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Hunting season 2012
Keenan:
OK Guys lets hear some hunting stories; here is a kick off story'
First day at camp I was working on the horse corral for when Lulyn would be coming up. Cutting and tying poles all afternoon. Was tying the last pole when a bull and a few cows came up the trail. My back was to them and I about had a heart attack when they all busted. Never heard them coming
The next day we got into elk (opening day). Unfortunately they spotted us before we spotted them. I had eased down by a big wallow meadow just before daybreak. We set up and called for about 40 minutes with no responses. Thinking of moving on down the drainage, we went over and checked the trail cam. Went through some pictures of a dandy buck, reset the camera and walked over to the wallow to see if it had been used. We were standing at the wallow when the elk showed up Once again all the emotions of excitement followed by instant humility and disappointment. Tracked them the rest of the day. Busted a big mule deer buck out of his bed while working back toward truck.
Day two, checked the upper drainages,some sign but several days old. Got back to camp exhausted and decided to get some burgers going. Bull wondered up the trail to camp while I was cooking burgers. Busted and humbled again.
Day three, Walked several miles of drainages and benches,only to come back and find fresh tracks back at camp. Seems I'm a little slow learning sometimes. Put salt in horse corral at camp. Left gate open, going back in few days. LOL
Today while getting hunting gear washed and repacking for the next trip up to camp. I noticed this group of bucks bedded down in the neighbors back yard. these guys are the neighborhood group that have grown up around here. The big guy is eight on one side and a club beam with a duel eye guard at the bottom on the other side. He is the one remaing surviver of triplets that grew up in our garden. One got hit by a car, and the second shot by hunter causing a huge uproar with the anti-hunters because this is a no shooting area. They all had the club horn on the left side each year.
johnston:
I'll tell , but it ain't all that exciting. Think I have temporarily blown out my first year honey hole.
Too much building of late ground blinds and such. Decided to give it a 30 day break and so found
myself late yesterday afternoon easing along the firebreak of a 120 acre cutover. Drizzling rain,
quiet and at some spots you can see 20 yds or so into the 12 foot volunteer thick stuff.
I had timed it about right as I got to the half way point with about an hour of light left. And the wind would be real good the rest of the way.
And then I heard a not so subtle voice say very clearly"you have 30 seconds". Now Ma nature don't usually sneak up nor speak
so clearly to me but this time she did, although I do believe the time thing was a little short.
That problem solved I commenced with my stalking/still hunting, getting dark now, last hundred yards or so thinking about the one
cold beer in the truck. When the three does exploded five feet inside the cover and ten feet from me all I saw were tails and those only for
micro seconds. As I stood there in the rain I was not terribly excited, been there done that kinda thing.
But even so......I sure was glad Ma Nature had so recently called.
Lane
Keenan:
LOL and so goes our daily humbling! so far elk 1, hunters 0. deer 2, hunters 0 ::)
rossfactor:
Going up the hill this weekend (if I can convince the wife O:)). I will report.
gabe
rossfactor:
Maybe. I just shot a lousy group. Yesterday it was fine, tonight, garbabe. If i don't feel good tomorrow I'm gonna have to hold off. >:( >:(
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