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An Axis "hunt" blown...
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09/09/17 02:10 AM
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Creekrunner
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I was riding along with a fellow THF member today, handling a non-hunting related situation, on an area of family land that hasn't been visited in quite a while, not even by cattle. Besides bumping a WT buck that was the biggest I've seen on the property in approximately 49 years, we also rousted a couple, and even maybe three, very shootable, big axis bucks. Since I had a .338 with me that I'd planned on shooting at a target, in preparation for an upcoming elk hunt, a quick in-cab confab resulted in a vote that said bucks should in fact be perforated with .338 hole. This member advised, guided, and consoled an old man that got excited, fumbled with equipment, and lost sight of the target animal, resulting in no shots fired, without laughing. Well done young man. And...the elk definitely have a fighting chance.
...and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth. Gen. 1:28
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Re: An Axis "hunt" blown...
[Re: Creekrunner]
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09/09/17 02:30 AM
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HS2
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A good part of hunting is swapping stories.
Podcast: Reasoning Through the Bible ReasoningThroughTheBible.com
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Re: An Axis "hunt" blown...
[Re: Creekrunner]
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09/09/17 03:14 AM
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Sneaky
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It happens to the best. It also happens to us.
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Re: An Axis "hunt" blown...
[Re: Sneaky]
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09/09/17 03:34 AM
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Duck_Hunter
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It happens to the best. It also happens to us. Great line.
I just turned it on . I was looking bird dogs in the butt this morning.
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Re: An Axis "hunt" blown...
[Re: Sneaky]
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09/09/17 04:25 AM
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NDN98
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It happens to the best. It also happens to us.
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Re: An Axis "hunt" blown...
[Re: Creekrunner]
#6882491
09/09/17 09:59 AM
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sbushee
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Thanks for sharing. We're all human and can still get excited regardless of how long we've hunted. I bet you get one of those axis before long
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Re: An Axis "hunt" blown...
[Re: Creekrunner]
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09/09/17 02:31 PM
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Jgraider
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Love those kind of stories. I'm 56 now, and have been hunting since 1971 (thanks Dad). I still get excited. I hope I never lose that feeling.
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Re: An Axis "hunt" blown...
[Re: Creekrunner]
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09/09/17 02:38 PM
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Wilhunt
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As long as we still get excited we are in good shape. Cannot see the day when I won't be excited just watching deer.
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Re: An Axis "hunt" blown...
[Re: Creekrunner]
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09/09/17 05:48 PM
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colt45-90
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it happens, the first time a called a coyote up, I had the shake so bad I missed a 50yd shot when he popped over a tank dam
hold on Newt, we got a runaway
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Re: An Axis "hunt" blown...
[Re: Creekrunner]
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09/09/17 10:33 PM
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txtrophy85
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If it's any consolation I missed my morning hunt due to someone smashing the back window of my truck last nite
For it is not the quarry that we truly seek, but the adventure.
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Re: An Axis "hunt" blown...
[Re: txtrophy85]
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09/09/17 10:49 PM
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Creekrunner
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If it's any consolation I missed my morning hunt due to someone smashing the back window of my truck last nite
Bastards.
...and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth. Gen. 1:28
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Re: An Axis "hunt" blown...
[Re: txtrophy85]
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09/09/17 11:38 PM
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NDN98
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If it's any consolation I missed my morning hunt due to someone smashing the back window of my truck last nite
Sorry to hear that. That stinks.
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Re: An Axis "hunt" blown...
[Re: NDN98]
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09/09/17 11:38 PM
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Deerhunter61
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It happens to the best. It also happens to us. Yep!
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Re: An Axis "hunt" blown...
[Re: Creekrunner]
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09/10/17 02:32 PM
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Western
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CR, Elk wont have a chance now that you got that out of your system Besides, you will not be in a truck and possibly out of breath anyhoo
If at first you dont succeed, then skydiving is not for you..
"Don't trust everything you read on the Internet"- Abraham Lincoln Dennis
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Re: An Axis "hunt" blown...
[Re: Creekrunner]
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09/10/17 03:31 PM
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therancher
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Video would have been nice
Last edited by therancher; 09/10/17 03:32 PM.
Crotchety old bastidge
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Re: An Axis "hunt" blown...
[Re: Creekrunner]
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09/15/17 10:03 AM
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Brian C.
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The day the adrinaline stops pumping it's time to hang it up!
God Bless Texas!!! Godspeed our Military!
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Re: An Axis "hunt" blown...
[Re: Creekrunner]
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09/15/17 03:13 PM
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Schpanky
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