TwoGuns Report post Posted September 28, 2008 This morning was an awesome morning chasing elk. Mike, Dino and I headed out this morning trying to fill Dino's 11m bull tag with something to hang on the wall. He was determined to kill a BIG bull...I guess you could say he did just that. We started out in the dark, bugling and listening, and that is how we got on the herd with this bull. There were about 30 cows and at least 3 bulls. The bulls were screaming at each other, and we were able to get set up to try and call in a bull. With Mike calling and Dino and I set up closer to the elk, and after much patience and persistence, we finally had to get pretty aggressive as the bulls would not come close enough. We kept getting closer till we finally pissed off this big boy enough that he decided he was going to run us off. That was the last bad decision for him. The worst part was that as we kept moving in on them, we ended up in line with Mike who was calling, so the bull came straight at us. Finally, at 20 yards he turned a little, but was still quartering to us, and Dino drilled him at 18 yards. He made it about 200 yards before he died, and he did not drip one drop of blood. But with our expert tracking abilities, we found him in no time... He is one NASTY dude. He is not real long on top, but he has massive antlers with tons of junk everywhere. Really unique, and probably 12+ years old. Anyway, that is how it went down more or less. And Dino will soon have the Kachina non-typical bull on his wall over the fireplace. Apparently it was big enough... Here he is in velvet during the summer...and Doug, I hope you dont mind me reposting your awesome pictures. He is on the right with his tongue out. As you can see in this picture, he was one of the largest bodied elk I have ever seen. Here he is on the ground... One excited dude with his trophy... and his final resting place...on Dino's lawn. We all want to thank the good Lord for letting things happen the way they did this morning. We were(are) truly blessed. Twoguns Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
AZP&Y Report post Posted September 28, 2008 Real nice bull and talk about points- everywhere! He did look like an old guy with that GUT! Thanks for sharing the pics and story- congrats to the hunter! AzP&Y Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Chef Report post Posted September 28, 2008 Very NICE! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Red Rabbit Report post Posted September 28, 2008 I heard there was a murder in the neighborhood today Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ehunt Report post Posted September 28, 2008 wow what an awesome bull!!! great job guys!! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bobbyo Report post Posted September 28, 2008 great pictures! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Snapshot Report post Posted September 28, 2008 I like those non-typicals. Good job! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
More D Report post Posted September 28, 2008 congrats! nice to see one of thouse boys in someone hands instead of making us dream about them. Very nice. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SilentButDeadly Report post Posted September 28, 2008 great to see CW'ers get him. What a stud bull! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
cramerhunts Report post Posted September 28, 2008 Awesome bull for sure....in velvet....hard horned....and on the ground! Congrats on a great bull. Phil Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
tjhunt2 Report post Posted September 28, 2008 A big congratulations! TJ Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
azhuntnut Report post Posted September 28, 2008 Darren, Congrats to your buddy on the great bull. Those bulls are so hard to hunt and very smart. Is this the same bull that we were talking about last year? The vegetation looks to be the same where I hunted for him. Have you guys tried putting a tape on him for a final score? David Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
AllBoutHuntn Report post Posted September 28, 2008 Awesome mass on that bull! Congrats to your buddy! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
firstcoueswas80 Report post Posted September 29, 2008 How far fron Kachina did the old warrior die? Congrats on a nice bull that was well known! Like More D said, nice to see he will make it on someones wall, than die of old age! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TwoGuns Report post Posted September 29, 2008 Darren, Congrats to your buddy on the great bull. Those bulls are so hard to hunt and very smart. Is this the same bull that we were talking about last year? The vegetation looks to be the same where I hunted for him. Have you guys tried putting a tape on him for a final score? David David, thanks for the congrats. I dont think they have put a tape to him yet....but I would have to guess somewhere between 300 and 400 inches... probly closer to the latter. It really is so hard to judge his score because he has so many points going every which way, and not sure if I mentioned he is so thick all the way up. The other thing that is hard to see I think in the pictures is how absolutely gigantic his body is, and that tends to make the horns look somewhat smaller than they really are. We cut him in half, and it still took a small army of guys to load him in the truck. Im afraid Dino will have about 400 lbs. of hamburger in his freezer...but who cares with them sweet horns on the wall! I wondered if anyone might ask how far from Kachina he was. I havent had a chance to look at a map yet, but I have to guess he was ...ok looked at a map, and he was about 4 - 4.5 miles from Kachina field. What I have to wonder is if the other big bull in the herd, probably 365 - 375 inches, was also a Kachina bull. Guess we will have to wait for someone else to ground check him. Darren Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
