Extreme Bulls 5

GoatT · Mar 21, 2008

Saw Extreme Bulls 5 last night and was very impressed. It showed hunts in Arizona, Utah, New Mexico, Colorado, & Washington. If you like Giant bulls, heavy bugling, and quality, up close "Real" Hunting footage then you'd like this video!

Great video by Chappell except for the first 10 minutes where the hunter makes two bad shots on two different elk. Needs to have a little more patience. One dude misses a huge bull at about 15 yards and shoots about a foot over the bulls back....How do you miss at that distance? Good footage and some real close encounters.

Anyone else seen this video? What were your thoughts?

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WARBIRDUM · Mar 21, 2008

If you have not missed a bull even at close range with a bow you will sometime.I also think if a hunter finds and harvests a wounded bull my hats off to them.Its a hell of alot better than giving up letting the bull go die and continue hunting.
Poor hits can happen to anyone on any given hunt if you hunt enough and long enough it will happen.Its not fun but look how hard they tracked that bull and he did harvest the bull.Thats the main thing in my book anyway.
I agree a very good elk hunting video and it shows those that do make a shot that might not be perfect that if you keep looking you can find them and still harvest them if you dont give up easy. I am sure that is why he put the scene in this DVD.Sometimes when trying to dispatch the animal you do not have the best shot available but the main thing is to try your best and put the animal down.The last shots he took there is a huge artery back there that will kill an animal quick and humane which is the only shot he had with the thick cover.

UTodd · Mar 21, 2008

This is one of the best elk videos I have seen. I loved the close encounters- at one point it looked like a bull was about to hit a hunter with one side of his rack. Great info and real life hunting. Yes a couple of bad shots but it seemed they did a damn good job of following up and finding the bulls. Good stuff.

AZtrophyhunter · Mar 21, 2008

The guy who shot the bull in the back...that was Steve Chappell himself. He didn't do anything wrong, the bull was wounded & just sitting there, the thing needed to die & that was the only shot he had. It's a great video for sure. All of those AZ hunts took place in units 9 & 10 in AZ so everybody put in there. Ok thanks, have a good day.

mlycrzy · Mar 21, 2008

I too was impressed with this video. I just about cried for the one fellow who missed that nasty non-typical. That was a freakin bruiser of a bull. Can't wait to draw a bull tag in Nv.

"You only live once,but if you work it right, once is enough" -Joe E. Lewis

WapitiBob · Mar 21, 2008

very nice video. I've watched it twice.

Point of contention however, that femural artery running down the inside of the leg bone is about 3/8 dia. I understand he felt he needed to get another arrow in the bull but those 2 shots were poor at best. I've put a second arrow in a liver shot bull but it sure wasn't in the hams.

easy for me to judge from the PC though. I give him credit for including it but I would have left it out.

WARBIRDUM · Mar 21, 2008

I had an arrow go out the femural artery once and that was the best blood trail I have ever seen looked like somebody was pouring red paint out of a 5 gal. bucket.Its very small you are correct maybe he should have tried to sneak over and get a good side shot I was not there and under the circumstances his choice will be viewed and many of statements will be made because of it I guess.He found the bull and went home with the bull thats the great thing about the outcome on his bull.I wonder how many give up tyring to find wounded bulls and go kill another one?Thats the sad part.

Califelkslayer · Mar 21, 2008

Goat, missing a bull of a lifetime @ 15 yards??? When I've done that I've had excuses like the bull showed up to my right and i was twisted the wrong way with torso turned hard to the right and heel was up against a tree so I couldn't pivot, or i held for 75 second waiting for the chest to clear a tree. @ 15 yards you are lucky you can draw without getting made.

Haven't seen the video but I'm sold now and gonna order it today. Most videos only show picture perfect hunts.

BUGLELK · Mar 21, 2008

Just wanted to clear up a few points about the shots shown on the video.

Steve's Utah bull was shot exactly where it should have been on the first shot. How it didn't fall over within 100 yards is still a mystery. His first follow up shot was not in the ham, it was in the rib cage - a very sharp quartering away shot. When the bull didn't respond at all to that shot, he shot again. That shot was on the inside of the ham, and the full length of the arrow buried into the body cavity. (You can see both of his shots as the bull walks away the last time). None of the 3 shots were poor shots. Had the last shot been his first shot, yes, it would have been a poor shot. But with 2 arrows already in the vitals, I don't see a problem with the last shot. I applaud him for showing the true version of the hunt, not some made up version that most other videos would have shown.

His Arizona bull was hit farther back than it should have been, but he let it go bed down and didn't push it and walked up on a dead bull. Again, I applaud him for showing the real hunts, ones that most of us can relate to. He took good, ethical shots, and tracked the bulls until he found them...there's not much more a guy can do than that!

Steve is a great hunter, a great outfitter, and a great guy. And he makes great elk hunting videos!

