Caribou hunt with freinds

By: cariboucreek Mood: Excited Date: 08/15/2007 05:26:50 Music: None

Early season caribou hunts can be to warm to really hunt .Bugs can drive you crazy ,Dust from trails can choke you .To be with freinds out doors is priceless .

Being warm we decided to hunt in an area where there was a glacier .The ice would keep our meat cool ,The flies wouldnt be so bad.We rode our atv's in for about 30 miles to river .Set up camp .Caribou and moose could be seen any place you looked .The bears were in this area also .We did see a few nice grizzlies .

We paired up .We were  leaveing camp in diffrent directions. I was to hunt with long time freind  Ray Alt . Ray has Pope and young record rocky mtn sheep with long bow {1968} Ray and i get  bow hunting fever every year .This one year we would have tags for caribou .

Ray and i rode our atv's up side hilling a ridge .stopping to have a look for caribou while eating a small lunch  .We seen  sheep on mountain side feeding and a few caribou  throughout the whole afternoon .

We were watching a pair of caribou starting to feed down hill ,side ways to us.Ray say"s to me! Why dont you sneak up there and shoot one of those caribou while i watch .

Iam fair game .Checked my gear carrying a few arrows and back pack off i go working around to get above these caribou for down hill shot .as i worked in close .Ray would signal me to where they were headed .I just started to top over the hill when i seen the caribou. Working their way back to me.Ray can see all of this ready to happen .

I nocked my arrow .Just one quick look i could tell what my distance would be .Ducked behind a large rock making sure i was ready -telling myself "dont look at the antlers " slow down and take your time .Up i stand .Pull to full draw . Arrow was lose .the arrow was to low . Nock another arrow .pulled to full draw .Caribou was just to far to shoot .Ray had been watching me .Only ray couldnt see the shoot at caribou .I walked over to pick up my arrow .Walking over to see Ray waiting for my signal to come up and help take care of a caribou .

I wiped off my fore head with red bandana .Ray was on his way up .After about 30 minutes of climbing up to me .He was tired .Wheres the caribou ? Well Ray! I missed! i just dont understand how i missed ? What did you have me come up here for ? Well Ray ! I felt so bad about missing a good shot .Iam second guessing my self to what i did wrong .But again ! Why did you have me come up here for ? I didnt want to walk back down to atv's alone talking to myself about my perfect miss!

Ray is always weiry of me now .We pulled many pratical jokes on each other over the years.I havent seen Ray in a few years .I need to call him for another hunt .I must remember that Ray may want to get even .

All of us did get a caribou .We all had a great hunting trip .These times  are the most remembered/treasured  with good freinds  

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