well i dont know how many of you have ever guided hunters but sometimes you jsut get burnt out on them and you have to get away well I always told every hunter I only have one rule and that is not to leave the stand where I put them. One day in sw colorado i had set a hunter up in a nice spot and told him all you have to do is watch this trail and there will be an elk walk right by you within fourty yards in about an hour this was a sure kill situation the same elk came dwo that trail every day at the same time. So i left him there and went for a walk I got about 400 yards out and walked up on a nice 6x6 about 60 yards away so i jst eased around him and went on my walk jsut to get away from my hunter I am walking down a brushy trail back on the othe side of the mountain about half asleep not paying any attention when i hear my hunter shoot so i jsut started easing back that direction and all of a sudden something hit me in the leg and out of reflex i just kicked it as hard as i could and looked down and about a 350lb black bear was running away down the trail I had jsut kicked a bear in the a$$ without even thinking now that will wake you up in a hurry SO I walk back to my hunter to see if hit hit the elk and he was gone no elk no hunter only his back pack hmmmm i hope the bear ate him but i found blood about fourty yads from where i left him so here i go tracking him in about a 30 mph wind i follow blood for about 1/2 mile when i see him and sure enough he hit the elk and was there gutting him out and was covered with blood from his shoulders all the the way down his arms i wasnt sure who shot who but after i chewed him out for leaving and telling him if he had left it alone and waited we would have robably found him about 100 yards from where he shot him when he laid down the first time he told me he thought it would be ok if he followed the elk and that he had left me a trail useing toilet paper so i preceeded to tell him that was all fine and dandy except how llong you think that mountain money is going to stay on the ground in a 30 mph wind lol all and all it worked out fine at least i got the pleasure of kicking a live bear in the butt..

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