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<blockquote data-quote="kcebcj" data-source="post: 430301" data-attributes="member: 10391"><p>Eastern Idaho Oct 1976 almost on the Wyoming border horseback opening morning. Just breakin daylight when I reached the top of the ridge. The ground was froze and icy so my horse was really workin to stay on his feet and I was not lookin for elk but was making sure the horse had a good place to put his feet. Finally I looked down the ridge and there was a bull standin there at about three hundred yards looking right at me. Jumped off the horse slipped on the ice and almost fell. Jerked the rifle out of the scabbard sat down on the trail right behind the horse layed the cross hair right on his nose and squeezed it off. Flipped him right over backwards and out of site. I'm really surprised that **** horse didn't kick the crap out of me when I lit it off but he didn't and I thanked him for that.</p><p> </p><p> Used to smoke in them days so I lit a cigarette and watched for about 10 minutes. Could not see the bull but knew he was down. Found a place to tie the horse then made my way down the ridge. </p><p> </p><p> It was a pretty cool that morning in my budding elk hunting career to walk up on that bull laying there dead. He was a rag horn 5 pointer but for me back then any bull was a good bull. Packin that bull out of there in two trips with each half tied over the saddle is another story in itself. That was a really good day.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="kcebcj, post: 430301, member: 10391"] Eastern Idaho Oct 1976 almost on the Wyoming border horseback opening morning. Just breakin daylight when I reached the top of the ridge. The ground was froze and icy so my horse was really workin to stay on his feet and I was not lookin for elk but was making sure the horse had a good place to put his feet. Finally I looked down the ridge and there was a bull standin there at about three hundred yards looking right at me. Jumped off the horse slipped on the ice and almost fell. Jerked the rifle out of the scabbard sat down on the trail right behind the horse layed the cross hair right on his nose and squeezed it off. Flipped him right over backwards and out of site. I’m really surprised that **** horse didn’t kick the crap out of me when I lit it off but he didn’t and I thanked him for that. Used to smoke in them days so I lit a cigarette and watched for about 10 minutes. Could not see the bull but knew he was down. Found a place to tie the horse then made my way down the ridge. It was a pretty cool that morning in my budding elk hunting career to walk up on that bull laying there dead. He was a rag horn 5 pointer but for me back then any bull was a good bull. Packin that bull out of there in two trips with each half tied over the saddle is another story in itself. That was a really good day. [/QUOTE]
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