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[11B4V]

Well done.  Relocating after being spotted is crucial.

Black Tail deer are a wily breed. A sub-species of the Mule Deer. They are the hardest deer to hunt. Unpredictable in their habits, unlike the Mule and White tail deer, which are easier to hunt.

[11B4V]

This is the first year hunting from a treestand in washington state. It is pretty much the standard in the southeast US when I was there. But I have a habit of taking good long naps in a treestand. 

[The Brain]

A missed opportunity.

[11B4V]

A missed opportunity.

Season doesn't start till the 12th.

2011 I was elk hunting down around the St. Helens area. An absolutely beautiful clear November morning. I stopped on the down side of a cross over saddle, sat down on a log and broke out some java. I'm sitting there listening, enjoying the morning and being absolutely silent. After 20 minutes or so, I hear some rustling and commotion coming down the hill. Not enough racket to be an elk. Those fuckers sounds like a freight train when they are at a run through the woods. I finally get eyes on the commotion and it's a good sized doe moving at the double quick down the hill towards me. She spots me about 20-30 meters out, peels off hard left and goes down the other side of the hill into a draw.

Well, hot on her tail (no pun intended), about 30-40 or so meters behind, is a 3 point buck, nose to the ground and not paying attention to shit other than that doe. The dumbshit doesn't see me. I had him dead to rights if it were deer season. When he does spot me, he slams into a full stop no more than 20 feet from me. We look at each other for a good three seconds, long enough for me to say, "You're one lucking sumbitch." He then came to his senses and peeled off down the hill after the doe.

[garbon]

Manly.

[derspiess]

He was clearly trying to impress you.

[garbon]

It worked.

[11B4V]

He was clearly trying to impress you.

It's what i live for. 

[PDH]

Lots of hunters here got caught in the big snows that hit the eastern side of the state.  They had to hunker in motels instead of up in 3 feet of snow in the mountains.  I bet there is now a liquor shortage in most of the stores.

[11B4V]

Lots of hunters here got caught in the big snows that hit the eastern side of the state.  They had to hunker in motels instead of up in 3 feet of snow in the mountains.  I bet there is now a liquor shortage in most of the stores.

Which state if you dont mind me askin?

[PDH]

Lots of hunters here got caught in the big snows that hit the eastern side of the state.  They had to hunker in motels instead of up in 3 feet of snow in the mountains.  I bet there is now a liquor shortage in most of the stores.

Which state if you dont mind me askin?

Wyoming.  Up on the Laramie Range they got 3+ feet of snow in all the outfitting spots.  The foreigners spent a lot of money to fly in from the East Coast and stay at the Motel 6 in Glenrock, Wyoming.

[11B4V]

Lots of hunters here got caught in the big snows that hit the eastern side of the state.  They had to hunker in motels instead of up in 3 feet of snow in the mountains.  I bet there is now a liquor shortage in most of the stores.

Which state if you dont mind me askin?

Wyoming.  Up on the Laramie Range they got 3+ feet of snow in all the outfitting spots.  The foreigners spent a lot of money to fly in from the East Coast and stay at the Motel 6 in Glenrock, Wyoming.

Good elk country there.

[PDH]

Good elk country there.

I don't hunt myself, but I know plenty folks who do.  That means I get steaks and roasts every year (usually the stuff from last year that has been in the deep freeze for 10-11 months).

[CountDeMoney]

and stay at the Motel 6 in Glenrock, Wyoming.

Bet those vending machines on the 2nd floor has had the shit worked out of them this week.  Only thing left is some Diet Mountain Dew, and maybe a Pay Day bar.

[Ed Anger]

Yum, diet Dew.