Scott and Jon in New Mexico: Round 2
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From: Medicinemann
30-Sep-19
Looking forward to this story....
From: Brun
30-Sep-19
Enjoying it so far. Keep it coming.
From: Brotsky
30-Sep-19
I don't see anything wrong with your bow? That kind of cam lean is pretty standard on that model! Ha! Looking forward to the story Scott!
From: smarba
30-Sep-19
I LOVED Scoot's new look. Makes him look 10 years younger with that long ponytail flowing in the wind LOL
From: Fuzz
30-Sep-19
Scoot.... so one post says you guys were hauling water and then the following pic shows elk standing knee deep...
I literally said out loud "what the f#%k !! How much water did they haul!?!?!
Lmao!
From: Z Barebow
30-Sep-19
You look like you are auditioning for "Joe Dirt 2". LOL!
From: Z Barebow
30-Sep-19
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From: elkstabber
30-Sep-19
I'm truly impressed. Filling up a mudhole with your drinking water to make a wallow is truly next level thinking Scoot.
From: smarba
30-Sep-19
Speaking of next level thinking, I sat high on a steep hill perhaps 200 yards from the waterhole that Scott & Jon napped at so I could glass the area. I signaled to them that elk were coming, but it was only cows and calves. As Scott mentioned, after they drank and cavorted they proceeded to feed and climbed directly to me, the nearest came within perhaps 12 yards before an errant breeze sent them marching off on alert.
So apparently next-level thinking is to sit far, far, far away from a waterhole to get the closest encounter with an elk?! Who would have thunk?
If you recall last year I managed to skewer my first bear the first day I linked up with Scott and Jon. This year I had tags for bear, lion and turkey so I carried my bow most of the time in case we crossed paths with something besides elk. The day prior to me meeting Scott & Jon I did see 2 different bears but both were quite small and I didn't have any desire to go after them.
From: NoWiser
30-Sep-19
I've been patiently waiting for this story!
From: BOWNBIRDHNTR
30-Sep-19
Keep it coming. Great job so far!
From: gunnar
30-Sep-19
Scott’s distraction when he had his bow issue was me on the phone trying to finalize some details for the trip. I heard some choice words followed by him saying a short bye. Not sure I’ve ever heard someone quite so mad.....I gave him a few hours to cool off and hopefully find a solution.
From: gunnar
30-Sep-19
Scoot was quite generous on how bad I was feeling day 1. On our last phone calls home before the trip I got the great news that my 1.5 year old had puked all night and my 4.5 year old had puked all day.....I didn’t get the puking part of it, but it wasn’t much fun running for a log/rock every dang hour. It took until sometime on day 4 for me to start feeling back to normal. Especially considering we packed what felt like a metric ton water on day 1, and then packed a bull out in the heat day 2.
From: gunnar
30-Sep-19
I’d just like to say I don’t think there is a more positive person on any mountain hunting than Smarba. He keeps your spirits uplifted no matter the situation. Heck he was so positive that it carried over for us into the rest of our hunt. Thank you sir for sharing camp with us again, I can’t wait to do it again.
From: t-roy
30-Sep-19
If you had been wearing a flat brim hat, I think you could have pulled that look off, scoot!
Congrats to Jon on his bull! Looking forward to the rest of the story as well!
From: WV Mountaineer
01-Oct-19
Congrats on the first Bull fellas! Here’s hoping number two took a dirt nap as well!
From: SBH
01-Oct-19
Looking good! Great bull, love those 5x5s
Fun to see bowsiters meet up and hunt together. Looking forward to the rest. Thanks guys!
From: Z Barebow
01-Oct-19
Hunting elk is aging you. You look beat down and old! (Maybe too much sun?) Buzzards looking for another meal? LOL!
From: APauls
01-Oct-19
I missed this thread yesterday, but NOT TODAY! Great so far bud - keep at it! Holy mackinaw that cat deal is a scare! Crazy that Jon essentially predicted it. I feel like I never would have foresaw something like that.
From: Brotsky
01-Oct-19
Good thing you guys smelled so bad Scoot, otherwise that cat might have been interested in dinner! :-) Great story telling and pics!
From: Shug
01-Oct-19
Thanks for bringing me along... enjoyable!!
From: TrapperKayak
01-Oct-19
Glad you guys are having so much of an adventure. Sounds exciting, and worth the element of risk with the cats around. Stay safe!
From: Jasper
01-Oct-19
Great thread and story telling! Thanks for sharing!
From: Z Barebow
01-Oct-19
Scoot- All kidding aside. Your stories are ALWAYS top notch. You did not disappoint! Thanks for taking the time to put the recap together. (We will have to get together again this winter for a beverage and share stories!) Take care.
From: Paul@thefort
01-Oct-19
Well Scott, I waited until the end to read all of this and I surely appreciate you telling the story about the hunt. Elk are special as are the hunters who hunt them and successful or not, the story NEVER ends. Yep, next September is not too far way. Well done. My best, Paul
From: buckfevered
01-Oct-19
Very nice write up Scoot. Feel for you that it didn't come together and probably of little consolation to you that I say 'you tried hard', but from the sounds of it, you enjoyed it immensely. Appreciate you taking the time to write it for us.
