Loggerhead Mike
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i hit the woods after work behind the house yesterday since its the only place i can get too after work and still have time to hunt alittle before dark.
the last 3 of 4 times ive been out there ive heard several yotes hollering on the mtn. i took the stand down last week figurin i was wasting my time but i just had the urge to get in the woods..
well i go about a mile up the mtn to a spring the deer drink from. sit untill dark with nothing. i did hear 1 yote howl between me and the truck alittle before dark, no biggy
so when it gets about pitch black i start heading down the mtn. about half way i stop because i heard a distant wooorrr noise, eahh probably some bird. started heading down again, and about 40 yards i stop again and hear this dang gurgling type wooorrrrrrr noise again. its hard to describe but i figured it was a coyote. could be wrong since ive never heard one up close and ive only heard them howl before. anyhoo it was dark and very foggy, visibility was about 5 feet with my headlight. the noise came about 20yrds away on the edge of a pine thicket next to the trial i was on. all in all i high tailed it outta there skidmarks and all. i didnt know weather to keep the bow in my hand or trade for my knife. never been so scared in the woods by myself before. i have seen mountain loins up here before but they make more of a high pitched type noise from what ive heard
so im debating on bringing my pistol with me next time i go back there bowhunting even though i almost got a ticket last week for having it in my truck on gamelands, or just not stay after dark.... to be a pansy or not to be... hah
anybody else got any storys or idears? im on the edge of probably a 1000 acres of gamelands in the mountains. never been more than 5-10 miles back becasuse the terrain just gets too tuff
the last 3 of 4 times ive been out there ive heard several yotes hollering on the mtn. i took the stand down last week figurin i was wasting my time but i just had the urge to get in the woods..
well i go about a mile up the mtn to a spring the deer drink from. sit untill dark with nothing. i did hear 1 yote howl between me and the truck alittle before dark, no biggy
so when it gets about pitch black i start heading down the mtn. about half way i stop because i heard a distant wooorrr noise, eahh probably some bird. started heading down again, and about 40 yards i stop again and hear this dang gurgling type wooorrrrrrr noise again. its hard to describe but i figured it was a coyote. could be wrong since ive never heard one up close and ive only heard them howl before. anyhoo it was dark and very foggy, visibility was about 5 feet with my headlight. the noise came about 20yrds away on the edge of a pine thicket next to the trial i was on. all in all i high tailed it outta there skidmarks and all. i didnt know weather to keep the bow in my hand or trade for my knife. never been so scared in the woods by myself before. i have seen mountain loins up here before but they make more of a high pitched type noise from what ive heard
so im debating on bringing my pistol with me next time i go back there bowhunting even though i almost got a ticket last week for having it in my truck on gamelands, or just not stay after dark.... to be a pansy or not to be... hah
anybody else got any storys or idears? im on the edge of probably a 1000 acres of gamelands in the mountains. never been more than 5-10 miles back becasuse the terrain just gets too tuff