Sam Report post Posted December 10, 2010 Great story and nice pictures. I would say he is a young bull, the ivories are kind of small. 3 or 4 year old?? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Chef Report post Posted December 10, 2010 Congratulations on your success. I enjoyed reading your story and laughed when I read about you enduring the December heat wave. I love dark antlers with ivory tips! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
izquik72 Report post Posted December 10, 2010 I love dark antlers with ivory tips! Me too What a great story and a well earned success story. Congrats on a mighty fine Awesome colored Az Bull Elk Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
AZ_XL7 Report post Posted December 10, 2010 Congrats on an awesome bull. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Arizona Griz Report post Posted December 11, 2010 Thanks for taking the time to write a great story of your hunt. Sounded like an awsome adventure with a great bull to boot. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
loco4coues Report post Posted December 11, 2010 Great bull! Thanks for sharing. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bonecollector Report post Posted December 11, 2010 Great write up, I enjoyed reading it. I like those dark antlered bulls. Congrats to you on a great hunt all by yourself. You definitely deserve that bull. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kennyazman Report post Posted December 11, 2010 Great Job!!! I had the same hunt and was not smart enough to get out of those deep canyons on the southern part like you were. I spent most of my time in the cedar country and didnt do very good at all. That is a heck of a bull on a very hard hunt. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CouesWhitetail Report post Posted December 11, 2010 Awesome!! Love the solo backpack style hunt!! That is so cool!! I do that for coues but not sure I would do it for elk unless I had a army of packers to come help me once the elk was down. Loved your story, thanks for taking the time to write it up!! 3-4 year old seems like a good guess on age to me. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
oz31p Report post Posted December 12, 2010 Class act all the way around. I've never seen a bull with a hide that dark but mabey it just the lighting I'm the photo. Did you finish the euro?? Let see some pics Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
desertyankee Report post Posted December 12, 2010 Just a bit more pickin' to do, but it's mostly done. It's not awful big, but I love the color and symmetry in it. . . wonder how my wife would be with picture #2 here? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
oz31p Report post Posted December 14, 2010 Lookin good. And it came with a built in stand. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
muskrat Report post Posted December 19, 2010 Great story - love how black he was! Yankee - hat part of Maine are you from? I moved here from Houlton Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dieselroe Report post Posted December 29, 2010 That story was awesome, makes me want to go backcountry ASAP! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
hunterlee Report post Posted January 11, 2011 Congrats. That deserves a lot of respect. There are not a lot of hunters who will first of all, elk hunt alone and second pack and tent up alone at the rim. Lots of respect to you. TC Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
