2012 harvest thread
Contributors to this thread:Manitoba
From: MBguide
24-Apr-12
Now that the Bear season is open anybody kill a an early monster
From: bigbuck
10-May-12
First picture I ever get of a wolf.. Got about 7 of this guy!
From: APauls
10-May-12
Ya I got a buddy who has a photo of four or five different wolves in the same picture. Hi figures there are 10-15 different wolves on his bait. Unreal, we got to do something about the predators in this province.
Nice pic.
From: deere1
11-May-12
How about Spring turkeys?
From: rattling_junkie
12-May-12
May 11, 6'9 square.
From: Tyler
13-May-12
congrats nice boar!
From: Wild North
13-May-12
Congrats David, great bear !!
From: Bow-n-head
13-May-12
Nice Bear David. Congrats.
From: APauls
13-May-12
Way to go!! About time someone laid one out!
From: APauls
13-May-12
Way to go!! About time someone laid one out!
From: Canadian Caveman.
13-May-12
Oh yeah!! A turkalurka and then a big old bear! Good start to the spring! Congrats to the both of you!
From: Extreme
14-May-12
Way to go David, he's a beauty.
From: bigbuck
22-May-12
look at this nice hide!! LOL.. This bear is a little jerk! wouldnt let me out of the tree the other day!
From: Shaft
22-May-12
Should've killed him just because. Take him out of the gene pool.
From: Bentshaft
24-May-12
Why? rubbed hide means bad gene pool?!
From: Extreme
25-May-12
I think he was kidding.
From: bigbuck
25-May-12
Thats a young male he was just pushed away from the sow. He is always with a female she has a great hide. he has huge feet already so i'm curious what he will look like in about 5 years...
From: Shaft
26-May-12
Didn't think someone would take me seriously. Yikes. Had a buddy tell me that years ago when I smacked a buck with 4 on one side and 1 lonely ugly tine on the other. That's all there is to that story.
From: bowhntr93
02-Jun-12
this thread doesnt seem to be doing so well this year. kinda of a late post but better late than never. shot this bear on may.13th at 8:45p.m, only ran 60 yards before the death moan. all caught on video. great night on stand!
From: Extreme
03-Jun-12
Good bear, way to go.
From: Tyler
04-Jun-12
Here is one from New Zealand did a ten day hunt with two friends from the states who were rifle hunting. with the gun hunters around it made it a bit difficult to bowhunt. not just cause they were shooting but more of a time issue. I shot 2 nanny thar with the bow and 2 bull thar and 1 chamois with the friends rifle on the day we were due to fly out. i will go again while im out here to get one of each with the bow, it was just a good way for me to get a few animals down and get some capes home for cheap. we also took one red stag and 3 fallow deer bucks and a total of 6 thar and 3 chamois it was a good trip! here is a pic of the bow kill nanny.
From: bigbuck
04-Jun-12
Post a pic of the big one! who cares if its a rifle kill!
From: APauls
04-Jun-12
Man you must have almost as many arrows as Katniss Everdeen or whatever the heck her name is! Way to go buddy.
From: Tyler
06-Jun-12
here is a pic of my big bull thar i didnt measure the horns but i think somewhere in the 13 inch long range and second pic is my chamois. yes they are rifle kills i know big shame but im a hunter, and will be out again to get one of each with the bow. I have lost/broken about 15 arrow here so far. NZ is really hard on gear my bow is battered and scratched up bad broken fibres etc. etc. but still shoots good, might be onto some deer and pigs in the next month we will see then im off to Aussie.
From: Tyler
06-Jun-12
From: Tyler
06-Jun-12
From: bowman2012
06-Jun-12
nice!! well done tyler!
From: bowman2012
06-Jun-12
nice!! well done tyler!
From: beave
10-Jun-12
duck mtns, June 2nd green scored 20 14/16. First time seeing this bear, was actually after a large color phase pictured the day before which I thought that bear or nothing. Very glad the tunnel vision came off.
From: beave
10-Jun-12
the color phase from the day before.
From: bigbuck
11-Jun-12
Nice bear Brent!
