« Reply #61 on: December 21, 2010, 01:05:46 PM »
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.
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