K: Where and how did you learn to hunt? Z: My grandfather taught me when I was just a boy; only about ten years old. He took me out to the woods in our part of the mountains, handed me a gun, and told me; ‘Don’t come back until you have caught a rabbit. Men show no shame in bringing back nothing.’ So I did, I was out in the forest for two days, holding this gun, waiting. K: And you never saw one rabbit?
Growing up on the Great Plains was a hard but satisfying way of life. As a child I learned fast the ways to hunt buffalo with the grace and skill of my ancestors. A fully trained Sioux warrior could keep accuracy at full gallop up to 100 yards. By age 14 I was “counting coup” by touching an enemy either with my hand, bow or coup stick, then escaping. By successfully “counting coup” I earned an eagle feather each time and the right to wear it.
After doing two rows and he and Jenny were far enough from earshot, he pulled out the gun and decided it was time to shoot. The gun was heavy in his hands and felt lose in his grip when he fired the gun wobbled. Jenny started thrashing wildly in the field. He went to calm her and saw wet red running down her leg; he shot her in the ribs. Eventually Jenny was lying in a pool of her blood dead.
They also tried to kill them by using traps and by hunting parties, but these attempts failed. Ernest Thompson Seton was offered $1,000 dollars in bounty money for capturing Lobo, the leader of the pack. Seton tried to kill him with 5 poisonous baits, but this attempt failed. The following day the baits were gone so Seton assumed Lobo was dead, but later that evening he found the baits. They were covered in evidence that Lobo was responsible for.
My First Elk Hunting Trip by Colin Hillmer It was a cold day in the mountains of Colorado. I was hunting for big elk. The air was moist like it was going to rain soon. As I sat and looked out my spotting scope I saw a herd of elk a mile away. It felt awesome to see my first herd of elk.
Antlers, which are only found on males, are used to fend off dangerous animals and other males that are trying to get their mate for the year. Every winter, the deer loses the antlers that grew during the summer months. As a deer grows older and the genetics are there, the antlers can grow to amazing lengths and sizes. Once a deer ages past maximum potential in antler size, it is possible and common that a male deer’s antler size will decrease. A deer’s eyes are very large and are located on the side of the head so they can use them to assist their other danger alarming characteristics to spot movement and
But in July 2011, the park experienced its first bear-related fatality since 1986 when a grizzly sow defending her cubs attacked two hikers on the Wapiti Lake Trail. And not long after, Yellowstone wildlife officials had to kill a different grizzly bear when it acted aggressively toward park visitors during several different incidents. The potential for bear encounters is also increasing. More people are out on trails and development along the wildland-urban interface has infringed on bear habitat. And changing patterns in bear behavior are bringing the animals closer to populated areas than ever before.
My most favorite memory was when it was a runt season in the middle of November, and a little buck ran into my stand chasing a doe. When wanting to hunt, there are lots of requirements and restrictions to go by. Hunting requires patience, by sitting in a position for so long waiting for that animal you’re waiting for to come
The plain Indians hunted buffalo, elk and sometimes antelope. To capture the animal they would try to surround the herd or they would try to get to high ground or places where they would be killed more easily. Hunting life was much easier after they had horses. They usually hunted with a bow and arrow, but after the white settlers arrived they started to trade guns. The Indians would usually hunt all year long.
During the late fall whitetail will start their mating season or rut, at this time a doe ready to mate will leave her fawn in a patch of woods for two to three days looking for a suitable mate, and then return back to her fawn. The first year a buck fawn leaves it’s mother it begins to grow his first set of antlers. These antlers are two one to five inch points called spikes because of their resemblance to rail road spikes. Each year bucks will grow their antlers in the spring and lose them in winter.