RobG
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I went out this morning with a friend for my first hunt while holding a bow. After an hour of walking and hearing nothing my friend let out a bugle in hopes something would respond. Nothing. However, about 10 minutes later we heard some sticks breaking in the dry lodgepole forest. An elk was sneaking in to investigate the bugle and was occasionally stepping on some branches while negotiating the deadfall.
The cracking went silent for a while, then it reappeared in front of us. The cracking continued intermittently, but it stopped moving. He must be working a tree over I figured. Since it was no longer coming to us, we decided to sneak up on it. The trees were only 5-6' apart so it was a matter of taking a step and ducking behind the next tree, a technique I learned by watching Elmer Fudd chase Bugs. Fifteen minutes later we completed the sneakiest sneak ever made on a squirrel dropping cones onto deadfall from a tall lodgepole.
Damn, and I knew they did that too.
rg
The cracking went silent for a while, then it reappeared in front of us. The cracking continued intermittently, but it stopped moving. He must be working a tree over I figured. Since it was no longer coming to us, we decided to sneak up on it. The trees were only 5-6' apart so it was a matter of taking a step and ducking behind the next tree, a technique I learned by watching Elmer Fudd chase Bugs. Fifteen minutes later we completed the sneakiest sneak ever made on a squirrel dropping cones onto deadfall from a tall lodgepole.
Damn, and I knew they did that too.
rg