[toolman]

Quote:       Originally Posted by frozentorso

Please, Toolman, tell me you were spotlighting deer with Eddie when you were very young and didnt know how bad jail food is! Or maybe you were in Mexico?

I was 16 and we were out with the intention of shooting 'coons because the pelts were bringing around $20-25 apiece at the time. When we ran alongside the field in the post, we positively identified several deer. I was initially against the idea, but we all sort of got caught up in the idea of bringing home a big 'ole deer, so Eddie decided he'd shoot the biggest one he could see. This was about 3:00 A.M., so there wasn't much chance of a human being in the middle of a bunch of cows and deer. Eddies' mistake was in not distinguishing between deer and cow. It was a stupid teenage thing, but we were all man enough to own up to it, we could've just drove off and no one would've been the wiser. I still wish it wouldnt've happened. BTW, Eddie lost his rifle for the rest of the year, I was grounded for three mo. and Billy had his pickup taken away for two months. We also had to split the payment for the calf. That was back when spotlighting deer was considered a sport in our area. The meat never went to waste, and the Game Warden usually looked the other way because he knew we were all broke-a** kids in a farming\ranching community with very few prosperous years. A lot of our so-called "elders" were caught and released as well.

[frozentorso]

Gotcha. I thought for a minute there you were poaching on purpose.

[Momoney567]

mm sounds like an irresponsible ass hole who needs to get his license revoked.

[TheTank]

I learned my lesson a few years ago. I was headed into the woods way before dawn during the beginning of rifle season for deer. I was about a a 3/4 of a mile in when I hear something charging through the woods, directly at me with heavy feet, yet not hoofs. Sounds like its snarling/growling and is 50 yards or less and closing fast down the side of a hill, yet its dark and all I see is a round outline barreling down on me. At this point im thinking Im being charged by a bear and am starting to aim my rifle in that direction in a defensive move. As Im getting ready to fire, I see up on the top of the ridge that this animal came from, the broadside outline of another animal, and its a fricken dog... a Lab. I draw back my rifle and do nothing. The animal charges up on me and stops short, its the property owners huge black lab and the dog on the ridge was his chocolate lab. Both dogs had gotten loose the night before. If it hadn't been for the second dog showing up on top of the ridge where I could see his outline, I would have fired. Im definetly glad I didn't. I thought for sure the dog was a bear as all i could see was a dark object that I thought was snarling and growling. Its just that the Lab is so overweight that it breathes and slobbers really heavy, especially while running, and I never expected them to be out, not to mention out that far. Definetly learned my lesson. Even when I thought I was sure what was coming at me, I was wrong. Im really glad I didnt have to go to him and tell him I shot his dog accidently, that would have been 500 acres of property that I would lose access to, not to mention a good friend.

[samuel]

I am never going hunting in the dark with you unless I wear a bell. sam.

[TheTank]

Haha, well, just don't charge me in the dark while breathing really heavily!!! There had been a ton of reports of a bunch of bears in the area earlier that month... so I think I had bear on the brain.

[ArkansasHunter]

I would of CHIT all over myself If something came runn'in down a hill all out in the Dark at me !!!!
I was just about ready to bite a hole out of the chair I'm sitt'in in reading your story !!!!!
Hell I'd emptyed my gun...shew we !!!

[two-70]

it might be big foot A.H.

[ArkansasHunter]

two-70 you just ain't normal if'in you wouldn't empty yore gun at sumpin charg'in down a hill at you in the dark growlin and carrying on like that feller described.
I don't want to end up a POOKIE PILE !!! basides I'd be so scard I'd miss it...
and basides dat I don't want no slobber'in mutt all over me ether...A.H

[offroader1994]

About 5 years ago we had a guy on a whitetail deer draw archery or shotgun hunt shoot an elk said he killed the biggest deer in the woods. lost his guns hunting privilages and a 1500 dollar or so fine. the state were reintroducing the elk to the Royal blue area and a few ended up 75 or so miles onto the Oak Ridge reservation, where he was hunting.

[Shaun]

It's really too bad we protect the studpid had natural selection had a chance to work this guy would have been out of the gene pool long ago and my bet is that he has reproduced more that need to be eliminated from the gene pool.

[petemi]

I went to U of M, Orono back in the early 60s. While I was there a guy brought a hiefer in to be tagged. Another guy with no waterfowl stamp, and closed season killed a man bending over a spring for a drink. Said he thought he was a goose. Another jerk shot a lineman off a pole, said he thought he was a bear. It also seemed the Maine woods was the place to take your NY businees partner to get rid of him!

A few years back a friend and beef rancher, Ron Clark in Gould City, MI found one of his 2000+ lb bulls shot between the eyes about 50 yards from the road.

[Hawaiian Hummer]

Well I grew up in Hawaii and on Oahu all you could hunt was Wild boar and those sunnamaguns would turn and attack you when cornered,tusks hangin' out,spit and snot flyin' everywhere. They'd hook the dog if it got too close, and kill 'em. I only went a few times, but if something was ever to charge out I'd probably start sprayin' an prayin! No I wouldn't bet it made for some spooky times, never knowing if you were the hunter or the hunted! Then I moved to California and never did any hunting there. Now I live in Wa. St. and I have yet to go real hunting. I don't know if I'd know a Mule deer from a Mule tide carrol, HaHaHa!

[Magnumsrule]

I know by where i live i have heard several sad stories. One our neighbors horse was shot by accident. Knone fessed up to it so he no longer lets people hunt on his land. That was combined with his dogs getting the taste for horse and eventually attacking another one of his horses. In the end all three had to be put down. Another story i heard was some hunters shot a farmers horse thinking it was a cow elk. Tagged it cut its throat. They then went to the farmer to ask if he could help them load up the animal. When he got there he found his horse dead and two ignorent hunters knowing no better......

[single action]

they must have HUGE coyotes in michigan!

[japbyrne]

that guys story is full of bull sh.....