Lost Bull Unit 10

[Phil Carr]

Looking for some help from the members. I shot a bull on Thursday in Unit 10. Made in hit on the bull in the Liver area. Lots of blood until he rolled under a Juniper tree and stopped a lot of the bleeding. The broadhead I was using lost blades, all though made a clear pass through on the bull. We decided to leave the bull alone after we jumped him at 300 yards were he was originally hit, but an older well meaning friend wandered off only to come back 15 minutes later excited that he had jumped the bull. Unfortunately we lost a lot of the sign when he mixed in with some other elk. We have spent the last 3 days looking with no success. The bull is a heavy horned herd bull that would go about 350 plus. The last sign we found was found in a general area around Highway 66 and east of Seligman about 8 miles. Bull may have crossed over highway 66. Any help from you rifle hunters still out there is greatly appreciated.

 

Phil coues3pt@gmail.com

[bonecollector]

I hope you find him. Good for you not giving up.

[azoutlaw]

Don't think you can legally keep him if you find him now anyway. What broadhead were you using

[huntjunkie]

Contact game and fish. Give a discription of the bull, location, etc. I have a friend that did this. A bull was found in the area he shot his bull. He met the G&F and the person who found it at kill site. G&F said they would let him have it if it was the bull he discribed. Turns out it was not the bull he shot. He contacted G&F before the hunt ended.

Good luck.

[Phil Carr]

I will contact Game and Fish on Monday. Thanks for the information. I kind of thought that would be the case if the bull was found.

 

Regards,

Phil

[Phil Carr]

The Brodhead's were F3 with Bacon skinner blades.

[diehard]

I thought once the hunt ends the bull becomes the states. If fish and game is involved and found before the hunt ends then you can clam it? Right or rong.. there's several stories out there about this same situation. ... Steve Chappell lost a bull a couple years ago and found after the season closed and G&F wouldn't give it to him. He had to buy it back from G&F at an auction...

[wapitibob]

The tag isn't valid once season ends. At that point, it's a "dead head" and those rules take over.

[rossislider]

I've heard stories where the state took the bull but the hunter was later able to buy it back at some sort of sale/auction.

[trphyhntr]

idk, i have think that if i ever wound one on the last day and i cant get it out/find it till the next morning im going to take out that next morning. might not be legal, but its moral.

[Tines]

Depends on what it's worth to the dept???

[diehard]

+1 I'd do the same thing trphyhntr

[HICAP40]

FYI, I found a antelope right after the archery hunt in unit 7, called Game and Fish who met me out there. He showed where an arrow had gone through the ribs, He said new policy is if an animal was moratlly wounded by a hunter Game and Fish gets to keep the animal for auction.

 

 

Johnny

[rossislider]

/>FYI, I found a antelope right after the archery hunt in unit 7, called Game and Fish who met me out there. He showed where an arrow had gone through the ribs, He said new policy is if an animal was moratlly wounded by a hunter Game and Fish gets to keep the animal for auction.

 

Johnny

This is what I have heard.

[Phil Carr]

I guess that any animal lost and then found after the season close becomes the property of the AZ Game and Fish Department. From what I now understand you can look all you want for the lost animal after the season, but if found the Game and Fish department needs to be notified. They will investigate. Possibly depending on your proof you may or may not get to keep the rack. The antlers may be taken by Game and Fish and put up for auction.