Wow very cool!
So how he heck did you get a shot off to your side that close without it running off?
I barely managed. Its all really fuzzy, but heres how it is, far as i can tell. It was right there on top of me, brush in the way. When i realized what it was, i swung my gun toward her slowly, the only thought in my head being that i was scared she was going to run when i pointed my rifle
She was walking straight on to me when i saw her. With my scope all the way down to 2x, it still took me what seemed like a long time to get fur in my scope, and i shot, not even knowing point of aim. I knew every second counted, and i had a damn lion about to pounce on me, so i wasnt being picky, just shoot fur.
So despite her being head on when i saw her, it took a few seconds to get fur in scope, and somehow i ended up shooting her perfectly broadside, but a bit high. Entrance wound was on her right side, exit on her left. Only thing i can figure is, when i lifted my gun, she turned 90° getting ready to run, and i hit her right before she bailed. That explains the broadside shot, and my difficulty getting her in my scope. But really, its all kind of a blur to me, but thats the best explanation i got. I puzzled over the whole thing myself.
I didnt even figure out what happened until the following day when i thought about it rationally, how it was facing me when i saw it, where the entrance and exit wounds were, it didnt add up at first. I was just so hyped on adrenaline i guess, i wasnt operating at full mental capacity, even for me. When i met up with a game warden a few hours after i made the kill to have the hide sealed, and he asked male or female, i didnt even know. Thats how scrambled my brain was, i didnt even lift her legs to check, i just threw her over my shoulder and packed her out whole, guts and all, a half mile. Even with a completely empty stomsch and not much fat, that was still a 90lb animal i carried out no problem thanks to the adrenaline rush. Really, i was geeked bad.
