GreyGhost85

those are some big sheep for sure. what's up with that huge knot/growth on the bottom ram's nose?

well, it took a little while, but it was worth the wait. Colton Bagnoli at Bagnoli wildlife nailed it, like always. now i cant wait to get my 2010 bull back!

its gonna look funny with nearly 800" of elk on the wall and no vaulted ceilings! the form was a custom form and took quite a while to get, but i couldnt be happier with hoow it looks. my other one is gonna be the same, turned the opposite direction, no bugling, with a different head tilt. thanks for posting the link youngbuck. i think the secret is out with colton, have you seen the bone pile in his shop?

Chimi, thats a heck of a bull and something to be proud of. myself, and alot of the people on this site knows what it takes to get a bull like that. it takes a different sort of hunter to get back into the rough stuff away from roads, knock down a big ol' bull and still have the guts to haul it out. i personally have hauled out many elk in some real rough stuff. big ol bulls dont get that way from livin next to roads and dodgin' road bombers like MC. MC dont be jealous that chimmi shot a bigger elk than you have probably ever even laid eyes on. congrats on a great bull. MC, heres another couple bulls that you can lie about and make false roomers over.. Got lucky and had horses to haul out the meat on this one. carcass was picked so clean, buzzards were probably suprised 372" and 395" back to back years.

well, now that the cat's outta the bag, yeah, mine is a 19A bull...saw a lot of elk (60 or so) most cows, only one spike, and my bull

Well, i figure since it's my bull, i oughtta add a story for all of you. The main reason i put in for this hunt, is that i only had 2 bonus points (hunter ED, and loyalty) because i drew an archery tag last year and took a great bull that a lot of you probably remember. (he went a little over 370"), and it was fairly wasy to draw, the other reason is that while taking one of my friends on a hunt in the same unit 3 years ago, I saw a monster bull that never really left my mind. this is last year's bull After finding out i was drawn i was excited but also nervous because i knew how tough of a hunt this was going to be. I went through a job change around the end of september and wasnt able to scout nearly as much as i felt i needed to. Luckily i was able totake the whole hunt off and i was fairly confident that i would be able to fill my tag somehow or another. The first day of the hunt was very uneventful and humbling, only seeing one wild @$$ cow elk a mile or so away. the next morning i glassed a big heard of elk probably around 40, but they were to far to tell if any were bulls, much less a bull that i wanted to take. We spent the next about 6 hours trying to figure out how to get to where the heard was at. We found them later that evening, and they were all cows except for one spike. i went to bed that night pretty worried and the next day things only got worse. we woke up to bitter cold, howling wind and snow blowing sideways. needless to say i didnt see a thing that day, and i knew the next day i (thought) would be hunting alone for the duration. about 4:30 a.m. my friend suprised me at camp, and man was i happy to have someone else there. monday morning started out the same as the day before, about 15 degrees and really windy.. after another elk-less morning i decided to call it off around 10:00, and we ran into the closest town for a hot breakfast at and i got on the horn with some people and re-strategized for the evening. monday evening jake and myself hiked up a very steep and tall mountain that i figured would give us a good vantage point, and it did. right before dark i glassed up big bull a LOOOONNNGGG ways away, probably about 3 miles, i wasnt sure how big he was, just figured he was a heck of a bull. we watched him until dark, trying to figure out exactly where he was, and how we were going to get in there to where he was living. i was able to con another friend of mine, Forest Kirchner, into coming to help because his wife took a great bull a few days prior, and my old man, Lark, AKA .270, called and said he would be coming up the next day to help. needless to say i was excited for the next day with more help in camp and a great bull located. the next morning it took forest, jake and i quite a while to figure out exactly where the bull was and how to get in there without spooking him out. it was about 7:30 before we finally got set up glassing for the bull, much much later than i had hoped for. we sat there all day long without seeing anything but an occasional muley. my dad was giving words of encouragement whenever he could but i was gettin a little discouraged when we could'nt turn him up. the sun was starting to set, and i stood up to take my binos off my tripod and i noticed a white figure a ways across the basin that i didnt remember seeing earlier. It was my bull. jake was with me and forest was on another knoll across the way. i told jake "dont take your eyes off that bull, not even for a second! i'm gonna go try to get a bullet in him" . it was gettin' dark quick and i knew if i was gonna get him i had to make a move quick. i half hiked half sprinted for about a half mile through some of the nastiest oak brush and manzanita in the state to try to get somewhere that i could see over the brush and get a shot off. i made my way up a little ridge and finally found him again, he was just feeding and either didnt know i was there, or just wasnt very concerned about my presense. the only shot i had was a touch under 400 yards and would have to be off hand, because if i tried to lay down or sit i could see over the brush. After a couple warning shots, I was tired and nervous and I wanted to give him a fighting chance (my dad woulda shot him with his using a mirror and shooting over his shoulder trick) I connected. He was looking straight at me, and the .264 caught him just above the soft spot in his chest, and shot through his spine and into the chest. He didn’t even kick one time. It took a little while to get to the downed bull, and I wasn’t quite sure how big he was, I just knew he was big enough. When I finally got to him I let out a few hoops and hollers of elation. Forest met me at my bull where we got him dressed and snapped a few pictures. I had to leave him over night because he was a long ways back in there and we couldn’t possibly get him out at night. The next morning, Jason Rippey was gracious enough to act sick from work and bring in a few horses to haul him out. This was a great help. This hunt had about every emotion you could think of in it. The highest highs and the lowest lows. It all came together with the help of some GREAT friends and family members who were not only willing, but were glad to help. Id like to thank everyone involved, My dad Lark Hubbard, my brother Gunner Hubbard, Jason Rippey, Jake Watzke, Forest Kirchner, and Troy Burns. Without the help of these guys I would have lost my mind on this hunt. The kept me motivated and positive the whole time. When we got the elk back to camp, my dad reminded us that this was a REAL elk hunt! We hunted our tails off in the nastiest country day in, and day out, killed a great big bull in the back country on public land and hauled him out on horseback when it was all said and done. This was definitely the most rewarding hunt of my life and one that will probably always remain on the top of my all time best hunts list. Thanks to everyone once again, I hope I can repay you all for your time and hard work some day.

