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Re: Reality of trophy elk 405wcf #16489787 10/02/21
Joined: Feb 2013 Posts: 7,739 Idaho Angus1895 Campfire Outfitter
Angus1895 Campfire Outfitter Joined: Feb 2013 Posts: 7,739 Idaho	I was practicing with my recurve many,many moons ago. My wife axed me to move my rig as the horse trailer was some distance directly behind the arrow target. Well I didn’t move it, and I did shoot completely over the target. I harvested a 235/85 R16 that day! "Shoot low sheriff, I think he's riding a shetland!" B. Wills

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Re: Reality of trophy elk Angus1895 #16489947 10/02/21
Joined: Dec 2015 Posts: 8,283 Northern USA P pete53 Campfire Outfitter
pete53 Campfire Outfitter P Joined: Dec 2015 Posts: 8,283 Northern USA	Originally Posted by Angus1895 I was practicing with my recurve many,many moons ago. My wife axed me to move my rig as the horse trailer was some distance directly behind the arrow target. Well I didn’t move it, and I did shoot completely over the target. I harvested a 235/85 R16 that day! that tire with the arrow will haunt you forever wives have a tendency to remind us. LIFE NRA , we vote Red up here, Norseman

Re: Reality of trophy elk Angus1895 #16490103 10/02/21
Joined: Oct 2006 Posts: 4,213 Southern Colorado Alamosa Campfire Tracker
Alamosa Campfire Tracker Joined: Oct 2006 Posts: 4,213 Southern Colorado	Originally Posted by Angus1895 I was practicing with my recurve many,many moons ago. My wife axed me to move my rig as the horse trailer was some distance directly behind the arrow target. Well I didn’t move it, and I did shoot completely over the target. I harvested a 235/85 R16 that day! Maybe deserves a place in the record book.

Re: Reality of trophy elk 405wcf #16490266 10/02/21
Joined: Mar 2010 Posts: 24,136 PNW R ribka Campfire Ranger
ribka Campfire Ranger R Joined: Mar 2010 Posts: 24,136 PNW	Any bull over 270 I think is a decent bull. Id probably hold out for 300 or more on a good private land hunt. Ive taken 3 bulls over 300 and still very happy shooting a cow or rag horn. Ill take the first good legal animal. All about the meat

Re: Reality of trophy elk Angus1895 #16490682 10/02/21
Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 29,837 Burns/Hines, Oregon, USA 1minute Campfire Ranger
1minute Campfire Ranger Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 29,837 Burns/Hines, Oregon, USA	Quote My wife axed me If my wife ever axes me and I live, she will be going to jail. 1Minute

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Re: Reality of trophy elk 405wcf #16492202 10/02/21
Joined: Feb 2013 Posts: 7,739 Idaho Angus1895 Campfire Outfitter
Angus1895 Campfire Outfitter Joined: Feb 2013 Posts: 7,739 Idaho	Yeppers the tire deal should be in the book of bone headed deals I have pulled, problem it would be a very big book. I think the easiest way to see if a bull ( six point) is legit is to look at the back two tines. If they spread out bigger than your palms joined together spread apart by at least double then it’s a good six point. Really good ones have whale tales in the back. When they are blowing snot on my punk azz screaming around they all look like a trophy to me. Rifle hunting makes it easier to “score” the beast. Last edited by Angus1895; 10/02/21. "Shoot low sheriff, I think he's riding a shetland!" B. Wills

Re: Reality of trophy elk 405wcf #16500135 10/05/21
Joined: Aug 2003 Posts: 6,414 J JeffP Campfire Tracker
JeffP Campfire Tracker J Joined: Aug 2003 Posts: 6,414	Every elk is a good elk, regardless of how it’s killed... Decades of voting for the lesser of two evils has gotten us just that.....

