Dinkshooter
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Take a kid hunting is what I always say around my father. He just laughs. He loves to go but does not take it anywhere as serious as his offspring. His trip preparations are less than ideal. I should have paid more attention but I was tired of packing and let him take care of it.
We had a successful party application in Wyoming for Lope. Didn’t have the time to go until last Friday. After a 6 hour drive from home we get there around 11:00am. We took 2 vehicles as it was suppose to be bad weather and the Old man was afraid of getting stuck. So I am driving down the gravel looking for a place to set up a camp and we come across a lope 100 yards off the road. The old man gets out of the truck and off the road. Lope doesn’t even look at us. I tell him he looks decent but I think we can do better with 2 ½ days left. I get up and go to my vehicle to look at the map. That is when I hear…………………BANG. Dead Lope 11:15am. Took care of the guessing part the Old Man says.
Getting the coolers and such ready is when I notice the problem. The Old Man only brought a 6 pack of beer for a 3 day Lope hunt. I was more than a little concern at this point. What if we became stranded in the mud due to the weather? It was supposed to snow a “measurable amount”. We each had one while dressing his Lope and that left only 4 more?!?!?!?!?!?!.
All these things are going through my head as we set up the tent and have a late lunch (no beer). I spot a few Lopes as we drive around. Most are average Lopes. We finally find one fairly close to a nice deep draw that I can use to try and get my stalk on. It went fairly easy and when the time came, I knew I couldn’t pass him up…………………. due to our beer situation.
It was nice to find out my 2007 M&M (Miss and Maim) season continues. Luckily he was a slow witted lope and allowed me to shoot 3 freaking times.
Back at camp we eat dinner and polish off the beer(Him 1/2, me 3). Relieved, that we will not become a statistic, stranded in the Red Desert without refreshment. It was snowing the next morning but luckily we were on our way.
All I can say is be careful out there and please be more prepared than we were.
Man when I resize pics they are crapo. Cheap camera?
We had a successful party application in Wyoming for Lope. Didn’t have the time to go until last Friday. After a 6 hour drive from home we get there around 11:00am. We took 2 vehicles as it was suppose to be bad weather and the Old man was afraid of getting stuck. So I am driving down the gravel looking for a place to set up a camp and we come across a lope 100 yards off the road. The old man gets out of the truck and off the road. Lope doesn’t even look at us. I tell him he looks decent but I think we can do better with 2 ½ days left. I get up and go to my vehicle to look at the map. That is when I hear…………………BANG. Dead Lope 11:15am. Took care of the guessing part the Old Man says.
Getting the coolers and such ready is when I notice the problem. The Old Man only brought a 6 pack of beer for a 3 day Lope hunt. I was more than a little concern at this point. What if we became stranded in the mud due to the weather? It was supposed to snow a “measurable amount”. We each had one while dressing his Lope and that left only 4 more?!?!?!?!?!?!.
All these things are going through my head as we set up the tent and have a late lunch (no beer). I spot a few Lopes as we drive around. Most are average Lopes. We finally find one fairly close to a nice deep draw that I can use to try and get my stalk on. It went fairly easy and when the time came, I knew I couldn’t pass him up…………………. due to our beer situation.
It was nice to find out my 2007 M&M (Miss and Maim) season continues. Luckily he was a slow witted lope and allowed me to shoot 3 freaking times.
Back at camp we eat dinner and polish off the beer(Him 1/2, me 3). Relieved, that we will not become a statistic, stranded in the Red Desert without refreshment. It was snowing the next morning but luckily we were on our way.
All I can say is be careful out there and please be more prepared than we were.
Man when I resize pics they are crapo. Cheap camera?
