Bobcat hunt

We cut another fresh cat track yesterday. We turned Tug and Cap out, but kept them on leashes because they are still quite green. Both of them, Cap in particular, did great! We found at least four different bobcat tracks and a huge lion track. We hiked a looong time! We didn't tree the cat but had a blast anyway! :) Here are a couple pictures.


From left to right, Tug, Dad, Cap, Me, and Bill. Nash took the picture so he ain't in it.

~Ben

Coyote hunting bag

I put together a coyote calling pack.

The contents are, from bottom to top, Carver closed-reed distress, NCK cowhorn howler, my compass, a little LED flashlight, handwarmers, and a Winchester skinning knife. : )

~Ben

CCW permit

Seems a guy gets pulled over by a local policeman. Guy hands the cop his driver's license, insurance verification, plus his concealed carry permit.




"Okay, Mr. Smith," the cop says, "I see your CCW permit. Are you carrying today?"

"Yes, I am."

"Well then, better tell me what you got."

Smith says, "Well, I got a .357 revolver in my inside coat pocket. There's a 9mm semi-auto in the glove box. And, I've got a .22 magnum derringer in my right boot."

"Okay," the cop says. "Anything else?"

"Yeah, back in the trunk, there's an AR15 and a shotgun. That's about it."

"Mr. Smith, are you on your way to or from a gun range...?"

"Nope."

"Well then, what are you afraid of...?"

"Not a d*mn thing..."



~Ben

Been a while!

Wow, it's been a while since I posted! A lot of fun stuff has happened, Dad shot a mulie the last day of season, Nash shot a coyote, etc, etc! :)




We've bird hunted some with our friend Cliff.



Dad and I have been calling alot lately, I missed a yote a few days ago, but that's hunting.

~Ben

The Birthday buck

Well, sort of! :) Two days before, I should say. I finally got my Mulie yesterday!! Here's the story.
Dad and I have been hitting it hard, so we got out a little late this morning. We had several new inches of snow, so there were tracks everywhere! We got to one of our honeyholes, and Dad said he was going to look off the other side for a change. He came running back to the Jeep saying "Big buck, big buck!!" I grabbed the .30-06 and followed him. We looked over the hill and there he was! I held dead on to his shoulder, and touched it off. It hit right under him, so I jacked another in(please note my blood pressue is rising rapidly!!) and shot him. I would have smoked him right though the boiler room, but the wind took it a bit and it hit in the ribcage. He started walking humped up like they do when they get hit, so me and Dad dashed back to the truck to drive up to where we could get in position for a killing shot. Unfortunately, by the time we got there, he had gone by. But we found good blood and started tracking him. A few times we almost gave up because we wouldn't find good blood, but every time, we found a little bit. We walked for about a mile and a half when Dad said that if he wasn't in the bottom of the next coulee, we would go home and let him lay up and die and come back the next day. As we topped the hill, Dad was like "There he is!" He was laying down, and when he saw us he stood up, and I shot him, he wobbled, and fell like a sack of potatoes!! We were PUMPED!!



Can you say big grin?



We gutted him, and he was jelly on the inside. We headed back home to get Mom and Nash. I walked in and Nash said "Did you get one?" I held up my hands which still had blood on them! Mom and Nash came out and were VERY excited! We got the sled and went up the coulee from a different way, which was all flat so we could drag him out easily. We got there and two golden eagles had plucked some hair off the bucks rear quarter.
We took a few more pictures before we pulled him out.







Thanks for lookin'!

~Ben
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Big day!!

I hunted pretty much all day today! Dad and I got up early and went after deer, saw a few but no good bucks. When we got back, I went coyote calling for a while, but it was too windy so I came back. I did find a whitetail shed though. A cock pheasant flushed RIGHT in front of me! I had unchambered my 870 before I left my coyote setup so he got away. :( When I got back Nash and I got some guns(he got his Gamo pellet gun and I got my Remington 121 .22) and went down and kicked some brush piles for rabbits. I got mad at myself for not taking my 870 when two cockbirds flushed like 5 yards from us! :( Then me and Nash went coyote calling this afternoon. Didn't see a thing. Heck of a day with nothing but a shed antler, a lost decoy, and three missed opportunities at pheasants to show for it!!

Ben

Fur on the stretcher!

I finally got my first coyote!! Dad and I woke up this morning and decided to go calling. We drove down to a spot we had bird hunted and just looked great for coyotes. We got there and walked over to a steep bank overlooking a big sagebrush flat. I started off doing interrogation howls on my Kerry Carver howler and Primos Lil' Dog, then after a minute or so I started a ki-yi with the Primos. Then I started up cottontail. After we had been set up ten minutes at the most, Dad said there's a coyote! My heart lept to my throat and I saw him coming on in! I raised up my rifle in my shooting sticks, put the crosshairs on his chest and let him have it! He jumped, spun around, then took off running. I shot at him again but he was bookin' it, and I hit just behind him. We were sure though, that he was dead or dying because we didn't see him go up the hill he was headed for. We walked down, and we found him! I was THRILLED!!






Thanks for looking!

Ben

Nash gets his first buck!!

