My MT 350" opener bull

[thecrittergitter]

Snuck up on this guy in his bed on opening day...................looked like he had been bedded there for about a year or so So disheartening to find em like this. Especially since i had a tad bit of history with this guy. I have his sheds from the spring before he died. Couldn't tell if it was a shot and lost bull or what but I called him the G2 curler. His sheds score 2/8" of what he scored when he died so i'm sure this was as big as he was ever gonna get. Wondering why we couldn't ever find him this year but i guess now we know. I found him in a thick timber pocket about 350 yards from where i picked up his last set of sheds..............

 

[AZ Ron]

Nice find! Too bad he wasn't alive to shoot, but at least you found him and know what happened to him.

Ron

 

[Doug in Idaho]

Sweet find. Looks like a heavy pack out!

 

[Up North 8]

Awesome treasure hunting latey!

 

[Horn Seeker]

Good Find... Man, I thought you got your big one!!! Tease!

 

[highmountian]

Man critter, great find! Looks like he must of been killed shortly after you last saw him. Someone is bummed! Good for you!

 

[DreaminofMT6X6s]

Pretty cool that at the end of the day he's really not going to waste and will wind up being a cool story!

 

[FishN4Eyes]

Hopefully he met his demise befitting of a bull of his stature.

Glad someone who appreciates him found the skull, it'll look pretty cool when it's displayed.

 

[thecrittergitter]

I always wonder the demise of dead critters. Hard to say with this bull, in twelve years of hunting this particular drainage, i have never, ever seen another hunter. Not very many people are stupid enough to walk that far and shoot an elk But i found two dead ones in there, the other being a raghorn. Who knows. If it was a hunter, i bet he was one upset puppy to not find him. I will say, where it was laying dead, it would have been damn tough to see if it didn't bleed well. I almost walked by it and it was white, if it had been brown, i may have missed it too. I walked by it at 10 yards and barely saw it in the tall brush it was in. Will give me a winter project after season to brown it up and the sheds too. Sure wish i could have found him alive, hate to find them dead. At least i know to quit looking

 

[Brandenbowhunter]

THat is a good day in the woods too!

 

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Oofda, that thing's a toad.
Cool find though.

 

[streamer]

Too bad he had to end this way but he'll look nice in the man cave or garage, you could have a couple of beers talking about that one. Nice bull cool find!