My sisters 383" Utah bull

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LAST EDITED ON Sep-24-07 AT 00:59AM (MST)[p]LAST EDITED ON Sep-24-07 AT 00:52?AM (MST)

My sister Lacey shot this bull on opening evening with my dads .300 short mag. We got some incredible footage of the whole thing. It was just before dark and the range finders wouldn't work. We guessed 550 yards and hesitated to let her shoot, but we couldn't get any closer. Five shots later the bull was down. We started having her aim 1 foot high and ended up having her aim at the top of the horns above the shoulder (3-4 ft high). The bullets were hitting so close we couldn't help having her keep "climbing the ladder." On the fifth shot she hit it right in the heart and he tipped over backwards. It got dark and so we went in the next morning to retrieve the bull. When we got the spot and ranged it we couldn't believe it. We ranged it over and over with different range finders and to our dis-belief it was 731 yards. (NOT BAD FOR A GIRL!) If the rangefinders would have worked we would have never let her shoot, but luckily it ended up turning out well. It grosses 383" with about 5-6" broken off the G4 on one side. 25" third on his right side. Just a great bull.
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WELL!!!

ITS MTQUIVERS!!!

WONDERING WHERE THE HELL YOU BEEN???

731 YARDS HUH???

YOU KEEP THEM TACTICS UP & YOU'RE GONNA HAVE WOUNDED ANIMALS LAYING ALL OVER THE MOUNTAIN!!!

THATS A GREAT BULL & TELL YOUR SISTER SHE PULLED OFF A MIRACLE!!!

THE .300 SHORT MAG IS A GREAT ELK GUN BUT ANYTHING OUT PAST 400 YARDS YOU'RE PRESSING YOUR LUCK!!!

SO WHICH LE UNIT DID THIS BULL COME FROM OR IS IT A SECRET!!!

NO I'M NOT MAD AT YOU MT BUT DAMN THINK ABOUT IT!!!

I'LL BET YOUR SIS IS ON CLOUD NINE!!!





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THE ONLY bobcat THAT KNOWS ALOT OF YOU HAVE HAD THIS IMAGE IN YOUR PEA BRAIN BUT DUE TO POOR SHOOTING TACTICS I'M STILL KICKIN!!!
 
Great bull, poor judgement!!!. It's called hunting not target practice?? This post is going to get creamed.....and should!
 
Thanks for sharing your story. Don't let the one shot wonders get you down. Just be careful. I know as well as anybody how a shot can go where it's not intended.

Awesome bull.
 
LAST EDITED ON Sep-24-07 AT 06:41AM (MST)[p]Congradulations to Lacey! That is a great bull. I'm glad you guys ended up getting it and it wasn't wounded.


Hiker

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I was not going to comment but this is exactly how NOT to hunt elk or any other animal. This was not a hunt it was a disaster. I just talked to a butcher and he said an elk left overnight is NO good no matter how cold it gets. Bacteria takes over really fast on an elk sized animal. Shame on you guys for pretty much every decision you made. Apparently you need to be told what to do and here it is:

Leave the bull alone and come back the next morning.
Get 500 yards closer.
Give it an hour or four before you look for it if you aren't sure of the shot.
Look for it even if you think you missed.

I could go on.

Embarrassing for us hunters.
 
Congrats on getting a bull of a life time. Wondering what would have happened if one shot would have been in the guts. The bull would have went a long ways. Likly in heavy cover. No blood trail, died slowly. Probably not been found, unless by the smell a few days later.
I helped a friend two years ago with an elk hunt. He shot an elk, 10 minutes before dark. It was so cold you could see your breath. There was ice on the puddles the next morning. The bull was in the shade. The bull was called in and had not been running around. It was pretty dark for pictures when we got to the bull. We proped it up to allow cool air to get around the bull. We got back to the bull, first thing the next morning to take pictures and pack the bull out. After butchering the bull we still had some meat that spoiled. Even if you kill an elk in snow and leave it over night with out cleaning it, most of the time you will have meat spoiled. My uncle who is a retired conservation officer told me he has seen this happen many of times. Best of luck in the future.
 
