O.K. HERES THE STORY!!!
MY HOW THE RUMORS GET BIGGER THAN THE TRUTH!!!
HERES THE STORY & THANKS TO SOMEBODY SENDING MY PICTURES TO OTHER PEOPLE AFTER I ASKED THEM NOT TO,I WON'T BE POSTING PICTURES ANYMORE & I HAVEN'T DONE FOR A COUPLE YEARS NOW!!!
AS ALWAYS,IT WAS ANOTHER TOUGH HUNT IN THE NE PISSCUTTER REGION,EVEN TOUGHER THAN MOST YEARS!!!
I DIDN'T GET A CHANCE TO ARCHERY HUNT THIS YEAR,THE MUZZ HUNT ROLLED AROUND & I TOOK OPENING DAY OFF,HIKED ABOUT 18 MILES THAT DAY & LET 7 BUCKS WALK THAT DAY,3 BEING SMALL 4 POINT BUCKS AND THE OTHER 4 WERE REAL PISSCUTTERS!!!
ONLY ONE WEEKEND DURING MUZZ DEER SEASON SO ME & MY BOY TROMPED OUR BUTTS OFF THEM TWO DAYS SAT/SUN BUT NEVER SEEN ANYTHING TO GET US EXCITED!!!
THE LAST NIGHT OF MUZZ SEASON I GOT OFF A LITTLE EARLY & WENT FOR THE MOUNTAIN AS FAST AS I COULD GO,I HIKED & HUNTED ALL EVENING BUT NOT MUCH HAPPENING,I HAD ABOUT 20 MINUTES OF SEASON LEFT,AS I WAS SNEAKING DOWN THROUGH THE THICK CRAP OUTA NOWHERE THIS BUCK JUMPED UP WITH HIS WHEELS SPINNING AND I COULDN'T GET A SHOT,A DECENT BUCK HAD JUST KICKED MY BUTT & WASN'T PLANNING ON MOVING TILL DARK,THEN IT SET IN,I'D BE JOINING IN ON THE PUMPKIN HUNT,SOMETHING I DON'T LIKE DOING,WE TRY & GIT-R-DONE ON THE MUZZ HUNT BUT IT DIDN'T HAPPEN THIS YEAR & I WASN'T EXCITED AT ALL!!!
WELL THE PUMPKIN HUNT ROLLS AROUND & ME & MY BOY TRY AND GET AWAY FROM MOST OF THE CROWD,WE HUNTED OPENING DAY & I LET FOUR 4 POINTS WALK THAT DAY,THE BIGEST WAS A 4X3 ABOUT 20" WIDE AND I ALSO SEEN A FEW SMALLER BUCKS,BUT THE LACK OF QUALITY BUCKS WAS SHOWING MORE & MORE BY THE DAY,THE SECOND DAY OF THE PUMKIN HUNT WE HEAD TO MORE REMOTE TERRITORY,ABOUT A 15 MILE HIKE ON DAY 2 WE ONLY SEE ONE 4X3 BUCK & MY SON LETS HIM WALK,HE HAD HIM OUTRIGHT BUT MY SON ONLY LOOKS AT THINGS ONE WAY:HE'LL BE BIGGER NEXT YEAR DAD,AND YA I'M PROUD OF JR!!!
I DECIDES TO TAKE THE 3RD DAY OF THE PUMPKIN HUNT OFF OF WORK & GIVE HER HELL ONE MORE DAY,JR HAS TO GO BACK TO SCHOOL AND WORK SO I'M HEADED BACK UP TO GODS COUNTRY ALONE ON DAY 3,I GET UP THERE & A BLIZZARD MOVES IN LIKE YOU AIN'T NEVER SEEN,I'M DEBATING TO LEAVE MY VEHICLE OR NOT AND START HIKING BACK IN,THE BLIZZARD BREAKS OFF & ON A FEW TIMES & I DECIDES I SURE THE HELL AIN'T GONNA GET ANYTHING BY WIMPING OUT JUST BECAUSE A FRICKEN BLIZZARD HAS SET IN IS NO EXCUSE,AT TIMES I COULDN'T SEE A FOOT IN FRONT OF ME & AT OTHER TIMES IT WAS BREAKIN A LITTLE WHERE I COULD SEE A LITTLE BIT OF SOMETHING OFF & ON,A FEW HOURS LATER I'M BACK IN WHERE I WANNA BE,SOAKED CLEAR THROUGH AND COLDER THAN HELL FROM THE GUSTY WIND & SNOW I DECIDES TO STOP & MOP THE WATER OUT OF MY LEUPOLD,THEN I THOUGHT WHY??? IT'S JUST GONNA GET SOAKED AGAIN,I GET BACK IN WHERE I WANNA BE THINKING THERE AIN'T GONNA BE ANYTHING MOVING WITH THIS STORM SNOWING & BLOWING LIKE IT WAS BUT IS WAS STILL BREAKING OFF & ON AND FIGURED I COULD ONLY DO WHAT I COULD DO WHICH WASN'T GONNA BE MUCH,MOTHER NATURE HAD SET IN & IT WAS LIKE DAY & NIGHT WITHIN MINUTES CHANGING EVER SO SUDDENLY,I WAS SNEAKING AROUND AND GOT TO THINKING WHY FOR???THERE AIN'T GONNA BE NOTHING OUT IN THIS CRAP WHEN I LOOKED DOWN OFF THE STEEP CRAP I CATCH A GLIMPSE OF A BUCK RUNNING FOR HIS LIFE,I HAD NO TIME TO FIND A GOOD REST & I DON'T HAVE A BI-POD ON THIS GUN SO I DECIDES I GOTTA MAKE A FREESTANDING SHOT AT A BUCK RUNNING THROUGH THE THICK PINES ONLY SEEING A GLIMPSE HERE & THERE,I LEAD HIM ABOUT A FOOT AND SQUOZE OFF,I HEARS HIM CRASH AND THEN I HEARS HIM ROLLING FURTHER TO THE BOTTOM,IT'S SO STEEP AND WITH THE NEW SKIFF OF SNOW ON THE GROUND I FELL DOWN SEVERAL TIMES MYSELF JUST GETTING DOWN TO HIM,THERES ONLY ONE WAY OUT,THE SAME WAY I WENT IN,SO I GET HIM GUTTED,THEN I HEAD BACK TO GET MY PACK,MY GUNNY SACKS & SAW,HIKE BACK IN & I GET HIM QUARTERED UP & BAGGED UP,IT TOOK ME 4 TRIPS TO GET EVERYTHING BACK UP OUT OF THIS HELL HOLE,A 23 HOUR DAY AFTER IT WAS ALL SAID & DONE,TAKES ABOUT 350 DAYS BEFORE A GUY WILL DO THIS KINDA THING AGAIN,BUT DAMN I GUESS YOU COULD SAY IT WAS FUN!!!
HE AIN'T BIG BUT I GUESS HE WILL DO,I NEVER SEEN A 30"ER THIS YEAR,MAKES YOU WONDER HOW MANY ARE LEFT???
THIS IS MY NEW GUN,YOU MAY NOT LIKE IT,YOU'LL LIKE IT A HELL OF A LOT LESS WHEN IT HITS ITS DESTINATION!!!
THE ONLY bobcat THAT KNOWS ALOT OF YOU HAVE HAD THIS IMAGE IN YOUR PEA BRAIN BUT DUE TO POOR SHOOTING TACTICS I'M STILL KICKIN!!!