noharleyyet
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Congrats Bambi...
Caribou Hunt
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Bambistew
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Here's a few more pictures from the trip. As usual, I always wish I had taken more, but the weather kept the camera in the pack. It rained nearly an inch in two days... many streams came up considerably, and we were glad to get out when we did. One stream came up about 6-8".
Porter doesn't have much hair this time of the year, she was pretty much over the rain.
One of the crusties.
Porter doesn't have much hair this time of the year, she was pretty much over the rain.
One of the crusties.
brownbear932008
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Awesome and congrats you are one lucky guy you know that right! Must be nice living the dream of AK. Great boy.....
MikeMaland
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Man that is awesome bro, congrats...
BuzzH
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Great bull and pictures...well done.
Dumb flatlander question; Do you take the velvet off because it's just a pain to keep it on and looking good? I suppose if shooting velvet bulls was almost a yearly occurrence then it wouldn't be such a big deal to keep it that way for taxidermy purposes.
huntnkat
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Nice 'bou! That's awesome.
Bambistew
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I already have a velvet bou, its a PITA to deal with, and the velvet was damaged a bit when he landed in the rocks. I plan to euro the skull, and only way to do it correctly is to cut the antlers off and freeze dry them. Boiling the skull with them on could mess up the velvet. While they look more impressive, I prefer the hard horned version.
The horns are quite hard, with only the top tips being porous. If they were still spongy, I would have tried to save the velvet. The horns turn red once the velvet comes off, and blood starts seeping out of the pores. As it does, I keep washing it off (thankfully its been raining non stop for the last week here). Some guys will dunk them in a lake or river when in the field.
Some of the red will remain, but fade to brown as it dries. It will be pretty splotchy overall once completely drained of blood. I know a guy here that does an awesome job coloring them, will cost me $100-150 or so. I like the hard horned version the best, but hunting in September isn't really an option this year as I have a sheep tag to fill.
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AZ402
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I don't know much about Caribou but that's awesome. Congrats.
BOWUNTR
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Great bull, congratulations. Ed F
Mica Man
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Great bull and am looking forward to the rest of your sheep hunt adventure! I know that fall is just around the corner for us southies when you start posting pictures dead white sheep!
shoots-straight
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You are living the dream. Congrats!
Bambistew
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Another fuzzy horned bull hit the dirt last weekend. I think I could hunt these guys full time... but I will have to take a break to chase sheep of course.
Its getting to be the best time of the year. Leaves are changing, colors are popping and hunting season is in full swing.
Found this bull last weekend, and he was in nearly the exact same spot I'd seen him. We circled around to get the wind right, and he topped out on a little ridge above us at about 30 yards. We were expecting him to be much further up the hill. One shot by AK and it was all over but the packing.
Its getting to be the best time of the year. Leaves are changing, colors are popping and hunting season is in full swing.
Found this bull last weekend, and he was in nearly the exact same spot I'd seen him. We circled around to get the wind right, and he topped out on a little ridge above us at about 30 yards. We were expecting him to be much further up the hill. One shot by AK and it was all over but the packing.
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Hunting Wife
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I love the caribou stories and pics. i don't know what it is about them, but I want one in the worst way. They are just the coolest looking animal. Thanks for sharing!
duckhunt
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Thats awsome you're really getting after it right away this fall.