LAST EDITED ON Sep-24-07 AT 10:14AM (MST)[p]LAST EDITED ON Sep-24-07 AT 10:13?AM (MST)

U guys are a buch of blow hards. He told the story the way it happend and all U great white hunters just try to tare somebody down. He said he did not think it was that far is that to hard to understand. And for U guys that say that U can not leave a elk over nite. Most of U are dead wrong. I myself and my famliy have left lots of bulls over nite and not lost one bit of meat. Yes it has to be cold no doubt but they will coll off. Sometimes U will lose a tiny bit of meat around the bottom of the neck and some on the side it laid on. And i am not talking about early archery season where it does not cool of at nite enough to do any good. If u clean them and prop them open i have never lost any meat.It just amazing how on here everybody is so perfect but u get most of these guys in the field they would do the same thing given the situation. In the future on here just have to leave those kind of things out or U will be thrown under the bus on this site. I had to learn the hard way on what U say on here and how U word something on here or this post is what will happen. It was probbly his sisters first elk and if she reads this she will feel like crap for shooting a bull of a life time.
 
Congrats on a great bull... It's good that it worked out for ya'll! It's funny, doesn't take too long for a post to get murdered around here...
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Who here thinks that hunters need to take an ethics course in order to hunt?



Who here thinks that it's ok to just keep shooting until something drops no matter what the consequences are and that elk are a renewable resource and it doesn't matter how many get wounded or if you find them?



I'll go with the ethics course requirement. Hunters have a reputation whether we like it or not and we need to protect it.
 
Aaron, They said on the first post, We thought it was 550 yards. 550 is one long ways. It would have been better to get in close the next morning. The bull would likly be bugling. It turned out fine this time. The odds are that more times than not they would have wounded the bull and not got it. That is not fair to the bull and other hunters. If you read my post I said when ever possible. Gut your elk. It will be fine if it's cool over night. We learned the hard way. Passing on info that may help other hunters in the future, is not being critical. I'm not blaming the shooter. The guys that were helping her could and should have used better judgment IMO. Great bull again. Congrats to the shooter.
 
How many hunters do what you guys just done and then wound the animal and lose it, and nothing more is said? I'll bet it is a lot more than people can imagine.
How can you even justify 550 yards for someone shooting their first animal. Man, be patient and come back the next morning. If you were that late watching the bull, chances are he will still be there...
I'm glad it all worked out and congrats on a nice bull!!!!
 
Thats a really nice bull. I am glad it all turned out OK.

I just have a few comments: I wounder if there are a bunch of wusses out there. I have never left an animal over night not taken care of, let alone ungutted. I always carry a headlamp and extra batteries. I will use the guttless method to take care of them. Before I leave, the quarters, backstraps and tenderloins are skinned and in heavy duty cloth game bags hanging in a tree so they can cool properly. There have been times that I have not gotten back to camp until well after midnight.
If you are not willing to take care of the animal in the dark, you should probably not be hunting in the evening
 
LAST EDITED ON Sep-24-07 AT 12:52PM (MST)[p]

Congrats on a great bull and a great HUNT
 
WOW! I posted this late last night and I didn't expect the response so quickly. I knew there would be a few that would freak out but I told it how it happened. (unlike many guys on here.) First of all I need to clarify a few things. This was not her first animal, and she is a very good shot. She has killed several deer, one cow elk, and a warthog and blesbok in Africa. She had never shot that far before but to be honest neither have I. We had 3 very knowledgable hunters there with her and it was a judgement call. We had no way to get closer because of the terrain and we guessed 500 yards which was further than we hoped but decided to try it. We had spotted the bull from two miles away and she was already dead tired from all the hiking. We didn't think we could make it before dark but she made us promise if she hiked up there she would get a shot. I got there first and relocated the bull and she came up a few minutes later. I tried desperately to range the bull but because of the darkness my rangefinder wouldn't read the range. We all talked about it and decided we had drug her all the way up there and we better let her try. I have the whole thing on video and it turned out great. She was hitting right at his front feet and so naturally we told her to aim higher. Luckily it was a one shot kill and I HONESTLY have a hard time believing many of you would not have done the EXACT same thing if you were there. I am the type of person that tells it how it is and that is what happened. If you don't like it or agree with it I really don't care. I was very proud of her first of all for hiking as far as she did and second of all for making a great shot. She probably hiked further in that one day then most hunters hike in a season. I personally prefer bow hunting to rifle but I must say this was one of the funnest and most exciting rifle hunts I have been on. CONGRATS TO MY SIS ON A GREAT UATH BULL!!!!!
 
