Gerald Martin
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Showed Theat a new spot in Montana that he hadn't hunted before. That was a feat in and of itself.
Saw some bulls. Climbed a mountain after them. Waited all afternoon. Big bulls didn't come out before dark. Shot these bulls instead. Packed out Travis's bull first. Came back for my bull.
Dinkshooter might call us "Crybaby Montanans" but his little Supersaurus can't cover up an elk like this. Thankfully, the bear heard us coming and didn't challenge us for the elk. Even though we didn't see him in the thick cover, I'm sure he was out there listening. By all appearances he had only found the elk that morning. We were able to recover all but about 40lbs of boned out meat that he had eaten.
After Travis had an accidental deployment of the pepper spray while helping me load a front quarter into the pack, any doubt about whether bear spray is potent or not was erased. I have no qualms about stopping a grizzly charge with pepper spray if I can get it deployed. Thankfully, neither of us took a direct hit.
Other than the grizzly and 70-80 mph gusts of wind that nearly took our wall tent off the frame, it was a pretty routine hunt. Didn't even suffer any chafing of the inner thighs, although sitting on a metal forest service campground toilet rim in 15 degree temperatures surely qualifies as death defying.
Got to see a nice buck on private land that knew he was safe.
Saw some bulls. Climbed a mountain after them. Waited all afternoon. Big bulls didn't come out before dark. Shot these bulls instead. Packed out Travis's bull first. Came back for my bull.
Dinkshooter might call us "Crybaby Montanans" but his little Supersaurus can't cover up an elk like this. Thankfully, the bear heard us coming and didn't challenge us for the elk. Even though we didn't see him in the thick cover, I'm sure he was out there listening. By all appearances he had only found the elk that morning. We were able to recover all but about 40lbs of boned out meat that he had eaten.
After Travis had an accidental deployment of the pepper spray while helping me load a front quarter into the pack, any doubt about whether bear spray is potent or not was erased. I have no qualms about stopping a grizzly charge with pepper spray if I can get it deployed. Thankfully, neither of us took a direct hit.
Other than the grizzly and 70-80 mph gusts of wind that nearly took our wall tent off the frame, it was a pretty routine hunt. Didn't even suffer any chafing of the inner thighs, although sitting on a metal forest service campground toilet rim in 15 degree temperatures surely qualifies as death defying.
Got to see a nice buck on private land that knew he was safe.