Nice bear! I am just curious, was it hard to get it to stop nursing before you shot it, and what did you use to clean the milk off it's lips for the picture?

Sure we've got jobs, some things are just more important! I don't know about everyone else , but here at high desert communications, productivity comes to a screeching halt this day every year

well, i was very fortunate in the draw this year, i got a unit 1 archery bull tag a colorado antelope tag and of course a coues tag. i put all of the other hunts on the back burner in preparation for my bull tag, being that it took me ten years to draw, and I really wanted to take a good bull in the 360+ range. I spent about every weekend scouting and found some real big bulls with many in the 350 range and a few that I thought would go 370-390. I knew puttin an arrow through one of these big boys wasnt going to be easy though. The hunt started and I found myself without much of a plan on opening morning, due to the fact that the bulls were not really rutting at all and bugles were very few and far between. i got on a great big S.O.B. that evening though only to run out of cover at 119 yards. my brother gunner was able to locate a good bull that evening that was in a great place to get. A plan was made that night to hunt this bull. he was right where he was left the night before and we got set up just perfect. i had about 13 of his 15 cows feeding in a small clearing about 50 yards ahead. just a few more steps and he was going to be mine. well the old, gray "alpha" cow decided to circle around us and catch our wind, and in a big PPPPSSSSSSHHHHHHH all the elk evacuated the meadow. This was a good bull athat will go around 360. we got on the same bull again that evening but opted not to make a stalk on him due to fading daylight. we figured we would go back in there in the morning and he would be mine. WRONG! we got set up at first light sunday morning only to discover that the bull or his were nowhere to be found, and we were caught with our pants down, and no plan B. We hopped in the truck and haulled @SS down the road trying to find a bull to chase, we located one quickly, but he fled into the timber before we could get on him. so we headed down a little ways and stopped a quarter mile or so short of a clearing, we got all of our gear ready and started walking when we heard a good bugle. it turned into a near sprint to catch this bull before he hit the timber. we ended up getting set up on the meadow just in time to see somecows jump a fence and from out of nowhere this monster steps out and hesitated for about 3 seconds to jump the fence after his cows, and that was all it took. I let the 100 grn montec fly out of my PSE x-force GX at about 65 yards, only to hear a solid smack. I felt good about the shot and it was obvious that he was real sick. The arrow made a total pass through on both lungs about 3 inches behind the shoulder and right in the middle of the chest. the big old bull spun and trotted off about 100 yards where he layed down. He stayed there for about 30 minutes, then got up and walked another hundred or so yards and layed down again. i thought he wsa done for sure this time, but he stoo up again and walked over to a fence=, stared at it for a while and jumped it. it was now obvious that i had to get another arrow in him. my brother Gunner and I made a huge loop and came in beneath the bull. all he offered me was a 30-35 yard neck shot, so I decided to take it. I let it fly and smacked him again real solidly. the bull hopped up ran off. we trailed him for a while and found him laying down again and i was able to dispatch him for good at 45 yards. We knew he was a good bull but not this big. He ended up grossing a real conservative 372 and some change, with 56 inch main beams. He is more than i could ever dream of taking. a special thanks goes out to my dad Lark, and brother Gunner Hubbard. also Tad Allred, Jimmy Wright and the camp cook Big John Naegle. I couldnt have done it without these guys