From the sounds of the yardage you must have seen the bull from the truck opened the door and started shooting. A bows quiver holds only 4-6 arrows, how many boxes of bullets did you buy before leaving for target practice on the bull? Its a good thing it was a girl that was shooting. Congratulations lacey. next time let's try some ethics. If you want to shoot that far know your ballistics and get a range finder that works at night!
 
LAST EDITED ON Sep-24-07 AT 01:11PM (MST)[p]Sounds like you guys need to go and practice i like how you guys turn everything around, maybe you guys should only shoot at targets. I heard of a hunter this last week end had two shots at an elk at 50 yards and missed twice was that a good decision. great shot Lacey
 
BY the way the thing about leaving an elk over night is BS. The meat was in great shape and it is already back from the butcher. We were eating elk jerky from it this morning. In the video it was clearly light enough to shoot and the animal back peddles and tips over backwards. Very clean kill. The hill was so steep and covered with oak brush we just couldn't find it in the dark and decided to wait for morning. The next morning it was exactly were we left it and the meat was in great shape.

I hope when all you "ethical" hunters draw the once in a lifetime elk tag and have a 380+" bull in front of you, you can write a great story about how you passed it up at 350 yards because you didn't want to wound it and instead you went empty handed with a big "ethics" medal around your neck.

I am not trying to be rude or stir the pot but come on this is a great bull and probably one of the better bulls that will be taken by a girl. GIVE HER SOME PROPS. She had fun and got a great bull, I think that is the goal isn't it?
 
You guys don't read very well. We were at least 2 1/2 miles from any roads when she shot this bull and we did NOT spot this bull from the road. My rangefinder is the bushnell elite 1500 series and it does have all the ballistics and even the tells you how far the bullet drops at different ranges. It just wouldn't read for some reason. We do know the ballistics that gun shoots 36" low at 500 yards, which is why we told her to hold one foot over his shoulder on the first shot. With 36" of drop that would leave the bullet right near the heart.

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I stand corrected on the "first animal" comment...I must have read it on another post...
Still, not what I would call doing it the right way!
But I still congratulate her on a great bull, and hope you all know it turned out pretty lucky, This Time!
 
LAST EDITED ON Sep-24-07 AT 01:42PM (MST)[p]Zigga I think I have read your comments before and I haven't liked one yet. Go back and read the post. We were very sure of the shot and I videoed the whole thing. The bull was stone dead in seconds. We looked for him for two hours in the dark but he was in a jungle of oak brush. The stuff all looks the same! The next morning we walked right the spot and there he was. The meat was just fine. In fact it is back from the butcher and we enjoyed some great elk jerky just this morning.

I wish more people were able to be honest about their hunts with out having to worry about the jealous MM police laying the hammer down. That is what happened and I am not hiding the (often hidden) details. Hunting doesn't always include a perfect set up or situation. Anybody who tells you it does is probably hunting from the front seat of their pick up and they are probably complaining about the DWR and how bad our deer herd is while others are smoking the biggest deer of their lives.

Maybe I should have sugar coated the story for you guys but I kind of get a kick out of all the responses.
 
I just watched dave watson on bushnell outdoors sneak with in 150 of a herd of bedded antelope. He did the "ethical" thing which was to wait for them to stand up. When they finally did (after two hours) rushed the shot and gut shot the buck and tracked it all day and finished it off. They showed the buck walking off over the hill with a bad gut ache, but they failed to show the follow up kill shot. You guys would probably say he was ethical for waiting for it to stand, but he still gut shot it because he rushed the shot. I personally would have never let him stand up. He would have been dead in his bed. (and for those who saw the show I would have shot the great typical laying next to the ugly freak he gut shot.

How is he ethical for the gut shot and my sister unethical for the heart shot. GO FIGURE!
 
Thanks for the positive response browtine. I saw the bull you posted as well. That was a beautiful bull. Was that your dad? If so congrats to him. I don't get to hunt with my family as much as I used to. It made it fun to go with my sister and brother in law and dad on a hunt.

