rmyoung1
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Just finished watching the moose hunt episode. I appreciate the honesty and the real frustration that came through. That's not a theme that's very common on TV, but it's something I feel like I encounter on most of my hunts. Battling through it is something I'm learning to do.
Just this past fall I was hunting elk in CO in mid-October. I was hunting the same country I had been hunting in early September, but just six weeks later it was like hunting 2 different planets. After 4 days of hunting and lots of climbing, I had 0 elk sightings. I was discouraged and going through the motions. And then it happened... I was climbing with my head down and obviously not mentally engaged when I heard a stick pop. I looked up in time to see an elk butt disappear into the timber not 75 yards away. I followed the elk for a while but, not surprisingly, never caught up to it. I hope I've now learned my lesson.
Anyway... all that to say that I appreciate someone being honest about that side of the hunting experience, and it's nice to know I'm not the only one who has to battle through my own attitude lapses.
Thanks, Randy. I enjoyed the episode.
Just this past fall I was hunting elk in CO in mid-October. I was hunting the same country I had been hunting in early September, but just six weeks later it was like hunting 2 different planets. After 4 days of hunting and lots of climbing, I had 0 elk sightings. I was discouraged and going through the motions. And then it happened... I was climbing with my head down and obviously not mentally engaged when I heard a stick pop. I looked up in time to see an elk butt disappear into the timber not 75 yards away. I followed the elk for a while but, not surprisingly, never caught up to it. I hope I've now learned my lesson.
Anyway... all that to say that I appreciate someone being honest about that side of the hunting experience, and it's nice to know I'm not the only one who has to battle through my own attitude lapses.
Thanks, Randy. I enjoyed the episode.