231 Archery Bull Tag

Corym181 · Aug 28, 2022

Hey all, I was really lucky this year and drew the only non res archery bull tag this year. I made it out to scout a few days in July. Saw some really nice bulls and will be hunting the last 12 days of the season. Here's one bull I was able to phone skope while I was out there. Feel free to post Bulls from 231!! I'll update how my hunt went after the season. Also anyone hunting 231 or has hunted it how has the rut action been while during the archery season??

Mudslinger · Aug 28, 2022

Congrats! Good luck!

azbiggame · Aug 28, 2022

Great archery bull elk hunt. Good Luck ... Bruce & SilverGrand

arwhntr · Aug 28, 2022

Congrats! Best of luck! Beautiful bull you found.

Troubadour · Aug 28, 2022

Have fun man. Great unit.

Lvscrap · Aug 29, 2022

Good luck

twdjr · Aug 29, 2022

Best of luck!

Kyle.G · Sep 21, 2022

Well. Howd it go?

Hawkeye · Sep 22, 2022

Any luck?

Corym181 · Sep 22, 2022

Sorry for the delay guys. So we planned to hunt the last 12 days off the season September 5th-16th. First two days were spent glassing the Westside of Parsnip wilderness trying to turn up the bulls we found during our scouting trip but could not turn up a single bull. Didn't hear a bugle the first two days probably due to the hot weather. Decided to move to table top area. Ended up glassing up a small heard with two bulls but decided the were to far from the road for us to to get the meat out without risking meat spoilage with it being just me and my hunting partner. Felt like most the elk were in the lower stuff so we moved one more time to the low country on the Eastside of the parsnip wilderness. Finally started to hear consistent bugling throughout the morning and evening of the 4th day, we felt the rut was picking up. 5th day I was able to call my bull into 5 yards broadside with cow calls. I put the arrow right behind his shoulder and he died a 100 yards from where I shot him. Definitely not the biggest bull we saw but I could not pass him up as I haven't killed an elk before let alone with a bow! All in all I'm happy with experience as I learned so much and having a bugling bull that close is something I will not soon forget.

Wapitiwilly · Sep 23, 2022

Thanks for the update and congratulations on a nice bull!

sticksender · Sep 23, 2022

Nice looking archery bull, congrats.

BearBait49 · Sep 23, 2022

Solid bull man congrats ?. Nothing like hunting bugling bulls with a bow.!

Kyle.G · Sep 23, 2022

Nice work!

Troubadour · Sep 23, 2022

Solid!!!

azbiggame · Sep 23, 2022

Congrats on your 1st bull. Always one to remember. Thanks for sharing ... Bruce & SilverGrand

BradA · Sep 23, 2022

Congratulations on your first bull! Especially killing your first with a bow

wstrntines · Sep 23, 2022

Killing a bull with a bow is a rush.

PleaseDear · Sep 24, 2022

Good for you!

Congrats

Robb

easyelk13 · Sep 24, 2022

Congrats....Good job hanging in there and taking the good shot!!

Moe · Sep 24, 2022

Right decision. Great bull, congratulations!

Ranger1 · Sep 24, 2022

Corym181 said:
Sorry for the delay guys. So we planned to hunt the last 12 days off the season September 5th-16th. First two days were spent glassing the Westside of Parsnip wilderness trying to turn up the bulls we found during our scouting trip but could not turn up a single bull. Didn't hear a bugle the first two days probably due to the hot weather. Decided to move to table top area. Ended up glassing up a small heard with two bulls but decided the were to far from the road for us to to get the meat out without risking meat spoilage with it being just me and my hunting partner. Felt like most the elk were in the lower stuff so we moved one more time to the low country on the Eastside of the parsnip wilderness. Finally started to hear consistent bugling throughout the morning and evening of the 4th day, we felt the rut was picking up. 5th day I was able to call my bull into 5 yards broadside with cow calls. I put the arrow right behind his shoulder and he died a 100 yards from where I shot him. Definitely not the biggest bull we saw but I could not pass him up as I haven't killed an elk before let alone with a bow! All in all I'm happy with experience as I learned so much and having a bugling bull that close is something I will not soon forget.

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Great bull with the bow, congrats!