billrquimby Report post Posted July 28, 2005 The Arizona Game and Fish Department declared a brief open season on elk last week on Badger Creek, the little stream that runs through our cabin's property in Greer. A wildlife manager shot my elk, though. A big bull apparently had been hit by a car on a road a half mile above us and staggered downhill to our creek before going down three or four yards from where I park my truck. There was something wrong with its rear legs and it couldn't get up. My wife and I were in Springerville on our weekly grocery run when a hiker saw it and called the Game and Fish Department. We arrived just a few minutes after a wildlife manager shot it. Although its 6x6 antlers still were in velvet and growing they already were much larger than those on my last bull. We've not seen so much excitement at our cabin since a skunk walked up to our back door five or six years ago. Many years before that we had a black bear sow give one of my friends a thrill when its cub walked under the ladder he was using to wash our windows. bill quimby Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bullwidgeon Report post Posted July 28, 2005 Did they let you keep the rack Bill? You should have charged him a tresspass fee if he didn't . I am going up Friday to look around where you shot your last bull. The hunt is quickly approaching. Bret M. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
billrquimby Report post Posted July 28, 2005 Did they let you keep the rack Bill? You should have charged him a tresspass fee if he didn't . I am going up Friday to look around where you shot your last bull. The hunt is quickly approaching. Bret M. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> The last I saw that bull it was in the back of a Game and Fish truck driving away. Maybe we'll bump into each other this weekend. My grandson is coming up Thursday (today) and will want to fish Sheep's Crossing and maybe Big Lake. After that I'm returning to Tucson and flying to Argentina with my granddaughter on August 8 for a quickie brocket deer hunt so I can say I've hunted on six continents. Congratulations on your elk tag, Bret. You, your uncles and your grandfather "own" that unit, just as they do the sheep country in the Silverbells. Bill Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