From: APauls
01-Oct-19
Well Scoot, any hunt like this I feel like you have to take group statistics into account. As a group you went 1/2, or 50%. Well above average. it's too bad you weren't able to notch your tag, but you were successful in your story telling! Thanks for putting in the effort. Congrats on the bull for Jon!
From: Beav
01-Oct-19
Hell of a write up Scoot! Enjoyed the pics and the story. Sometimes that is just the way it goes and to me that is why we bowhunt!
From: Ace
01-Oct-19
Well done gentlemen! Nice write up and a great effort.
Over time, the story of that cat will evolve, and by the time you're telling it to your grandkids it'll be about "the time you: almost got et by a giant mountain lion saving your buddy's ass, so he could shoot a bull elk".
From: BOWNBIRDHNTR
01-Oct-19
Thoroughly enjoyed the entire story. It's way more about the hunt than the kill. Betting you will never dismiss an over hanging tree branch again either! Thanks for taking the time and sharing everything with us. Good luck chasing deer, Jeff.
From: otcWill
01-Oct-19
Good stuff buddy! Thanks for taking the time
From: elkmtngear
01-Oct-19
Nice write up, Scott...very cool adventure!
From: midwest
01-Oct-19
Great story and pics, Scott. Thanks for taking us along!
Think you'd ever do that early hunt down there again? Was that abnormally high temps for that time of year? That heat would suck!
From: ki-ke
01-Oct-19
Great story Scoot! Time to get back home and start taking pics and telling stories about you and your boys' exploits! Love that kids smile....
From: gunnar
01-Oct-19
Being a flat lander and a flat lander with 2 young kids, 4.5 and 1.5, I really appreciate the time I get out west in the mountains. White tail hunting around home right now is almost non-existent due to lack of time or more accurately a lack of priority in my life right now. All that to say thank you to Scoot and Carl for another great trip into the wild.
Scoot, thanks for the praise you knew damn well I was going to hunt with you until the end, whenever that came. As you have done in the past and I know would do again in the future for me.
From: Brun
01-Oct-19
Great story and pics. Thanks for taking the time to write it up. It's always disappointing when you don't get an elk, but you guys went 1 for two, hunted hard, had a bunch of encounters,sounds like a great trip to me. Crazy and scary story about the lion.
From: The rookie
01-Oct-19
Nice write up, thanks for taking the time to share it.
From: triggertrav
01-Oct-19
Great write up as always. Thanks for sharing.
Good luck with the rest of the fall
From: t-roy
01-Oct-19
Great read, Scoot! Knowing how close you were with your mom, I’ll bet that you had a smile on your face when you woke up. She was definitely watching over you!
From: bowhunter24
02-Oct-19
That was way better than any t.v. show! Thanks for keeping it real and giving us lots of pics! Good luck on the rest of your seasons.
From: pav
02-Oct-19
Congrats on making some great memories! Thanks for taking us along!
From: BULELK1
02-Oct-19
Good for ya!
Thanks for sharing
Good luck, Robb
From: AT Halley
02-Oct-19
Great story fellas, thanks for sharing!
From: Brotsky
02-Oct-19
Good stuff Scoot! Congrats on great bull Jon! No challenge in life is too great and no shortcoming is taken too hard when you have good buddies by your side to support you. Good luck to you and Ryan this fall! Taking my boy on his first muley hunt this weekend. Hopefully we're trading hero texts! Thanks for sharing!
From: triggertrav
02-Oct-19
From: grubby
03-Oct-19
great story! what an adventure!
From: Heat
03-Oct-19
You guys did good. Loved that lion part. Great pics and story. A nice bull to top it off. Next time Scoot!
From: DonBo
07-Oct-19
Another great story Scoot. Always appreciated the time taken to recap your hunts. I know how much work goes into them.
From: Trophyhill
07-Oct-19
Great story! Great hunt!
From: DonBo
07-Oct-19
Another great story Scoot. Always appreciated the time taken to recap your hunts. I know how much work goes into them.
From: BigOk
07-Oct-19
Dang missed this one until now. Good luck with the rest of this fall. Good recap to read!!
From: Inshart
11-Oct-19
Scott, great adventure all around. Even opening a can of "Minnesota Whoop Azz" on a kitty like that wouldn't turn out to good. :) Thanks for the write up.
From: Elite 1
11-Oct-19
Keep up the good fight great story great pics.
From: sdkhunter
12-Oct-19
Excellent write up! Looks like a great trip!
From: Walleyehunter02
14-Oct-19
Thanks for sharing Scoot and company. Read your posts on other Mn forums over the years as they happened. Thinking I will try and write up a little something on our NM hunt when fall slows down. Congrats!
From: Jeff Holchin
14-Oct-19
I enjoyed that story, thanks!
From: Walleyehunter02
14-Oct-19
Well it took me a while to move onto bigger and better things.. I’ll do my best when the write up time comes, although it won’t be up there with the best storytellers. But it’ll be the best I got!
From: Scar Finga
15-Oct-19
Great story and great work on the mountain! Congrats on a great bull as well!!
