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Twanger
11-09-2009, 04:36 PM
American Indians have a thing called “counting coup.” It involved somehow getting close enough to your opponent in battle to hit or slap them without killing them, and then getting away scott free.

It’s a way of saying “I coulda done killed ya’, iff’n I’d wanted to!”

Kinda like spitting on a buck!

Here's as little short video of me counting coup on an 8 pointer that needs another year.

The first 'shot' was aimed at his head, but the wind carried it right! Dang it!

The second shot had a little less, er, material, but landed right in the middle of his back. He didn't feel a thing.

Unfortunately, the quality of the youtube video is a little worse than what I see in the original, making it harder to see the spit-shots.

Next time I might bring some white marbles.

Hmmmmmm... I could get really mean and pour a bottle of doe estrus on one.

See: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TA-_1i8Y5cM
DaveHawk
11-09-2009, 04:45 PM
That's cool Walt. I use to hunt a gate opening in Poolsville back in the early 80's and I would sit in tall grass and wait for the deer to move from one field to another. I smacked a few doe's on the snout as they would make there way through the grass. LOL
GF.
11-09-2009, 04:53 PM
If it were me, it might not be spit rainin' down on him :D

Pretty funny, though!
ncboman
11-10-2009, 09:13 PM
If it were me, it might not be spit rainin' down on him :D

Pretty funny, though!

I've done that. :D
DaveHawk
11-10-2009, 10:41 PM
When I dipped allot I would spit on a yearling just to see what mama would do. Nothing LOL But a squarrel would get pissed.
GF.
11-11-2009, 10:05 AM
FWIW, I was thinkin' more along the lines of arrows :o

It would be a pretty nasty trick to have poured the 'doe in heat' on him, though :eek:

Might leave him with a pretty distinctive track.....:rolleyes:
GF.
11-11-2009, 10:06 AM
And BTW - is that a scary-wide angle on that lens, or were you at some ridiculous height there?
Twanger
11-11-2009, 11:10 AM
I was only up about 20 feet or so.
That was a video taken with my iphone, and it's fairly wide-angle.
I had a real video camera in the pack, but he was on me so fast that I didn't want to risk digging it out. He got inside 20 yards before I saw him - came in from my blind side.