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HEARING NEWS ABOUT A GIANT DEAD HEAD 7X7 FOUND ON SAN JAUN THIS YEAR THAT A RIFLE GUY WOUNDED IN 2010. ANYONE GOT ANY INFO ON THIS??
elkassassin
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You sure it was a Rifle Guy?
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c3
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Snacky, is this the one I called the Caribou Bull in my movie "San Juan Bulls" ? I believe Adam Black called him Drago and had a few trail cam pics of him.
Heard it was shot and lost by a rifle hunter in 2010, but another guy saw a giant 8x9 in the exact spot I filmed the Caribou Bull in 2011 and said it was him for sure.
I've never seen pics of a bull that looks like him or ever heard that he was taken.
I'd be curious if it's the same bull they're talking about or another. Would love to see pics of the dead head in any case.
Cheers,
Pete
Heard it was shot and lost by a rifle hunter in 2010, but another guy saw a giant 8x9 in the exact spot I filmed the Caribou Bull in 2011 and said it was him for sure.
I've never seen pics of a bull that looks like him or ever heard that he was taken.
I'd be curious if it's the same bull they're talking about or another. Would love to see pics of the dead head in any case.
Cheers,
Pete
elkassassin
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They took the Caribou Bull this year!
Don't know if it's the same Bull that c3 is referring to?
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Don't know if it's the same Bull that c3 is referring to?
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I wouldn't be here today Living & Dieing with the Choices I've made!
Blanding_Boy
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Durango.... what?? How about 'booner'
What was lost in 2010 was found this year. Thanks Bridger--
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What was lost in 2010 was found this year. Thanks Bridger--
Todd Black
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elknutsareacorns
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This is the bull, wounded and lost in 2010. We spent most of the remainder of the hunt looking for the bull; I didn't end up filling my tag. We talked with the DWR giving all the specifics, posted on MM (San Juan Lost Bull), and made several more trips down to look for the bull, birds, anything but no luck. Hearing of a very similar bull being killed in 2011 we thought he had somehow made it, and been killed on a neighboring CWMU.
I received a call on November 27th 2012 from a fellow hunter named Bridger who had heard through the hunting grapevine that I had wounded a bull in this area. Bridger described the antlers, and I sent pictures of the bull before I had shot him, when Bridger received the pictures he said there is no doubt this is the bull you shot! He then very generously offered to give me the antlers, he said there was no way he could hang someone else?s broken dream in his house. We arranged a meeting for the next weekend, my son and I traveled to the Wasatch front and two years after my gut wrenching screw up Bridger led us into his parent's home and gave us the dead head he had found! There was no doubt; it was the bull I had lost.
Thank you Bridger for going through the trouble of hunting me down when it would have been much easier to hang the head in your living room and enjoy it! Unless you're a hunter I don't think anyone could appreciate what you have done!
To my family and the guys at BTO thanks for everything!
To the hunting network out there that also played a big part in this, thank you!
I received a call on November 27th 2012 from a fellow hunter named Bridger who had heard through the hunting grapevine that I had wounded a bull in this area. Bridger described the antlers, and I sent pictures of the bull before I had shot him, when Bridger received the pictures he said there is no doubt this is the bull you shot! He then very generously offered to give me the antlers, he said there was no way he could hang someone else?s broken dream in his house. We arranged a meeting for the next weekend, my son and I traveled to the Wasatch front and two years after my gut wrenching screw up Bridger led us into his parent's home and gave us the dead head he had found! There was no doubt; it was the bull I had lost.
Thank you Bridger for going through the trouble of hunting me down when it would have been much easier to hang the head in your living room and enjoy it! Unless you're a hunter I don't think anyone could appreciate what you have done!
To my family and the guys at BTO thanks for everything!
To the hunting network out there that also played a big part in this, thank you!
littlebighorn
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Kudos to Bridger!
Elknuts, what's the story on the other bull in the picture?
Elknuts, what's the story on the other bull in the picture?
LAST EDITED ON Dec-17-12 AT 09:03PM (MST)[p]It really is an interesting story on how the puzzle came together. Here is the short version.
I was caping a bull for a client at his house. As we talked, the client mentioned that BTO thought the bull I had put together for them the year before (2011) was shot by a BTO client in 2010. Interestingly enough, a deadhead had been dropped off at my shop to be cleaned up. I knew what the mounted bull looked like and I had the deadhead sitting there. I put it together and wondered how the finder would feel about the story. When the finder was told what I thought to be the story, he did the leg work and tracked down the hunter. It is crazy that within a week, a passing comment and the deadhead happened to cross paths.
Glad it worked out well for all involved-- the hunter was able to put it to bed and the finder was able to enjoy giving it. I was glad to be a part of the story.
