After 6 months of planning, I finally hunted the Wapiti
The hunted started at Ripples drive in. I'm shown here with Elk expert Mark Stephenson
Nate Thomas was very instrumental in helping me on this hunt as well.
We had a 5.5 mile hike into our hunting area.
We were glad that Lucy and Cheeto came to pack our gear
We saw this guy right off the trail on our way up.
The first 2 evenings we had some rain move in on us
But the rain quickly gave way to beautiful weather
Lots of territory covered over this 5 day muzzle loader hunt and afternoon siestas were welcomed
Nate inspecting our little run in with a black bear
Packing up our elk and camp and headed home
A few blisters came out
And then the sun went down
After 6 months of planning, I finally hunted the Wapiti
The hunted started at Ripples drive in. I'm shown here with Elk expert Mark Stephenson
Nate Thomas was very instrumental in helping me on this hunt as well.
We had a 5.5 mile hike into our hunting area.
We were glad that Lucy and Cheeto came to pack our gear
We saw this guy right off the trail on our way up.
The first 2 evenings we had some rain move in on us
But the rain quickly gave way to beautiful weather
Lots of territory covered over this 5 day muzzle loader hunt and afternoon siestas were welcomed
Nate inspecting our little run in with a black bear
Packing up our elk and camp and headed home
A few blisters came out
And then the sun went down
3 comments:
Breathtaking
Your photos are exquisite and Dad must have looked at them over and over and over. Thought there was a tear or two-especially looking at the holes and the camp.
Hope your poor little feet feel better! Handsome guys!
Biggest elk I've ever seen.
What a wonderful trip for you Matt.
Love you
Great pictures! Looks so beautiful up on the mountain. 5 days might be a little long for me. I am excited to get the scoop on the whole story. See you up on windy in two weeks!
UncLin
You can't go hunting unless your blisters are better.
Dad has looked at these pictures one hundred times at least.
umi
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