Crazy elk hunt

[duckhunt]

Thats awsome

 

[huronmtns]

Pat,

Do you think you could have pulled that hunt off using a standard tire mountain bike vs a Fat Tire bike?

 

[AARONB]

Nice Bull!! Congrats

 

[schmalts]

Pat,

Do you think you could have pulled that hunt off using a standard tire mountain bike vs a Fat Tire bike?

No. Many areas I hunted or wanted to hunt was to loose and sandy. There's very few areas I've hunted that a bike is useful. Once I got to where my buddy's bike was I transferred everything into his bike with saddlebags and that was way better than the pile of junk that I was using. Getting the first hundred pound load of meat that far to transfer it to his bike was horrible and with that pile of junk seat I'm lucky I will ever be able to piss again. Without that bike I probably would have lost the second load of meat for sure. I was very worried about the second load but it seems to be okay. After I shot the bull it was still fairly cool in the morning and I knew it was going to be hot and I was going a million miles an hour breaking that bull down but the downside is that I cut my hand so bad with the havalon knife that it should have required stitches but I used superglue instead . A little glue to close the wound and then a large patch of superglue over the top of it and sprinkle a little baking soda on top which will instantly cure the superglue into a hard patch. Sadly because I knew it was going to get so hot I only took two photos of this bull before I started cutting it up

 

[Treeshark]

Awesome hunt and bull, Pat, rock on!

 

[Big Fin]

Great stuff, Pat. You're the McGyver of elk hunting, if I ever met such. Congrats.

 

[Reata]

Great story and pics! I'm a mountain biker and have always thought of trying but haven't done it yet.

 

[recon6036]

It works, but it needs to be pretty flat though. Pedaling an extra 90 pounds or so sucks on hills. A nicer bike would be nice too... I got it done, but barely. Im not a youngster anymore

My mountain biking buddy came up from lower Michigan yesterday to race in the "Marji Gesick" in Marquette today. I showed him your pics which got him thinking. Maybe he'll actually hunt again!