I want to see your smallest legal bull

[bascott1]

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montana baby bull

Is that a savage bear hunter?

 

[406unltd]

Good eye! And yes it is. 300wsm

 

[njdoxie]

A brow tine is defined as a point on the lower half of the antler. In CO, it also has to be 5" long. Other states allow shorter, but use the same definition.
Jeremy

Isn’t a brow tine the 1st tine up from the base? You make it sound as if any tine on the lower half of the beam could be declared the brow tine.


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[njdoxie]

Another real man thread! Love the pics, I’d take any of them!

Yep, any legal bull in CO is the one I take, can be damned hard to lay eyes on one as evidenced by the overall success rates of around 20%. After killing a few raghorns, thought I was ready for trophy hunting.....after a couple years of eating tag, I decided I’m not cut out for trophy hunting, so I went back to taking the first legal bull I see....and I’m much happier.


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[Wapiti1]

Isn’t a brow tine the 1st tine up from the base? You make it sound as if any tine on the lower half of the beam could be declared the brow tine.


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It's the way the regulation is written. Yes, ANY tine 5" long on the lower half of one antler makes it a legal bull in a brow tine required unit. I'm not making it sound that way, it is that way from a regulation standpoint. As far as the game and fish folks are concerned that is a brow tine.

Is that a brow tine? Not from a standard horn configuration standpoint, but it makes no difference if you are just after a legal bull.

Tine? Yes. 5" long? Yes. Lower half of antler? Yes. Stop asking questions and shoot.

Jeremy

 

[Laramie]

Any elk is a trophy and deserves congratulations and respect. Great thread guys and thank you to the OP for starting it.

 

[Sobrbiker]

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Got super lucky and put an arrow through this guy still hunting timber on my 4th day of ever elk hunting. It honestly changed my life, also I learned that solo field dressing an elk takes 9-10 hours

I’d love to harvest a buck just like that in my first archery hunt (which I’ll probably be solo on).

 

[stillwaitin]

Not Co, was an Any Bull unit in Utah. First general season bull though, so I was pretty happy with it.

 

[Finch]

3x3 with 6" brow tines for my first Elk last year in CO 1st rifle

Wow, this had me fooled too and I studied the photo a good minute still thinking it wasn't a legal bull. I see the brow shadow now too.

This is one of my worries. Overstudying a bull in the field making sure its legal and then missing a shot opportunity. Still better than shooting an illegal one though.

Enjoying this thread!

 

[THunt]

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Got super lucky and put an arrow through this guy still hunting timber on my 4th day of ever elk hunting. It honestly changed my life, also I learned that solo field dressing an elk takes 9-10 hours

It'll get better after a few attempts! Fun to put in the work though!

 

[huntabsarokee]

Wyoming in an any elk area. He was a 3x3. Ate good. Funny thing he was trailing a 6x6 but i decided I may not be able to catch up to him so
I settled for what was in front of me. At the shot he ran 70 yards and fell over. As I stood there here comes another 6x6 although not very big on the same trail. Oh well I was the only 1 in our group of 4 to go home with an elk that year.

 

[North Idaho Stickbow]

Psh. I’m the king of little elk here lol! Here’s a spike killed in December, late archery season. It was the first year I hunted with traditional tackle, and I was pretty disappointed after having zero luck all fall. Lo and behold, I found this dude hanging out with some mule deer of all things.