T Bone
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My boy Sam is 14. He isn't hardcore into the outdoors thing. He had an either sex elk tag for 1st season.
I thought I'd have a hard time getting him out of bed this morning, but he jumped right out and put his clothes on.
We couldn't get to our normal spot because of the deep snow and fear of sliding off the mountain...so we went to plan B.
Plan B started with rain, then wind, then snow. Brrrrrrr. 100 yard visibility. We kept plugging along. Sam was a trooper until about 9 am, he was wet and cold. I told him 30 minutes more then we'll head back to the truck. We hadn't cut a track or heard an elk all morning.
We were literally at the turn around point when a lone cow must have felt sorry for us. She appeared in the snow shadows feeding in the quakies at 80 yards. No idea we were there. We had all the time in the world to get set up for the shot and to try and talk some calm into the adrenaline rushing kid. Sam hit her perfect with his 30-06. High fives and hugs.
A two-trip 3/4 mile pack/cliff-climb back to the truck and all is well with the world.
I'm one tired and proud Dad.
I thought I'd have a hard time getting him out of bed this morning, but he jumped right out and put his clothes on.
We couldn't get to our normal spot because of the deep snow and fear of sliding off the mountain...so we went to plan B.
Plan B started with rain, then wind, then snow. Brrrrrrr. 100 yard visibility. We kept plugging along. Sam was a trooper until about 9 am, he was wet and cold. I told him 30 minutes more then we'll head back to the truck. We hadn't cut a track or heard an elk all morning.
We were literally at the turn around point when a lone cow must have felt sorry for us. She appeared in the snow shadows feeding in the quakies at 80 yards. No idea we were there. We had all the time in the world to get set up for the shot and to try and talk some calm into the adrenaline rushing kid. Sam hit her perfect with his 30-06. High fives and hugs.
A two-trip 3/4 mile pack/cliff-climb back to the truck and all is well with the world.
I'm one tired and proud Dad.
