three months, three weeks, three days and 21 hours

Joe

Joe sept.8th for us and it can not come soon enough for me eather.Thats the highlight of my hunting season too.I love it bd

So close but yet so far away......

I'll keep dreamin' til then.....

Todd

I spotted a good herd of rosies  on the way to my tree stand yesterday...There were several knob heads in the bunch...

I get REALLY excited when I see the new growth coming on...

 

 

Elk season is tops but there are still some other good things between now and then to help pass the time:

remainder of turkey season
CTAS High Country Shoot
My new TD Shrews are due in June/July
Antelope in mid-August (assuming I draw)

It will be here before you know it and gone even faster.

Oh Mark, ya just gotta rub it in about the new shrews, that's just wrong! lol

Joe is excited because he is hitting everything he's aiming at with his shrew.
And, he has a new blackwidow pl on the way to him in a couple of weeks that he won at the CBA banquet!(lucky guy)

Gawd....I thought I was the only one!!!!!

Brett

Joe, I'm good to go!! Well almost! (grin) Still putting in the road work with a pack & all building endurance & stamina! It's hell when you get old, you can't get away with nothing!! (grin)

 ElkNut1

I been ready since last November.
It will be here before you know it.
I can't wait.

John

Now you have done it.  Anyone have any harvest pic's they will post( LOVE those elk shots) IF I loose sleep now it's your fault!!

Doing my first elk hunt this year. I somehow drew a big game combo tag in MT!! With no bonus points because I drew a deer combo last year!! Some think I should go to Vegas. Re-reading some of Dave's books while on the treadmill, eliptical, stairmaster etc

Yeah, can't believe I'm puttin in in a couple of weeks.  after that, the time flies.

last year was my first year hunting elk.Me and a couple of friends,gps and topo maps and about 75lbs worth of gear each, yeah we brought to much stuff!!!!But we got into elk,had a nice 6x6 at 15 yards but could not get it done.Since we left I could not stop thinking about getting back to that mountain top and dreaming about those elk.Next to my kids being born I have never experienced anything as great as elk hunting.So like you guys I am counting the days!!!!

A western hunt is out of the question for me, but I've been putting in for the Kentucky draw every year.  Deadline here is tomorrow for one of 400 tags (increased this year).  Odds should be better now.

I'm an optimist!  If I get drawn, I'll be worrying you guys to death to get advice on how to do this.

Got a MT combo, Can not wait!

I'ts not just the Elk, "It's the everything."

 My dad went bowhunting for elk with me for the first time at age 60.  Went eveywhere I went and more.  We heard our first elk bugle together.  He has since passed on.  He always said it was the greatest trip and the most fun he ever had.  

The last day of our trip we climbed to the highest point that overlooked our entire hunting area.  Approx 10,000 ft.  On the way up I thought it was getting to him.  I said "Dad it get's pretty bad from here on up".  His reply....." You can Make it!".  

Elk hunting is special.............Rest Dad's soul.........

You never forget your first!  ...  Over 9,000 feet, snow-capped peaks all around.  Here's a paragraph from the book about this hunt and many, many more:

"By 9 a.m. I had hit all of the small springs in that draw and found myself setting against a large pine tree admiring the vast basin and impressive mountain peaks that lie before me.  This raw feeling welled up inside of me.  Here I was, feeling like the only man on the mountain with a bit of gear, two sticks and a string, seeking the king of the Rockies.  It was a bit early in the season, but this moment overtook me and I felt the need to rip off a nasty big-bull bugle.  So it did...and did again.  Suddenly I heard the distinct "thud, thud" of a heavy-hoofed animal just up the ridge.  I turned to see a rag horn bull coming toward me on a string.  A flash and he was 9 yards away.  I put the cedar shaft precisely in the crease behind his shoulder, mid-way from chest to spine.  The bull spooked, confused, and crashed 30 yards away.  I had been blessed with another clean, double-lung kill and hundreds of pounds of meat.  My only regret was that none of my brothers or Dad were there to share in that moment.  Especially when I began cleaning and packing out that huge animal!"

 

I hear ya LPM.  Hunting with family, especially you Dad, has no equal.

-MV

M Venator, great story & photo!! I agree with the Father & Son duo, nothing like building memories with family!

 ElkNut1

A few pics to wet the appetite:

I have been dreaming about it since the end of last season.