From: carcus
11-Jun-12
Huge bear! congrats
From: Gumby
12-Jun-12
Nice bear beave!!!
From: Canadianguide87
13-Jul-12
im new to this site its a little late but here is a pic of the bear i got this year on a 1st year bait.. This is my 2nd year bear hunting and arrowed this 515lb bruin and green scored 22 10/16
From: Tyler
13-Jul-12
Yikes!!! thats a monster im not a hundred percent sure but that may be a new manitoba record. definately top 3. way to go. congrats!!
From: rattling_junkie
13-Jul-12
Awesome bear, gotta love the Chuck Adams pose!
From: Gumby
13-Jul-12
Whoa!! Beauty of a bear!! If not a record it'll be one of the top ones for the year for sure!
From: bigbuck
13-Jul-12
There are only 6 bears to ever break the 22 inch mark entered in the MBRC this one would rank 2nd all time! Pretty cool!
From: Canadianguide87
16-Jul-12
thanks guys! ill have the official net score on august 2nd after the 60 days of drying.
From: MBguide
17-Jul-12
As far as I know the first week in June spring bear season, there were 3 bears that were shot that by bowhunters that "green" scored over 22 and possibly more that I don't know of that pretty good stats for Manitoba bear hunting
Good Jobs Guys
From: Canadianguide87
16-Aug-12
my bear lucky's score is locked in at 22 7/16 B&C
From: bigbuck
16-Aug-12
Nice congrats!
From: bowhunter68
03-Sep-12
Hey guys shot this buck on august 30th. just starting to lose velvet. Got a few trail cam pics of him through august. Talk about a short season.
From: carcus
04-Sep-12
Wow, nice buck, congrats Carey
From: BuckSlayer
04-Sep-12
Very cool! Congrats! Now what?? Hahah!!
From: Bentshaft
04-Sep-12
Great buck Carey, congrats....you kinda' look like you're cold ...LOL...!?
From: Shaft
04-Sep-12
That is a very nice buck! Congratulations! I need one of those.
From: bowhunter68
05-Sep-12
Thanks guys,a little sweated up after the drag. We weighed him at 250 lb. field dressed. Guess I'll be doing some fall fishing this year.
From: Gumby
07-Sep-12
Awesome buck!! I'll draw up some kind of a 12 step program for you once November hits and you're in deer hunting withdrawl!! Congrats on a nice deer!
From: APauls
09-Sep-12
What a beauty though!! Worth ending the season for I'd say. And if you shot him on Aug 30th, I think that means you're in a zone for doe tags. Could always try and lengthen the season that way. At least give your November clothes one wear!
Congrats again, looks like a real nice buck!
From: Justhunt
11-Sep-12
Great Buck Carey! Congrats!
From: jp
12-Sep-12
Congrats on a beautiful deer!!!
From: APauls
14-Sep-12
It seems that after 10 days and over 100 miles of walking calling and generally losing stuff and my mind, the Lord saw it fit to bless me with some elk meat (and bone)!
Words can not describe the level of pumptedness last night! It's a good thing, because there is always the work of getting these guys out!
He came in to my buddy Manuel and I as we walked into a swamp. We were cow calling the odd time because we knew we were in elk. A 19 yard walking shot sent him running, but the cow calls stopped him at 45 yards, and we watched him tip over. What a feeling. I saw the nokturnal enter and zip out of the elk and into a log. Very happy with the 150 gr. phatheads as well. It had been 6 days of hunting since the last elk sighting, and 3 sightings over 9 days wasn't exactly what I was hoping for. I had a passed 2 different spikers on day 2 and 3 as I really wanted a racked bull. My wish came true with 2 days left. Hunting in 3 stints helped to keep me motivated, as other than yesterday it had been all lone wolf hunting until that point.
From: APauls
14-Sep-12
Very happy my dad loaned me a quad, as we deboned other than front shoulders and ribs (took them whole), but still all done, netted 175 lb. of meat each. So we were packing 400lb of meat out, over 2.5 miles, I have to say - the quad took it like a champ!
