BigCountry49
WKR
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He’s at least a 300” bull right?
He’s at least a 300” bull right?
I have not. But by God I’m going to this year!you ever ate a elk burger before?
Nope, because that bull is in Colorado!You used 5 PPs to draw a Wyo Gen tag.
You can only hunt the archery season and only have 6 days to hunt.
This bull comes in to your calling at 35yds.
Are you shooting?
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Is that true, Mighty? Haven't killed an elk in 4 trips but would pass on the bull in post 1? Just curious, why?I’ll be there this year with 4pts. This will be my 5th year to elk hunt and still haven’t killed one. I’m not shooting that one. Wish me luck ha.
Too many YouTube videos.Is that true, Mighty? Haven't killed an elk in 4 trips but would pass on the bull in post 1? Just curious, why?
Nuh-uh, you think? For his first elk?Too many YouTube videos.
He’s not the only one on here that’s never killed a bull that’s “passing” on legal bulls. You don’t realize how exciting it is to shoot a bull and how much goes into making the perfect shot and killing a 500 pound animal with a pointy stick.Nuh-uh, you think? For his first elk?
Strange, that was not my experience at all.
The general areas are the worst wyoming has to offer. They are unlimited for residents so they are treated as meat hunts by the majority of the population. Bulls die young frequently. Of course some live to be old but it sure isn't like LQ areas where the majority live to be old.Seriously? That’s like a 200 inch bull. I thought Wyoming had bigger bulls than that.
He’s not the only one on here that’s never killed a bull that’s “passing” on legal bulls. You don’t realize how exciting it is to shoot a bull and how much goes into making the perfect shot and killing a 500 pound animal with a pointy stick.
Keep passing smaller bulls and when you finally get a chance at a 260” bull, you’ll crap your pants, mess up the shot and still have no bull.
My first bull that I killed with a bow, shot one in the shoulder prior, was a a small 5x6 rag horn. I can still remember cow calling as he came in screaming. I was standing next to a big willow bush. He had to come over a rise about 20 yards from me. I came to full draw when I saw his antler tips coming up the hill. I felt something weird, it was my right leg. It was shaking uncontrollably. That was quite a while ago and I can still give a second by second recap of that encounter, including weather, location, time of day, color of the trees, etc.Absolutely agree with this. There is something to be said for getting experience in actually killing animals. Anyone can call them in, anyone can hunt for 10 days straight, actually executing a lethal shot is something totally different.
I have a friend who passes on smaller bulls because he wants to kill a ‘wall hanger’, yet he has never killed an animal with a bow to date. I don’t get his mindset. The time, money and effort he has into bowhunting for the last 10 years to never come home with something? Blows me away.
I’ll smoke a cow last day if I have to to fill my freezer. Having an empty freezer all winter really sucks.