***Daily Hunt Pics and Stories 2005***

[JC]

Thanks Chris, I'll holler at ya after deer season...or at least when it cools off enough for this hillbilly not to melt when he comes down off the mountain   :D

[Terry Green]

Nice to see you posting Chris!!!

[Chris]

Thanks Terry,
Good luck with those bears this year.

Stan,
Beautiful bear, that's one of my dream hunts. How were you setup? Blind, treestand, stalking? I'd love to take one from the ground.

chris

[ky_longbow]

Chris, it appears youre friend used a 2 blade on the hogs...........what kinda head was it?
and i like the looks of that bow, any info on them......

[Roughcountry]

Nice pics Chris, thanks

Stan, Congrats on a nice bruin. I'd like ta hear the story also  

[Shaun]

Oooo ooo ooo Mr Sniffles. I bet I could hit one that sized if I could stop shaken and get the bow all the way back. I believe a fellow ought to wait for him to take another step and put it low and tight to the elbow, then climb a tree and yell for help.

[Chris]

KY_Longbow,
Rusty was using a good ole magnus 125. Faithful as a sunrise. The bow he was using is a G&L Mantis made here in Georgia. Here's a link to their add:

http://www.tradbowgeorgia.com/images/Mantis.jpg

chris

[Santiam]

Nice bear Stan,but wheres the story??  :confused:  

This weekend was the elk opener here in Oregon,but due to work (work sucks) we were able to only get out Sunday morning...

It wasn't long until we spotted a good herd across the canyon on yonder ridge...

 

[Santiam]

It was a long hike around and my brother and hunting partner was keeping a eye on them...As we got closer there was 20 some cows and calves a couple spikes,a small brancher and a BIGGE!!!

We were looking into the morning sun and pics of the elk were not turning out..

 

[Warren H. Womack]

Santiam, What a wonderful picture.

Country like that has to make one feel really small. Our ridges down here in bayou country, don't look anything like that.

Hopefully, your next time out, you will have them on the same ridge with you.

Thanks for posting.

[Santiam]

We finally got in close and set to try and call in one of the bulls..

Due to our expert calling and vast knowledge of elk and their habits we were able to call in these confused calves into bow range..  :confused:      

[Santiam]

Hey Warren...

Lots a country like that around here..Everything is either UP or DOWN..  

[Jock]

SUPERB!!  

[StanM]

Nice pics Bill.  Spent the last two days wandering around the Waldo Lake Wilderness.  About 13 miles a day up and down and no shots fired.  Saw one nice bull though and there's always next weekend.

As for the bear.  I shot him out of a treestand.  I'd had a trail camera up in the woods since the middle of July to see what kind of bucks were in the area that I have permission to hunt on.  Last week of July I go to check on the camera and it's been torn off of the tree and bitten.  Luckily the lens and the flash were intact, but the LED screen was toast.  I decided I'd kill the bear if I could.

As some of you may know, Oregon has a no bait, no dogs law.  My understanding though is that you can use scent to bring bears in, as long as it is on you.  So...I bought this stuff called 12 Miles of Dead Fish, which is basically a scent stick that you burn.  And it does reek.  I climbed up a tree in my climber stand and lit one of those babies up and hunted till dark with the stupid thing stuck in the laces of my boot.  Nothing.  Talk about feeling like a dork!

Anyway, I still had some sticks left and figured you can't rule anything out until you've tried it more than once, so a couple of nights later I was up the tree again with a stink stick in my boot.  Just as it was getting dark and I was thinking these things were made to sell to idiots, I hear some huffin'.  Sure enough here comes Yogi, real skittish.  He walks in on me quartering to and I don't have much of a shot so I waited and he boogered up and ran off about 50 yards and started sniffing some more.  I thought I'd blown it.  After about 15 seconds though he came circling in again.  He passed behind some bushes and when he came out he turned broadside in front of a tree and I hammered him.  He ran off about 40-45 yards into brush and I heard him moan his last.  I'd say less than 8 seconds from impact to death.

So that's the story.  Don't think I'd do it again.  Feels hippy weird hunting with incense in your boot, but considering the camera, we had a score to settle.

Stan

[Traxx]

HA HA HA!!!!!!
Hippy weird hunting with incense in your boot.
Now thats comedy,i love it!!!!

[WaKeDa BT]

Wonder if it would work to just bailin wire or duct tape a carp to each leg...Suthern Adaptation  

[wolfhawaii]

Hey Santiam, nice pics...is that up above detroit? Looks like the country I grew up in....beautiful! Good luck with the elk!
Good job on the bear, Stan....ya got even for the camera!Hippie style huntin' too cool! Aloha, Steve

[Yohon]

"Suthern Adaptation"          

Santiam: Please keep the photos coming!! I am amazed at all the roads in those photos. Is that pretty common in your area? Seems you would be huntin some pretty edjucated elk, with all that access?????  Best of Luck

[StanM]

I hunted hear the Diamond Peak Wilderness today.  Here's a pic of the peak and a couple of rubs that I found this morning.  Took me until noon to get on the herd.  One nice branch bull, a spike and fifteen cows and calfs.  I got responses to cow calls and even heard the big boy bugle a couple of times.  I got inside 50 yards of them a couple of times, but it was just too thick to get any shots.







Was going to head back out there tomorrow, but I think I'll stay at home, play with my kids and send the gas money to Red Cross.

Stan

[Longbowwally]

Steve,
Welcome back! Haven't seen you post in quite some time and had wondered how you were doing.....Keep us posted on how things are going in Alaska...