FirstFreedom
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He was camped next to us in a public camping area adjacent to some public hunting lands. In the course of a short conversation, I learned the following:
1. There are no deer down in this one hollow - no sign; none whatsoever; the reason being there is a mountain lion down there (for some reason he doesn't roam beyond this hollow); this guy saw the mountain lion - it was very old and was 10 foot nose to tail. He found a covered up half-eaten deer kill, so he climbed inside an hollowed-out tree stump to wait for its return to observe it, and sure enough, it came back. Mind you, there are not many pumas at all in OK.
2. He only uses an AR in .223 for deer. He takes head shots only.
3. The scope on said AR is 50 power he said - that's F-I-F-T-Y power.
4. He's looking for this big buck nicknamed "Heart Attack".
5. He normally has 2 deer hanging in camp by this time of the season/week, but had none at this time; bad luck. Strangely, however, his 11 year old boy had come over to our camp earlier in the day and explained that his dad has not gotten a deer in six years. Hmmm.
6. Earlier in the year, he shot a 700+ pound feral pig in this one public hunitng land.
7. Finally - get ready - yap, you guessed it - he's is a RETIRED NAVY SEAL!
He did make a mean bean and ham soup, however. Not bad coffee either.
1. There are no deer down in this one hollow - no sign; none whatsoever; the reason being there is a mountain lion down there (for some reason he doesn't roam beyond this hollow); this guy saw the mountain lion - it was very old and was 10 foot nose to tail. He found a covered up half-eaten deer kill, so he climbed inside an hollowed-out tree stump to wait for its return to observe it, and sure enough, it came back. Mind you, there are not many pumas at all in OK.
2. He only uses an AR in .223 for deer. He takes head shots only.
3. The scope on said AR is 50 power he said - that's F-I-F-T-Y power.
4. He's looking for this big buck nicknamed "Heart Attack".
5. He normally has 2 deer hanging in camp by this time of the season/week, but had none at this time; bad luck. Strangely, however, his 11 year old boy had come over to our camp earlier in the day and explained that his dad has not gotten a deer in six years. Hmmm.
6. Earlier in the year, he shot a 700+ pound feral pig in this one public hunitng land.
7. Finally - get ready - yap, you guessed it - he's is a RETIRED NAVY SEAL!
He did make a mean bean and ham soup, however. Not bad coffee either.