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My wife and I had an interesting encounter this past July out hiking. We love getting out and wandering around, if we find an antler Whoo Hooo, if we sneak up on some elk, YEAAAAAAA but in general our philosophy is, if we aren't out in the woods we never know what we might miss. We were up in the Alpine area, decided to go hike an area that we have found that we enjoy, not too steep, deer, elk, turkey and the hope always of seeing a bear. While out hiking this time we decided to take a little different path than normal and this is what we bumped into!!!! After our amazement to finding what appears to be a very healthy dead bull I called Game and Fish to report the find and also see if I could collect the antlers. ( I had no clue what I was getting myself into with regards to the velvet!!!) I also really didn't expect to get the antlers, I have never experienced this type of situation so I was apprehensive. I gave them the coordinates, they asked if I could send them pictures but I couldn't because of cell service, I was surprised I was able to make a phone call, but pictures wouldn't send out, so we went on our way and I sent pictures when we got to good cell service. This all happened around 1:00pm! I was told that Game and Fish was going to send an agent out to investigate and they would get back with me and let me know if in fact I could collect the antlers. My curiosity got the better of me, we went back out there next morning to see if in fact Game and Fish had gone out there. Sure enough they had been out and so had the vultures and at least a bear! Big ole pile of bear crap right next to the carcass. I didn't hear anything from Game and Fish until maybe 4:00pm, the LEO that had gone out to do the investigation informed me I could collect the antlers and where did I want to go to get them. I informed him I was in Alpine and he agreed to meet me at the 191/FS249. So we met there and spent a lot of time visiting, asking questions. He informed us he had performed a necropsy on the bull, looking for possible cause of death which initially he found no cause. He took the skull and antlers to two vets that were camping up by Big Lake and they peeled back the hide on the bulls skull. They found an area that would indicate blunt force trauma to the head. Overall very interesting experience, according to the experts I was too late to really preserve the velvet because it already has begun to slip! I was very impressed with my interaction with Game and Fish. When if there was any way to preserve the velvet at this point, he told me to go home and take a good picture to remember! I forgot about the ear tags. One of the tags was radio traceable. This bull had been tagged approximately 50 miles from where he died!

I saw this on social media and didn’t see it posted here. Thought I would share. Stud ram. Pretty cool story that the tag ended up being donated to a veteran. 👏🏻

Karens of the world being upset isn't sad. The fact that people care about a feral farm animal destroying our forest and native animal habitat, is the sad part.

There is no reason to jump to those conclusions. If the WM thought there was foul play, he would not have released the bull.

Going to play with them in Ontario.

Blunt force trauma??? How does that happen. I thought maybe another poacher with a head shot..

Don't laugh too quickly. If you see these horns in person you'll understand how large and nice they really are. Just ask Todd South. I let Todd have the head and horns of the one we butchered and gave to our church last Easter for a church dinner. He really admired it and deserved it. Afterall, he donated his time to help and he's done lots of great things with the youth over the years. He's not just a superior rifle maker but he's an all around super person!

Pesto sous vide chicken.

Nice scope, but it sits too high for me on the rifle I had it on 1" tube B&C reticle N suffix S/N Very good condition. Lenses are pristine There is a dent on one of the turret caps and a very slight flat spot on the objective bell. (11:00 in the first lens pic.) $400 Catalina/OV/Northwest Tucson.

The 4s on that bull were absurd

Very cool, I found a fresh dead bull last year while out Grouse hunting. It was a decent 240" nontypical. I tied the antlers to the tree and let Game and Fish know. They went out and called me same day. The game warden said if you want the antlers you can have them. I was already back in the valley and checked it out later on in the year. They were gone.

You dont think they would have said it was shot if it had a bullet hole in its head?

The sad part is, Karen's getting upset has WAY more impact than science and facts, especially when the animal is "cute".

Cool sheep! Congratulations!!!!

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Only if it's the GFE (girlfriend experience)!

Dinner, summer time baked yellowtail tacos with citrus marinated red cabbage, diced rainbow of bell peppers, green onions and cilantro with avacado and some cholula.

Lite dinner, shrimp po boy with spinach, onions, tomatoe, avacado, with spicy aioli with shrimp cooked in garlic butter

I’ve had this for 20 years and never had been mounted on anything of mine. No obvious ring marks but a small amount of scuffing making me think it had been mounted but like new shape otherwise. From what I’ve seen $250 is probably a fair price. Looks like it was made in 1988 and for whatever reason I only have half the box

Fish taco

Smoked up a prime rib. Let it rest in a cooler for 2 hours. Tater, rice and beans, salad.

Then you for sure have no need for it.

I believe they will. But if the groups can get the bills on the voting ballot like they did in CA and CO it will be up to the people of the states and if all hunters and outdoors enthusiasts don't stand together for the small niche items like this they will push farther and farther. I was happy to see at the meetings that other minority hunting groups were standing up against this too. Partially self serving, but some had no stake in this. People from quail groups, falconers, and others were there standing up and speaking up. Elk hunters, deer hunters, dove hunters, and everyone else needs to join in though too.

I read on the back of a cereal box once lions kill big game every week. Whether they consume the animal or bury it. The article stated that the lion will intentionally stash a kill so the scavengers and coyotes in the area will be a few days behind the lion on a kill so when they kill again and actually eat it they aren’t pestered by the other rascals in the area they are on the previous older kill. my first thought was they sacrifice a mule deer to eat Coues bucks in solitude.