BOAL encounter…what would have you done?

[Geewhiz]

I know the feeling of blowing your chance on a true giant. I had a perfect shot at a main frame 6x7. Biggest bull I will ever see in the wild. Ever. And I’ve had encounters with big bulls. Broad side. 30 yards. With a trad bow. The whole thing is like slow motion in my mind. He jumped the string and my arrow sailed over his back into the dirt behind him.

The funny thing is I wasn’t even mad. He bested me and at that moment I gained a huge amount of respect for those animals.

Sucks that your experience didn’t turn out different, but just to have an encounter with a bull like that when you have a weapon in your hand is more than most will ever get to experience. Chalk it up for a win.

 

[fngTony]

@Ucsdryder ya it is a good spot

 

[Ucsdryder]

I know the feeling of blowing your chance on a true giant. I had a perfect shot at a main frame 6x7. Biggest bull I will ever see in the wild. Ever. And I’ve had encounters with big bulls. Broad side. 30 yards. With a trad bow. The whole thing is like slow motion in my mind. He jumped the string and my arrow sailed over his back into the dirt behind him.

The funny thing is I wasn’t even mad. He bested me and at that moment I gained a huge amount of respect for those animals.

Sucks that your experience didn’t turn out different, but just to have an encounter with a bull like that when you have a weapon in your hand is more than most will ever get to experience. Chalk it up for a win.

I’ve thought about that. How many people truly stand within bow range of a B and C bull. An absolute giant. It doesn’t help. I’m still pissed I was a pussy.

 

[Ucsdryder]

@Ucsdryder ya it is a good spot
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That thing is HUGE! My wife told me there’s zero chance I’m putting a lion up there. I’d do it while she was at work. Badass!

 

[cnelk]

shorter ceilings make bulls look bigger

How high are your ceilings?

 

[fngTony]

That thing is HUGE! My wife told me there’s zero chance I’m putting a lion up there. I’d do it while she was at work. Badass!

I didn’t think about appropriate size, just impressed myself that I figured out how to paste that in there

 

[fngTony]

That thing is HUGE! My wife told me there’s zero chance I’m putting a lion up there. I’d do it while she was at work. Badass!

Ask her again, this might change her mind

 

[Ucsdryder]

Ask her again, this might change her mind View attachment 607383

Who do you think you are? @Nickofthewoods

 

[fngTony]

Who do you think you are? @Nickofthewoods

No, substitute for @Fingershooter23

 

[Nickofthewoods]

Who do you think you are? @Nickofthewoods

Not sure I could have done it any better, that's good cut and paste skill. You guys have some good wall space to fill though. Jealous.

 

[Hnthrdr]

How high are your ceilings?

11ft in that room, rest of the house is 8fters

 

[Hnthrdr]

Ask her again, this might change her mind View attachment 607383

Wow you found the factual representation of what 98% of people in boulder county think of when they think of mt. Lions

 

[fngTony]

Wow you found the factual representation of what 98% of people in boulder county think of when they think of mt. Lions

that was my thought too!

 

[Billy Goat]

Looks more like a shrine to me.

 

[sndmn11]

Looks more like a shrine to me.

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He used to have a handful of 60" pronghorn up there that all took two-plus shots from the magnums. Must have taken them down for the Better Homes and Gardens photo shoot.

Double tapping a virgin pronghorn is where the hamburger skills were learned from necessity. I worry with the season coming up that he is going to hang his carcass tag on a coyote because of the same relative size; it has kept me up the last few nights.

 

[Ucsdryder]

He used to have a handful of 60" pronghorn up there that all took two-plus shots from the magnums. Must have taken them down for the Better Homes and Gardens photo shoot.

Double tapping a virgin pronghorn is where the hamburger skills were learned from necessity.

None of mine still had their baby velvet on their horns and balls!

 

[sndmn11]

 

[sndmn11]

 

[Ucsdryder]

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1. I can see his fuzzy nuts from here.

2. That’s a phorn, not a deer.

3. I’m still waiting on pictures.

4. You can’t send me pictures but you can post on RS…hmmm…

 

[sndmn11]

1. I can see his fuzzy nuts from here.

2. That’s a phorn, not a deer.

3. I’m still waiting on pictures.

4. You can’t send me pictures but you can post on RS…hmmm…

Those are your BOALs, it's almost phorn season, not deer season.