bravissimo !

Wow, nice Elk. You guys sure had a great hunt with every body bagging game like that. Congrats.

Congrats

Very nice.  A trip to remember.

So for a little bit of the story. I left work at 8pm on the 12th to drive four and a half hours north to my home town. It was going to be a good year no matter what. I was going to hunt with my Dad and many other friends. One who is enjoying his first year bowhunting. My Dad started him out right with a longbow.

I pulled into town at about 2 in the am. After getting a few things gathered I went to a friends house for a quick nap. Exited about the adventure at had I got no sleep. My friend and I got up at about 4:30 and started the long trip to the mountians. My Dad and a few others had already been in camp a few days so I wanted to get there in time to hunt that morning.

When I arrived in camp they where waiting for me to go on there morning hunt with them. I gathered my gear and we where off. The morning was a little slim we did not see any elk but chased a few birds.

We went to camp got some chow and i listened to the stories of the time i had missed in camp. Two thirty came around and I decided that it was time to go see what I could find. I know a place where I almost always find elk so I thought that I would check there.

The others went to a place that they had seen elk the night before.

As I climbed the ridge in a sleet snow blizard visability was nearly nothing. The caynons I wanted to glass where whited out. As I moved around the hill to get a better view of what little I could see. I spotted a calf up an feeding in the bottom of a draw that cut the ridge I was on.

Knowing that the calf was probly not alone I started to stalk closer. Watching the wind and glassing constanty I eased in.

I could find no sign of the calf or any other elk though. I kept getting closer and closer. Then I saw him bedded 80 yards a great bull.

TBC

I moved in close as he got up from his nap. 30 yards quatering away I loosed my arrow and had my bull. with help from som good frinds I got him back to camp and we have been eating good ever since. See there was not much left to tell anyway.

Great trophies Ferret!!  

You the man Randy B.!!  Hope to see you in 2 weeks at elk Fest,  I can tell you all the stories I dont have!!  And tell you about all the elk I havnt been seeing!!

Ferret, is Kendal from Powell?

yea he sure is barney

I hope that you get into them soon matt

 Thought I knew that face.

Wow what a great hunt! Congrats all the way around  

You are my hero!  What a nice bull and great hunt!  It has always been a dream of mine togo on a hunt like you did with your Dad.  I always wanted to go on a fishing trip to Canada with my Dad (He was crippled by polio when a child, and it was difficult for him to hunt), but he loved to fish.  I guess now I'm the father and if I can do it I want to go elk hunting with my son before it is too late! Thanks for this reminder!

Ya know Randy, the fact that I signed your leave form, doesn't that entitle me to a few steaks?
Dan

I think that a few steaks can be aranged with no problem.

Congrats    

Was that on public or private land?

All on public land Chris

Well now I am back at work. I tell ya its hard to leave good family good friends and great mountains to go back to work.