Home Forums Hunting & Shooting Elk Hunting In search of pics of a 260-300 bull

Bull pictured is my first (public, ID), and I'm quite pleased regardless of score. Taped him for the curiosity factor.

Incidentally, killed this 136 two days after I got back (archery public, WI ), and could care less about the book.

It was a good week...

Pastor Mickey, I dont think that bull will score all that well a'tall . To me, that bull looks a lot like a whitetail, but I havent shot one in Idaho yet! The body size is almighty small for an elk, the rack curves and stays low like a deer. Hmmmm, looks like a buck, I bet it smells like a buck...does it quack like a buck? Just funnin' with ya! Thank you guys so much for the pics, I enjoy looking at these size bulls I think more than the monsters. keep'em coming!

PS, that is a dandy whitetail...that I know all about!

Both bulls in this photo are in your size range. The bull just right of center in the photo is a big 5, with very small sixth points on each side. He has long main beams and good spread, so he is in your ball park.

The bull on the left (his rump was towards me, he is to the left of the first bull) is a 6 X 6, short lowers, decent main beams and decent spread, decent uppers.









Here is a zoom photo, sorry about the quality but I was using a sub compact digital I carry in my pack.






I ended up shooting the bull on the left, here he is on the ground. Note the broken tine on his left side (4th point).







The bull on the left is smaller than your size range, the bull on the right is in there.








If you see something like this, just shoot and worry about the score later. This is my brother-in-laws bull, goes about 370.





Good luck and have fun. Post pics when you get back!

Manny

I didn't put a tape on him but he was a good one.

Manny,
Excellent before and after pics. after seeing them and then thinking about myself in that situation, I doubt I would have thought about the camera at all when I had two bulls in sight. How did you have the patience to take a picture? Incredible and very impressive. That kinda gives us something all to think about....it isnt all about the kill. Enjoying the hunt by taking a picture first is pretty cool (though some cases will dictate that is not possible).

Say, I have been noticing the calendar seems to be moving slower than normal....why is that? October seems a looooong way off.

never taped this one, but by most estimates from the outfitter and other guides I worked with, we all estimated it in the 270-280 range gross

Berretaman,

I glassed the bulls from a ways away. It took me a couple of hours to get to a ridge just short of where they were bedded. I set up my pack, laid my rifle over it, and went prone in the snow watching them. For 45 minutes.

I took several pictures before I shot when the bulls were bedded. When the far bull stood, it went to his left, to go over the ridge and out of my sight, so that is when I took my first shot.

I hit him with the first shot, (single lung) and he turned and actually came closer. I hit him again at about 350 yards and he went down.

After he went down, out came the camera again. The small 6 point stood there watching his running mate for a while...you can see their tracks in the snow.





I took a few more as the smaller 6 point left.





This was in South East Idaho, on National Forest land.

Manny

This was my first elk he scored 290. 6x8

It has been just over 2 months since I posted this and I swear, it has seemed like 2 years. Some very impressive bulls here. First bulls, bulls that got their picture taken first, great stories and great overall hunts. I hope we are so lucky.

My best to date: Oregon archery kill.

Same bull, after we pulled him down to the creek bottom.

About 270 gross.

Didn't put a tape on him but about 260.

This is My second elk. We don't know what he scores but we think he is around 315-320.

This one scored 296:


This one went 315 (greater spread):


This is my Dads, it went just shy of 290: