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Hunting in the Hood!
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DrMike
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They are definitely efficient killers. Great hunters.
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Mike if nothing else we can learn from this video is "Patience"! I know personally that is one thing I am not very good at. I'll sit on a great meadow early one morning for an hour or a bit more and then leave, and come back later to see that the elk have been all over it to the point it looks like cattle have been grazing. Watched this one spot one time just knowing it was going to be a good one but left after this fart in a skillet could not sit still any longer and two 5x5 bulls came out and walked past where I was watching out to an old logging road on a clearcut and got shot. This happened about 30 minutes after I left. I could go on and on and on with example after example, but you get the point! 
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Pretty cool! 8)
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Jim I'm amazed that it's daylight and he's right in someones yard hunting. Now that is gutsy!
DrMike
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David,
Age will go a long way toward enabling you to be patient. As stamina and strength fade, it becomes easier to sit in a quiet place and watch what is happening. Every moment brings a new memory of past hunts until you are startled out of your reverie by a couple of cow elk stepping tentatively out into the meadow, followed by a spike, and then, ten minutes later, the herd bull finally steps out in all his glory.
Age will go a long way toward enabling you to be patient. As stamina and strength fade, it becomes easier to sit in a quiet place and watch what is happening. Every moment brings a new memory of past hunts until you are startled out of your reverie by a couple of cow elk stepping tentatively out into the meadow, followed by a spike, and then, ten minutes later, the herd bull finally steps out in all his glory.
Pretty kitty. In my youth I shot one, have not had the desire since.
I have always been wound pretty tight even now. I trained my self early on to sit when it makes most sense and move less. You will find that you see far more game while being still than moving. Not just stand hunting but in spot and stalk also. I have set in a particualar saddle for hours just because it looks elky. There is a balance however, because sometimes they don't come. Depending upon the draw this year (if I don't) I will probably end up stand hunting on a little pasture that we own that has elk come through it almost daily. This isn't a maybe, they "will" come through there. Its bow only and I have had two close encounters there but no shot as yet. Its mindnumbing hunting after a couple of days. I am considering some improvements for comfort and a Russian Novel or 5.
I have always been wound pretty tight even now. I trained my self early on to sit when it makes most sense and move less. You will find that you see far more game while being still than moving. Not just stand hunting but in spot and stalk also. I have set in a particualar saddle for hours just because it looks elky. There is a balance however, because sometimes they don't come. Depending upon the draw this year (if I don't) I will probably end up stand hunting on a little pasture that we own that has elk come through it almost daily. This isn't a maybe, they "will" come through there. Its bow only and I have had two close encounters there but no shot as yet. Its mindnumbing hunting after a couple of days. I am considering some improvements for comfort and a Russian Novel or 5.
gerry
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Beautiful cat, he sure does blend in when he sits still.
