The thread brings up some good memories of some humorous hunting trips.
A few friends and I were heading out elk hunting many years ago, a perfect crisp morning with some fresh snow. Anticipation was high that we would have some good luck that day, with the great conditions.
One of our friends, although only a Sr in High School had more body hair than bigfoot! As we climbed in elevation to where we were going to hunt, a bear ran across the road. "Pud" the hairy one, told me to "STOP" and bailed out of the jeep and high tailed it after the bear. A few moments later we heard a shot and again after a short wait he came walking back to the jeep with the bear slung over his shoulder. We asked how he caught up to the bear for the shot, answering us that he "didn't need to catch up to it, because it treed" and he shot it out of the tree.
Not only did we give him a ration of crap about the small size of the bear, but continued on about how we don't need a bear dog to tree a bear for us we've got "Pud" to do it for us. One look at Pud from a bear and the bear will think it's being chased by some kind of hairy beast and will instinctively tree.
We continued on to our planned elk hunting destination and ended the day with nothing but Pud's bear and perhaps a few ground swatted grouse.
