Laughing

Do you ever think sometimes these animals we hunt are really laughing at us?
Tell your story!
One of mine happened in 2008 when I hunted the Sargents 1st rifle elk. During a midday lunch break I happen to look to my right and there was a beautiful 180 plus class Muley bedded down not 20 yards away from us enjoying our conversations with each other. How do you think they know which season is which and what tag your holding in your pocket! I don't know how they do it but it's impressive!

Joe

"Sometimes you do things wrong for so long you
think their right" - 2001
"I can't argue with honesty" - 2005
-Joe E Sikora

Happens to us all the time... Hunting Bulls see Bucks... Have a Cow tag and see Bulls.... LOL
Jack

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Yep.

I was going on an out-of-state deer hunt once. Before heading out, I was talking to a friend who really wanted some elk jerky. I told him I could get an OTC elk tag in the unit where I was hunting deer. I told him I would get an elk tag if he helped me process it. When I went to buy my elk tag at the sporting goods store, I had two options; cow elk, or bull elk. I figured I just wanted the meat, and a cow would be much more easy to find, so I bought a cow tag. On that hunt I saw nine bulls and ZERO cows.

LAST EDITED ON May-09-17 AT 02:38PM (MST)[p]Story of my life.

See monster bucks up close and personal during the archery elk, but go back with a rifle just a couple weeks later and those muleys have packed and left for Disneyland. But whoa--look at all those monster barbarys! Come back in February and the bucks have returned, but now the rams are off to Vegas...

Then there was the time I was 12 feet up a tree watching a waterhole for bears when a tom mountain lion walked right under me. Who ever thinks to buy an over-the-counter mountain lion tag two days into the season?

But the worst one for me was the time I was helping a friend on his rifle elk when we stumbled on a black bear (that I'm sure would have easily made B&C) feeding on a cow elk carcass inside 15 yards. The bear stands up on his hind legs to give us a good look over, and I'm pulling my Taurus Judge off my hip. Stare down for about 15 or 20 seconds and the thought occurs to me that I do have a valid bear license with me, but I'm pretty certain that the zone is already closed, so unless that bear charges, we're going to let it walk. Well, it dropped to all fours and lumbered off in the opposite direction. My friend and I are looking at each other, like wow, did that just happen? After getting home from that hunt I decide to check the G&F website just for giggles to see how many days the zone had been closed when we encountered that bear. Yeah, you guessed it, the zone was still open as of a week later. This one bothers me more than all the rest. It's been about four years and I still think about that bear, a lot...

Wow dude. Crazy!

>LAST EDITED ON May-09-17
>AT 02:38?PM (MST)
>
>Story of my life.
>
>See monster bucks up close and
>personal during the archery elk,
>but go back with a
>rifle just a couple weeks
>later and those muleys have
>packed and left for Disneyland.
> But whoa--look at all
>those monster barbarys! Come
>back in February and the
>bucks have returned, but now
>the rams are off to
>Vegas...
>
>Then there was the time I
>was 12 feet up a
>tree watching a waterhole for
>bears when a tom mountain
>lion walked right under me.
> Who ever thinks to
>buy an over-the-counter mountain lion
>tag two days into the
>season?
>
>But the worst one for me
>was the time I was
>helping a friend on his
>rifle elk when we stumbled
>on a black bear (that
>I'm sure would have easily
>made B&C) feeding on a
>cow elk carcass inside 15
>yards. The bear stands
>up on his hind legs
>to give us a good
>look over, and I'm pulling
>my Taurus Judge off my
>hip. Stare down for
>about 15 or 20 seconds
>and the thought occurs to
>me that I do have
>a valid bear license with
>me, but I'm pretty
>certain that the zone is
>already closed, so unless that
>bear charges, we're going to
>let it walk. Well,
>it dropped to all fours
>and lumbered off in the
>opposite direction. My friend
>and I are looking at
>each other, like wow, did
>that just happen? After
>getting home from that hunt
>I decide to check the
>G&F website just for giggles
>to see how many days
>the zone had been closed
>when we encountered that bear.
> Yeah, you guessed it,
>the zone was still open
>as of a week later.
> This one bothers me
>more than all the rest.
> It's been about four
>years and I still think
>about that bear, a lot...
>

LAST EDITED ON May-28-17 AT 10:07AM (MST)[p]
Thats a great story Mozey!
I have a couple questions for you. I am thinking of carrying a hand gun during my archery elk hunt this year. I've never own one before but my wife won a cheaper version of the Ruger 9 mm. After I looked at the rounds in the store yesterday I came to the conclusion this would probably just piss him off even more.What round did you have in the Tarus you were carrying was it the 410 buckshot, the pistol round or both and the reasoning why if you don't mind?

Thanks Joe

"Sometimes you do things wrong for so long you
think their right" - 2001
"I can't argue with honesty" - 2005
-Joe E Sikora

Joe,

My Judge is the one with the 3" chamber. My first round is intended for something that is further than ten yards away, so I go with either a 45 Long Colt or a 45 Schofield, usually something north of 250 grains, with the Schofield having a slight edge in accuracy. The next three rounds are strictly for close range combat/self defense, so I opt for the 410 3" mags in 000 buck. With a 3" barrel, those spread pretty quick, and the patterns are not consistent, so I'm not sure they would be of much use beyond ten yards. But inside ten yards they would be very effective.

The last round I'm back to 45, which is for me in case I'm not able to shoot myself out of trouble with the first four, and have no hope of otherwise surviving. I don't think I want to be around if something decides it wants to eat me alive... ;-)