I am amazed at the quality of our limited entry elk hunts. It was a lot of fun.
 
MT,

Post the ballastics at 731 yards, not 500. Let us know you won't do that again and learn from it. It sounds like you are trying to justify what you did instead. The bull died and you recovered it. Good job. Now show the video.
 
MT,

Congrats to your sister on a great animal. That is a great looking trophy...one she can be proud of. Thanks for sharing the photos and story!

TUFF
 
Zigga, it is good to see you still can't read. If you go back and read VERY carefully you will start to understand. We NEVER knew it was 731 until the next day which is why I posted the ballistics for 500 yards. If my rangefinder had worked I wouldn't have let her shoot. I already said that ten times, but apparently you are not comprehending. I am not trying to justify anything. If your rangefinder was not ranging and you couldn't possibly get any closer because of the terrain what would you do? Let's hear what the captain of ethics would have done if he were there! I am quite certain that most people would have done exactly what we did except they would have lied about it when the next day they realized their mistake. I have said many times that I told it how it was and luckily it worked out, but I have in no way recommended anyone shoot 700+ yards (except best of the west style) I would never shoot that far myself and I would have never recommended it to my sister if we knew it was that far. Luckily it worked out for the best and anyone that hunts as much as I do knows that in hunting sometimes it is a judgement call and we made a bad one. Luckily she made an amazing shot, but DO NOT read through the lines. It is what it is, and I am not afraid to tell it how it is.
 
Congrats on another great utah bull. Amazing what this state is putting out. Glad that everything worked out in the end.
I would love to see the video.

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Great bull! If your able to shoot that far with confidence and accuracy take the shot! Great bull!



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Tell your sis great shot wish I had been there to see it,It why this is called hunting and not shooting. Great Bull.
 
MTQuivers,
Thanks for telling us how it happened. It's good to see an honest post every now and then. (They seem to be few and far in between on this sight) Don't mind the "weeping and wailing and gnashing of teeth" that other "fellow hunters" have directed towards you. I'm sure they ALL have dark secrets about poor decisions they have made during their hunting carreers. It is those experiences that we (hopefully)learn from that make us even better sportsman in the years to come. Now correct me if I'm wrong but last I checked, none of us are perfect otherwise we would end each hunt successfully with a heart shot, and no meat wasted. Great bull, Love the third on the right side! Tell your sis JOB WELL DONE!
 
Ditto! bloodytrack. What an awsome bull. Tell your sis that 99.9% of the heros on this forum would give their left nut for a bull like that. No need to give the heros all the details. Once again ... congrats! Lacey.

RUS
 
LAST EDITED ON Sep-24-07 AT 08:50PM (MST)[p]Nice bull, dont worry about all the people crying about the long shot. Dimes to donuts bow hunters wound more elk and deer every year per capita than rifle hunters. While leaving it over night without snow on the ground may have not been the best solution it didn't cost you any meat. Most of these cry babies don't leave their computer long enough to know what the outdoors are like anyway.
 
I agree with Zigga 100% on this one, most unethical hunt story that I have ever read and I have passed shots on many bulls this big with probably much better odds. 731 yards, most ridiculous BS that I have ever read on here.
 
LAST EDITED ON Sep-24-07 AT 09:22PM (MST)[p]Nice bull congrats to your sis. I'm sure if anyone else on this site shot at an animal and saw the bullet hit at its feet they would aim a little higher and squeeze another one off too:)
 
HEY MT!!!

GLAD YOUR SIS RECOVERED THE BULL!!!

TELL HER I SAID GREAT JOB!!!

WE'VE PROBALY ALL PULLED OFF A NOW OR NEVER SHOT!!!

WELL AT LEAST SOME OF US WILL ADMIT TO IT!!!

THE 300 WSM IS A SWEET SHOOTER!!!

THESE ARE JUST GUESTIMATES!!!

AT 500 YARDS THE 300 WSM WILL DROP 34-38 INCHES!!!

AT 500 YARDS ITS KNOCKDOWN (ENERGY) IS ABOUT 1/2 CAPACITY!!!

