Back in Feb. I organized an elk hunt for Tradgang members who wanted to go on a backpacking elk hunt in the back-country.  8 guys are part of the group and the hunt is happening right now.  I'm @ home right now but will be going back on Tues.  I will tell my story up to this point and I'll let the other guys tell their stories here when they get back.

Looking forward to this one!!  Bring on the elk stories!!

My son and I got to hunt the first 4 days and set up camp.  We were into elk right away.

This cow came in to about 35 yds. to my son.

We have never had everyone in camp at once (guys wanted to be out hunting) so we had to take several pictures.

These guys are from Colorado (me), Missouri, W. Virginia, Pennsylvania, N. Carolina, Arkansas, and Tennessee

There are moose in the area so I had to play around (count coup) on this bull @ 25 yds.

On the 10th. day that I was able to hunt (this Mon. the 13th), I called in a cow elk and shot it @ 12 yds.  Unfortunately, she was 2.4 miles from camp and 7.8 miles from the trailhead.  It took 2 hard days of packing, but the meat is now in the freezer.

We had some of the rib meat roasted over the fire on Mon. night.

We are having an awesome time enjoying God's creation and chasing the mighty wapiti with stick and string.

Looks like fun Doug. Congrats!!

Congratulations!  Looks like a great camp!      

i hate everyone of you ...lol.congrats and good job  

Very nice.  Keep it coming.

Thanks for taking us along Doug!

Nice shot on the cow!

In elk hunting the work always begins after punching the tag....

Look forward to reading adventures that others from your camp might have to share.

Keep the wind in your face!

Shoot straight, Shinken

Congrats on the cow and good luck on the rest of the hunt!!!

hey doug

if you get time shoot me an email scottabow@aol.com
interested in the moose

thanks Scott

There's more excitement coming but I want to let the others have a chance to share their story themselves so I won't let the cat out of the bag yet.  Most of the other hunters will be hiking out next Wed. or Thurs. so you'll get to hear more about it then.