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Re: Selected for Goose Prarie Archery - Need Advice
« Reply #15 on: June 15, 2009, 11:26:54 AM »
Too bad people aren't allowed to trade tags... I was drawn for Rimrock E but never hunted there.  Out of the two GMU's my choice would be Bumping (in the B.C.) because the Nile has way too much vehicle traffic and firearms activity, if you know what I mean.

I've been keeping track of a decent bull in Bumping for a couple years now because of the number of cows he keeps and in hopes of getting the Goose Prairie tag. He was a 6x7 last year with gnarliest sounding bugle I've ever heard, much more growl and chuckle than bugle. 
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Re: Selected for Goose Prarie Archery - Need Advice
« Reply #16 on: June 15, 2009, 02:57:55 PM »
oh, him....hes decent :chuckle:

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Re: Selected for Goose Prarie Archery - Need Advice
« Reply #17 on: June 15, 2009, 09:27:19 PM »
WWSR - I know that bull... he is a nice one.  And no I didn't get a tag either.  Lips are sealed.
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Re: Selected for Goose Prarie Archery - Need Advice
« Reply #18 on: June 15, 2009, 09:29:16 PM »
My group drew that tag and we are familiar with that bulll.... we call him chuckles.  Hopefully I can stick my 30 yard pin on him this year....   :IBCOOL:   of course I doubt this bull is the same.... I think there are more than one that does that.   :dunno:
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Re: Selected for Goose Prarie Archery - Need Advice
« Reply #19 on: June 15, 2009, 09:37:21 PM »
Good luck!  Just make sure you can get it out once you get it down.  Saw a couple of guys last year that let it hang for 5 days... it was a disaster.
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Re: Selected for Goose Prarie Archery - Need Advice
« Reply #20 on: June 16, 2009, 08:40:35 AM »
My group drew that tag and we are familiar with that bulll.... we call him chuckles.  Hopefully I can stick my 30 yard pin on him this year....   :IBCOOL:   of course I doubt this bull is the same.... I think there are more than one that does that.   :dunno:

We call him "Growler".  If he's still around I want to record his bugle and send the clip off to some of the Bigfoot hunters with a note that Sasquatch is alive and kickin' in ______ _______. 

In full rut you won't even need your 30 yd pin with that guy but 30 yds is probably as close as I ever want to get again.  He disregards his own safety for that of the herd...or maybe I was disregarding my own just to see how close I could get him. :dunno:   Either way he got me running for cover. 

Two days after he chased me out of one of his wallows, one of my buddies got close and personal with him right after dusk. I had already backed out of the meadow and was waiting for my friends at our meeting spot so we could watch the Growler at sunset.  Growler came up out of the canyon like clockwork to see if the coast was clear for the herd to get some water but my friends still hadn't shown up yet.  Instead of standing in his favorite spot at the NW corner of the meadow, Growler took off back into the woods towards the east right as the winds shifted.  I figured that either he had gotten a whiff of myself or my friends, one who was walking towards me and another who was still unaccounted for, and decided to retreat.  I sounded off with a couple of chirps followed by a spike bugle in an effort to bring him back into view.   He responded immediately to the bugle with his own and then came charging out of the treeline 150 yds away from us straight towards the large ground blind I had been in earlier in the day.  He sniffed and snorted a couple of times, bugled once more and then started ripping the blind to shreds.  Our missing friend bolted out of the backside of the blind running with his bow in one hand and backpack in the other. I asked my buddy what he did to make him so mad.  Apparently he had found the estrus elk scent I was testing and had unknowingly dropped in the ground blind earlier in the day. He decided that since it was "free" he should use an excessive amount as a cover spray right before taking a nap.
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I think he learned a couple of lessons that day...
1. Don't take a nap during prime time.
2. Don't spray any scent excessively especially if it's labeled "Test" and smells like $ex. :chuckle:

NWWABOWHNTR and Fireant11...let me know if you haven't filled your tags by 9/16 and I'll see what I can do to help.


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Re: Selected for Goose Prarie Archery - Need Advice
« Reply #21 on: June 21, 2009, 11:30:09 AM »
Sorry for not responding to these posts;  I've been tied up with work.  Great insights and suggestions.  I'm anxious to get out and do some walking around!! 

Thanks for the help!  I'll keep you posted. 

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Re: Selected for Goose Prarie Archery - Need Advice
« Reply #22 on: June 21, 2009, 08:38:16 PM »
WWSR - Thanks for all the info!  Hope to show you some great pics and a story to tell before the 20th of Sept!
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Re: Selected for Goose Prarie Archery - Need Advice
« Reply #23 on: June 22, 2009, 12:05:56 PM »
I drew the same tag and i'm in the same boat. We drew 2 tags for the unit so we are making the move from the taneum unit.

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Re: Selected for Goose Prarie Archery - Need Advice
« Reply #24 on: June 22, 2009, 12:24:41 PM »
WWSR, thats the funniest thing I've read today.  Reminded me of the neophyte moose hunter on here that was asking about moose in heat.   :bdid:  I sent him pics of the moose mounting that bronze bison and said this could be YOU.   
Thats FUNNY!

 


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