OLD REPOST from 07
I'm sure nothings changed in GMU 520
Winston late hunt dbags
It will be a memory that lasts for years.
I have had two younger guys I have been teaching to bowhunt elk,
I am not trying to be holier than thou but I am trying to instill some ethics/techniques on marginal shot attempts (targets vs critters, they are great shots on the range), working with other hunters to make a plan, when jumping a band of elk, practicing good land-owner relations, etc.
So here I am with my 21 yr old ,,almost son in law,, up in the winston unit, so far had a great weekend going, we jumped 2 groups on friday up in the 200 line Port Blakely area, decide we will hunt the last day down in MT ST Helens tree farm 1100 line area, spotted a herd a mile or so away glassing, went looking for the road to the clearcut they were feeding in to put a stalk on ,,,,,,,,take a turn down on a road in the truck and there are 4 bulls busting off through the timber and cutting right along the road down hill from us in the reprod about 25-30 yds away and below, the kid did great, we bailed out of the truck , got on them and moved along side them stopping drawing and waiting as they were acting like wanted to move upslope , never got a clear shot,,, head, neck only, he stays at it and they move off across the clearcut, I go get the truck to go down and try to cut them off on a different skid road towards where they are heading, the kid is still on them and they are now about a 1/2 mile from where we started when we jumped them, now here is the vent/rant.
A dark green late model toyota with canopy on it and 2 guys are on the shoulder in a wide spot they see me coming in my truck, the guy sitting on the tailgate almost gets thrown/bounced off as the driver hauls butt and cuts me off to rush at the bulls down the skid road I am heading to and the kid with me is on behind these bulls, now I understand public land hunting and do not really blame them for cutting off another truck, but,,,,,,the kid that is with me is about 75 yds behind and to the right of the bulls on a skid road in the open, the toyota with these 2 genuis's in it almost runs him over to get ahead of him and rush at those bulls and yes there was no missing that he was there , it was a pretty wide open cut at that point just grass and some slash, needless to say I am totally PO'd and let the one guy that was standing there when I walked up know about it.
The bulls off course were blown across the river into the Margaret unit.
To those guys in that dark green toyota if your reading this try and take a course in hunter ethics and try and get along with others in the field a little more, you showed the worse behavior for archery hunters I've seen in years., we would have gladly teamed with you to stalk those animals !
