Share your best hunting story

[knight]

What's your most unforgettable moment when hunting?

 

[Indigo22]

I once shot a Ruffled Grouse with a 45acp. I was walking a ridgeline fire road when a Grouse flushed from the brush a few feet ahead of me. It flew straight out and landed in a tree no more than fifteen yards straight out from me. It apparently felt safe as it was also forty feet off the ground because the hill dropped off that quickly from the ridgeline. I steadied my aim for a head shot and popped a round off. The bird dropped to the ground flopping around and I scrambled after it as I didn't want to chase it any further down the hill. The shot had struck him right below the beak and the head was being held on only by two thin strips of skin and feathers. I felt pretty proud of collecting that bird. It also tasted really good at dinner.
I had two witnesses with me when I did this, a niece and a nephew were out on the walk with me and it was my sister who made dinner that evening.