Esther

[The Hedgehog]

Wow! That is quite a tribute to your grandma.

BTW - how did that fixed 10X work in those woods?

Shot him at 40 yards. 1st elk I’ve seen on public since rifle season opened and 10 days of hunting. Scope not a problem. Rifle is excellent.

 

[Nick87]

Glad you were able to get it done on this particular hunt

 

[FREAK]

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Awesome, heavy looking bull!

 

[The Hedgehog]

The Buick. 1993 Le Sabre was Grandma Esther’s car. When she passed it became my mother’s. When my Dad passed my Mom moved to town and brought the Buick. My son & daughter both drove “Esther” through high school and complained often about it. Bozeman has lots of wealth and most kids were driving excellent new vehicles. I told them to go buy a car or be appreciative of the free ride. My son graduated from HS, got his own car. My daughter went to college out of state without a car this year. I was proud to say I was driving Esther every day to work and was even taking her hunting. It’s a nice old car, low miles, and comfortable to ride in.

 

[Deleted member 52098]

That’s a nice one

 

[Hem]

Good work Kurt, helluva bull.
Congrats.
Now what are you going to do?

 

[TheTone]

Congrats, great looking bull. A fine tribute

 

[BrentD]

The Buick. 1993 Le Sabre was Grandma Esther’s car. When she passed it became my mother’s. When my Dad passed my Mom moved to town and brought the Buick. My son & daughter both drove “Esther” through high school and complained often about it. Bozeman has lots of wealth and most kids were driving excellent new vehicles. I told them to go buy a car or be appreciative of the free ride. My son graduated from HS, got his own car. My daughter went to college out of state without a car this year. I was proud to say I was driving Esther every day to work and was even taking her hunting. It’s a nice old car, low miles, and comfortable to ride in.

I grew up driving Grandma's Mercury. Same thing. It was comfortable, but not exactly flashy or cool. I'd drive it still, if I could.

 

[seeth07]

Tie it to the elk in the snow already, I'd like to go to bed, have a date with a buck in the morning and need sleep!

 

[Sytes]

Great bull! Great tribute to Esther and life shared lessons from her Buick - driven right on to her grandchildren.

You are one heck of a skill crafted, determined hunter - a follow that never fails.

 

[The Hedgehog]

I’m tired and have had too many green cans to elaborate on the hunt. The pack out today with 3 great friends was really fun. Yesterday when I shot the elk, was more work than anything else. My friend Jake helped a ton. Bummed he wasn’t along when I shot, as it would have saved him over 7 miles of hiking & packing meat on top of the hunting he already had done. And again, he came along today to pack out a quarter. Very thankful for my friends.

 

[Big Fin]

The Buick. 1993 Le Sabre was Grandma Esther’s car. When she passed it became my mother’s. When my Dad passed my Mom moved to town and brought the Buick. My son & daughter both drove “Esther” through high school and complained often about it. Bozeman has lots of wealth and most kids were driving excellent new vehicles. I told them to go buy a car or be appreciative of the free ride. My son graduated from HS, got his own car. My daughter went to college out of state without a car this year. I was proud to say I was driving Esther every day to work and was even taking her hunting. It’s a nice old car, low miles, and comfortable to ride in.

That's a cool story. Reading your post above got me thinking about my high school wheels (none).

When I was in high school I didn't have any wheels. My parents would not let me drive their vehicles. Grandma Clara, who made it to age 102 before passing in 2004, had a 1969 Chevy Nova she said I could use for my morning trapline runs before school. So long as I filled it with gas after every trip (she was a miser) and I kept it clean, the little four-cylinder Nova four-door with "three on the tree" could be my trapping rig. I wasn't going anywhere off pavement, but I did catch a good chunk of fur those years.

A half-rack of your favorite beer if you post a pic of that bull loaded into Esther?

Cheers to Esther!

 

[BAKPAKR]

Here is to you, Jake, and Esther. Sorry it isn’t a green can.

 

[The Hedgehog]

Had been texting my kids pics of Esther this fall with funny replies..

 

[BrentD]

Here is to you, Jake, and Esther. Sorry it isn’t a green can.


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I'll hoist one to that.

 

[BAKPAKR]

Had been texting my kids pics of Esther this fall with funny replies..

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That first photo made me think back to driving my parents’ 73 Olds through about 3” of snow in the early 80s to elk hunt in my orange Converse All-Star hightops.

 

[Gellar]

That's a cool story. Reading your post above got me thinking about my high school wheels (none).

When I was in high school I didn't have any wheels. My parents would not let me drive their vehicles. Grandma Clara, who made it to age 102 before passing in 2004, had a 1969 Chevy Nova she said I could use for my morning trapline runs before school. So long as I filled it with gas after every trip (she was a miser) and I kept it clean, the little four-cylinder Nova four-door with "three on the tree" could be my trapping rig. I wasn't going anywhere off pavement, but I did catch a good chunk of fur those years.

A half-rack of your favorite beer if you post a pic of that bull loaded into Esther?

Cheers to Esther!

My FIL tells stories of coon hunting out of his 1970 gran turino, which he still has.

 

[The Hedgehog]

Wonder what grandma Esther would have thought.

 

[The Hedgehog]

The pack out crew today..

 

[BrentD]

Wonder what grandma Esther would have thought.
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Now that is awesome! Simply AWESOME!