Can you say 'adrenaline'?

[Dr. Tad Hussein Winslow]

Sure, I knew ya could:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t2qe4x5vavI&feature=related



That guy has some big brass ones. I'd have been shaking so hard that that elk would have seen me shake within about 2 seconds.

 

[onwmed]

I know one thing he can say..."Discipline"

 

[Glocktogo]

Wonder if he got the shot off?

 

[ruckerduck]

I did something similar with a buck a couple years ago. It was more like ten yards and I was walking. I stopped , he stopped, and after what seemed about 30 minutes (more like 3), he put his head down to eat. I slowly raised my bow up, pulled back, let it fly and it hit a small branch and deflected over his back. AAGGH! My heart felt like it was going to bust through my chest. That's why I like to still hunt. Total blast.

 

[Glocktogo]

When I was about 17, I went on a black powder draw hunt at the Cherokee WMA with my dad and grandpa. It was during a freak ice storm. I had dropped my dad and grandpa off at their chosen locations and drove about 3 more miles, all the way to the back where I was hunting. Even at a crawl, I almost slipped off the road several times. When I got to my tree it was covered with ice and I couldn't get in it. So I stood huddled against the precipitation at the base of the tree.

About 20 minutes later I heard a shot to the South. About 5 minutes later, a yearling doe came into my field of view from the right. She walked right up in front of me about 6 feet away, stopped and looked straight at me. I kept dead still and focused on a tree behind her like she wasn't even there (lots of hunters will tell you that animals can sense your gaze). She finally turned her head and walked forward.

I had my thumb on the hammer and my finger in the trigger guard. I just held the trigger back, raised the rifle to hip level as I pulled the hammer back and let it slip when the barrel was centered on her chest. I briefly saw sparks hit her hair before she went down with a bleat in a cloud of smoke. She was dead when she hit the ground.

I kinda felt bad about shooting her (she was pretty small). All I could think about though was getting the hell out of that freezing rain and ice! My dad got back to the pickup spot at about 10:30 AM and he looked like a Popsicle. He opened the camper door and said "You little ...., you didn't even hunt did you?" I rolled over and pulled back the tarp to show my prize, then covered back up in the bed. Man I sure was warm!

 

[Oklahomabassin]

Wonder if he got the shot off?

I don't think he did, the description said something about sucks when they get that close and you still have to eat tag stew.

 

[dennishoddy]

That was pretty awsome that he held so still. I've called turkey in that close but that was insane!

Great story GTG!

 

[PTwake04]

I would probably soiled myself if that happened. I don't like the idea that with one swift swing of his head that bull could blind you, puncture a lung, or just flat out trample your butt.

When you let something get that close and it's that much bigger than you, you become the hunted for that split second.

 

[ch1966]

Here's an up close moose encounter that's pretty cool...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OE-XNLAKEwo

 

[Dr. Tad Hussein Winslow]

Oh yeowsa man! That moose was scratchin itself with the broadhead! I would have dropped dead from a heart attack, since a momma moose with calf is more dangerous than a grizzly. That's the closest I've ever seen someone come to death on a hunting video and come out unscathed, and quite a testament to the power of staying still. I'll bet his eyes were closed. Thanks for sharing that one!