Saw a guy field dressing a 4x3 bull elk on our trip to colorado in early oct. I talked to him briefly as he was almost done gutting , he had the male portion attached to the quarters as they are suppose to be. Two days later I walked by the same spot and he had packed all the meat out, but had left the antlers. He had packed up and left for home. To be legal he has to have the antlers in possesion to prove the size of the animal right ?
legal or illegal
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rhomas
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At least you know he wasn't one of those trophy hunters who just kill for the antlers!!!!!!!!
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Unless there is an antler point restriction in effect where he was hunting he probably did not have to pack out the antlers too. The male portion will show that it was a bull he killed.
Straight Arrow
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In Montana some districts don't allow shooting a spike bull, but at least one district allows only shooting a spike with general license. So depending on the hunting district and regulations, generally both antlers and male parts on carcass are needed for proof of legal harvest.
Bigbuckkiller
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It depends on what area... where i hunt it has to have 4 pts on one side...
konasage
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In Colorado general areas the bulls have to have 4 points on at least one side or a Brow tine of 5 inches or longer. A 3x3 with at least one 5+ inch brow tine is legal too. In the special draw units its any bull like Oak was saying. I talked to our local Warden last week who found a guy without the head on his bull because it was "to heavy to pack out", upon further searching he found the kill sight and a spike head stashed under a downed tree. Needless to say that was an expensive hunt.
Stupid hurts.... and costs a lot in the end.
Stupid hurts.... and costs a lot in the end.
Zach
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What unit and did you grab the head?
konasage
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24 is an OTC unit.... need the head. OOPS