Re: Reality of trophy elk 405wcf #16501131 10/05/21
Joined: Jan 2010 Posts: 13,136 Willamette Valley, Oregon P Pharmseller Campfire Outfitter
Pharmseller Campfire Outfitter P Joined: Jan 2010 Posts: 13,136 Willamette Valley, Oregon	300 is the magic number for me, and it’s a lot bigger than almost anyone thinks. P Obey lawful commands. Video interactions. Hold bad cops accountable. Problem solved. ~Molɔ̀ːn Labé Skýla~ Member #547 Join date 3/09/2001

Re: Reality of trophy elk Pharmseller #16501249 10/05/21
Joined: Jul 2001 Posts: 60,086 Banana Belt, Montana M Mule Deer Campfire Kahuna
Mule Deer Campfire Kahuna M Joined: Jul 2001 Posts: 60,086 Banana Belt, Montana	This^^^^ Especially on public land in states with OTC tags..... I am basically an "any elk is a good elk" hunter anymore, but have been lucky enough to kill a few 6x6s in places from Arizona to British Columbia. “Montana seems to me to be what a small boy would think Texas is like from hearing Texans.” John Steinbeck

Re: Reality of trophy elk 405wcf #16501260 10/05/21
Joined: Aug 2017 Posts: 2,476 Montana M MedRiver Campfire Regular
MedRiver Campfire Regular M Joined: Aug 2017 Posts: 2,476 Montana	The only way to kill big bulls is to be willing to let mediocre walk...something I am not prepared to do at this point in my life. Deer, yes...Elk, no.

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Re: Reality of trophy elk MedRiver #16501272 10/05/21
Joined: Dec 2008 Posts: 2,385 H HitnRun Campfire Regular
HitnRun Campfire Regular H Joined: Dec 2008 Posts: 2,385	Originally Posted by MedRiver The only way to kill big bulls is to be willing to let mediocre walk...something I am not prepared to do at this point in my life. Deer, yes...Elk, no. Another way of saying “I don’t kill any elk at all.” Originally Posted by RJY66 I was thinking the other day how much I used to hate Bill Clinton. He was freaking George Washington compared to what they are now.

Re: Reality of trophy elk CRS #16501609 10/05/21
Joined: Feb 2009 Posts: 4,418 Northern Hill Country D DesertMuleDeer Campfire Tracker
DesertMuleDeer Campfire Tracker D Joined: Feb 2009 Posts: 4,418 Northern Hill Country	Originally Posted by CRS Here is my best bull. He was taken after 18 days of hunting in 2015, but over 20 years of pursuing elk with a traditional bows and rifles over 5 different states. Y'all can guess the score if you want, But he was measured by an ex P&Y scorer. It is not an official score, as I would never enter anything in a "book" I'm guessing 320-330. Have a very similar one that I think the taxidermist said 330 (really tall and wide). Not sure if that was a guess by the taxidermist or if he measured. I've never put a tape on anything I've shot. Really nice elk. Especially for a bow kill. Last edited by DesertMuleDeer; 10/05/21.

Re: Reality of trophy elk 405wcf #16501632 10/05/21
Joined: Dec 2005 Posts: 5,923 Black Hills of Dakota CRS Campfire Tracker
CRS Campfire Tracker Joined: Dec 2005 Posts: 5,923 Black Hills of Dakota	Spot on 324 and change, not that numbers made that hunt. Having my 17yo son right behind me when I shot was the true trophy experience. Arcus Venator

Re: Reality of trophy elk 405wcf #16503211 10/06/21
Joined: Jan 2006 Posts: 69,317 Filer, ID Rock Chuck Campfire Kahuna
Rock Chuck Campfire Kahuna Joined: Jan 2006 Posts: 69,317 Filer, ID	This isn't anyone's biggest but it's one of the weirdest. His whole skull was deformed. He looked like he'd been butting heads with a truck. “In a time of deceit telling the truth is a revolutionary act.” ― George Orwell It's not over when you lose. It's over when you quit.

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