Just wondering?

eliminator · Apr 20, 2005

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e.g.,

Just wondering if anyone has left a bull over night after being hit and came back the next morning to find another bull all alone with a dead one, while in the rut. The reason i ask is because it happened to me this year. I had a good idea of where my bull was going to be dead. When i got in the area that next morning the heard he was running with was about a thousand yards down the mountain with a few rags chasing the cows around. We walked in to where I figured the dead bull would be, and as soon as we got in the area we heard a bull run out of there. We ran out of the trees to see my bull run up over a mountain and in to the thick #####. I knew that had to be him because any other big bull would have been down the mountain with the cows. My stomach dropped and all my excitement turned into not ever wanting to shoot an animal with a bow again. After going up over the mountain to try to find blood or anything, we went back in to where we jumped the bull. 50 yards from where we stopped the first time we found my bull laying dead. I just cant figure out what the other bull was doing there. My bull ended up scoring 365, just wish he had bigger thirds.

fatrooster · Apr 20, 2005

Pretty cool story. fatrooster.

AZbowhntr · Apr 20, 2005

I think it was Deerking that shot a buck either last year or the year before that had a couple younger bucks with it. And they hung out almost the whole time he cleaned it out. They did not want to leave. I don't remember the complete story but I remember the pictures that he took. It was a pretty cool story.

brbmd · Apr 21, 2005

I shot a buck last year that was with 2 others. I sat for an hour while the other 2 just stood over him. I didn't want them to be spooked off by a person, so I called a friend. I was on his property. He fired up his 4 wheeler and slowly headed to me. The other 2 bucks ran about 75 yards and stood there while we loaded up my buck. We drove off about 200 yards and gutted and caped him while the other 2 never moved until it was too dark to see them. I was wishing my son had been with me. He could easily have shot his first buck that was a beautiful 4x4 that was standing over my downed buck. Seemed strange that they hung around.

DeerKing · Apr 21, 2005

AZ
Good memory!

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eyeguard · Apr 21, 2005

Hey DK,

What kind of a ML you shootin' in that pic? Good Lookin' buck for sure! Cool memory to experience too I bet.

EG

"A man can be hard to find in the mountains, but you're welcome at my fire anytime."

WARBIRDUM · Apr 21, 2005

I called a herd of cows and a bull in all togeather across a big open clearing in Wyoming one year and stopped the bull and arrowed him.He started running in the direction I called him in from anyway he made it about 160 yards and circled and laid down. The herd of cows ran over to him and was sounding cow chirps for a minute and they all ran off into the thick timber.I quartered the bull and prepared the rest to backpack out the next morning after packing out what I could that evening. I was back to my harvested bull about 1 hour after daylight and when I came into the clearing where my qaurters were a bull was screaming his head off not far from where my elk carcass was. I dont think the smell of blood spooks animals to much what do you guys think?

DeerKing · Apr 21, 2005

Thanks Eye. Thats my trusty TC Omega

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eyeguard · Apr 21, 2005

DK,

That's what I figured. Dang I gotta get me one of those! Seems like every time I start puttin' the $ away, just about when I have enough to close the deal, something else comes up the $ could be used for (or needs to be). One of these days... (mark my words!).

EG

"A man can be hard to find in the mountains, but you're welcome at my fire anytime."

ELKCHSR · Apr 21, 2005

I shot a Rocky Mtn. Bighorn in 1994 and I knew another one was nearby but could not see him. After the one I shot went down for the count the other one came out from behind the timberline brush and stood over the other one. Even after I went to retrieve my pack and stuff he was still there. I walked over in plain sight and he stood about forty yards away just watching. They looked just alike with the same curl. I think they were twins, kind of eerie.

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elk_horn · Apr 21, 2005

LAST EDITED ON Apr-21-05 AT 03:16PM (MST)[p]I arrowed my bull Just as the sun was going down and while we were quartering it the other bull was on a ridge about 200 yards away with a hurd of cows....he bugled the whole time... next morning I went back to try and find my arrow and the bull and cows where still there.

need2hunt · Apr 21, 2005

In my mind, I think animals are capable of showing emotion towards one another just as we are. If a close friend, or relative of mine died near me, i'd be sort of shocked and want to spend a little time with em. As a native, I was taught that animals were once people, long long ago. This is some pretty deep thinking, and all I can say is that I show a great deal of gratitude and respect for the animals we hunt.