boothcreek
Loving the herd life
Sorry just need to rant.
Hunting season has been open since sept 1st. As of sept 20th there is also a open cow elk season til the 30th.
Well, with antlered game hunters are very diligent with ID'ing their prey, now with the antlerless season all bets are off. On sunday we found our Dun Dexter Bull had been shot on OUR OWN PASTURE! after investigating shots that sounded too close to be legal(we thought trespassing, not shot livestock AND trespassing). Sadly the hunter got way before we got there, so no ID on him of any sort.
Now how in heck do you mistake a evenly chocolate coloured dexter bull that stands 40 inches at the shoulders with a cow elk that is dark brown on the front, cream on the body, white rump and - oh ya - is as tall as a 14 hh horse and can get its head up past its shoulders........ and then shooting onto private property towards houses? They have gone mad!!!!
I am a hunter, love hunting, but that just peeves me to no end, thats not hunting.
On a happy note, Henry our bull will make it, the shot was a thru and thru, right behind the shoulders(going by the way he walks, it nicked the cartilage edge but not the bone), grazed one or both lungs since he had trouble breathing and sounded aweful for the first day. Amazingly the shot missed his spine, by its placement that was a real close one on that, maybe another inch or so higher(spine) or lower(lungs) and he would have been done for, and we do love our sweet little Henry.........
Hunting season has been open since sept 1st. As of sept 20th there is also a open cow elk season til the 30th.
Well, with antlered game hunters are very diligent with ID'ing their prey, now with the antlerless season all bets are off. On sunday we found our Dun Dexter Bull had been shot on OUR OWN PASTURE! after investigating shots that sounded too close to be legal(we thought trespassing, not shot livestock AND trespassing). Sadly the hunter got way before we got there, so no ID on him of any sort.
Now how in heck do you mistake a evenly chocolate coloured dexter bull that stands 40 inches at the shoulders with a cow elk that is dark brown on the front, cream on the body, white rump and - oh ya - is as tall as a 14 hh horse and can get its head up past its shoulders........ and then shooting onto private property towards houses? They have gone mad!!!!
I am a hunter, love hunting, but that just peeves me to no end, thats not hunting.
On a happy note, Henry our bull will make it, the shot was a thru and thru, right behind the shoulders(going by the way he walks, it nicked the cartilage edge but not the bone), grazed one or both lungs since he had trouble breathing and sounded aweful for the first day. Amazingly the shot missed his spine, by its placement that was a real close one on that, maybe another inch or so higher(spine) or lower(lungs) and he would have been done for, and we do love our sweet little Henry.........
for you and 