Corey

AZbowhunter · Mar 22, 2008

Well said BUGLELK. Its a great elk video with "real" hunting footage. Not re-created crap to make everyone look like hunting heros. Its honesty at its best. And at least it shows impact shots unlike other videos out on the market. Id rather see a "not so perfect" shot than no impact shot at all.

TheHunt · Mar 22, 2008

Is Cabela's selling the DVD yet?

WARBIRDUM · Mar 22, 2008

www.chappellandscotthunts.com order on-line
You can also purchase it from Monstermuleys.
I would think that Cabelas will be selling it now or very soon.

TheHunt · Mar 22, 2008

LAST EDITED ON Mar-22-08 AT 08:09PM (MST)[p]>www.chappellandscotthunts.com order on-line
>You can also purchase it from
>Monstermuleys.
>I would think that Cabelas will
>be selling it now or
>very soon.

I purchased Extreme Bulls 4 and 5 on line from Chappell. The Extreme Bulls 4 runs fine. Extreme Bulls 5 hangs up in three areas. So I figure that I would just return it to Cabelas and get another one.

Jim

TheHunt · Mar 23, 2008

Just a heads up I got a great email from Steve Chappell wanting to replace my Extreme Bulls 5 as per my previous comment. I figured that dealing with this would be a waste of time on both ends and just let Cabelas deal with it. This is better then expected.

Thank you Steve,

Jim

northwesthunter · Mar 23, 2008

It's easy to watch a hunt video and scrutinize the style of hunting or shot selection and I am sure we all do it, thinking I would never take that shot or I would do this different and thats fine while we sit on the couch but how you would do under pressure in the field with a monster bull screaming at you is completely different. I think its kind of a cheapshot to critic a hunters shot selection in hindsight (especially on this site) when obviously a ton of effort was given in the recovery. I like realistic hunting videos that show all the footage of what really happens in the field when bowhunting and rarely does a bull just fold up and die. I know from experience that you can pick a spot and release just perfect but the arrow may not hit exactly where you had aimed. As far as the second and third shots, I don't care where they hit if you have a animal that is hit bad and will eventually die, getting as many more arrows in it to prevent it from getting away is smart in my opinion. You can tell from the reactions and excitement at the recovery of the bulls that it had been an ordeal to track them and I thought it was refreshing to see footage of a realistic bowhunt not just shots and kills. I hope these kind of reactions and critics won't discourage Steve from continuing to include this type of footage on his videos because that is what sets him apart from the others in my opinion.
As far as Steve emailing the guy who got a bad copy of EB5 and sending him a new one, thats just Steve doing his thing. Topnotch in taking care of business so I am not suprised. nwhunter

TheHunt · Mar 24, 2008

Steve just requested my address so I am happy. I figured with the cost of the DVD it was not worth the hassle. But hey, look at me!!! God showed grace on me and Shaa-Zammm, I am getting a new DVD!!!

Thank you Steve for your great customer service,

Jim

BUGLELK · Mar 24, 2008

nwhunter,

I've heard that 380-class bulls in Washington sometimes just fold up and die...

Congrats on an absolutely beautiful bull!

Corey

Califelkslayer · Mar 24, 2008

Ordered 4 & 5 on the 21st here on MM, waiting not so patiently. The comments here about not so perfect kills is what sold me plus the calling comments.

bullmania · Mar 24, 2008

steve is a quality guy and does a great jib with his videos .

believe me i have been involved with videos and it is not easy.

Great job steve.

northwesthunter · Mar 24, 2008

I think you will find the wait was worth it as the videos are both great. Regardless of the opinions on whether all the shots are good or not its real hunting at its best and Steve does an awesome job with the footage and the two hour video goes by in a flash just one big bull after another. I just feel lucky to have gotten to know Steve and be able to get in on the last couple of his videos. ]
Corey that Wa bull did go down in a hurry thankfully and it is a beauty, probably my bull of a lifetime for this state. Thanks Scott

RustyShackleford · Mar 27, 2008

I thought this video was great, it was probaly the best i have seen in a long time. I loved how he mixed up the hunts and had muzzleloader, archery, and rifle hunts and he put in a youth hunt too. Two thumbs up!

Califelkslayer · Mar 27, 2008

Watched #4 last night and #5 up to the Washington hunt tonight. AWESOME!!!! Enjoy the misses, wind shifts, and everything else that can go wrong as much as the kills. Anyone thats serious bout elk hunting should see these.

My son and girlfriend's son watched #4 with me. First 4-5 bulls I guessed score within 10 inches, one right on and one just a point off. Got cocky and missed the next one by 22 inches.. They gave me grief cause I was bragging.

AZbowhunter · Mar 30, 2008

Hey Califelkslayer, dont miss the last hunts on Extreme 5. There are more misses and things gone wrong.
Congrats on your "video/field judging." Thats a good way to keep up on judging size during the off-season.