heres a few more.... i know jimmy has got some better ones. throw em up here man, i havent even seen them yet

i was shooting my bow just now and i touched the string with a broadhead and well, we all know what heppened....the string didnt get cut all the way in two, it is still hangin on by a few strands. my bow is a 2009 pse x-force GX, and everyone i call says that they arent sure when they could even get a string for it, i called PSE and they were not very helpfull either and said about the same thing. i wouldnt be too concerned but i drew a unit 1 september archery bull tag after ten years of applying and that hunt starts in two weeks.... any help or info on where i can get a string ASAP would be GREATLY appreciated

thanks for all the help everyone, i really do appreciate. it makes a hunter feel good when he can post a problem like this and have so many people willing to do just about anything to help out. i got my cable put on today. Robert at Broken Arrow Archery pulled one off of his new bows and put it on mine. thanks again Bridger

.300 wby vanguard with muzzle break and picatinny rail...good shape no scope great gun $500 Obo. 480-980-5380. Johnandbrenda99@yahoo.com

i would have to guess that frostbite caused that

what time will the shoot start?

how about some pics?

i bought an octane 2 piece qiver today for my 09' x force GX. . .it said that it would fit ANY bow... well it broke in the process of installing it on my bow...the box and website said nothing about it not fitting pse...i had to call tech support for an answer and they told my that it does not fit my bow properly... it would have been real nice for them to list that on the box or website, or anywhere... so my question is, does anyone on here shoot the same bow as me? and if so what two pice quiver are any of you using? any feedback would be great

thanks for the advice...i already have an alpin soft lock on my other bow and love it...i put it on my x-force, and it doesnt fit right..it rubs on my rest and causes a bad vibrating sound

the one with the crabclaw and the one that is broken behind the fourth are the same bull arent they? looks that way to me at least

ive got a little bit of free time and was gonna go try fishing for some flatheads in the verde under bartlett....does anyone know if the bite is on, or have i missed it? wouldnt mind catching some channel cats either

i went there a few weeks ago...the food was pretty good and it was cool seein all those mounts...however it looks like the taxidermist needs to be fired, and the staff, even managers, knew nothing about the animals. in one picture it talks about the sonoran COVES deer and when i asked someone about it they acted like thats what they were called and i was foolish for trying to correct it..its worth eating at once just to see what it is all about, but i wont go back

btt one last time

well, i hate to do this, but i need to get rid of one of my trucks. Its a 2005 chevy 4x4 crew cab with all the bells and whistles and tons of extras. 5.3L V8 Rancho suspension lift 35x12.50 R20 nitto mudders with lots of tread jesse james 20" wheels K&N cold air intake Dual Flowmaster exhaust double din in dash DVD player 2 12" subwoofers painted drums and calipers only 47K miles leather interior heated seats power moon roof everything electric runs real strong absolutley zero rattles, squeeks, dings, dents, or scratches this truck is absolutely flawless gotta get $19,000 FIRM...this is a killer deal and it makes me sick to get rid of her call me at 602-376-6278

been offroad a few times but been lucky enough to avoid pin striping...

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