November 11th, day 10. Rolled out just after 4AM and got home early afternoon.
Overall it was a great trip and I enjoyed every minute of it. I gave it everything I had and although I didn’t end up with a giant or even what most would consider a big bull, I came home with the best bull that I...
November 10th, day 9. I was up an hour or so before daylight heading back to retrieve the last quarter, along with all of my overnight gear, as well as my rangefinder that I had inadvertently left on the rock that I shot from. I had crap strewn all over that hill.
Having an elk at camp made...
Back to the trailer to load up with over night gear. Buddy told me to let him know when I killed something and he’d help me pack. I took the truck down the road a little way and things were still such a muddy mess from the snow that I took the wheeler the last 15 miles or so.
I arrived at...
November 9th, day 8. This was Saturday and I have to be back at work on Wednesday. I figured regardless of the outcome, I was probably going to pack up and mosey on home on Monday morning. That gave me Saturday night as my last opportunity for another overnighter so that’s what I planned to do...
It's sand, I scratched with a stick, it will be gone in a week, likely less. Don't get your panties in a wad.
EDIT: oh you thought I did that?!? No, I just saw that and assumed that @Dave N had been there recently. :ROFLMAO:
November 8th, day 7. I was up well before daylight and planned to hike 3+ miles in the dark and set up to glass a further drainage as the sun came up, so I did.
Sketchy navigating some of that crap in the dark.
Ended up being 3.8 miles to the glassing point by daylight.
Looked like...
November 7th, day 6. I was up early and I figured I’d take the wheeler back into the same area I was in the previous day to see if I could find some of the other elk that I saw but did not pursue. I glassed around, looking over a lot of ground, and did not see a single elk or deer anywhere so I...
November 6th, day 5. Woke up an hour before daylight to 6 inches of fresh snow. Quite a bit cooler than the previous days but still not super freezing cold or anything. I headed down the road to where I had glassed from the evening before to glass again this morning. Its a good vantage that...
November 5th, day 4. It rained pretty good over night and though I was “dry”, there was enough humidity in the air that all my stuff was damp, which was nice.
I was up and glassing from my perch at daylight, moving around to all sides picking everything apart very thoroughly with my spotter...