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Main Boards => PowWow => Topic started by: Bill Kissner on September 23, 2011, 11:21:00 PM
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Larry Russell, my good friend and hunting buddy from Colorado, killed this very nice 5X5 a few days ago. He is a little bashful but maybe he will come on here and tell the exciting story.
(http://i27.photobucket.com/albums/c199/BillrK/IMG_0577.jpg)
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Great job! Very nice! Can't wait to hear the story of the hunt and maybe some more pictures! :thumbsup: :thumbsup:
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Great bull! Would love to hear the story.
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Congrats Larry!!!
Elk are hard to beat as far as I'm concerned. Beautiful country to hunt in, large animal with lots o' bone on thier heads, exciting to hunt in the rut and great eating!
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Nice bull with a nice bow! It's all good. :thumbsup:
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Congrats! :bigsmyl: :campfire:
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Awesome! Congrats!
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Nice Bull, congrats.
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Nice bull,we wait for the story!
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Nice Bull.
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Nice bull, congrats!!! :thumbsup:
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Now that's stronger than jailhouse coffee! Like to hear the story too.
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Nice bull. I get the chance to go to Colorado next year. Can't wait!.
Good Job. :thumbsup:
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Congrats Larry! Looking forward to the story.
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I like the dog.
Awesome bull too!
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Hey Hey Hey!
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very nice elk......but we're all waiting....still waiting......oh I am getting sleepy you better hurry with the story.
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Nice!!
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Wow! Congrats!
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:archer:
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Nicely done. Let's hear how it happened.
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NICE Bull!! Don't be bashful we're all friends here.
Glenn
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Nice bull, CONGRATS!!!
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Congrats!!Nice bull.
Good eating aswell.
A story is always nice.
Abe
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Nice looking bull! A few more pictures and story would be great!
Bernie Bjorklund
NC Iowa/SW Wisconsin
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nice bull! congrats!
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Very nice!
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Nice to have friends with skills and elk backstraps ain't that right Bill ??? It was good to finally meet you this year at Compton.
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Alrighty then: nice bull - and turn up the addiction dial 7 notches. Congratulations.
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Gotta love it !
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NIce bull! :clapper:
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Excellent.
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I first saw this bull just after Labor Day when my wife and I were checking on our fall-calving cows on our mountain property. We split the herd and the bull went out onto the national forest. I located him again in a shallow draw about a week later and worked into thirty yards with his cows in the bottom and me in the middle with him up on top. I thought I could bugle him into me but he and his cows blew out the other way and when I next heard him he was about one-half mile away where he then crossed onto private property.
A few days later, he again started bugling early one morning (back on the forest) and I tried to cut him off before he got back on the private property-got within forty yards but he still got into the private property with about twelve cows and calves. I set up on his wallow that evening and heard him come off the private property about a quarter mile above me but not enough time to close the gap. I came in to the area in the dark on Wednesday morning and picked up his bugle. He was working to the northeast away from the private property and I was able to sneak within twenty yards but no shot. Then I got busted by a cow at the same time another bull started bugling from the north. "My" bull took off to meet this challenger and I was struggling to go up the benches to try to keep up. I was three hundred yards away when I heard him breaking the willows and alders. As I sneaked toward him, I realized (yeah I am a little slow) that the other bull had closed with "my" bull and they were having a terrific battle about two hundred yards above me. I started running again and finally got up on the bench where I could see their backs and butts going around in circles. I crept up to 12 yards and watched about three circling, battling rounds and could not pick out the size of the other bull with their horns locked together and their heads down to ground level as they pushed against each other. I knew "my bull" was legal so picked a spot in their fighting circle and when he came into it I released and made a good hit. The two bulls made three more circles when my hit bull broke and ran about thirty yards to my right. The other bull started after him and raised his six pointed rack up to watch my bull. The six pointer was about ten feet to the left and all there was between us was a six inch aspen and I knew I could not get around it as fast as he could. After much head lowering and posturing he moved back about ten yards and turned broadside. Sneaking a peek at my bull, I saw him starting to lie down and looking back at the six pointer saw him starting to move away to go claim his new cow herd. I just stayed away an let my bull die with dignity. Thanks a lot to all the trad gangers that I have learned so much from over the last years in my role as a "reader" and thanks Plumber for the arows I purchased from you last summer as one of them did the deed. take care and good luck--Larry
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Excellent job and excellent story, Larry! Wish I had a chance to meet you when I visited Bill. He had a lot of great things to say about you! Congrats on a fine bull.
Seems like a good year for the Black Widow recurves in the mountains of the San Juan!! :thumbsup:
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Larry, Congrats. Good story and stalk. Good man
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Great story and congratulations.
Martin
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Fantastic Larry, well done.
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Congrats, that is a nice bull.
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Wow, that was an exciting hunt! Congrats!!
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Nice Bull.. :thumbsup:
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Congrats on a nice Bull :clapper:
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Great story and bull! Congrats :thumbsup:
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Larry ,Great story! Congratulations.All the hard work payed off.Hope to see you at Bill'next year.
Say Larry do you think you could do some scouting for me ,you know get one all lined out.You know us old guys need help.LOL :biglaugh:
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Originally posted by arrowlooser:
... I just stayed away an let my bull die with dignity...
Great story and bull and a very respectful gesture. Like seeing that in a hunter.
Joshua
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Great storey and nice bull.
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fantastic bull! :thumbsup:
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Great story.I cant even imagine being able to watch two huge animals fighting from that close.
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Congrats. That's a great bag there.
I wish we had a real huntable population of Elk here in Arkansas. I have always wanted to hunt them. We only have a one-time lottery license here.
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Congrats on a great bull!!! Thanks for the story as well!!!!
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Great story! Great Bull, conratulations!
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WOW what a rush that had to be! :campfire:
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Nice job. Thanks for the story and pictures.
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Thanks for sharing, congratulations!!!!!!!
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Great job Larry! I'd love to be that close to two magnificent animals! I bet your heart was about to jump out of your chest! Thanks for a good story.
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CONGRATS!!!!!!! :clapper: :clapper: :clapper:
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That's a good one.
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Congratulations on a wonderful bull. I can't imagine how exciting that scene was to witness.
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Congrats!
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My hat is off to you Larry!