Western Dreaming
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- Dec 17, 2020
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Closest with a bow is about 10' on a whitetail deer. Closest with a rifle was an elk at about 15 yards.
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You sir are a Jedi level hunter! Hat tip, golf clap and high Five.I'll play on this one. A few years ago I was walking into my deer stand and I stopped because I could hear deer moving in the cornfield. I hunkered tight to a tree right along the edge and out pops a pair of fawns. Got the phone out and snapped this shot when it was about 5 yards away. It then proceeded to walk right to me! It came up to me and licked my bow!
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Getting close is what hunting is all about and I love it. To get close to an animal you have to either convince the animal your something you aren't (calling them in) or you recognize animal patterns and movements and position yourself in the right spot at the right time. I have shot over 20 deer and an elk under 20 yards with a few of them being under 5 yards. The rush when they are that close is unreal!
Hey @Happy Myles ... can I talk you into providing more detail? I’d like to hear the story!As I recall, about one foot, after a wounded leopard mauled me. A bad day about twenty years ago......
That is an awesome bull! Nice hatI took my bull elk after bugling him in at 9 yards this past fall, too close to hear a thud from the bullet impact and too close to sight the rifle through the scope. He started running off after I pulled the trigger and I panicked, running up the ridge so that I could clear the timber and hopefully get a second shot without trees blinding my sight picture. I was completely distraught when the herd moved up and across the adjacent ridge without the herd bull in tow. Completely dejected, I hiked back down the ridge to where the encounter happened. I looked back in the direction the bull and herd escaped their ambush...one of the best views I have taken in for quite a while.View attachment 166826
Talk about a change in emotions, I went from completely dejected and remorseful to loosing myself in joyful exuberance. The bull only stumbled down the ridge 20 yards. He is by far my best bull and currently at the taxidermist. View attachment 166828