EDIT: With the Montana deadline approaching next month, thought I would link this Montana elk hunt story to where it can be watched for free on our YouTube channel.
https://youtu.be/0f5mSzlFkHk
Original Story:
Packing all my gear, bringing extra rifles, tent for the camera guys, enough food for the entire community, and everything else needed for another On Your Own Adventure.
On this one, we are headed to the hills for a Montana elk and deer hunt. We being me, Lawnboy, and those two camera guys, Troy and Loren.
Season opens on Sunday morning. I am headed out tomorrow, to start scouting and get camp set up. Why am I always the one in charge of setting up camp?
My hope is to find a good bull, camp out on him, and shoot him opening morning. Reality is that I will find a small bull, many other hunters, and will show up opening morning with a hunter on every visible ridge, and all the elk chased down to the private. Oh well, it is elk hunting, and what we live for here in Montana.
Lawnboy doesn't hunt on Sundays, so I will probably wait until Monday to pull the trigger. Would hate to have the solo packing job on Sunday, when if I waited a day, could have Lawnboy doing all the work.
He is suspicious of my motives, as last year when we filmed, he warned me he had a very important day, and could not be around on Friday. What did he do? Waited and shot a bull at last light on Thursday, so I would have to follow through on my promise to get the elk out the next day. Way I see it, he owes me, and I intend to call in a few chips.
This is always a fun hunt. Always lots of people in the woods, but it is the time of year to go fill the freezer, and with any luck, score on a nice bull. Have been too busy filming this fall to do any archery elk hunting here, so I am itching to find a good bull.
Last time I was in this spot, cell coverage was available on the highest knobs, so I will climb each day to provide the best updates I can.
Been doing a ton of research via the phone, maps, and the web. Feel like the pressure is on to make good on the tag, and this year has been the year of big bull rumors in Montana. I suspect I find them to be just that - rumors.
Wish us luck. If nothing else, I am sure Lawnboy will find a good deer. If we can't find a bull or a buck in a week, we have no business producing a hunting show. Ooops, with a comment like that, I just set us up for failure.
https://youtu.be/0f5mSzlFkHk
Original Story:
Packing all my gear, bringing extra rifles, tent for the camera guys, enough food for the entire community, and everything else needed for another On Your Own Adventure.
On this one, we are headed to the hills for a Montana elk and deer hunt. We being me, Lawnboy, and those two camera guys, Troy and Loren.
Season opens on Sunday morning. I am headed out tomorrow, to start scouting and get camp set up. Why am I always the one in charge of setting up camp?
My hope is to find a good bull, camp out on him, and shoot him opening morning. Reality is that I will find a small bull, many other hunters, and will show up opening morning with a hunter on every visible ridge, and all the elk chased down to the private. Oh well, it is elk hunting, and what we live for here in Montana.
Lawnboy doesn't hunt on Sundays, so I will probably wait until Monday to pull the trigger. Would hate to have the solo packing job on Sunday, when if I waited a day, could have Lawnboy doing all the work.
He is suspicious of my motives, as last year when we filmed, he warned me he had a very important day, and could not be around on Friday. What did he do? Waited and shot a bull at last light on Thursday, so I would have to follow through on my promise to get the elk out the next day. Way I see it, he owes me, and I intend to call in a few chips.
This is always a fun hunt. Always lots of people in the woods, but it is the time of year to go fill the freezer, and with any luck, score on a nice bull. Have been too busy filming this fall to do any archery elk hunting here, so I am itching to find a good bull.
Last time I was in this spot, cell coverage was available on the highest knobs, so I will climb each day to provide the best updates I can.
Been doing a ton of research via the phone, maps, and the web. Feel like the pressure is on to make good on the tag, and this year has been the year of big bull rumors in Montana. I suspect I find them to be just that - rumors.
Wish us luck. If nothing else, I am sure Lawnboy will find a good deer. If we can't find a bull or a buck in a week, we have no business producing a hunting show. Ooops, with a comment like that, I just set us up for failure.
