Anyone out there?????
WYMULEYMAN
8/11/04 8:00am
thank god hunting season is just around the corner, seems everyone around here have run out of things to talk about. i guess that is a good thing though, i mean if you check out any other hunting websites seems the only things they can talk about is USO and the presedential elections. not that those things should be played down in any way, but for crying out loud, it is almost hunting season, you would think there are better things to talk about than that. actually for some people hunting season is already here, did any of you guys see the bighorn sheep that was taken in colorado, suppose to be like 3rd in the world, or something. and also, my hunting buddy and i went out and checked out our bear hunting spot to see if there had been any action in the general area and i must say, things look good this season.
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hey agchawk, although we as humans are pretty excited about hunting season being just around the corner, i think that deer is not amused or excited about hunting season one bit. it is crazy what some animals will do.
I've all but worn out my topo maps, scouring over some new areas I'm going to try out this year. I'm just counting down the days until I can get into some cooler country (September 1st) and hopefully some monster muleys.
I guess I could just post some more to pass the time. Who knows, maybe I'll make 4-point status soon. :thumb
BOHNTR )))--------------->
it's been awhile since we have heard from you. trying to spend the days as useful as possible, hard to do with drawing a special deer tag for wyoming. i thought the past years have been hard, they didn't compare to this year. ](*,) it has been pretty warm up here in the north country of wyoming the past few weeks, not 116 with humidity mind you, but hot none the less for wyoming. i still think this year is going to be killer for the animals though. i have been trying to spend some time outdoors and the animals look real healthy and big this year. wyoming saw its fair share of moisture this season.
anyways, like i said, trying to spend the days as useful as possible, like spending money to get ready for hunting, getting new camo, going to try out some camo from predator camo this year and my truck is done for this year, she finally blew the tranny, so i will be hunting deer with the old man this year, it has been five years since i have hunted with him and since he drew the same area, i figured i would go back to my roots for this season. he always was my favorite hunting partner. not happy that my truck is dead, mostly because i can't afford to get one before hunting season, but i am planning on getting one before spring bear season.
planning a two week trip back home, southern wyoming, the third and fouth week of october to hunt deer. can't wait to see the success of some of the folks around the madness, and i will be sure to supply plenty of photos from my deer hunt.
I'm still down here in Ar-kin-saw looking in from time to time. AGCHAWK, I'm still waiting for "The History and Distribution of Mule Deer" report you promised =D>
I too have worn holes in my topos pouring over the details of my honey hole up by Thermop. My local scout was over there last week and Louie-Grande is still there....along with some of his buds.
Cooler weather (80s high/50s low) prevail here, at least for a few days. Subsequently, I have rubbed all the varnish off the bed posts and ruined the carpet where I made several scrapes !! The wifey is ready for some season to open so I can go trackin' and trailin'.............she used to worry about me trailin' them 2-legged deer but she ain't got nothing to be concerned about nowadays.
Heck, who wants to waste time and money on wild women when we've all got treks to make and big muleys to chase !! 8-[
Let 'er eat and make 'em leak.
I AM going to do a bit more pig hunting this month and next just to keep the blood flowing. I'm still a little sore that I had to cancel my Black-tail plans. They sure ain't mulies but they are fun to hunt!
Looks like you'll have some fun this year. I hope you get a big one.
Met a nice bowhunter from Rawlins a few weeks ago. He was in the Pope & Young Measurers clinic with me in Flagstaff, AZ. Just so happened he knew some of my family (Huletts) members up in those parts. Some of the photos he had of monster muleys made me envious. Can't wait until I'm able to get back up in that part of the country and chase some of them with my bow. You ARE a lucky man to live in Gods country. Post up some pics when you get a good one this year.
BOHNTR )))---------------->
it is a small world out there, rawlins is a pretty small town so i am pretty sure that i know who he is, espically since he was at a pope and young measuring clininc, he is probably one of the more serious hunters from home. was his name bob b., for the sake of his privacy i don't want to say much more than that. his name is just the first one that comes to mind when i think of someone that would be at a gathering such as that. not to mention some of the deer bob has taken would make even the most seasoned hunter envious. the deer he killed in 2003 was over the 200" mark. it is going to be a great hunting season for me as well as my dad, he was super lucky this year and drew a deer tag with me, a antelope tag for around rawlins, and also a super super bull tag in the shirley mountains in south central wyoming. it is about half way between rawlins and casper. right on the famed miracle mile fishing hole. and along the ferris, seminoe, and shirley mountain band of hills. i use to work up there alot with the blm when i stilled lived in rawlins and i have seen some fantastic bulls up there, so i am really excited for him. plus, i have found the bear that i want to take this spring season, he is a 6'-6" cinnamon blacky. not the biggest but one of the more pretty bears i have seen. i just hope he makes it until the spring.
so i say to those that chose not to hunt, good for you, i respect your opinions and beliefs, but do not for a second try to judge me for the choices that i make. and if they do they are going to have a big boy down right not happy with them. IS HUNTING MURDER? I do not believe so, it is no different than natural selection, animal control must be taken on by a higher power and i feel that that is where we as sportsmen come into play. if we are murderers when we hunt, then they are also murderers and canibals, because most these people eat just as much meat or more than me. i know that is a crazy arguement, but that is how i look at it.
Yes, we humans have instincts in spite of the best efforts of sociologists and psychologists to elevate our urges beyond "animal" levels. We are at the top of the food chain, not by our physical strengths, but by our highly developed mental cunning. We are absolutely the most intelligent predators, and as such, we ALL have various levels of predation traits, regardless of how suppressed the PETA folks' traits may seem. Heck, they like to prey on US, don't they ?
All that being said, civilization supposedly has bred much of this urge out of our systems. Those of us who have retained (and cultivated) this subliminal desire to hunt know exactly what I am talking about. Those who don't understand just haven't gotten in touch with their omnivorous genes.
And, no, Oprah, I am not insecure about my sexuality either. #-o