Hello family!!!Thought I'd share a few pictures from my recent Elk Hunting trip. For those of you who are not archery hunters...... hunting elk with a bow and arrow is more like "chasing elk" in the forest. It involves getting up before dawn and hiking in the dark by flashlight for miles and miles. Once you hear the elk (or smell them).....if the wind is right you try and sneak up on them by sneaking through the woods and crawling over and under logs on mountains and slopes more acceptable to mountain goats than people. Then if you're lucky.....you get close enough (less than 40 yards) for a shot.....but more often than not....the elk hear or smell you first and crash off through the timber.
I hunted for 5 days.....probably walked between 50-75 miles....and only had one shot.......and I missed@@#@$%$#@#!@#@!!!! The picture of the elk being packed out is an nice four point bull elk that one of my hunting companions got on the second day of the hunt.
Sooooo......while there's no elk meat in the freezer at the Reed house this year...... the memories of spending time in the great outdoors will last forever......there's always next year :-)
Life is good!!!
Greg
1 comment:
Suegro,
You should pursue "Photography" as a moonlighting activity (as if you don't already have a lot to do, uh ?) These pictures are incredible; and the one with all the hunters looks "Bad Ass".
I'm sorry there will not be Elk Chili at the Reed Casa this season. Just what am I supposed to do now ? No more Chicken Mole for you until we get some Elk Chili.....fair is fair......LOL!
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