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Woke up this am and collected some wood to take to the taxidermist for my bear mount. Closing camp. Always a sad day for me as i keep it to my self and go though the drill of putting things away for another year. Satisfaction knowing we got to chase em again and our bodies didnt limit us. I...

Elk day 13 It appeared to me the day prior that once the rut fest broke up all the animals seems to just go their own way. We were always down wind even after shots so i was thinking they would still be in the general drainage. In we went with three packers and a shooter. Sure enough not only...

Elk day 12. The boys were sneaking in exactly as i would have so it was easy fo me to maintain angles and the correct wind. They were able to get 40 yards into the bedroom and set up together in a little foxhole of timber. My plan was to drag them down the ridge to me and it appeared to be...

Elk day 12 recap. So down the trail we go. Different trail, different plan, same drainage. I had the four youngest legs with me this am so i knew if i could find em, we could get to em. Out of camp we drop in. I knew the youngsters could hack it. 1400ft drop in one mile. Sure enough, about...

Elk day 12 Down we went myself and the two 21 year olds in camp. Screaming animals this am till 1130am. End result two cows took dirt naps via an arrow and a 300 grain powerbelt. Story later. Packout ongoing.

Elk day 11. One hot bull this am so at least it may be picking up again. Deer are pretty much all hard horned and starting to feed hard and move more.

Tenderloins!!!

I think combo extra pressure, moon phase and no real weather is probably not helping.

Congrats!

Elk day #10. 2nd dead quiet day in a row. We silently covered alot of ground today. No real fresh sign. Elk being elk.

Elk day #9 The team is worn out after the bull packout but everyone beats back the zipper once again and heads down the trail. Quiet day in the woods from start to finish. To be expected though i think with the increased amount of human stink in the woods post muzzle loader. The muzzle loader...

Elk day #8. Opener of muzzleloader. Down the trail we go. Little earlier than normal as there is 8-12 more people at the trailhead. Our main focus was to get my friend and son a cow as they both had muzzle tags. I took my bow in case we ran into a wound up bull. We got to our normal 1st...

Elk day and bull down. More pics and story to follow. Hes on a 50 degree slope so we need to tie off each quarter at a time.

Im kinda like you gotta be kidding me. All that blood and you still can get up a tree. I circle him with binos for 15 minutes. I didnt want him to suffer and more as he was clealry a fighter. After finding a good angle i sent another and he came down with a thud and last breath. I knelt and...

1.5 hours takes forever to pass. I gather up my stuff and start down the blood trail. Seems light, then heavy, then dry, then light. So so to follow at first then further in easier and easier. He seems to be moving 100 or so yards then resting. After 700 yards the blood trail starts to zig...

More soon. Gotta get this guy into town.

I take it all in for a minute then walk down to the impact site. Arrow has good dark blood up to the FMJ label and i have initial blood. I mark the first blood with some tape. I look around and take it all in and put the arrow in my quiver. Upon examination it looks like one 100 gr slick...

First i notice the big round wobbling rear quarters, then the small ears, then the brown snout. This is a big boar and he is close. 25 yards in front of me, nose on the ground and has no idea im there. I begin to pull an arrow out, dial in 20 yards, back up and slide up hill and out of the way...

Elk day #7. Well as my previous post said " when left alone at camp, it usually results in a logistical packout problem" Normal morning routine of up at 0430, coffee big hot breakfast and down the trail. It rained a few times since last week and the ground now was soft. Quiet sneeking...