Teanaway Bull Hunt

[Craig]

 

[wsucowboy]

any word if a bull was taken?

[klickriverchromer]

He's probably skinning him out still. Give it time!

[300wsm]

Sorry to say it's tag soup for me. I'll post more tomorrow. 

[C-Money]

Sorry to hear that. You will get one next time!

[300wsm]

Yeah, tag soup is quite bitter. But just like anybody who eats there tag, you try to look at the positives of the hunt.  I don't regret passing on the first bull, the first couple hours of the hunt because I would have missed out on so much.  Through this hunt I met some truly great people.  6X6 is one of them, another is a guy who without ever meeting me, took me up on snow mobiles and showed me some amazing country without expecting anything in return.  I know where I will try and get my first cougar, turkey hunt and when I get drawn again, a bull.  I also had a great time with friends and family.  Next time I will spend a lot more time with my muzzle loader and practice shots out to 200 yards so when the opportunity presents itself I will have the confidence to make the shot.  I had too many variables for me to pull the trigger on the second to last day.  200 yards, broadside with a little brush/thickets, and only practiced out to 100 yards, made the shot unethical to me so I chose not to pull the trigger.  I do have a picture cemented in my head of that bull.  Not sure if that is good or not.  A funny thing happened on Saturday.  I got a call from a warden, he asked me if I wanted money or points.  I had turned in a guy that took a deer illegally.  Of course I said points, he then asked if I wanted them to go towards deer or elk?  Without hesitation I said elk.  Maybe my karma was built up by not launching one at that elk???  Anyway, not sure when I will be hunting bulls in the Teanaway again, but it may be sooner than expected.

[high country]

kudos for not taking a shot that you were unsure of....that is the epitome of sportsman. hats off to you!

[trophyhunt]

you are lucky to get points from turning in a poacher, I took pictures of a truck and the kid that shot a deer after dark and turned over the spotting scope he had hid under a stump. Also had statements from 2 neighbors that also heard the shot at night, NO points for me. The game warden tried but the kid said he shot it right at dark, so it turns out to be ''he said, he said''. unless he confesses they can't do squat. Sorry about the tag soup, but like you said you will have a much better chance next time. good job.

[HOYT6.0]

Im new here,  but its good to hear there are still ethical hunters left in this world.  Some times its better to eat tag soup, than to know you may have possibly wounded an animal and not able to find it. 

[Lowedog]

Way to get after it 300wsm!  I commend you on not taking the shot you weren't comfortable with!  Really happy about the points too.  Maybe you will get to go after that big bull again next year.  From what I hear things have gotten pretty tough there and the rifle hunters aren't seeing much. 

[mrgoodwrench]

Good job passing up that shot.  After shooting a couple bulls under a hundred yards with a muzzleloader, and my buddy losing one this year at 50 feet, I wouldn't take a two hundred yard shot unless it was wide open for a long damn way!

[bobcat]

Good for you on not taking a 200 yard shot with your muzzleloader. I've heard of people shooting animals that far, but to me, that is way too far for any muzzleloader. It's like taking a 1000 yard shot with a 30-06. Just no way a shot that far can ever be justified. Hopefully the extra 10 points will help in drawing the same permit in the not too far away future.

[cx2vandine]

Yeah, tag soup is quite bitter. But just like anybody who eats there tag, you try to look at the positives of the hunt.  I don't regret passing on the first bull, the first couple hours of the hunt because I would have missed out on so much.  Through this hunt I met some truly great people.  6X6 is one of them, another is a guy who without ever meeting me, took me up on snow mobiles and showed me some amazing country without expecting anything in return.  I know where I will try and get my first cougar, turkey hunt and when I get drawn again, a bull.  I also had a great time with friends and family.  Next time I will spend a lot more time with my muzzle loader and practice shots out to 200 yards so when the opportunity presents itself I will have the confidence to make the shot.  I had too many variables for me to pull the trigger on the second to last day.  200 yards, broadside with a little brush/thickets, and only practiced out to 100 yards, made the shot unethical to me so I chose not to pull the trigger.  I do have a picture cemented in my head of that bull.  Not sure if that is good or not.  A funny thing happened on Saturday.  I got a call from a warden, he asked me if I wanted money or points.  I had turned in a guy that took a deer illegally.  Of course I said points, he then asked if I wanted them to go towards deer or elk?  Without hesitation I said elk.  Maybe my karma was built up by not launching one at that elk???  Anyway, not sure when I will be hunting bulls in the Teanaway again, but it may be sooner than expected.

Good job in turning the SOB in.

[teanawayslayer]

sorry to hear you didn't nail a big one.  No pic's from the hunt?

[jstone]

Yep sorry you got to eat some tag soup. But its better to have not taken the shot. Every year i meet more and more people that will take bad shots with there archery equipment just because the arrow will go a hundred or so yards or muzzy doesnt mean you do it. I could have shot at some nice bucks at 60 yards with my bow but didnt. They where really nice bucks to. Good Job.