elky McElkerson
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- Mar 13, 2014
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i think 9 days was pushing my physical limit this time. hard hiking..cold nights, etc. stickers stuck in my ass cheeks, mice running over my sleeping face. it was tough.
i didnt get a deer. i did use my 50 yard pin to shoot at a 60 yard deer. it didnt end as planned
. but it was the culmination of a 2 hour, badarse, hardcore, run around the hills stalk. it was fantastic and exciting and quite frankly why i do it. AND i found my arrow stuck in a rock. hahah.
i also glassed up a whopper couse. we did a two mile loop around to get the wind right and gain elevation on him. at one spot, we sat back down and looked for him. took me a hour, but WHAMMO! found him..higher. so we packed up and moved again. took me 30 mins to find him, this time he was in a bush eating, and the wind was right. i got to 122 yards..when the wind shifted..that deer when 0-60 in a second flat. gone. walking out, i found a button buck..a dumb button buck, got to 50 yards and tried to recite the hunting regs to remember if he was even remotely legal. i passed. it was the coolest event to find that same buck after three relocates. you move 20 yards and the terrain changes dramatically and you lose everything. it help that the buck was feeding near a huge black cow.
i put a friend in a pinch point and a deer almost ran him over at full sprint. a doe. he stood up, looked behind him and almost got faceplanted by a full sprinting coyote. hahaha..that deer blew past me at 10 yards in a blur. it was so funny. my buddy stood up and did his best frankenstein impersonation complete with growl..to scare that yote.. why he chose mythical monster theme was a mystery. a simple \"boo\" works.
that was the good stuff..the bad? i need a new hunting partner.
my friend whoosh...no more.
1. he is profoundly out of shape
2. he didnt bring any food or gear..or painkillers or allergy meds. he was snotty the entire time..sneezing..and in pain.
3. he didnt cook a single meal
4. he didnt do a single dirty dish.
5. he didnt pay me his half of the single hotel night we needed.
6. he didnt offer to drive any of the 15 hours drive home last night from the desert to SF bay area.
and one deer. i found it. we watched him for 3 hours. feeding, pushing does with little enthusiasm.. mostly feeding. wind was right, then it happened. it bedded down. GAME ON!
i started putting my optics away and packing and said. \"let\'s go\". he looked at me and said..\"my back hurts, let\'s leave him for tomorrow\"
WTF??!!
i pleaded..\"no. we dont get opps like this. bedded deer and the wind right, and only two does to avoid..one of you go, or i will\". one guy opted out, looking at the epic climb. the other guy, said to wait..because if i go..\"i would blow the deer out\"
yea, i might. 98% chance something happens and the deer blows out. but 2%..i arrow that guy and do the jig-dance. he was getting mad. i knew i had 5 days left with only us two, so i relented and hiked away silent..i left them on the top to find other deer. i was simmering mad. i took the negative energy and hiked up to cell service. i called my friend that discovered this site with me..and he didnt help. hahah. he said,
\" so the guy you invited hunting with you, wont let you stalk the deer you spotted at our secret spot?\" it was pretty funny.
like i said..i am done. i\'ll be his regular friend if i can. he is a nice guy..just clueless. he wants to put in NM elk with me and keeps talking about \"next time\"..sure.
we never did find that heavy six pointer again. at camp i did tell him the proper response of a good hunting partner would have been, \"hey my back hurts, i cant make that climb, you go..good luck\". BUT it was too little too late.
time to swap to spring turkey and start putting in for all my elk tags. it is GO TIME! again.
(what did i miss around here?)
i didnt get a deer. i did use my 50 yard pin to shoot at a 60 yard deer. it didnt end as planned
. but it was the culmination of a 2 hour, badarse, hardcore, run around the hills stalk. it was fantastic and exciting and quite frankly why i do it. AND i found my arrow stuck in a rock. hahah.i also glassed up a whopper couse. we did a two mile loop around to get the wind right and gain elevation on him. at one spot, we sat back down and looked for him. took me a hour, but WHAMMO! found him..higher. so we packed up and moved again. took me 30 mins to find him, this time he was in a bush eating, and the wind was right. i got to 122 yards..when the wind shifted..that deer when 0-60 in a second flat. gone. walking out, i found a button buck..a dumb button buck, got to 50 yards and tried to recite the hunting regs to remember if he was even remotely legal. i passed. it was the coolest event to find that same buck after three relocates. you move 20 yards and the terrain changes dramatically and you lose everything. it help that the buck was feeding near a huge black cow.
i put a friend in a pinch point and a deer almost ran him over at full sprint. a doe. he stood up, looked behind him and almost got faceplanted by a full sprinting coyote. hahaha..that deer blew past me at 10 yards in a blur. it was so funny. my buddy stood up and did his best frankenstein impersonation complete with growl..to scare that yote.. why he chose mythical monster theme was a mystery. a simple \"boo\" works.
that was the good stuff..the bad? i need a new hunting partner.
my friend whoosh...no more.
1. he is profoundly out of shape
2. he didnt bring any food or gear..or painkillers or allergy meds. he was snotty the entire time..sneezing..and in pain.
3. he didnt cook a single meal
4. he didnt do a single dirty dish.
5. he didnt pay me his half of the single hotel night we needed.
6. he didnt offer to drive any of the 15 hours drive home last night from the desert to SF bay area.
and one deer. i found it. we watched him for 3 hours. feeding, pushing does with little enthusiasm.. mostly feeding. wind was right, then it happened. it bedded down. GAME ON!
i started putting my optics away and packing and said. \"let\'s go\". he looked at me and said..\"my back hurts, let\'s leave him for tomorrow\"
WTF??!!
i pleaded..\"no. we dont get opps like this. bedded deer and the wind right, and only two does to avoid..one of you go, or i will\". one guy opted out, looking at the epic climb. the other guy, said to wait..because if i go..\"i would blow the deer out\"
yea, i might. 98% chance something happens and the deer blows out. but 2%..i arrow that guy and do the jig-dance. he was getting mad. i knew i had 5 days left with only us two, so i relented and hiked away silent..i left them on the top to find other deer. i was simmering mad. i took the negative energy and hiked up to cell service. i called my friend that discovered this site with me..and he didnt help. hahah. he said,
\" so the guy you invited hunting with you, wont let you stalk the deer you spotted at our secret spot?\" it was pretty funny.
like i said..i am done. i\'ll be his regular friend if i can. he is a nice guy..just clueless. he wants to put in NM elk with me and keeps talking about \"next time\"..sure.
we never did find that heavy six pointer again. at camp i did tell him the proper response of a good hunting partner would have been, \"hey my back hurts, i cant make that climb, you go..good luck\". BUT it was too little too late.
time to swap to spring turkey and start putting in for all my elk tags. it is GO TIME! again.
(what did i miss around here?)
