Hunting!

yep westernfield is montgomery wards line of mossbergs- still got my 12ga i bought 45 yrs ago 410's are very collectable from that era - more so than the 20.s /12's -- i'd take it out quail hunting and enjoy using it / a great tribute to your freind!

great bull --especially for a first- as far as weight a mature bulls will average 700- 800 on the hoof - with great habitat upwards to 900--- we had a very good rain just pior to huntign so he probably was in and around the 800 - very nice bull hangin weight is usually about .60 of live weight

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look at it this way in reguards to the bull - if it looked bigger than his bull at home - shoot tape latter bull is at least 330+

throw us a bone and at least say what unit ya killed this great bull in! super cool video!

talked to a panhandler who stands on the corner - he admitted to makin 25 000 a yr plus a lot of free food - he also lives in motels at monthly rates and travels the US. he's learned to pick corners outside of the better restaruants!!- go figure- likes Maries and even dennys and some of the better mexican food places

here ya go - ready to hunt // scope and bi pod http://arizona.backp...08-win/19393217

do not take this the wrong way but what have you been smokin or drinkin your suggestion are to say the least ludicrious we as sportsmen need to get along , to have G&F dictate how we hunt or act in the fiield is - i'm at a loss for words here - other than unbelievable

rig a net and catch that critter -

email / send your pick to someone who can post it - very interesting!

huge bull - way to go

ya better be sittin water in the evenings - rut or not!

want long distance accuracy / etc heres my choice for this yr- in my newly acquired knight .54 http://www.prbullet.com/pts.htm

can you post the link where you found this please!! thanks

looks to be a lean mean deer killin machine - time to end its reign of terror!

over the years I've been told more than once that I couldn't camp in a spot or hunt in an area . Sad when a few think they own the forest or the game animals One elk season were were told to move our camp as this was where the elk usually cross to go up the mountain - i just thanked them and told them we'd be hunting the trail in the am - as we didnt have to travel far to be the first ones there in the morning! Sporstmans rules- first come first serve - but as we all know some people aren't sportsman Az far as the new camping road rules - it's something we do not want or need in OUR NF but they got the rules in place and we need to try and cooperate and see if we can change some of these ridiculious new rules! camping should be a MINIMUM of 30 ft from a road for safety purposes who's to say when the 72 hrs start - most hunters aren't in camp duiring shooting hrs but then agin it's not hard to tell if someone has been around a camp!! like i heard - LIVE WITH IT - till we can get together and change it!

dozr-bottom- has passed but they always get a leg bone - these were elk but you get the idea.

i know im late but i had 111 5/8 lol

I'm wondering how this will affect the outcome - goona be interesting - Commissioner should know the law - more so than others -not to say they cant make a bad choice in this shooting of a paraire dog heres proff a single praire dog - taken out of seasons can cost your 5 yrs hunting priveledges

you got to understand - he knows how the game is played!! turning ones self in -and gettting a citation should be admission of guilt!! - to plead not guilty is the ONLY way for him to avoid possible charges/fines from either the judge or the commission . one dove - one fish -one frog , lizard whatever praire dog - if he broke the law and admitted to it and recieved a citiaion - where do they draw the line !! a lesson to remember - !!

the 16x50 pcf are a much better fit of glassing offhand - 20's are for tripods to big to handle stay away from the xcf's cheaper variation in my opinion My 15 yr old pair are my go to binos and still work great - for distance glassing-easy light and work great off a tripod quality glass for the price used ususally less than 100

did i miss read something - where does it say we will have a new law on no baiting ?

we all know the computer selects random #'s for the draw - most likely the names are drawn on a n alphabetical type system like the first 2 letters of the last name -- whole families have been drawn putting in for the exact same hunts on different applications!! case in point - the family from showlow - (i think ) a few yrs back all applied seperatly for buffalo - they all drew the exact same hunt! like 4 of the 5 bull buffalo tags - astronmical odds!! they had to rent a refrigerator semi for the meat!- maybe someone else can verify. the g&f has never changed the programing of the draw as far as we know - time for a change !!!

ok i was gonna guess 142 2/8 but couldnt make the trip - lol hope everyone gothome safely we all know that storm that pushed thru causing problems but much needed rain