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Alpine_Archer · Posted: Thu Oct 22, 2009 9:59 am Post subject: First Bull Co Public Lands

We'll me and my brother sat out yesterday afternoon to try and fill his OTC Bull tag. He got here around 5:30 and we made a mad dash up the mountain. We could hear the bugles and calls all around us and right away we spooked a bunch of cows. After about 30 minutes of the hardest hiking in my life we ran into the bull.

I proceeded to back off from my brother and start calling. After I did all hell broke loose. Bulls were screaming on all sides of us and there were multiple cows running within 10 yards of us. After what seamed like an eternity of calling and running the bull showed himself about 200 yards from me and about 100 from my bro. He took about a 75 yard shot with his .270. The bull was quartering away uphill hard. The bullet got him in the back and went straight into his hert and lung. We only found blood clots and no hear and only part of one lung. The bull dropped where he stood then tried to get up and run.

we saw he was down and headed up the hill right away. We didnt even have a knife with us so we had to hike back home and get everyhting. The bull was down a little after 6:00 and we didnt get him off the mountain untill after 11:00 last night.

This is my brothers first bull also. He's had a pretty damn good season considering he got his first buck on saturday. We've worked harder then ever since a month before archery for this. We're off tomarow back to unit 33 to try and fill my buck tag. We're glad to get his bull here because there way to many elk hunters in 33.

Anyone make a guess on the score???

diamondman197 · Joined: 14 Sep 2009 Posts: 63

nice elk man i wish i could hunt elk to but theres no where around here to hunt em

HeavyC · Joined: 19 Jul 2008 Posts: 227 Location: Greeley, CO

Dandy bull! The sunlight does it much justice! :thumbsup1: :yes:

elkkill06 · Joined: 02 Feb 2009 Posts: 274 Location: Fruita Colorado

What a great first bull and congrats! :thumbsup1: Thanks for sharing.

SoCoKHntr · Joined: 18 Dec 2006 Posts: 1255 Location: Pueblo Colorado

Beautiful bull! Big time congrats to you and your bro on getting his first bull and I fine one at that. :thumbsup1:

Alpine_Archer · Posted: Fri Oct 23, 2009 10:39 am Post subject:

Thanks everyone. We had a great time up there chasing elk this year. I'm sure this will go down in our familys memory forever. It would have been great to be in a large camp with the whole family and friends but it was kind of more personal just me and him. I've never really bonded with my younger brother up untill this year and it feels good to do somehting as a family even though it was just us 2.

We have one more weekend to get my buck then it's time to hang up the rifles and get out the dekes and shotguns. I'm really excited about waterfowl this year aswell.

Goodluck to anyone with an unfilled tag...

we did a quik measure on him and he scored 298 1/2" but it was my first time scoring an elk so we'll see what the taxdermist says.

Adam_R · Posted: Fri Oct 23, 2009 10:58 am Post subject:

Nice work. I bet you will never leave your knives at home again.

On a side note, I just wanted to say thanks for removing all your blaze orange for the photo. Nothing ruins a photo more than blaze orange, for exactly the same reason it is so useful in the field.

Elkworks · Joined: 02 Apr 2009 Posts: 6 Location: Everett PA

Congratulations. Great looking elk. I'd rough him at 320 class. Perhaps closer to 330, kind of hard to tell though. Let me know when you find out for sure.

Hiker · Joined: 23 Jun 2005 Posts: 1536 Location: Colorado

Excellent job on your bull. :thumbsup1:

Bull Buster · Joined: 12 Oct 2007 Posts: 113 Location: Nebraska

nice bull...I don't want to tell you your business but, couldn't help but, notive that your brother tagged the bull on the antler. About 10 years ago a guy that I hunt with was fined for the same thing. The officer explained very sternly that the tag was a carcuss tag and not an antler tag. I don't know if he was just having a bad day or if all the dow officers feel the same way but, for what it is worth that is what I have seen. Just trying to save you and your brother some money

Again a very fine Colorado bull

hellomcfly · Joined: 29 Apr 2007 Posts: 248 Location: Denver Colorado

That's an awesome bull!! :thumbsup1:

my guess is......around 320

exbiologist · Joined: 19 Sep 2008 Posts: 701 Location: Colorado

Congrats, I knew you guys would eventually get one. I'd put that bull about 310

Alpine_Archer · Posted: Wed Oct 28, 2009 5:55 pm Post subject:

Thanks again everyone. Both the mounts are at the taxadermists now and the meat should be back from the processor at the end of the week. I can't wait to try some of the elk myself.

We were stopped by fish and game with both his buck and bull and they both had the tag on the horns. He was more worried about where the nuts were. I could see where the rules could be interputed differently though. I pointed out to him that the tag reads antlered or antlerless not male or female.

We got lots of snow today and the heard was back down in the field next to my house. The deer are also in bigger groups down low. I can't wait untill next year.

Critter · Joined: 26 Mar 2009 Posts: 184 Location: Western Colorado

As far as the tagging goes if the head and antlers were still attached to the body you should of been ok, but if they were not then you need the tag on the meat with a way to determine the sex left on a quarter of the meat. I have also seen where a ticket was issued because the Colorado rule book say that the tag must be attached to the meat and antlers are not meat. It may be picky but it is the rule.

Alpine_Archer · Posted: Wed Oct 28, 2009 7:59 pm Post subject:

Indeed the animal was whole both times. The tag stayed with the meat after we dropped it off at the meat plant. As long as everything is still together with the nuts attached your ok tagging on the horns. There are 2 peices of the lisence also onewent with the meat one with antlers to the taxadermist.