AT 500 YARDS THE VLOCITY HAS LOST ABOUT 1,000 FPS!!!

((( I'M GOING BY MEMORY FROM 2 YEARS AGO WHEN I SET MY BOY UP WITH HIS 300 WSM,THESE FIGURES ARE NOT EXACT,JUST GUESSTIMATES!!! )))

AT 731 YARDS THE BULLET IS LAUNCHED ON A WING & A PRAYER!!!

YES YOUR SIS PROVED IT CAN BE DONE!!!

JUST REMEMBER!!!

THEM BIG STINKY'S ARE SOB'S!!!

GLAD THINGS TURNED OUT THE WAY THEY DID!!!



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Thanks for all the positive responses. Regardless of what anyone said we had a great time and my sister is still very excited. I think that by telling the real story we can all learn from each others mistakes and sucesses. It also helps us to relate to one another because I think we have all had similar situations on the mountain. It is great to hear that many of you understand and can relate to what I considered a GREAT DAY in the woods.
 
I probably wouldn't have been comfortable with that shot, as I haven't had that much practice. But, it would have been pretty darn hard to pass up the opportunity considering what time of the day it took place.
The "if" game can be played a lot, but in your case it worked out so congrats. What an awesome experience to share with your sis. Will never forget it, that's for sure...

Doesn't matter if you have have made that shot 100 times, people are always going to b!tch about long distance shots. If you have the ability to make it, what's the difference...
 
Over 400 yards without accurate ranging is pretty much luck. With a ton of practice and accurate ranging it is another story. Having to guess the distance just doesnt work most times and results in an animal walking off wounded to go die. With that said, great bull - congratulations on the animal!!! What would you do in this case? I have never had a bull like that in front of me so I can't say. Let's not "cast too many stones" for somebody being honest. A lot of people would have just spun some other tale to make themselves look good.
 
I hesitated to share video but here you go. You are seeing shot 5 and 6. I am on digital zoom with a canon GL2 so quality is lowered plus the size of the file was shrunk to fit the website. As you can see it was a quick clean kill and luckily it worked out.

HOPE YOU ENJOY! I am trying to finish my first hunting video by the end of this year and this entire hunt will be on it along with at least 12 other hunts (so far).

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Bowhunters wound more animals than rifle hunters? Sorry, Marburg. With rifle hunters taking shots like this, you blow us out of the ballpark. This is like a bowhunter taking a 100 yard shot at a bull. A very few idiots do, but that does not make it right.

Nice bull.
 
Thanks for the video. I still don't understand why you didn't gut it out immediately. Maybe I misunderstood something and need to reread all the posts. Did you video the run in with the mossback guide?

Rifle hunters wound far more game and here's why.

There's more rifle hunters than bowhunters
They can shoot more times at game
They can herd shoot
They can shoot farther (this is a perfect example)
Broadheads cut clean and can heal better
Bullets create more damage that will infect if not killed
You can drive and rifle hunt giving more opportunities for disaster...I could go on.

Honestly I would have let the bull walk that night and come back the next morning. I've done it several times.

Thanks for posting the video and good luck in the future.
 
Well I read all the responses and gotta say the HORSE IS DEAD!Quit beating it already!

Great bull , congrats to you and your Little sister. Sounds like there was plenty of hunting knowledge there in the hill with her and we as humans can make a mistake every now and then but this still worked out for the better , and so I must say Congrats. I lost an elk on my first bow hunt becuase I made the stupidest shot , so I can't be hard on the pot if I've been the kettle if you know what I mean.Thats a heck of a great bull and I also must say thanks for sharing the hunt with honesty.I know what your saying about looking in thick oak brush and buck brush in the dark , it's hard to get any bearings. I too am like elkantlers(post#16 I think)and will work on an elk till it's finished , but you can't work on something you haven't found, so I'm glad you were able to find him and get the meat taken care of.Again , congrats to your Little Sister and the whole crew that helped her out , sounds like some great family and friends...Larry
 
Great video by the way, didn't look like 700+ even on video.That bull is an absolute SLUG! Thanks for sharing it...
 
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Thanks for the video. It was great to hear everyone so excited. Thats what it is all about right there. Congratulations again on a terrific bull and some extrememly successfull memories!


