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This will only be my thrid season of elk hunting since I moved here so no good stories there. I will tell you about when I shot my very first white tail buck when I was 12 years old. 30 yards away shot him broad side and he came a running straight at me and my brother. All I could think of was keeping him in the scope and pulling the trigger with my .308. By the third shot he was within 2 feet of me and my brother. I could have reached out a grabbed his antlers. He turned and rolled down a little rock pile but not after my brother shot it in the arse with his .410. He wasn't old enough to hunt big game yet. The deer was it is death throughs kicking on its back. I try to shoot it in the head and missed. I am shaking like a leaf trying to reload but then realized the buck was dead but my brother grabs a big rock and chucks it at its head. Of course it shatters of the longest tine on one side. It was a perfect 10 pointer. So once we figure out that it is dead. My brother takes off because we are hunting on our uncles 100 acres, to get help. So here is the scared part. I am sitting on the deer gun loaded watching for wolves. This was in the early to mid 80's in northern MN. Wolves everywhere. Needless to say I was jumping at every little sound until the tractor and trailer showed up 15 minutes later. To me it felt like 4 hours.
Hey Bull.....Awesome
Not elk hunting but I remembered this video after watching yours Norsepeak. I would have craped myself if I was this guy.Way too Close to a Grizzly
Never scared elk hunting, but once out scouting for new bear spots I got caught up in a bunch of fishing line. I got so irritated that someone had strung the line all over the place I didn't realize I was standing in the middle of a Mary Jane grow. A BIG Mary Jane grow! Two guys walk up to me with guns drawn. One say's, "What the F(*& you doing here?" I say I am looking for new places to run bear baits. The other guys says, "I stongly suggest you get the F(^* out of here and hunt somewhere else!" He didn't have to ask me twice That's probably the most scared I have ever been in the woods.
Quote from: h20hunter on May 22, 2013, 12:44:59 PMHey Bull.....Awesome
Never really been scared of an elk, but have been mildly concerned.... This was two years ago, and really up close and personal. 3 feet! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4XurEihAmag&list=UUurVHoLv6F0P1zro8yw6dbg&index=15
Those are the times that make elk hunting so special. It is a feeling that nothing in the world could replicate. Not gonna lie, just reading your post make the hair on my neck stand up. Can't wait for this years elk hunt.
Hiking an hour back to camp after dark listening to a pack of wolves howling.Same trip my headlamp picked up a pair of eyes looking pack at me, based on the distance between the eyes it wasnt a small animal, and since lighted pins aren't legal in Idaho. (Bow hunting)
Quote from: norsepeak on May 22, 2013, 12:40:38 PMNever really been scared of an elk, but have been mildly concerned.... This was two years ago, and really up close and personal. 3 feet! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4XurEihAmag&list=UUurVHoLv6F0P1zro8yw6dbg&index=15I had someone show me that video a year or two ago and I could have sworn he said it was him. Your name isnt Dan by chance is it?
No elk encounters, but the first buck I shot when I was 17 popped out of the brush at about 10 feet. I don't know who was more scared, but I got the drop on him with my lever action 30/30. Shot him right through one of his ears, and he jumped up about 5 feet off the ground. He then proceeded to run straight away from me at Mach 3 speed, and I rolled him with a terrible shot choice that hit him in a back quarter and came out the opposite front quarter. My buddies came running, they said the 2 shots sounded like 1 really long boom, thanks to the 30/30!