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Harriest predicament you've ever found yourself in while in the woods?
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<blockquote data-quote="huvrman" data-source="post: 5276468" data-attributes="member: 10625"><p>Tracking the buck in my profile in 2019. He was wounded and headed uphill at a 45 degree angle along a deep (500') ravine. As he neared the top he leveled out walking parallel to the edge of the ravine. As I track him, I notice the trail becomes little more than a 6 inch wide path on wet shale, situated on a slope that had to be at least 60 degrees. And just about the time I thought, "this could be dangerous" I slipped and began the slide down into the ravine. There was no stopping as gravity worked it's magic. I started on my butt, then rolled over on my belly, clawing at anything I could grab. But to no avail. Gun's banging off everything, pack is flailing, and I'm still sliding. With a ledge fast approaching, I figured I was about to end up in the boulder filled bottom of the ravine, with who knows what damage. About 10 feet short I spy a small tree at arms length and make a last ditch lurch and hook it. Thankfully I stopped. I ultimately made it back up the hill, and finished tracking the deer, who had died and promptly rolled all the way down that slope into the ravine. 5 hours later, 200 feet of rope, 3 150 foot traverses, and another 300 feet of carrying a quartered and caped buck uphill we got him to the side by side and on our way home.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="huvrman, post: 5276468, member: 10625"] Tracking the buck in my profile in 2019. He was wounded and headed uphill at a 45 degree angle along a deep (500’) ravine. As he neared the top he leveled out walking parallel to the edge of the ravine. As I track him, I notice the trail becomes little more than a 6 inch wide path on wet shale, situated on a slope that had to be at least 60 degrees. And just about the time I thought, “this could be dangerous” I slipped and began the slide down into the ravine. There was no stopping as gravity worked it’s magic. I started on my butt, then rolled over on my belly, clawing at anything I could grab. But to no avail. Gun‘s banging off everything, pack is flailing, and I’m still sliding. With a ledge fast approaching, I figured I was about to end up in the boulder filled bottom of the ravine, with who knows what damage. About 10 feet short I spy a small tree at arms length and make a last ditch lurch and hook it. Thankfully I stopped. I ultimately made it back up the hill, and finished tracking the deer, who had died and promptly rolled all the way down that slope into the ravine. 5 hours later, 200 feet of rope, 3 150 foot traverses, and another 300 feet of carrying a quartered and caped buck uphill we got him to the side by side and on our way home. [/QUOTE]
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