Post by: hunter399 on February 04, 2018, 07:48:13 PM
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Post by: Mallardmasher on February 04, 2018, 09:34:14 PM
Post by: Dan-o on February 04, 2018, 09:42:41 PM
Also saw a guy drop a 6x6 bull elk with his muzzleloader, run over to without reloading, and have it run off. No recovery.
Post by: robescc on February 04, 2018, 10:07:18 PM
When I originally shot her, I was trying for a head shot at about 20 yards as she was looking over her back at me. I somehow missed her head and grazed the top of her back. It must have been a hard enough hit to paralyze her for a few minutes.
Post by: Gringo31 on February 05, 2018, 08:38:33 AM
Post by: Okanagan on February 05, 2018, 09:28:38 AM
I grabbed a hold of one that got up. They're stronger than they look. :tup:
Ditto that! They are QUICK and strong!
A heavy bodied alpine mule deer buck jumped up and attacked me when I grabbed his antler to position him better for gutting. I dropped the knife in my other hand and grabbed the bases of both antlers as he lunged at me. Fortunately, his antlers were wide enough to pass on each side of my body and I absorbed the lunge with my forearms and the top of his head butting into my belly. I would step backward as I absorbed each lunge.
My 12 year old son was with me and I yelled for him to get my rifle that I had laid on the ground, but not to shoot. I knew that if I fell I would be in deep trouble. Also fortunately, his hind legs were mostly dragging due to my shot that had dropped him. By the time I had stumble-ran backward 30-40 feet the buck tired some. I was able to “bulldog” him down like a steer wrestler, then jumped away, grabbed my rifle and shot him under his ear.
My son now has sons of his own, and he has a wildly embellished version of this event, but for those on here who may know him, don't believe him. :)
Post by: Special T on February 05, 2018, 09:29:41 AM
I shot a blacktail doe on Whidbey Island one time with a 12 gauge slug. Dropped her like a ton of bricks. I walked over, took off my pack and got my knife out. I couldn't find a hole anywhere when I looked her over. I rolled her onto her back and tucked the right back leg between my legs. As soon as I started to to make the slit in the hide between her legs, she came alive kicking and kicked me right in the giblets. I somehow recovered fairly quickly and grabbed my shotgun and put one behind the ear. When my cousin got to me we were both laughing so hard it took a few minutes to start on her again.I spit out my coffee!
When I originally shot her, I was trying for a head shot at about 20 yards as she was looking over her back at me. I somehow missed her head and grazed the top of her back. It must have been a hard enough hit to paralyze her for a few minutes.
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Post by: northwesthunter84 on February 05, 2018, 11:50:33 AM
Post by: JKEEN33 on February 05, 2018, 12:01:26 PM
I grabbed a hold of one that got up. They're stronger than they look. :tup:
Ditto that! They are QUICK and strong!
A heavy bodied alpine mule deer buck jumped up and attacked me when I grabbed his antler to position him better for gutting. I dropped the knife in my other hand and grabbed the bases of both antlers as he lunged at me. Fortunately, his antlers were wide enough to pass on each side of my body and I absorbed the lunge with my forearms and the top of his head butting into my belly. I would step backward as I absorbed each lunge.
My 12 year old son was with me and I yelled for him to get my rifle that I had laid on the ground, but not to shoot. I knew that if I fell I would be in deep trouble. Also fortunately, his hind legs were mostly dragging due to my shot that had dropped him. By the time I had stumble-ran backward 30-40 feet the buck tired some. I was able to “bulldog” him down like a steer wrestler, then jumped away, grabbed my rifle and shot him under his ear.
My son now has sons of his own, and he has a wildly embellished version of this event, but for those on here who may know him, don't believe him. :)
I’d kind of like to hear their imbelished vereion. The mental picture I formed reading this was pretty wild. I’m curious how much crazier it could get.
Great experience to laugh about for the rest of your life. :)
Post by: JKEEN33 on February 05, 2018, 12:07:12 PM
Post by: shmacker on February 05, 2018, 12:22:06 PM
I’d been working a turkey for about an hour when he finally came in with a hen. I waited for a clear shot on just him and finally got one. Dropped him flat and he didn’t do the usual flopping around. I ran over to grab him and as I got close he got up and ran off. Of course the shotgun was back where I was sitting when I shot. Gotta love these “learning” situations.
Rinella talked about this in his last podcast, how a flopping turkey is a dead turkey, but one that drops right over will probably need a follow up shot. Good learning experience!
Post by: h2ofowlr on February 05, 2018, 09:48:46 PM
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Post by: kellama2001 on February 28, 2018, 07:54:41 AM
Post by: Seahawk12 on February 28, 2018, 08:43:24 AM
They've made me nervous when I approach a downed animal. Especially, the stories where a guy gets kicked in the jewels.
Last years deer took a quartered away arrow at 30 yards-. It was a solid pass through hit and the deer went down after about 15 steps.
I waited about fifteen minutes and walked over to the rock strewn, dry stream bed and gave it a couple good pokes in the back with my bow.
I decided to move it a few yards to a better spot for dressing it out and grabbed its ears and started pulling it over.
Well, the way it had fallen on those rocks and the position of its body must have trapped some air in its lungs because as soon as I lifted it a little it made a kind of bleating sound.
I must have jump back five foot.
Woo! As if the adrenaline from the stalk and kill weren't enough I got a bonus rush from that.
So, no jumping up and running, no kicks to the jimmy.
Nothing but a post-humus bleat that got a heck of a reaction outta me.
Post by: NOCK NOCK on February 28, 2018, 07:53:02 PM
Anybody on here get semi gored by a deer they thought was dead?
Lost a decent bucks blood trail after 8 hours tracking during late archery. Several other hunters were involved in the tracking after I lost it. One of which ended up thinking he would finish off the deer by hand thrusting an arrow into its vitals/heart area. The buck jumped up, hit the guy in the back with its antlers, tearing through several layers of clothing and putting a large scratch on the hunters back. It worked and he killed the buck.
This is the story I got from the guy I started the hunt with that morning, he happened across the buck again late in the day and watched it all go down.
That buck still haunts me.....years later.
Post by: Twispriver on February 28, 2018, 09:41:01 PM
Post by: BigGoonTuna on March 01, 2018, 04:02:06 AM
he was so sure that he had killed him that he forgot that cardinal rule of muzzleloader hunting, always reload! i threw up my rifle and squeezed the trigger, and found that i had screwed up too, and put my secondary safety(striker block) on my knight bighorn. i frantically pulled back the striker and unscrewed the safety, and let one rip just as he went around the corner, and heard the bullet ricochet harmlessly off the rocks. my dad had also taken a shot...and his gun misfired(i keep telling him pellets suck...).
we searched the whole draw for hours, and found no blood, no hair, nothing. came back there the next day with no better luck. a real heartbreaker, but lessons were learned.
Post by: Come Get Some on March 01, 2018, 07:17:38 AM