Sorry B, for making you lose your find. hahaha
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I was caping a bull for a client at his house. As we talked, the client mentioned that BTO thought the bull I had put together for them the year before (2011) was shot by a BTO client in 2010. Interestingly enough, a deadhead had been dropped off at my shop to be cleaned up. I knew what the mounted bull looked like and I had the deadhead sitting there. I put it together and wondered how the finder would feel about the story. When the finder was told what I thought to be the story, he did the leg work and tracked down the hunter. It is crazy that within a week, a passing comment and the deadhead happened to cross paths.
Glad it worked out well for all involved-- the hunter was able to put it to bed and the finder was able to enjoy giving it. I was glad to be a part of the story.
Sorry B, for making you lose your find. hahaha
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Props to Bridger.
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Lots of great huners out there hepling others. I had a similar experience this year. Not as interesting but happy ending as well. I shot a bull this year in CO in Unit 2 during the archery season. I had waited 21 years for that tag and on my 60th birthday shot a very nice bull. The shot looked good but was a little high. I got got a complete pass thru and found my arrow with plenty of good red blood and no sign of any gut. The bull ran out of the area after the hit so fast it was amazing (I figured liver hit). I let it go for a couple hours and looked for a blood trail but except for bllod at the hit was no sign. I let him sit till morning and spent 6 hours looking for him. Two more days back to the area looking for birds or signs of the dead elk. To make a long story short I never found the bull but a rifle hunter found him a week or so after I left not 400 yards from the shot in a depression in 4' high sage. The finder was nice enough to give me the rack. I'm waiting right now for the taxidermist to ship him out to me after the eruo mount is done. The guy that manages the ranch I hunted put a tape on him and states he is a 350+ bull. Mostly everything I have shot has been CO rag horns and so my ability to judge the class of a bull is pretty slim. I'll post some picks when I get him when he arrives and let you judge what he scores.
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elkun
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since when could you pick up dead heads in utah??? or was this not utah,,,
littlebighorn
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elkun,
You can legally pick up dead heads in Utah, but only after you report them to the DWR, then lead them to the head so they can investigate any foul play. The DWR will then take the head and you can petition for them to give it to you. If the regional director feels there is nothing fishy about the head, they will often award you the head. It is a long process, but it is legal. I suspect many heads are just picked up without going through legal channels.
You can legally pick up dead heads in Utah, but only after you report them to the DWR, then lead them to the head so they can investigate any foul play. The DWR will then take the head and you can petition for them to give it to you. If the regional director feels there is nothing fishy about the head, they will often award you the head. It is a long process, but it is legal. I suspect many heads are just picked up without going through legal channels.
elkassassin
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>since when could you pick up
>dead heads in utah??? or
>was this not utah,,,
You're gonna have to get them RoadKills OK'ed through the DWR elkun before you just haul another Rack Home!
We know what you're doing with the Meat & that's OK,at least We're gettin a Taste of it once in a while!
If I had Listened!
I wouldn't be here today Living & Dieing with the Choices I've made!
>dead heads in utah??? or
>was this not utah,,,
You're gonna have to get them RoadKills OK'ed through the DWR elkun before you just haul another Rack Home!
We know what you're doing with the Meat & that's OK,at least We're gettin a Taste of it once in a while!
If I had Listened!
I wouldn't be here today Living & Dieing with the Choices I've made!
Gator
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Great story and my hat is off to the finder(bridger) for doing the right thing and putting hunter and his elk back together.
Bridger You are welcome at my camp anytime.
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Bridger You are welcome at my camp anytime.
"I have found if you go the extra mile it's Never crowded".
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elknutsareacorns
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Bridger, thanks again! Your a class act all the way!
Todd, thanks for everything you have done! The Hunting network we all belong to is amazing! I know you played a big part in the way this all played out.
Little Big Horn, the other bull in the pics was killed by my Nephew this year.
Packout, Thanks for passing on the information you had to keep this crazy story going!
Smoktem, I taped him at 381
Thanks again to everyone involved! Some of you I know, and others I've never met.
What a great Christmas gift!
Todd, thanks for everything you have done! The Hunting network we all belong to is amazing! I know you played a big part in the way this all played out.
Little Big Horn, the other bull in the pics was killed by my Nephew this year.
Packout, Thanks for passing on the information you had to keep this crazy story going!
Smoktem, I taped him at 381
Thanks again to everyone involved! Some of you I know, and others I've never met.
What a great Christmas gift!
chewyman55
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Wow...heck of an ending to that story. A good man to give the antlers to you! Well done. Hopefully it comes back around for Bridger.
