M
Martin
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Last saturday I was out watching some winter range deer through the scope. I decided to move to a new vantage point and snuck through the junipers. As I came around a tree I noticed a brown spot at the base of a juniper and thought it to be a bedded deer. Wrong! As I looked closer, a long fury tail rose up and I new instantly I had snuck up on a lion. It had no clue that I was there. Scared the hell out of me. This is the 2nd time I have been close to a lion. It was aprox 20 feet away. I stopped to get my camera out and it heard me and looked over its shoulder at me. I took 2 pictures. It never flinched or moved, just watched me. It had the brightest blue eyes. I threw a rock at it and it didn't react. I slowly walked forward and it finally blew out at ten feet. It was a neat experience.
As it ran through the trees, about 30 deer exploded from their beds and bolted to safer ground. In all the movement, I finally found a buck that I had been looking for since late November. He hadn't moved an 1/8 of a mile since the rut and was still packin head gear and hangin with the same smaller bucks. It was great to see that 30" typical frame through the scope.
As it ran through the trees, about 30 deer exploded from their beds and bolted to safer ground. In all the movement, I finally found a buck that I had been looking for since late November. He hadn't moved an 1/8 of a mile since the rut and was still packin head gear and hangin with the same smaller bucks. It was great to see that 30" typical frame through the scope.