Re: Deer Hunting

Yeah, we have a herd of elk on the property here where I work.  The bulls
are friggin' huge.  I used to run down by their pasture, and, during mating
season, they'd charge the fence and make all kinds of horrible noises.
Awesome!

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"Eric B" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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> Murray wrote:
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> >    You people in the east have little white tail deer tho. Try that on
> > a 300+lb mule deer. If a mule deer runs at me, I ain't reaching for my
> > pocket knife. Once last year DJ and I were out in the Owyhee desert
> > (south of Boise) and a mule deer got scared up between myself and
> > David on the trail. Scared the SOB so bad he was trying to pass David
> > to get away from me. Should'a had a helmet cam on that one. DJ didn't
> > even get to see the deer.
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> >  Murray
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> Hahaha, small white tail in the East?  Have you ever heard of the famous
> elusive Coues whitetail in Arizona?  I shot a 4x4 Coues about 6 or 7 years
> ago, field dressed it weighed about 50 lbs!  I've seen nice 6X's with
> classic basket racks well under a 100lbs.  These guys are tiny.  You can
> hang a spike in a tree with one hand;-)  You'll never stick one with a
> knife though-hell, they are hard enough to get with a rifle!  Coues are
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> about glassing and 300+ yard shots-god bless the steady stix! Now of
> course, the Kaibab deer in N. AZ are friggin' huge, and our mulies are
very
> big.  Nothing compares to Elk though.  If you've never seen a full grown
> bull elk in his prime, you just won't understand.  During my boy's elk
hunt
> (I didn't get drawn)this year, a classic 6x6 bull walked up on us.  His
> shoulders were higher than my head (I'm 5'10).  He was walking under pine
> trees and had to dip his head nearly to the ground to get his rack under
> the lower limbs--branches I would have had to jump up with my arms
> completely stretched out just to touch!  This big guy walked within 5 feet
> of us, alas the boy had a cow tag;-(  But it was one of the most awesome
> things I've ever seen-never been that close.  When he saw us under a
> juniper tree, he stopped and snorted, I could feel his hot breath hit my
> face (ol'd boy coulda used a mint).  He wrote us off as completely
> insignificant and just meandered past without a care in the world-very
> cool.  J
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> ust to give you a reference point, a small bull (2x2 rack), field dressed,
> will set a 1/2 ton truck on it's bump stops.
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> Eric
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