From: rattling_junkie
14-Sep-12
Congrats! An accomplishment to be proud of.
From: Shaft
14-Sep-12
Congratulations! The stars defintiely lined up for you. Passed up on two elk while hunting with a pointy stick! Hmmmm.....I've never even considered passing up on an elk. Good job.
From: jp
14-Sep-12
Congrats on a great bull!!
From: Buckstopper
15-Sep-12
Well done sir! Congrats!!!
From: APauls
15-Sep-12
Thanks for the kind words guys! Still on a high 2 days later!
From: Gumby
17-Sep-12
Congrats!!! Nothing gives a guy a high like elk hunting!! Good job guys!
From: TOP PIN
17-Sep-12
Thats a beauty elk boys .... Congrats :)
From: Extreme
19-Sep-12
I shot this Elk on the 8th of September, my hunting partner Rob and myself drove to Ducks in the morning getting there pretty late we new that we wouldn't make it to our camp in time seeing it a 10k walk so we decided to hunt close to where we park are truck. Got out to an area we have hunted in the past, it was getting late so we let out a bugle and got a response immediately, ran over to a clear cut where the bull was. I moved up about a hundred yards from Rob where he keeped bugling t6o the bull, I started cow calling, making the bull think cows had separated from the bull, he came into 30 yards and got an arrow stuck in him, Rob bugled and the elk tried to bugle back, that was his last breath. I was pumped 2 hours into the hunt bull down. My best one to date. Thanks Rob for being there to call him in.
From: flinger
19-Sep-12
Congrats Dave - Awesome bull!!!
From: Manitoba Bohuntr
19-Sep-12
Way to go guys! Nice bulls!
From: APauls
19-Sep-12
Dave - that bull is just sick! That is so awesome!!!! No close-up photos possible with a bull like that! Great job on the set-up!
From: TOP PIN
19-Sep-12
Very nice bull ..... Congrats to a great hunt and story !!! Cheers
From: Shaft
19-Sep-12
Holy wapiti Batman! That is a magnificent bull elk!
From: Bentshaft
19-Sep-12
Massive bull Dave, congrats !
From: Gumby
20-Sep-12
Whoa!! Awesome looking elk!!! Great story too!! Great job guys!
From: jp
20-Sep-12
Great bull Dave, congrats.
From: rattling_junkie
21-Sep-12
Wow, what a bull! Dave's head actually looks small compared to the bull!
From: Justhunt
21-Sep-12
Congrats Dave and Rob, nicely done again!
From: Extreme
22-Sep-12
Hey guys, Thanks Dave
From: Wild North
23-Sep-12
Congrats Dave, great bull !!!!
From: carcus
24-Sep-12
Congrats Dave and Adam, great bulls!
From: Canadian Caveman.
24-Sep-12
Wow, some great critters there guys!!! Congrats!!!
From: bigbuck
24-Sep-12
Got some cool photo's last week. took this one from about 400 yards..
From: APauls
25-Sep-12
You took that guy at 400 yards? You must have been shooting a compound!
From: Gumby
26-Sep-12
Kid from Birtle shot this guy last week. I think his name is Tyler Wilson. Pretty nice buck........dang kids are always showing us up!!
From: APauls
26-Sep-12
Holy smokes. That thing is a stud. just looks old too.
From: Extreme
27-Sep-12
Wow, that's beauty
From: Darryl
28-Sep-12
Wasn't sure it was going to happen this year but it came down to the last few days of the season. I was out with my nephew on thursday evening, when a spike bull came into the calls and he made the 18 yard shot to close the deal. On saturday evening I was on my own walking through an area, moving slow and cow calling when a bull responded. I set up and continued to call, which brought in the cows, had one walk by me at 20 yards. She began to get down wind of me, eventually winded me and to my advantage she ran away from the heard. I then cow called the bull bugled back and I cut him of with a challenge. Well he came unglued, came running in, I stopped him with a cow call and made the 22 yard shot with my recurve. He jumped a few yards, stopped again after I cow called, stood looking back at me for about fifteen seconds. He then began to stumble away but only made it another 20 yards and I saw him go down within 50 yards of me. We were blessed with two elk in three days along with some great memories.
