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Michigan bull down! #6604470
08/27/19 08:22 PM
08/27/19 08:22 PM
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Northern Michigan
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J.Morse Offline OP
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I need help posting a photo! Anyone want to pm me their cell number that knows how to post a photo on here from their phone???(I will zap a photo to you and you can post it ) I filled my "once-in-a-lifetime" bull elk tag this a.m. with a decent 5x5. It was, literally, the first elk killed in the 2019 hunt (we have to phone in when we kill one). The story will follow a photo post.

Last edited by J.Morse; 08/27/19 08:24 PM.

Re: Michigan bull down! [Re: J.Morse] #6604472
08/27/19 08:24 PM
08/27/19 08:24 PM
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New Mexico
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Yep..What did it score?


I can catch them here...I can catch them ANYWHERE
Re: Michigan bull down! [Re: J.Morse] #6604478
08/27/19 08:31 PM
08/27/19 08:31 PM
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Northern Michigan
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J.Morse Offline OP
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I have no idea! It isn't a big bull by most elk standards. It is just a nice representative bull for here. There were a couple bulls on this property that were honest to goodness whoppers. I didn't see them (except in trailcam photos). One was a 7x6 that would /will go well over 330. The other was over 300. Mine wouldn't even warrant slowing the truck down in New Mexico!


Re: Michigan bull down! [Re: J.Morse] #6604482
08/27/19 08:37 PM
08/27/19 08:37 PM
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WV Fla
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Congrats! Great Bull!!!



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Re: Michigan bull down! [Re: J.Morse] #6604484
08/27/19 08:39 PM
08/27/19 08:39 PM
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Bonner County, Idaho
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Sweet bull man! Especially on a once in a lifetime tag. Any bull is a good bull!


Real name Eric
The sharpest hammer in the box of crayons.

Re: Michigan bull down! [Re: J.Morse] #6604486
08/27/19 08:40 PM
08/27/19 08:40 PM
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Garden,Michigan
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Nice!


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Re: Michigan bull down! [Re: J.Morse] #6604488
08/27/19 08:43 PM
08/27/19 08:43 PM
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New Mexico
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Yep..Great..It's not every day that a person has the opportunity to hunt elk..I'm sure the tag up there was tough to draw..How long you been putting in?..Anyways there's a pile of hunters waiting to go out archery in Colorado this coming weekend..I saw a camp that had to have at least a $1,000,000 dollars worth of equipment..Mini Petes/living quarter trailers/horses&mules...I would have rather been on your hunt...looks peaceful

Last edited by Chamacat; 08/27/19 08:43 PM.

I can catch them here...I can catch them ANYWHERE
Re: Michigan bull down! [Re: J.Morse] #6604491
08/27/19 08:44 PM
08/27/19 08:44 PM
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That is a great bull and a great picture! Congratulations.


Give me a fish, I will eat for a day. Teach me to fish, I will eat for a lifetime
Re: Michigan bull down! [Re: J.Morse] #6604492
08/27/19 08:45 PM
08/27/19 08:45 PM
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Lyndon, Kansas
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Nice bull! I’d be ecstatic to shoot that bull. Congrats

Re: Michigan bull down! [Re: J.Morse] #6604493
08/27/19 08:45 PM
08/27/19 08:45 PM
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Hey J... Put that thing back and let it grow up!. smile Nice shot! Congrats.

Last edited by jctunnelrat; 08/27/19 08:46 PM.

jim
Re: Michigan bull down! [Re: Wild_Idaho] #6604497
08/27/19 08:50 PM
08/27/19 08:50 PM
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Originally Posted by Wild_Idaho
Sweet bull man! Especially on a once in a lifetime tag. Any bull is a good bull!


Thank you Wild!

The All Purpose Boy and I were sitting in an old shed/blind about an hour before shooting hours opened. At daybreak (windy, rainy, and black!) we could see two bulls feeding in a corn field, but they were about 280'ish yards off and we couldn't tell what head gear they had. It took a bit for it to light up enough to tell one was a 5x5 and one a slightly smaller 5x4. The wind was gusting enough that I really didn't want to shoot that far, so my son broke out his cow call and in a short time both bulls were under 100 yards away. One came home with us. He must have liked what he heard, because he trotted the last 100 or so yards. 7mag 168 gr. Berger bullets handloaded by a neighbor. Golden Eagle 7000 rifle.


Re: Michigan bull down! [Re: J.Morse] #6604503
08/27/19 08:52 PM
08/27/19 08:52 PM
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Nice job!


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Re: Michigan bull down! [Re: Chamacat] #6604504
08/27/19 08:53 PM
08/27/19 08:53 PM
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Originally Posted by Chamacat
Yep..Great..It's not every day that a person has the opportunity to hunt elk..I'm sure the tag up there was tough to draw..How long you been putting in?..Anyways there's a pile of hunters waiting to go out archery in Colorado this coming weekend..I saw a camp that had to have at least a $1,000,000 dollars worth of equipment..Mini Petes/living quarter trailers/horses&mules...I would have rather been on your hunt...looks peaceful


I applied for 35 of 36 years! I was stunned I drew the tag.


Re: Michigan bull down! [Re: J.Morse] #6604506
08/27/19 08:53 PM
08/27/19 08:53 PM
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Nice !


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Re: Michigan bull down! [Re: J.Morse] #6604508
08/27/19 08:54 PM
08/27/19 08:54 PM
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Yep..That's the way to do it...roll up the truck and winch it in..nice


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Re: Michigan bull down! [Re: J.Morse] #6604512
08/27/19 08:57 PM
08/27/19 08:57 PM
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Nice!!
Got him before the " rut". Good eating I'm sure.


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Re: Michigan bull down! [Re: J.Morse] #6604513
08/27/19 08:59 PM
08/27/19 08:59 PM
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Originally Posted by J.Morse
Originally Posted by Wild_Idaho
Sweet bull man! Especially on a once in a lifetime tag. Any bull is a good bull!


Thank you Wild!

The All Purpose Boy and I were sitting in an old shed/blind about an hour before shooting hours opened. At daybreak (windy, rainy, and black!) we could see two bulls feeding in a corn field, but they were about 280'ish yards off and we couldn't tell what head gear they had. It took a bit for it to light up enough to tell one was a 5x5 and one a slightly smaller 5x4. The wind was gusting enough that I really didn't want to shoot that far, so my son broke out his cow call and in a short time both bulls were under 100 yards away. One came home with us. He must have liked what he heard, because he trotted the last 100 or so yards. 7mag 168 gr. Berger bullets handloaded by a neighbor. Golden Eagle 7000 rifle.

Sounds like a great hunt J, fantastic and congrats!!


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Re: Michigan bull down! [Re: J.Morse] #6604515
08/27/19 09:01 PM
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Wow, I didn’t realize that it could take that long, so it is very special and a nice bull. I’ve always wondered why when a person moves east on big game they get smaller?

Re: Michigan bull down! [Re: J.Morse] #6604517
08/27/19 09:02 PM
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Congratulations - he'll look good on the wall and taste good thru the winter.

Re: Michigan bull down! [Re: J.Morse] #6604519
08/27/19 09:03 PM
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You won the MI lottery! WTG


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