3 Bulls In 6 Days!
09-29-2007, 04:43 AM
#26
Typical Buck
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Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: McCall Idaho USA
Posts: 753
RE: 3 Bulls In 6 Days!
Thanks again guys!!! We had fun for sure! The bulls weren't talking much, but enough to get them in trouble!! (grin) Clayton has found the tine that was broken off his right side & put it back on, you can't hardly tell at all. The bull ran smack into a tree on his death sprint down the mtn, that's where he broke the tine off then died in the stream!
ElkNut1
10-03-2007, 09:12 AM
#28
Join Date: Jul 2007
Location: Washington State
Posts: 202
RE: 3 Bulls In 6 Days!
Elknut1, man that is amazing and I congratulate you guys.I just got back from chasing elk around Montana with compound bows and for you to get 3 royals with recurves is nothing less than amazing. Sounds like you really hit the rut just right.
We were dumbfounded as to why the elk in our area (Big Belt range) were not bugling even though late September is usually prime time. We suspect it may have been all the local fires and smoke last summer that screwed up their clocks. The only real bugling action we got was one awesome day where we were on the edge of private range land (not high fence, more like old rotten fence) bugling with a high 300's class 7 point (I've got video of this monster bull)and smaller satellite's about 250 yds from us. We stayed with them for most of the day cow calling and bugling. Just when they started to leave one of the satellite 5 points ran/walked up to us but we'd gotten out of position since we thought they were leaving (don't ever give up until its too dark to shoot!). That was the highlite of a frustrating hunt although we did manage to put mule deer in the freezer. I think we may be putting in for Idaho tags next year.
btw - how's the meat on those bulls? I'm used to eating cows and spikes which are mighty tender and tasty.
We were dumbfounded as to why the elk in our area (Big Belt range) were not bugling even though late September is usually prime time. We suspect it may have been all the local fires and smoke last summer that screwed up their clocks. The only real bugling action we got was one awesome day where we were on the edge of private range land (not high fence, more like old rotten fence) bugling with a high 300's class 7 point (I've got video of this monster bull)and smaller satellite's about 250 yds from us. We stayed with them for most of the day cow calling and bugling. Just when they started to leave one of the satellite 5 points ran/walked up to us but we'd gotten out of position since we thought they were leaving (don't ever give up until its too dark to shoot!). That was the highlite of a frustrating hunt although we did manage to put mule deer in the freezer. I think we may be putting in for Idaho tags next year.
btw - how's the meat on those bulls? I'm used to eating cows and spikes which are mighty tender and tasty.
10-04-2007, 07:12 AM
#30
Typical Buck
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Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: McCall Idaho USA
Posts: 753
RE: 3 Bulls In 6 Days!
fishm@n---So far we've only had a steak off the backstrap, normally that's a good indicator of the rest of the meat. So far so good though on all 3 bulls. I believe mine is the tastiest so far, we did compare some! They're no spike or tasty cow, (if it's not too old) but they're tastier than tag soup!! (grin) Thanks for asking!!
ElkNut1