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Post by firelt72 on Apr 30, 2009 3:13:14 GMT -5
Ok I have a way to mess up a hunt that I believe has NEVER happened to anyone before. OK I get the the horse farm this morning and the owner let about 15 horses into the pasture I am hunting. They were there yesterday and so I was aware of them. I get there at dawn and am walking across the pasture when the see me and being it is darl they and a little jumpy and head for the barn...I thought..Anyway I start walking again and they line up like they are playing football and start walking toward me. They are jumpy but approach...we seem to make friends and I start walking toward the end of the pasture I want to hunt. The horse head b ack toward the barn...or at least they acted that way...I set my dekes up and settle down to hunt a turkey. I hear the horses coming my way, but the move past me to where I have the dekes set up. They start sniffing them, hitting them with their nose and spinning them around. I jump up and they scatter. I re-adjust the dekes and sit back down...here come the horses....again they play with the dekes...I jump up and they run off a second time. You guess it I set the dekes back up and here they come again...this time one of the horses thinks he will grab my deke and run off with it....I jump up again and the horse drops my deke...I decide to go deke-less. after awhile the horses move behind to my left and wander around....I decide it is time to move spots and do....Long story no bird today.....But I will never forget the deke-thieving horse..
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Post by larryhagmansliver on Apr 30, 2009 4:39:58 GMT -5
Funny stuff fire. I've had cattle do the same sort of thing, but not to the extent you did. A little hint next time. Point your 12 up in the air and let her bark a couple a times. That will scare the horses for good  |
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Post by songdog on Apr 30, 2009 7:15:29 GMT -5
What a riot. Good luck Eric, hang in there.
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Post by Decatur on Apr 30, 2009 7:33:02 GMT -5
;d
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Post by dadfsr on Apr 30, 2009 8:35:39 GMT -5
Pretty good horse story The one time I got my wife to go with me in the afternoon we had a racoon come in and try to play with the deke-I thought my wife was going to bust a gut chuckling at it. |
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Post by featherduster on Apr 30, 2009 16:39:21 GMT -5
Are you still a DEKE-LESS hunter?
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Post by Woody Williams on Apr 30, 2009 17:12:53 GMT -5
That is funny...
I had some Texas Longhorn cattle play games with me once when I was pronghorn hunting in Wyoming.
They knew I was inside a blind that was actually an enclosed bottom of a windmill. One bull even came over and looked inside my shooting hole.
I knew I was safe as none of them couls have got their horns in between the uprights of the windmill. I finally ran them off by tossing rocks at them.
They were BIG..
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Post by firelt72 on May 1, 2009 2:53:28 GMT -5
First no am hunting with my dekes. Secondly Woody I am a lot safer than having long horns surrounding me. It was pretty funny even though I knew my hunt was messed up. I did hear a gobble...I really thinki twas laughing at me too LOL.
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Post by featherduster on May 2, 2009 5:27:41 GMT -5
This story sounds kind of RE-DEKE LESS.
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Post by Woody Williams on May 2, 2009 7:46:10 GMT -5
This story sounds kind of RE-DEKE LESS.
EWWWWW... that is FUNNY. Good one.... |
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Post by hountzmj on May 3, 2009 19:39:02 GMT -5
I have had similar problems when hunting at my in-laws place. They have horses and they like to be friendly. Of course they know me and know that I often have treats.
I have learned to avoid the barn areas when heading out so they don' t know I'm there. Then they usually leave me alone.
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