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Josh, I will send the picture over to you. That would be great if I have a picture of the bull and on my wall. I originally thought this bull would score about 376 inches, I guess I was close. David

I think they might be different just because the seconds on the live bull seem a little shorter than mine and it looks like a small horn sticking out on the left side of the live bull. They might be the same bacause I couldn't find the bull again in the same area. David

Now why can't my cameras ever get cool pics like that. I always get cow elk licken my camera or hangin around. That is a cool pic. David

Thank you Deerslam I appreciate the comment . I am very happy with my trophy bull I shot, and the hard work finally paid off for me. David

I figured some of the records would fall this year. I spoke to a friend of mine today and he said there has been at least 10 huge bulls taken out of 9 and 10. He has been chasing a bull for a week now and can't get in on it. If the elk are this big, just think how big the coues will be. David

I have THE BEST OF THE WEST video and it is amazing to watch. You can tell this guy has shot a ton of rounds to became so good at shooting at long ranges. The scope on his gun I am sure must cost over $1500.00, but it is bad***. I started using a Burris scope a couple years ago with the ballistic plex and I have had no problem shooting clay pigeons at 300 yards with my .243. The crazy thing is I am using a $220.00 dollar NEF single shot rifle to achieve this. I also have a Browning A-bolt in .300 win mag that reload bullits for that I am very confident with at 400 yards. I practice with these guns quite often during the year. It is no problem for me to shoot 50 rounds each through them during every session. If you want to shoot long range at a live animal, PRACTICE, PRACTICE, PRACTICE. Happy shooting, David.

you could try the area around Stockton Pass, or the road going to the top of mount graham has some areas above the apple orchard with some deer. David

I like those daggers and how symetrical his frame is. You can tell there is some good genetics in that area. Doesn't it feel good to shoot a nice animal like that with a bow? Nice bull. David

I friend a mine drew a 6a whitetail tag for the October hunt. He wants me to come along a help out. I have never hunted the south end of this unit before. Can anybody give a good area to start glassing for some deer. A couple roads we can drive into would be fine or even a mountain range and then I can start from there. He doesn't need a huge deer, just something worth shooting. I am not looking for a honey hole, just a starting point. Thanks, David

We talked about that last night and decided he earned those battle scars so he should keep them. I don't know what the shrikage will be, but that doesn't matter to me. When I started this hunt I wanted to shoot a bull bigger than 350 and I have met that goal and then some. David

I need to find a place at the south end of 6a where I can get my 32ft fifth wheel in to set up a good camp. It would be nice if I could just pull in and not have to back in. Kind of like a half circle. I tow my quad behind the fifth wheel, so it make it kind of hard to back up. If you have any ideas, please let me know. If it is close to where I can start glassing that would be even better. Thanks for all of the help, David.

The verdict is in. The unofficial score came out to 370 1/2. His main beams were over 52 inches. He had about 4 1/2 inches broke off of his right G-2 and about 4 inches on his right G-4. I looked like he broke them off over a month ago or more. Its going to be hard for me to beat this one. I can't even explain how happy I am right now. I will wait the 60 day drying period and have Pope and Young put a score on him for the books. Thanks for all of the congrats, it really makes a fella feel good. Now if I could just draw a coues tag. David

We didn't get a chance to put the tape on him tonight after we got done skinning the skull and cutting off the horns. We will have to wait until tomorrow. I still think he will be in the 360's, but I can always hope for more. I decided to mount him looking to the left with the ears back a little(semi-sneak). We aged him at about 7 years old based on a book he had. I think I will still take a tooth into G&F and see what they come up with. David

When I drop him off at the taxidermist today, we are going to gross score him. Who wants to guess his score? I will post the results tonight. The person closest will receive a signed photo .

A friend of mine told me that on opening morning last year on his elk hunt, one of there guides showed up with four clients to hunt the same area. David

Here is a pic from the side. David

I haven't decided. I plan on looking at some different mounts down at sportmans warehouse to get an idea. David

He actually saw this buck when he was on his elk hunt in Nevada. He went back into the same area before his deer hunt and the deer was still there. He found it on the first day of the hunt, but couldn't make a good stalk on the deer. I think he ended up shooting it on the third day at 45 yards. I am told he can shoot a paper plate at 100 yards with a broadhead. This guy is so hardcore. I hope someday I can be a quarter of the hunter he is. David

This picture was when I was leaving to go home. I felt so proud to have those horns hanging out the back of my truck. I got alot of thumbs up. I stuffed his hide into a rubbermaid garbage can and put twelve bags of ice inside and all around the head. David

Thanks guys for all the replys. I am so excited about shooting this bull. I shot this bull near Flagstaff. I hope to get a score on him tomorrow, but I am guessing close to 360 inches. He is seven on one side and six on the other. The side with six also has a two inch kicker on his eyegaurd and a one incher on his fourth. He broke off about 8-9 inches fighting. His eyegaurds are 21 inches and one of his fourths are over 22 inches. Both beams are around 52 inches. I pulled a rack out of my garage that I found from a bull four years ago about four miles from this area and it carried the same genetics as mine. Plus I have a picture of another bull within a mile of this one that also carries the same type of rack. Based on the type of bulls I have seen this season, I think a new state record will be shot. I do know for sure there is a bull in another unit that will go over 400 inches.

I have a great wife also. She has given me 10 days to hunt during my elk season, and hasn't said a word about me going up scouting almost every weekend. I don't think she has ever told me one time not to go hunting, well maybe one time when we had just had our second baby and I went bear hunting two days later, I couldn't resist. When I was having trouble spending all that money on a new Swaro spotting scope, she said: "just go get them and quit talking about it" now you can't ask for anymore than that. David

You could here the lungs deflating . I think I will do a full body mount on this one. I think the tire is only 2 ply, but this tire was almost ten yards behind my target. I am just glad it didn't hit my big quad trailer with the nice tires. I think I got lucky since this was the last day of tire season. David

How can we purchase one of these stickers? David

I brought my bow in to have the sight squared and had to go back out to my truck to get my release. When I came back in the kid was shooting my bow in the back, when I started to walk back there I heard what sounded like a dry fire, as I walked around the corner he was throwing my arrow down the lane. I asked him if he dry fired it and he said he didn't know. I got the manager involved and they both tried to take it apart and fix it, but I told them they just bought a new bow, like there sign says next to the new bows. So that is how I got a new PSE primos stl. I should have told them to give me mach 10, but I wasn't thinking. David

PSE Primos STL set at 70lbs/29in draw Vital Impact carbon arrow-385 grains with 100g broadhead=289fps Carbon Express carbon-487 grains with 100g broadhead=255fps My PSE mach 8 I had before Sportsmans Warehouse dry fired it, would shoot the same Carbon Express arrow at 487grains 282 fps and you could sneeze during the shot and still hit the target(very forgiving).