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Quote from: 300wsm on December 20, 2010, 01:03:45 PMYeah, 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.
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.
