Oct 17, 2015 | Uncategorized |
Day 5: As soon as the sun comes up, we’re going to go check out the tracks I cut yesterday. We need to determine if the elk went up or down, and then decide what we want to do from there. Somebody was target practicing last night just below our camp. Which means...
Oct 16, 2015 | Uncategorized |
Yay! Gary’s here. First hike should be a doozy. At least now we have two rigs. We can park one down below and drive up to the very top to cover more ground that way. We split up to make one big huge circle of the area. Gary went downhill; I’m going to...
Oct 15, 2015 | Uncategorized |
It’s a virtual heat wave this morning at 41-degrees upon sunup for my elk hunt. Worst walk ever. About a mile hike straight up a red cinder road. You talk about noisy!! I feel like I’m being sent into enemy territory for this elk hunt. A group of hunters...
Oct 15, 2015 | Uncategorized |
Hunting starts way before that moment when you are in the field pulling back your bow string or shouldering your firearm. A question that always arises from new hunters, as well as seasoned hunters alike, is “what should I be preparing for my hunt?” Because this topic...
Oct 14, 2015 | Uncategorized |
Trail Diary 2: To start this diary entry, I ran the roads at 5:40 to try to catch animals out in the dark. There’s nothing; no tracks in the road. This is crazy. This time last year, I was babysitting two herds. I saw them with my eyes and was following their...
Oct 12, 2015 | Uncategorized |
Trail Diary #1: Deer and elk are tucked away somewhere. Saturday’s storm wiped the slate clean. I’ve managed to put in several hikes and run the roads as often as possible to determine where they are. I have to out scout the other hunters. 7 am already in the...
