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Yup your just #selective like matstinker not #quitterNot really quitting but I have had two Missouri Breaks rifle bull tags. Walked away from bulls any sane man would have killed out there. mtmuley
In August 2022 I ran into the group scouting. They explained the "situation" and my only thought was "poor bastard!"A friend's son drew a sheep and goat permit last year. His wife was due in late September with their first child, and he told me his son was just going to have to just get it over with and shoot the first one he could.
I asked him "why, he could always have another kid." He said, "I know - that's what I told him too."
He killed a stud of an old billy on the opener, and a mediocre ram at the end.In August 2022 I ran into the group scouting. They explained the "situation" and my only thought was "poor bastard!"
I regret that I didn't do this. I wasn't that great of an athlete but I still stuck with high school sports because I am too stubborn to quit something I started. Often wonder what kind of mule deer I would have turned up an the sheds I would have found if I had spent my weekends in the hills instead of sports. One thing is for sure, My knees would feel better now.My best quitting story involves high school sports. I was a hell of an athlete, but I quit everything once I was old enough to drive, so I could focus on hunting and fishing.
Definitely glad I did. I wouldn't still be playing any of those sports, but here I am still hunting and fishing every chance I get!
Eating a Peaks moose tag would be hard.He killed a stud of an old billy on the opener, and a mediocre ram at the end.
Year I had goat in peaks, I met a guy that drew all 3 that year, all in the peaks. What a curse. Day before I killed my goat I called him and told him I’d be all done and out the following day and would head in with him the next evening for a good Billy. Not much more than 24 hours after me shooting mine, we were 9-10 miles in from another trailhead with another 9+ inch goat down. He killed an average ram late, but ate the moose tag which is a very challenging permit. It’s what my friend Jake has, and he knew it going in. It’s his 3rd moose permit so don’t shed any tears if he gets another 30-40 days in hunting and doesn’t notch his tag. It has been and will be an excellent hunt.
And there will be no quitting.
We know you have a photo of the biug bull, let’s see it,Had a Montana Moose tag when I was 21. Hunted somewhere in the relm of 35 to 40 days with lots of dink bull opportunities. Had tons of private to hunt, no kids, literally the entire season to drag it out.
Well on my chance for the "dream bull" I #@)(*%* it up and pissed down both legs and never did get a shot on him. I called him in through some thick timber I didn't take the shot because it wasn't ideal at 15 yards. That night I got whiskey drunk and said piss on it I was over the whole hunt I'm shooting the first bull I see. I did and it was a decision I've regretted my entire hunting life. I quit on myself and shot a bull that was nothing close to what I had set out to harvest. Another hunter killed the big bull within a week of my episode in the exact same drainage and it was everything you could've wanted. View attachment 296574
That's an awesome story. 1 of many I'm sure. Not everyone could handle that as a kid but sure makes for some memories.A long time ago I quite on an archery Mule Deer hunt before it even started. I had found several antlers from a great buck and I was confident I would find him on opening day. The plan was to hike up to the top of the hills the day before the opener, spend the night and find him in the morning. I was totally unprepared. The only thing I packed in was some extra water. At dark I found a tree to sleep under with nothing but branched between me and the stars. Soon however there was clouds and by 10:00 it was raining. By midnight I was soaking wet and freezing. I could see the lights of my grandmothers in the valley and it was looking very inviting so I bailed. It was lucky I didn't break a leg walking the mile of steep stuff in the mud and pitch black. I spent the night on the porch as I didn't want to wake grandma at two in the morning and at day light I went whitetail hunting on the river bottom. I was 14 at the time.
Your knees probably would feel the same as they do now from all the hiking. I quit football as a 7th grader, and I hunted every night after school if I didn’t have to shovel pig shit, fix fence or work. I didn’t have a clue what I was doing and was extremely unsuccessful, I appreciate what I got to see back then though. I sucked at football.I regret that I didn't do this. I wasn't that great of an athlete but I still stuck with high school sports become I am too stubborn to quit something I started. Often wonder what kind of mule deer I would have turned up a the sheds I would have found if I had spent my weekends in the hill instead of sports. One thing is for sure, My knees would feel better now.
I have the set. I just need reminded of it. Would you do it solo? I know your pain….Grizzly Bears seem to be a big one. Just last weekend my hunting partner of 13 years bailed on me at 9:30pm the night before our hunt because his new wife decided she doesn't want him hunting bear country anymore. It takes a lot of self-control on my part to not tell him to grow a set and lay out some ground rules. I can't think of a time he's bailed on a hunt, and we've spent plenty of night out in griz country together, so I know it's coming from his wife.
You have great power of will, despite the circumstances. Congratulations on both. You’re a Beast.It doesn't look like much but it was well below zero for a lot of the 2020 season. Stuck it out in my tipi. HOWEVER, that was one of the last times I stuck it out in a tent. Never being able to truly get dry or thaw food. That year I spent my birthday drinking a frozen Coors. I do have a better setup now but being frozen and wet will cut most trips short now.
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