trail cameras causing second thoughts

lang · Nov 9, 2011

I shot a cow on labor day, easy shot, easy pack and the freezer is full of the best meat. But I made the mistake of leaving a trail camera on a wallow through Mid Oct.

Silentstalker · Nov 9, 2011

Nice bull and GREAT spot!

lang · Nov 9, 2011

This is an over the counter area in Idaho that we are usually tickled to get any elk with a bow. Next year I might not be as quick on the release.

Darktimber · Nov 9, 2011

Man that is a nice bull. Good tines all the way up. I know where I'd have a stand next year. Good luck!

bonepicker · Nov 9, 2011

ouch! hate it when that happens! Great bull, congrats on the cow and good luck getting that bad boy next year!

lang · Nov 9, 2011

It has two different six points. You can tell from other pics that he is much heavier than the other and has a bigger whale tail. I would love to sit it. I had sixty five pics during shooting light over the last two weeks of sept. Stand placement will be a challenge. Its off a ridge in a small bowl that the wind swirls constantly. I may just have to go roll in the wallow myself before sitting.

LongRangeBangin · Nov 9, 2011

Sounds like you may be hangin a stand over 20 feet in a tree to hunt that area? I would shimmy up over 20' to have a shot at a bull like that one! Great pics! Love the spot!

muleymaniac · Nov 9, 2011

looks like there is plenty of fallen timber for a ground blind- just do your wallow roll before ya get in blind! lol

DRHORNHUNTER · Nov 9, 2011

Just get your shot before he gets sucked into that bottomless wallow. Not fun guttin one after the mud bath
Nice pics

jetsled · Nov 9, 2011

Wow, that first bull has excellent 3rd's for an Idaho bull.

nfh · Nov 9, 2011

nice bulls

Rizzy · Nov 10, 2011

Thats a nice bull....go buy one of the left over non res tags if there are any

lang · Nov 10, 2011

actually my first bull was an archery five point that died in a bog under a root system. I shot him right at dark and wasn't sure where or if I even hit him. We never found the arrow or any blood and decided to come back in the a.m. I almost had to stand on him to see him when we found him the next morning. Thank goodness we had a block and tackle in the truck, he was suctioned in that mess well beyond what two guys could budge at at all. Kept the meat cool though. nhttp://www.monstermuleys.info/photos/user_photos/7101bry_bull.jpg

OLDHORNHUNTER · Nov 10, 2011

only 9 or 10000 that didnt sell this year

justr_86 · Nov 10, 2011

I killed a spike with my bow from my treestand and while I was giving him his time still sitting in my stand 2 cows, a 4 point a 5x6 and a 6x6 came in and got drinks, hung out for about 10 minutes and then walked off... I climbed down and retrieved my SPIKE!

lang · Nov 11, 2011

As much as I'd love to by another tag I'm trying to save pennies for a Utah tag one of these days, and I got a moose last year and cow this year. So I would have to buy another freezer with the tag.

LoveBigRacks · Nov 11, 2011

Seems worth it to me, did you see the bulls in those pics??

Got anything to sell?

LBR

lang · Nov 14, 2011

Never saw them, but I fillde my tag on labor day. Even without a tag I would have been in the woods more, but we inherited a used german short hair mid september that kept me busy.