Let the sawing begin!

When we arrived home from our hunting trip on Thursday this is what was in our yard.

This is the begining of an 8x8x16 timber.

The Finished Product

Hunting Trip

Fred and I woke up @ 4:00am to go hunting for elk on horseback today. We did not get anything but did see a mountain goat, a mule deer, a grouse and a lot of cattle. Fred walked in and saw a cow elk. We heard a bull bugle and tried to call him in but he wasn't interested in us. Here are some pictures from the adventure.

Trail Camera Photos

Dave and I went on our annual hunting trip in SW Montana. A month ago I put out three motion activated game cameras at some elk wallows. We checked two of the cameras. When I got to this spot, I found the camera had been chewed up by a bear. It was destroyed but at least I got a few pictures.

It was a sony p41 camera.

At the spot Dave was going to hunt, I had put out a Moultrie Camera. Got over 850 pictures. Most were cows and calves but there were some moose:

Here is a big herd that got spooked, probably by a wolf:

Here is a nice bull posing for the camera:

And a grizzly bear:

Opening morning:

We wasted 30 minutes chasing a horse around camp that morning. I guess we can blame the horse for Dave not getting an elk.

As for me, I sat in my blind from around 8:30 AM to 7:00 PM. A long day! After awhile this mouse got used to me and came for a visit: (center of the photo)

At 5:30 a really big 6x6 bull came out. I ranged him at 80 yards (max bow range is ~40). He started in my direction then caught my scent, turned around and walked away. At 7:00 two more elk came by around 90 yards also but never got closer. That was all the elk I saw in 3 days.

I had to add the photo of this little guy that was on one of the cameras: