GrantK
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So after failing to get a better option off the reissue list, I'm a couple of days into a CO OTC hunt... so far I've been hunting from home, perks of living in the middle of OTC land...
I scouted the prior weekend and after work for a couple of nights leading up to the season and had a couple of bulls located, nothing big but a couple that I would consider "big enough" The only downside was the incoming weather that was slated to hit Friday night and was going to likely throw all of that scouting out of the window...
I knew it was going to be interesting when I woke up at midnight to the drumming of rain on the metal roof, that isn't good, my plan A spot that had 2 good bulls in it is down a road that can become impassable if it gets wet enough, hopefully it cools down and turns to snow... I woke up at 4:30 to continuing rain, well, let's see how this is going to go... I head up the road and don't even make it a mile before I get stuck on flat ground, guess I'm on to plan B...
I get turned around and head to my second option, there is snow on the road for this one but the mud under it is completely unfrozen and a road usually passable in a passenger car is sporty in a Tacoma with the back axle locked... I make it to the parking and head up the trail in about 4" of slush, visibility is low and I'm moving along way too fast trying to get up through the low clouds when I look up and see tan right on the trail...
Elk! no wait, that's a huge tail! it turned out a mountain lion was doing the exact thing I was coming the opposite way on the trail and we got to about 40 yards before both seeing each other at the same time, how cool! day is already made...
I scouted the prior weekend and after work for a couple of nights leading up to the season and had a couple of bulls located, nothing big but a couple that I would consider "big enough" The only downside was the incoming weather that was slated to hit Friday night and was going to likely throw all of that scouting out of the window...
I knew it was going to be interesting when I woke up at midnight to the drumming of rain on the metal roof, that isn't good, my plan A spot that had 2 good bulls in it is down a road that can become impassable if it gets wet enough, hopefully it cools down and turns to snow... I woke up at 4:30 to continuing rain, well, let's see how this is going to go... I head up the road and don't even make it a mile before I get stuck on flat ground, guess I'm on to plan B...
I get turned around and head to my second option, there is snow on the road for this one but the mud under it is completely unfrozen and a road usually passable in a passenger car is sporty in a Tacoma with the back axle locked... I make it to the parking and head up the trail in about 4" of slush, visibility is low and I'm moving along way too fast trying to get up through the low clouds when I look up and see tan right on the trail...
Elk! no wait, that's a huge tail! it turned out a mountain lion was doing the exact thing I was coming the opposite way on the trail and we got to about 40 yards before both seeing each other at the same time, how cool! day is already made...
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