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<blockquote data-quote="majog" data-source="post: 3101638" data-attributes="member: 40808"><p>I really have 2. The first was when I was in my early 20's. I buddy and I, went bowhunting for whitetail. Around mid-day I was really tired from partying the night before so went to sleep for a nap at the base of big oak tree. When my buddy showed up, I was snoring away with a buck eating just feet from me. Pic included. </p><p></p><p>The second was much later in life. I was on a Aoudad sheep hunt in Tx and had bagged a nice one. Meeting up with my buddy I asked if he saw anything and he shared he saw a large wild white goat. We talked to the ranch owner and was told there were some running around feral and if I wanted one it could be mine for x dollars. I agreed and we went out to hunt it. We hunted for 2 days and never saw one. The morning of the 3rd day it was raining so we were both sitting in a blind where he first saw it. I told him, I thought he was screwing with me so that we would not have to go right home. About that time the goat walked out over the top of a mountain. It looked like it was heading down to a deer feeder at the base of mountain, so I just let him walk and keep getting closer. Suddenly he stopped, turned around, and started heading back up. My buddy noted I better pull the trigger or he would be gone over the top in a minute or 2. I aimed right between his should blades as he was walking up hill dead away from me and pulled the trigger. My trusty 300WM dropped him like a rock. Climbing the slide of the mountain and finding him we discovered it I hit right on my aim point. It was 640 yds true horizontal distance, uphill at about a 60 degree angle, in the rain. My buddy noted it was not the best shot he had ever seen but darn close to it. </p><p></p><p>Since then there have been numerous other great hunts. Almost every hunt is memorable. I find the most interesting are the ones with some unexpected situation or happening. A friend went on a moose hunt in Canada for his honeymoon. He shot one and his wife went with the guide in the first canoe to take back a load of meat and her. He was supposed to wait. He decided what the heck and loaded the canoe with another load of meat, rack, and his gear. In 4 feet of water he flipped it. Finally getting everything back in and making it camp soaked almost getting hypothermia, he stipped next to a big fire and propped his hunting boots near it with his camera to dry. Long story short, he melted his camera, soaked his gun, lost equipment, shrunk his boots to where they did not fit (leather), and had a less than happy guide and wife. At least the moose was a good one. When he tells it he just laughs and says it was his best hunt ever.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="majog, post: 3101638, member: 40808"] I really have 2. The first was when I was in my early 20's. I buddy and I, went bowhunting for whitetail. Around mid-day I was really tired from partying the night before so went to sleep for a nap at the base of big oak tree. When my buddy showed up, I was snoring away with a buck eating just feet from me. Pic included. The second was much later in life. I was on a Aoudad sheep hunt in Tx and had bagged a nice one. Meeting up with my buddy I asked if he saw anything and he shared he saw a large wild white goat. We talked to the ranch owner and was told there were some running around feral and if I wanted one it could be mine for x dollars. I agreed and we went out to hunt it. We hunted for 2 days and never saw one. The morning of the 3rd day it was raining so we were both sitting in a blind where he first saw it. I told him, I thought he was screwing with me so that we would not have to go right home. About that time the goat walked out over the top of a mountain. It looked like it was heading down to a deer feeder at the base of mountain, so I just let him walk and keep getting closer. Suddenly he stopped, turned around, and started heading back up. My buddy noted I better pull the trigger or he would be gone over the top in a minute or 2. I aimed right between his should blades as he was walking up hill dead away from me and pulled the trigger. My trusty 300WM dropped him like a rock. Climbing the slide of the mountain and finding him we discovered it I hit right on my aim point. It was 640 yds true horizontal distance, uphill at about a 60 degree angle, in the rain. My buddy noted it was not the best shot he had ever seen but darn close to it. Since then there have been numerous other great hunts. Almost every hunt is memorable. I find the most interesting are the ones with some unexpected situation or happening. A friend went on a moose hunt in Canada for his honeymoon. He shot one and his wife went with the guide in the first canoe to take back a load of meat and her. He was supposed to wait. He decided what the heck and loaded the canoe with another load of meat, rack, and his gear. In 4 feet of water he flipped it. Finally getting everything back in and making it camp soaked almost getting hypothermia, he stipped next to a big fire and propped his hunting boots near it with his camera to dry. Long story short, he melted his camera, soaked his gun, lost equipment, shrunk his boots to where they did not fit (leather), and had a less than happy guide and wife. At least the moose was a good one. When he tells it he just laughs and says it was his best hunt ever. [/QUOTE]
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