Fletches elk pics

kirkl · Nov 1, 2005

TheHunt · Nov 1, 2005

Congrats,
Tell us the story...

Heck what state were you in... Looked rather cold...

TheHunt

Chef · Nov 1, 2005

Nice bike you shot

Looks like a great time. A lot of snow and elk on the ground. Doesn't get any better!

Chef
"I Love Animals...They're Delicious!"

fletch · Nov 1, 2005

On Sunday the 23rd of Oct my brother mike and I hiked into the area we chose to hunt on Chinook Pass in Wa state. We met Doug (boneaddict) in there and he quickly gave us the rundown on the 12 or more bulls that were hanging out in there some of which where still bugling. We went back in there the next morning when the hunt started, Doug and his dad coming from the top, Mike and I from the bottom with mountain bikes on a gated road. Apparently most of the bulls had been pushed the evening before by a late deer hunter or a bumbling scouter but the bulls were scarce. We saw alot of cows and heard a few bulls bugle Monday and Tuesday but couldnt get close to the bulls. Wed we woke to a skiff of snow. We hunted close to the same area we started only higher...lots of cows no bulls. Mike and I hunted all day in a couple different spots...about evening mike came out of timber into some high meadows and caught 9 or so cows and the 5X4 lined out for the wilderness. He quickly put a halt to the bulls procession and we were past dark getting that bull out. Thursday we spent covering some new ground with no avail. Friday our last day there we awoke to 2-3 inches of snow. Mike spent the morning playing on his bike as you can see from the second picture. I hiked until I found fresh tracks and started the pursuit which ended in the spike. I shot him at 40yds. In the snow he was easy to drag down to the original gated road...It was a fun hunt...Doug will have to fill you in on His dads hunt... we did see them every day and I know about Wed they saw some bulls but as of Friday he hadnt filled a tag. After that Moose he may not have room! anyway I'm cutting meat and getting ready for Mule deer in Montana...good luck to everyone the rest of the fall!

Zigga · Nov 1, 2005

Nice elk!

Is that Chuck Norris?

I couldn't resist.

ridgerunner · Nov 1, 2005

Good job on a pair of Washington bulls, I can't believe I'm not out there right now, I bet this year the elk season is going to be good!

Craig · Nov 1, 2005

Nice bulls. Looks like you should chain up with that snow.

missinMT · Nov 1, 2005

Nice job, Fletch. Good luck in Big Sky country.
Doc

MartinHunter · Nov 1, 2005

Congrats, looks like some good country~

Michael

fletch · Nov 2, 2005

Ha Ha thats not the first time ive heard the Chuck Norris Bit...Thats walker texas ranger to you! LMAO

NDBadlandsbucks · Nov 2, 2005

How does it work to pull an elk out with a bike? Nice bull man!

Keep the Sun at Your Back and the Wind in Your Face

fletch · Nov 2, 2005

With the carts we have you can ride out 1/2 at a time so it works good...the snow is a deterent to this method of game hauling however!

boneaddict · Nov 2, 2005

We have spent too many years playing catch and release with fish, and it has dwindled over into our elk hunting. I'd tackle them and hold them down while Dad would measuere the horns to see if they had enough girth. None of them were as big as his moose, so we had to let them all go. It was a great hunt and I'm not sure if I have spent as good as camp time as I had this year. I had my girls and (my wife still) if any of you have been following that saga for the first 5 days and it was great. I then took them home and replaced them with Dad, who isn't as good looking and snores more, but a little less work. We then enjoyed the hell of ourselves. He may have enjoyed himself more than me after all of the painkillers he had to take after I drug him around all day, each day, but oh well. That darn fletch kept showing up with bloody hands though putting the pressure on me.......and darn it , get the story straight, it was 15 bulls the day before the season, and those as*hol* idiots who bungled up the hunt scouting poorly the day before had the nerve to cut my Dad and myself off opening morning after we had been there long before them........Typical Washington stuff though. I can't wait until its my turn. : ) It was Good Huntin' Greg! and.....GOOD LUCK in Montana. Don't let that darn Mike get first shot.

Muleyslyr · Nov 3, 2005

Fletch....congrats on the elk! You guys had to have had a blast up there. I like the velvet on your spike, kinda different.....think I saw him during archery season.

Good luck in Montana........frickin' jealous!