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I have more of a problem with you leaving the animal to sit over night than I do with the shot. All hunters have the responsibility to take care of their game properly. If you were not willing to properly field dress and quarter the animal then you should never have let her shoot. I have taken may animals and spent several long nights taking care of my animals by my self and once was by the light of the moon. I don't care what people think it was not cold enough to preserve an elk if the next morning you were running around in short sleeve shirts. It is hard to believe we are at a time where the horns mean more than the meat. I believe that the horns are a bonus and the real reason we hunt is to gain the subsistence that the meat will provide.

Shame on you!!

I'd rather be huntin!!!!
 
LAST EDITED ON Sep-27-07 AT 09:14AM (MST)[p]Thanks all for the positive comments. 3fletch and others the meat was fine and already processed. I agree that getting it gutted and out the night of is ideal but after two hours of wandering around in the dark in the thick oak and a cold scared sister that thinks cougars and bears are going to get her I think you would have done the same. Oak brush looks all the same in a head lamp and we just couldn't find it. From the video and view point we had we thought it would be easy to find and gut before dark but when you enter the "jungle" of oakbrush and have no way to get markings in the dark it is tough. Anyways I can see your concerns but I have hunted my whole life and I am VERY confident that 99% of you in the same situation would have done exactly what we did. It doesn't mean it is the correct decision but it is the decision that we made and I feel great about the overall result. Great meat and a great bull.

P.S. I am glad to hear so many of you are PERFECT Hunters that never make any mistakes. Maybe that can be the goal for all of the rest of us.

P.S.S. what run in with the mossback guide? I think you are confusing me with someone else. I never saw them.
 
I hope you are right and the meat was fine!!! I would doubt the quality of it. I don't want to take away from the actual hunt it was awesome to say the least seeing the video. I just wish I did not know about leaving it overnight.

Your sister could easily out shoot me with a rifle.

I'd rather be huntin!!!!
 
Congrats to your sis. Awesome bull. Glad it worked out, but how can you be so sure that 99% of hunters would have taken that shot? I am annoyed by the "ethics police", but I am also bugged by the "you would have done it too" crowd. I have hunted with a lot of people and you would be surprised at the great decisions being made out there. Great story and vid.

PS- Not claimimg perfection here, I once shot a spike from the truck with my smokepole, but I won't ever again.

Andy

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Nice Bull!! What part of the story did you guys not read? I think it was the part where he said that they incorrectly judged the distance and made a mistake. I wish I was perfect like some of you guys posting. Too much arm chair quarterbacking!!!!!!!
 
Andyman....pretty sure the 99% he's referring to is leaving the bull over night. With no landmarks really to speak of they could've spent the entire night lookin' for it. That stuff looked pretty nasty.

That's a great bull......cool to see how excited you guys got. Thanks for the video.
 
Nice bull, glad you got him and none of the meat spoiled. But I think its time to buy a range finder.
 
>Andyman....pretty sure the 99% he's referring
>to is leaving the bull
>over night. With no
>landmarks really to speak of
>they could've spent the entire
>night lookin' for it.
>That stuff looked pretty nasty.
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>That's a great bull......cool to see
>how excited you guys got.
> Thanks for the video.
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My bad, that makes a lot more sense. I agree with that one.

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"It is hard to believe we are at a time where the horns mean more than the meat. I believe that the horns are a bonus and the real reason we hunt is to gain the subsistence that the meat will provide.
Shame on you!!"

Although I love eating wild game probably more then any farm raised animail, I have to laugh at this statement, I cant think of any of the many animails I have killed that cost me less then buying premium grade meat from the store. And if this was true we would see just as many antlerless success posts as antlered instead of about 100 to 1 and it would take 10 years to draw an antlerless tag. Times of changed and hunting for only food is a pretty tough argument.

Anyways congratulations on a great bull thats awsome and I am happy for your sister. I can understand the decisions that were made and it takes a man to admit it in a public forum like this and admidt that.

Hopefully we can all learn from them!

Zigga you crack me up, I hope to one day be as perfect as you..
 
Great bull, thanks for the post. Sometimes this place is unbelievable......Its a brave thing to post a story here before all the wolves.
 
