After hunting my ass off for 12 days i leave defeated
Even not harvesting an Elk it was an awesome trip with daily highs and lows that made for a awesome adventure.
I new going in this hunt was going to be though and that is what i was looking for the hunt started off with a lot of excitement i had good bulls on camera mostly at night but the thought of a good bull coming to water was the driving force keeping me focused from a vary boring sit all day by day 5 things where looking better the moon was fading and other hunters where gone after checking my cameras i had some day time bulls then here comes the rain and snow and everything shut down. I was able to find some elk to stalk on one occasion i had two nice 5x5 after crawling threw the sage and snow for for 700 ft or so the wind changed and ended that on one other time i ran into a heard of cows with one small bull it was late in the after noon with snow blowing side ways i got to 45 yards the bull was behind the cows once he was clear i let a arrow fly only to have a wind gust blow me arrow off.
Some of the lows where my Ranger breaking down miles from camp with bad weather and night time made for a tough fix. The highs where i found two puppies with there mother out in the forest i was able to catch the puppy and bring them home and there doing great i went back out to find mother dog and never found her with all the bad weather and coyotes fox bobcats and lions the dogs would would face certain death.
Even having a awesome trip im not sure i would apply for this hunt in the future