From: bowhntr93
28-Sep-12
thats a really cool looking bull. congrats!
here is the buck i was after this fall. didnt take as long as i thought it would to seal the deal but i'll take it. my best buck to date and got a few trail cam pics of this buck too! got it yesterday morning nice and early
From: APauls
28-Sep-12
Wow way to go guys! I'd love to see another angle of that bull Darryl. His left side looks cool. Awesome woth a recurve too man that's great!
From: Wild North
29-Sep-12
Congrats on a cool looking elk Darryl !!! Great buck Justin, Pick out something cool for me to do with him. I love those end of September capes !!
From: carcus
29-Sep-12
Nice animals guys! Congrats
From: APauls
30-Sep-12
Forgot to post this duphis. Caught him wandering by when I was waiting for bugles early September.
From: Gumby
30-Sep-12
Great job on the elk Darryl and nice buck Justin!!
One less wiley coyote is not gonna hurt anyone's feelings. Good job Adam!
Got my first ever archery moose yesterday. Caught him on the edge of a slough pestering a cow. Put a stalk on him when they laid down in some catails and managed to get him with a 37 yard shot when they stood up. The funny part was they had moved about 70 yards from where they originally bedded down and when we got to where we could see the spot they were supposed to be in they stood up right beside us.
Man those guys are tough though. He walked about 200 yards before going down. I stuck another one in him when he managed to get back up but he was pretty well finished anyway. Double lungs both shots and one just clipped the heart a bit.
Now we just gotta get my hunting partner one.
From: bowhntr93
01-Oct-12
congrats on a great first archery moose! good luck to your partner
From: TOP PIN
01-Oct-12
Wow those are some good animals guys .... Congrats :)
From: Darryl
02-Oct-12
Adam, way to persevere and get it done on your elk. Here is another pic of my elk.
Dave, congrats on an awesome bull.
Justine, that's a great buck, way to got.
Tim looks like your set for winter as far as meat goes, congrats on your first moose.
From: APauls
03-Oct-12
Hey way to go Tim!! The smile says it all! That is sure a sweet kill, and you can't beat moose meat for sure. Something about taking a new species always adds an extra thrill so congrats on getting it done! (and for some reason I find that if you're able to get a second arrow into the same animal it is somehow extra rewarding. Kind of like a two for one I guess)
Thanks for the extra look Darryl, that sure is an awesome looking unique elk!! What a memory and boy he'll look good in any room! Man that elk is just so cool.
From: APauls
03-Oct-12
Hey way to go Tim!! The smile says it all! That is sure a sweet kill, and you can't beat moose meat for sure. Something about taking a new species always adds an extra thrill so congrats on getting it done! (and for some reason I find that if you're able to get a second arrow into the same animal it is somehow extra rewarding. Kind of like a two for one I guess)
Thanks for the extra look Darryl, that sure is an awesome looking unique elk!! What a memory and boy he'll look good in any room! Man that elk is just so cool.
From: rattling_junkie
04-Oct-12
Nice buck Justin!
From: Gumby
09-Oct-12
Well yesterday my hunting partner Reg filled his tag with his first ever moose. We set up over looking a slough in the center of a bush pasture and made one cow call when this guy started coming in. To our left about 80 yards a cow came out of the bush and started stomping towards us with her ears pinned back and her hackles up. She came in to about 30 yards and stood there all mad as could be. Another small bull came out behind her and started moving towards us too. Luckily the big fellow hung up and the other two finally must have figured something was up because they slowly moved off. After a couple more cow calls the big guy started moving our way again. Reg had set up about 50 yards away from me and I cow called some more at the big guy and he slowly moved closer. He hung up until I moved back with our cow Montana Decoy. I guess he decided that he'd better come over for a closer look and he came across the dry end of the slough right out in front of Reg. 40 yard shot and the bull ran past me and walked over to a small bluff where we lost sight of him. We backed out and gave him a long 3 hour wait because Reg felt he'd maybe hit him a bit far back.
