My son took this giant bull last Saturday. First archery kill, DIY on public land. I scored him at 364, Local archery shop owner got 362 5/8. A monster no matter how you score it.

nice bull ! congrats. i should mention this : son and myself don`t show animal pictures because i don`t want people moving in on us in our hunting areas. but glad your son did so well too !

Damn nice bull, grats!!

He has it on Facebook, etc. Don't think posting on here will be too big of a deal. If somebody can figure out where that spot is from that pic, more power to them.

Very nice Bull!

Pretty funny.

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Very nice bull! Great job by your son.

Great bull - congrats to the lad!

Always nice to see Punctuation Pete weigh in too.

Thats a shooter. Nice job to your son!

It takes about 3 of the bulls that I typically shoot to add up to that monster. lol. I told him me might as well hang up the bow and retire now. That's a walk off home run on the first swing.

You should tell him he’ll never get a big one if he shoots the first one he sees.



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Sweet.
Well done.

Congrats to your son - that is a really fine bull.

Wow, congrats to your son and thanks for posting, photos like that are great motivation!

PS, I'm pretty sure I recognize that aspen tree......

Excellent, I'm going to use that! lol

Centershot: WHOA! Good for your team on the trophy bull!
Many happy returns of that day.
Hold into the wind
VarmintGuy

He has been on cloud 9 all week. I think it will take years for him to really understand what a trophy that bull really is. Bulls like that are extremely rare in Over the Counter, Public Land, Do it Yourself hunts. He's keeping humble and knows that there was a huge helping of luck associated with that bull. Only thing better than doing it yourself is having one of your kids do it......Now I need to find me a spike or ranghorn. lol

Outstanding

Wow, awesome bull. Bet you're looking for wall space to hang that giant on.

That's a dandy...

He and is girlfriend are having that very discussion. She is not quite as excited about it as he is though. lol. Local archery shop owner said he had a good spot for it if the GF doesn't warm up to the idea. I think it will be hanging in the local Sportsman's Warehouse until after the Bucks and Bulls - so he has until January to talk her into it.

I told him it would make a hell of a fishing pole rack in the garage..........he wasn't too impressed with that idea. lol.

Congrats to both of you ! It will be a while to wipe the smiles off

Nice one...

Congrats!

Congratulations to your son.

Stomper! Congrats to your son!

Congrats to your son! Whether his first or his 50th....an awesome archery bull. Hell......that’s a darn nice bull no matter how he got him! memtb

That young man is going to let a lot of shooters pass by in his hunting ventures in the years to come in the hope of bettering that trophy.

Congrats to the proud father, and the new Trophy Hunter who will carry the torch into the future representing the outdoors.

He’s now qualified to have his own outdoors show.

Nice bull!

Tell him congrats!

Good one.....maybe you just don't have any pictures

again that is a very nice bull elk. congrats ! and its extra special with a bow too !


myself i have no pictures and have never taken any trophy animals either. GRIN

Yeah, same here....

If you can tell me exactly where I killed this 414" bull, you can hunt there too.

Congratulations!

Very nice!

Congrats to your son. Heckuva great bull!

Hell of a bull!

Might as well prepare him for what's ahead-

WOW. The stuff dreams are made of...

Was thinking almost the same exact words.... but I know the flip side, there are areas one could give away... but not even close from that photo...

Very nice bull! Many congrats! Well done!

I already hunt there. In the woods. LMAO Nice bull. Beyond nice.

Congrats to the young man. What dreams are made of.

Congrats!
I recognize that tree and that bush. Lol

There's computer software that pinpoints gps coordinates of photos, unless you block it. It's been detailed here before. Never used it myself but some guys refuse to post photos because of it. Anybody know if it works?

Good deal!!
Very nice bull.

Awesome Bull Congratulations

here`s a simple answer: yes it works

That is a very nice bull.

So tell us where these bulls were killed....exactly.

Here’s a simple answer, you’re full of it.

doesn’t exist, and I defy you to post a link to software that says it does, and that works.

I’ll go get coffee. This may take forever.

Nice bulls.

I suspect many here are aware, but on the off chance this helps someone to decide on whether to post nice pics in the future...

If you are taking pictures with a GPS enable camera (such as a cell phone), GPS coordinates are often entered into the EXIF data of the photograph by default. EXIF data can be accessed in a windows operating system by right clicking the file, selecting the properties option, and then going to the details tab of the resulting pop-up. Location is just one type of information that can be stored in EXIF; others include camera settings, dates, and so forth.

EXIF data is how people get locations from photos. There is no special software that I am aware of that can get a photos location without the EXIF data. It's easy to check and/or edit the EXIF data using the process outlined above. Or, you can use a simple point and shoot camera with no GPS and not have to worry about it.

Best,
Firth

Truth. Easy to turn off on your phone. If you are hunting honeyholes though and posting pics on here, please don't!

Long story but I had a lawsuit filed against me and the picture used as evidence to create a false story had gps location data on it. I mapped it and that data tanked the suit instantly.

It’s how we tracked and found terrorists pretty early in the GWOT. Firth laid it out pretty well.

thank you guys for that info ,i did not know how its works but my son does. and that`s why i don`t post pictures too !

So track my picture, and tell me where it was taken.....

>most of us don`t care -but some do ?

One heck of a bull

Any chance camera was Canon PowerShot ELPH 100 HS, taken 9/17/2015 at 7:24 p.m.

The power of data is scary

Jon,

Even if it was that camera and that date, that’s a long way from location being in the meta data.

Just sayin’

Even if they knew the location most of these guys couldn’t kill it anyways. Let alone get the tag.

Pat ain’t your ordinary hunter

On the other hand....

Actually, the time is wrong....

And the question remains, where?

Well, anyone can tell easy enough....it's NE Montana.....Sorry to divulge the secret spot.....heee heee

Not even close.....

Is that this years bull pat? Dandy!!

Four years ago...

I'm headed for elk camp in a few hours...;)

I can’t keep track of you!! 🤣🤣

Colstrip.......bob

Neither can Pete53

Haha haha like the comment D.W.

Post up a pic when you get there. See if Pete shows up.

What a monster, congrats!!!

Excellent work; awesome I’ll!!

Awesome bull, What a trophy! Congratulations to the boy!

The topic of GPS coordinates and pics is likely worthy of its own thread, but I'll post what little I've found out re the subject here. Those who are more tech savvy than I please correct me if I'm wrong..

EXIF data frequently includes GPS coordinates. However, there are ways of disabling that for both Android and iPhone:

https://www.guidingtech.com/31763/remove-geo-location-exif-data/

Further, I took a few pics of pheasant hunting last week with my Android phone in Airplane mode. Putting this pic through a data and EXIF viewer shows no GPS coordinates available. Prove me wrong?

Also, WOW those are tremendous bulls pictured! And no, I have no idea where..

Nice elk, regardless of what it scores.

I'm not a tech genius but I would say you killed it in the woods....chuckle....is that close enough?

I do know there is some truth to the fact that some cell phone pics can be tracked but really guys...