Great job again Jason. I only dream of taking a monster like that one day. I hope it would be with my bow though. Great to here the drama on tape. Awesome
 
LAST EDITED ON Sep-27-07 AT 01:28PM (MST)[p]Well, good thing. My wife must of completely misunderstood Lacey last night at the class Lacey holds. Anyway, the pic she sent home with Julie of the bull was a cool one. She deserves to be proud of that bull along with you for helping her out...that's cool.

Congrats to Lacey again on a great bull!
 
Hey Aaron I finally found the pictures on here of you guys and your bucks. Congrats again. It looks like your friends got a couple of great bucks to. what did your buddy's bucks score? By the way I saw your picture in the new huntin fool magazine with your nevada buck. Thats a sweet buck. Thanks for the positive comments on here. A few of the people on here crack me up.
 
U must have some thick skin after that ass chewing on your sisters bull. I found it kinda funny. I did not tape my buddy jeffs buck but he said it grossed a little over 160 and joes buck was in the mid 150s. All the deer make P&Y so that is pretty cool. The more i think about the more i know i have to go back and try to get even with a couple of those monsters i saw. I am going back for the second rifle hunt with my dad in unit 30. I am going to just get a bull tag but mainly is to lock down landowner tags for next year. I am talking to 2 land owners right know and i am going out to meet them come the end of Oct. I hope u get a good one on the late hunt there in salt lake. We seem to be in a early winter weather pattern already. Only time will tell. I did not even know my pic was in the mag. I was talking to Jason Carter early on in the year about a unit in Co and he asked me how my NV hunt went and i told him and he said to email him a pic so i did. O well i dont really care if its in there. Hope every thing is good and the baby is healthy. My boy is 4 months old now and is growing like a weed

PS i posted a pic of a archery buck on MM one time and told that i had shot the deer at 80 yards and guys went nuts telling me what a POS i was. To make them real mad i told them that i have taken 7 bucks between 75 and 85 yards. That is true and they even thought i was more of a POS. I have had to watch what i post anymore on there because it is really just not worth the my time to respond to them.
 
Aaron, we had a healthy baby girl on friday night which was very exciting. Now I have three and I think my world is about to change with a little girl.

Let me know how your hunt goes. It might be really good. Keep me posted on what you find on landowner tags. If I don't go to alaska next August I would be very interested myself. I found a few for friends this year but they wouldn't fork over the money. I should be drawing for archery elk out near there in the next year or two. I have 9 points now.

As far as the comments on here I am not bothered at all. I think everyone is entitled to an opinion and unfortunatly they are not the same. I think most people that hunt and hunt hard have been in a similar situation and they understand what happened completely. Some of them lie about their past decisions, and some do all of their hunting behind the keyboard of their computer. To those who "TRULY" hunt hard and disagree with our decisions I can repect that. After all I NEVER would have let her shoot if we knew the yardage that night.
 
>Aaron, we had a healthy baby
>girl on friday night which
>was very exciting. Now I
>have three and I think
>my world is about to
>change with a little girl.
>
>
CONGRATS!! You bet life is about to change w/a little girl. She'll have you wrapped around her little finger faster than you can say "pink hair bow". lol There is something so sweet and special about a little girl though. So different than boys. I never wanted a little girl (and I AM a girl! lol), but this girl of mine has blessed my life with so much joy and has such a creative, happy-go-lucky, la-la-la, sing-a-song-and-give-me-a-hug attitude that it's unbelievable. Way different than my 3 boys and just absolutely awesome. Love my girl! (but I'm sure glad I only have ONE. lol) Enjoy!

BTW...what's your new lil' sweetie's name?

Jenn
 
I agree, fantastic Bull and great video. I could not help but laugh and replay the video many times. It reminded me of many similar sucessful hunting adventures. I am sure you and your sister will cherish that hunt for the rest of your lives.
 
Hey MT Nice job to you and your Sister! Sounds like a fun hunt and what I would consider a perfect hunt!

Zigga.. I am ashamed to be on the same planet as you! Mr. Ethics! Oh yea and your always sitting on 380 plus bulls? I bet you dont have a tag that many times do you? GEEEEEZZ! And this whole meat saving trend some of you are on is a joke! You same people would do great at SAVING THE TREES!
 

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