Go ahead and laugh

The deer hunt this year has been tough. Opening morning found me, my 14 year old son, my brother and his 15 year old son in the South East part of Utah. We put about 35 miles on out boots the first three days to only see a few does and a lot of Elk. Tough deal for all of us. Needless to say the boys got burned out on the long walks and I got nothing but sore after having three shoulder surgeries in the last year. The one positive is there is very little hunting pressure. (Hmm wonder why?) Could it be no deer?

Early Monday morning we decided that we would go check a guzzler that a ways off the beaten path. We snuck down to it and wow, it looked like there had been hundreds of animals milling around. Deer, elk, a few cat tracks, some yote tracks and quit a bit of bear sign. We were stoked. It was decided that I would sneak down into the cedars and the other three would walk back up to the road and find a ridge to sit and glass. I waited for about and hour, it’s probably around 5 and getting cold. The wind kicked up and I decided it was time to find a new tree to snuggle up against. I was under that tree for less thank 5 minutes when I looked down between my feet and seen the bear poop. I kind of stepped my tow into it to see if it was fresh our not. Holy crap(no pun intended) it was still “mushy” just as I did that I hear a branch break to my right, looked up and there was the bear. We saw each other at the same time. The bear stands up and growls, I stand up and scream like a little girl. He runs one way, I run the other and we both run. When I got back to the truck, the boys were laughing so hard they had tears.

The next weekend we walked back down to “bear guzzler” in the dark only to find a group of boys scouts camped in the meadow. We spoke with the Scout master, He shrugged it off and told us not to worry about him, so we left. A little angry, but we left.

I ended up shooting a freezer 2 point on the way back to the ranch.
Sheesh, 6’2” 200 lbs with a 7 mag and I scream like a girl. Go ahead and laugh, it was pretty funny.
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chet
I got ya by 50 lbs and my rifle is .022" bigger, but I bet I could scream louder than you!!!! lol
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sneekeepete
lol Great story man! I imagine most people would do the same thing.
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MuleyMadness
Great story agreed.
little hunting pressure. (Hmm wonder why?) Could it be no deer?
That's funny! :)) :))
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That's funny!! lol lol lol :)) :)) :)) Thanks for sharing. Congrats on the buck too.
Mark
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waynedevore
Fun story, thank for the laugh. lol
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MULEY7MM
lol I still want to see the two point
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Hiker
LOL! Glad it all worked out and the scream worked. lol
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kinzysdad
I guess I should share " the rest of the story." A week prior to the hunts opener, I purchased a new pair of hunting boots. Oh man are they sweet, Goretex, thinsulate, lots of ankle support. My wife is not a hunter, and you should have seen her face as I walked in the house holding these boots by the laces and trying to explain to her why I needed a new pair.

Her- whats wrong with those, they are new.
Me- head hung low, beacause when the bear went graaawww and I went aaaaaaaawwwwww. I pee'd in em. #-o
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killerbee
thats to funny! :))
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