Yesterday, we all went deer hunting. My brother Nash and Mom went to one spot, and Dad and I went to another. Me and Dad saw lots of mulies and I passed on a little buck. Nash on the other hand, shot a nice whitetail! His first buck and second deer! We were thrilled!






I'll have Nash dictate the story to me later. :)

~Ben

First pheasant of the season!

Three days ago, we got a chance to go bird hunting with a guy who has some pretty good dogs. : ) We saw alot of birds, but only shot one. But it was still fun, the dog did GREAT and we just had a blast!
Here I am with my first pheasant of the season.



~Ben

Deer hunting!

We've been Deer hunting quite a bit lately. : ) We haven't seen any good bucks, just some does. The rut hasn't started yet, so the big boys aren't moving yet. Here are some pictures. : )




~Ben

Been a long time!!

Wow! It's been a long time since I've blogged! I'm not going to go into detail...if you want the full story, if you look around on Predator Masters, you might find them in the youth or houndsmen forum.
We helped pull out a nice 6x7 bull for a friend. Joe had the perfect hunt, he stalked up to him, and arrowed him! : )




I'm sorry I haven't posted much, but I've been pretty busy! Dad, Nash and I went on a bear hunt in the mountains, but we didn't see any.

Ben

Something cool happened yesterday

Something funny happened to me yesterday in Billings. Dad, Nash and I were at Home Depot, and just finished loading the truck. Dad had to go back in, so Nash and I were sitting in the truck when the guys who were parked in front of us backed up and asked me if I was "mtcurman" from Predator Masters! I told them I was, and they told me they always see my posts on PM. They also told me that they had Curs too. :) It was really cool! I was shocked that anyone would recognize me, let alone in the biggest city in Montana! :D


Ben

Grrrr...

Well, I've done it! I've skipped two mondays in a row! : ( Oh well, from now on, I'll do that from time to time.

~Ben

Dove, Rattlesnake, and Snow!!

Well, several days ago, Nash, Mom and I went dove hunting. : ) It was fun. Mom was walking along when she screamed and said "THERE'S A RATTLESNAKE!!" I pulled up my 12 gauge 870 and BLAM! There was a hole where his head had formerly been. : )



We walked some more and were heading for the truck when Nash spun around and drilled a dove!



And then yesterday, it had been pouring down rain, when all of a sudden, it turned to snow! It was dumping it too!




~Ben

Monday Madness!!!!

OK, today me, Nash, Cap, and Tug went and played on the hay bales most of the day. : )



Tug smelled a mouse and dug for a while. It was a fun day.

~Ben
Oh yes, I got a "97" (A) on my spelling test.

Mondays : )

Well, I've seen it on other blogs, so I decided to do it on The Coonhunters Club, where you pick a day and always write about what you did on it. I've picked Monday, which is today, so I'll write about what I did this evening.

~Ben

Sage Grouse

Yesterday, our neighbor Cliff took me and Nash bird hunting. : ) It was pretty fun. Nash shot one Sage Hen. We probably would've got more but the dog scared them all away! Grrrr... Oh well. The bird tasted GREAT!!



~Ben

Driving the tractor

Yesterday evening Dad let me drive the new Ford tractor today when he was done moving the grater box, bush hog, ect. I've driven tractor alot before, but I hadn't driven this one yet.



Ben

Fencing

Well, before it got all muddy a few days ago, we were fencing for our neighbor Tom. :) We didn't take many pictures, sorry.


I found this little guy! He is a baby horny toad. :)


~Ben

Muddy, eh?!

Me and Dad drove into town yesterday and got the Jeep really muddy!!


Ben

WOW!!!!!

Well, we were down in Billings yesterday, and we went to Cabela's. Well, we were walking around looking at things, when I saw a guy wearing a tan cowboy hat and a lanyard of calls around his neck. About the time I noticed him, one of the employees, went by and shook his hand, and that pretty well sealed the deal. I walked over and asked "Are you Wayne Carlton?" And sure enough it was! He shook my hand and I introduced myself and told him I enjoyed his Bear calling video. He gave me a tip about calling Bears. : ) He was giving a seminar that night at Cabela's.(Dang it we couldn't go!) He autoghraphed a promotional sheet and gave it to me. : ) It was very cool to meet him!

~Ben

Size Comp

Here's a pic of the rattles from the one we killed today and the one we killed a while back.



~Ben

Heck of a day!

Well, I ain't posted in a while, but we've had an exciting day!
First, me and Nash went on a hike with the dogs hoping to jump a coon or coyote. : ) We had fun!






Well, we were going along fine, when we couldn't find Tug or Cap anywhere! We called and called and called some more, but we couldn't find them or hear them anywhere. We started home and Tug came up the road behind us. Well, we thought, if Tug's here, Cap will be along. Wrong!! We went on home with Tug, and started looking for Cap. Long story short, he came rolling in about two hours later.

Next, me and Nash were messin around in Cliff's woods while Dad was cutting hay. We were coming out of the bottom when, hissss, buzzz!! A big Prairie Rattler was buzzing like heck and hissing just off the path we both started hollering RATTLER, RATTLER!! Dad, Mom and Cliff came running! Cliff got a pistol, and shot him twice in the head. Dad chopped it off with a shovel, and I cut off the rattles. I cut him open, and Cliff pulled off the skin.




Big day!!

~Ben