After an eternity we headed back in and low and behold found a cow and 2 calves in the same bluff. We didn't want to spook them in case the bull was still alive so we just took our time and glassed over the bluff as good as we could. After a bit I saw a strange looking very straight stick which looked a bit odd. Took me a second before I realized it was his arrow with the broadhead sticking straight up in the air. Yup we were pretty happy and relieved that he had died almost where we lost sight of him.
It's been a great moose season for us. Both of us tagged out on our first ever archery moose and we had a blast doing it. Reg is getting a shoulder mount done on his bull. We measured it and it came out at 48 inches. (not exactly sure if we did that right but it's gotta be close)
From: Gumby
09-Oct-12
From: Gumby
10-Oct-12
From: Shaft
10-Oct-12
WOW great pictures and story Gumby. Heck of bull. A thrill you'll both remember foreever.
From: rattling_junkie
10-Oct-12
Wow, what a beauty!
From: TOP PIN
10-Oct-12
Nice bull gumby as well as story ... Congrats :)
From: jp
10-Oct-12
Congrats on a great bull !!!
From: APauls
10-Oct-12
Holy smokes that is a stud! Good job guys!
From: Darryl
12-Oct-12
Way to go guys, great bull. I bet Reg still has that smile on his face.
From: Extreme
13-Oct-12
Good job guys, great animals.
From: M.Pauls
15-Oct-12
Got this guy 0ct 10. Got lots of pics of him since February last year. Pretty pumped when things finally lined up! Guess my season I over, mind you I think there are a couple doe tags still available for my area! (Whiteshell)
From: M.Pauls
15-Oct-12
From: M.Pauls
15-Oct-12
From: Bentshaft
15-Oct-12
Wow, now that's a "shooter", congrats ! Beautiful buck.
From: M.Pauls
15-Oct-12
From: jp
15-Oct-12
Now that's a buck!! congrats
From: M.Pauls
15-Oct-12
Thanks guys. Here he is late spring on a water hole. First time finding him for this year.
From: APauls
15-Oct-12
Ya Matt that sure is a once in a lifer. Congrats again, it was a joy to help with the "recovery" and get the phone call. So proud u put him down bro!!!!!
From: Shaft
16-Oct-12
That's a beautiful buck MPaul. Holy.....Awesome.
From: Gumby
16-Oct-12
Whoa!!! Awesome deer you guys!!! Congrats on that beauty Matt!! You'll have a bad case of "Permagrin" on now! Good job!
From: rattling_junkie
16-Oct-12
Great buck!
From: TOP PIN
16-Oct-12
Wow what a stud ..... Congrats !!!!!!!
From: TOP PIN
16-Oct-12
Wow what a stud ..... Congrats !!!!!!!
From: 30yd-max
16-Oct-12
WOW! real nice!
From: Manitoba Bohuntr
16-Oct-12
Shoulda passed on him...let him grow.
Yeah right!!!...Way to go Matthew!
From: Canadian Caveman.
17-Oct-12
THERE YOU GO BUDDY!!!! What a beast!!!! The best type of deer is the one a person has history with. Congrats!!!!
From: hoytguy
18-Oct-12
Wow, what a great buck. congratulations!
From: jamiewbowhunter
18-Oct-12
Wow that's a hell of a buck! Congrats
From: Buckstopper
19-Oct-12
Congrats on an awesome buck. He is the type of buck we keep going back to Manitoba to hunt for.
From: 7273
21-Oct-12
Great Buck congrats.
From: Extreme
22-Oct-12
Holy, nice buck congrats.
From: Justhunt
24-Oct-12
Awesome buck! Love the pics! Congrats!
From: bowhunter68
27-Oct-12
WOW,crazy nice bucks guys.Looks like a lot of big bucks going down this year. Rut could be crazy,Cheers.
From: Fletch
31-Oct-12
Nice Bucks Guys
From: rattling_junkie
09-Nov-12
Nov. 9, he came right through the funnel that I was sitting.
