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OLYMPIC PENINSULA ELK HUNTING
HUNTING ROOSEVELT ELK ON THE OLYMPIC PENINSULA
DAN PAYNE WITH HIS 6X6 ROOSEVELT BULL ELK. IF YOU LIKE HUNTING FOR ELK THEN YOU WILL LOVE TO HUNT FOR THESE BRUTES. THESE ELK ARE ROOSEVELT, THE BIGGEST ELK ON THE NORTH AMERICA COAST. THEY CAN WEIGHT UP TO 1000 POUNDS ON THE HOOF. MY ELK HUNTS ARE PHYSICALLY DEMANDING BEING IN GOOD SHAPE WILL ONLY HELP YOU WITH THE CHALLENGE YOUR FACED WITH. THE OLYMPIC MOUNTAIN RANGE ON THE OLYMPIC PENINSULA IS ROUGH AND THE LOW LAND SWAMPS ARE WET AND MUDDY. THESE AREAS SEEM TO HOLD THESE GIANTS. THERE ARE THREE HUNTING SEASON FOR ELK, ARCHERY BEING THE FIRST HUNT WHICH STARTS THE FIRST WEEKEND IN SEPTEMBER. THIS HUNT IS ALWAYS THE BEST HUNT SINCE THE ELK HAVEN'T BEEN CHASED AND ARE EASIER TO GET UP CLOSE FOR A GOOD SHOT. THIS TIME OF YEAR ISN'T THAT GOOD FOR BIG BULLS SINCE THE RUT HAS NOT STARTED. THEN MUZZLE LOADER WHICH ALSO IS THE FIRST WEEKEND IN OCTOBER. THIS HUNT CAN PRODUCE SOME BIG BULL SINCE THE RUT IS STARTED. THESE MATURE BULLS ARE MATING WITH THE COWS AND IS THE BEST TIME TO GET ONE OF THESE BRUTES. THEN RIFLE WHICH IS THE 1ST OF NOVEMBER. THIS TIME OF YEAR CAN ALSO PRODUCE SOME BIG BULLS ALSO BUT NOT ALWAYS. IT ALL DEPENDS ON WHERE YOUR HUNTING. HAVE PERMISSION TO HUNT PRIVATE FARM LAND IS THE KEY ON HAVING A GREAT HUNT. Bruce Sillers got this one on a river crossing. It was late in the day, so we floated in the next morning and brought him out on the river. Nice job Bruce. Tim Linehan got this elk after chasing it down for two days. A one of a kind rack, probably injured early this year. Good shooting Tim.
Dick Lapinski of Lynwood Washington killed this giant Lake Quinault bull off a permit draw area. Only five people get drawn out of 200 that apply to hunt this pristine valley of the Quinault river basin.
Rodney Rice from Atlanta bagged this bull during archery elk season, with it being the last day of the hunt and miles from anywhere we finally managed to get within range and took this 1000 pound brute.
DAVE NOLAN DID IT AGAIN. WITH HELP FROM GUIDE, JIM MANSFIELD, DAVE WAS POSITIONED PERFECTLY ON A RIVER TO TAKE THE BOW SHOT AT THIS NICE LITTLE BULL. STANDING IN THE FRONT OF JIM'S DRIFT BOAT, WITH JIM COW CALLING, AND BUGLING FROM BEHIND HIM, DAVE BAGGED THIS ONE FROM 35 YARDS AT 7PM ON SEP 18TH 2004, LEAVING ONLY A 200 YARD DRAG, AND A 2 MILE FLOAT OUT IN THE DARK. NICE GOING !
TIM AND HIS SON KYLE LINEHAN WITH THIS DANDY 4 POINT BULL. 13 YEAR OLD KYLE TOOK THIS BULL THE THIRD DAY OF THE HUNT FOR HIS FIRST BOW KILL EVER ON SEPTEMBER 10TH, 2004.
DAVE NOLAN BAGGED HIS BULL ON THE THIRD DAY OF THE ARCHERY HUNT. SEPTEMBER 11TH 2003. GUIDE JIM MANSFIELD CALLED THIS BULL WITHIN 20 YARDS TO GIVE DAVE A SHOT.
GUIDE JEREMY BAKER WITH HIS ELK HE GOT ON THE LAST DAY OF THE ARCHERY HUNT. WITH ANOTHER GREAT GUIDE DOUG ALLEN AS CALLER, THIS GUIDE ALSO SLEEP WITH THEM.
TIM ROBBINS WITH HIS ELK ON THE FIRST DAY OF MUZZLE LOADER WITH GUIDES DAUGHTER MEGHAN MANSFIELD HELPING HER DAD ON THE GREAT HUNT. THIS GIRL WILL BE THE NEXT GUIDE IN 2010.
DILLON HARRIS TOOK THIS 6X6 ON THE SECOND DAY OF RIFLE SEASON ON NOVEMBER 2ND 2003. GUIDE JEREMY BAKER IS ONE OF THE PENINSULAS BEST GUIDES. BEING BORN AND RAISED AND KNOWING THE AREA IS THE KEY. I THINK HE SLEEPS WITH THEM AND KNOWS ALL THEIR KIN BY NAME.
DICK LAPINSKI WITH HIS RIFLE KILLED BULL. DICK LIKES THE ROCKY KNOB SPOT. IF YOU HAVE THE PATIENCE TO SIT, THEN YOU'LL LIKE THE SPOT.
NOTHING BETTER THAN GETTING THEM OUT WHOLE.
ADINA MANSFIELD HELPING WITH THE SUCCESS.
GETTING CLOSE IS THE KEY TO A GOOD SHOT.
THESE BULLS KNOW SOMETHING'S WRONG BUT BEING DOWN WIND WILL FOOL THEM EVERY TIME.
THIS IS WHERE THESE BIG BULLS HANG OUT, IN THE OLD GROWTH TIMBER. GETTING TO THESE BULLS IS A CHORE IN ITSELF.
GIVE ME SOME MAIL AND WE CAN TALK OVER YOUR HUNT. E-MAIL LINKS
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