From: Wild North
09-Nov-12
Congrats David !!
From: 7273
09-Nov-12
Congrats nice buck.
From: Manitoba Bohuntr
10-Nov-12
Good job David! Very economical getting it done this early...good Menno move on ya!....Ry
From: Extreme
10-Nov-12
Way to go David, thats better than working eh.
From: Gumby
10-Nov-12
Congrats on a nice one!!
From: rattling_junkie
11-Nov-12
Thanks guys!
From: APauls
13-Nov-12
Good job Dave!!! Way to go!!! Nice buck! Looks like it must have been a great time!
From: TOP PIN
16-Nov-12
Nice job Dave ... Congrats
From: mb-archer
16-Nov-12
Nice job everyone, and now after 2 years of tag soup here is my best buck ever. 20 yd shot and about an 80 yd recovery. I am horrible at scoring or aging deer so if you want to throw out a guess please do.
From: mb-archer
16-Nov-12
From: mb-archer
16-Nov-12
From: Canadian Caveman.
16-Nov-12
Mb, great deer man!!! I wouldn't be to worried about the age and score, but seeing how you asked lol I'd say 130ish gross 3.5 year old. Great deer!
From: rattling_junkie
16-Nov-12
Good job Rob! Feels good to get it done, doesn't it?
From: 7273
17-Nov-12
Nice buck congrats. Now I need to find one
From: TOP PIN
17-Nov-12
Nice job mb-archer .... Congrats :)
From: APauls
18-Nov-12
Way to go man!! What a cool left side that thing has!! You'll never shoot one that looks the same as that bad boy! Good deal!
From: Manitoba Bohuntr
18-Nov-12
Cool can opener buck! Is that his backpack or did he just die on it? Congrats!
From: Tyler
19-Nov-12
Can opener??? you mean beer opener right! great animals everyone so far! keep them coming!
From: Extreme
19-Nov-12
Cool Rack, beer opener makes sense to me.
From: Gumby
19-Nov-12
Congrats Mb!! That's a pretty cool looking rack!
From: Justhunt
20-Nov-12
I was very fortunate to get a second opportunity with this buck.
From: Guideboy
20-Nov-12
Nicely done Rod!
From: Extreme
20-Nov-12
Nice Rod, way to go.
From: rattling_junkie
20-Nov-12
Flipped it for you.
From: Justhunt
20-Nov-12
Thanks Dave!!!
From: Manitoba Bohuntr
20-Nov-12
Great deer Rod...congrats!
From: carcus
21-Nov-12
Nice one Rod, love that dark rack!
From: Bear Track
21-Nov-12
I haven't had one 1/2 that nice near me this year!
Well done.
From: Wild North
21-Nov-12
What a stud !!! Great deer to....lol Congrats Man
From: 7273
22-Nov-12
Great Buck Congrates.
From: Big Ed
22-Nov-12
This is my sons buck he shot on Nov.20 at 20 yards. Congrats to ever one that was successful this year.
From: Big Ed
22-Nov-12
This is my sons buck he shot on Nov.20 at 20 yards. Congrats to ever one that was successful this year.
From: rattling_junkie
22-Nov-12
Awesome buck! End of November always seems to produce.
From: Tundra
22-Nov-12
Great buck John!! & Rod as well!
From: Extreme
22-Nov-12
Great buck John.
From: 7273
22-Nov-12
Congrats another great buck.
From: carcus
23-Nov-12
Awesome buck!
From: Manitoba Bohuntr
23-Nov-12
Sweet buck John...congrats! Bet Ed is proud!!
From: Bentshaft
23-Nov-12
Nice bucks guys, congrats.
From: Justhunt
23-Nov-12
John, Congrats buddy! Awesome buck.
From: Gumby
26-Nov-12
Great bucks guys!! Congrats!!
From: M.Pauls
30-Nov-12
Wow fantastic deer guys! Those are all real beauties!!
From: APauls
30-Nov-12
Glad to see you guys getting it done! Great job guys!
From: rattling_junkie
22-Aug-14
2012 was a good year.
