Hunting Season 2019

Terry and I covered a lot of ground looking for elk this year. Seems like almost every time Terry hunted the weather was cold and snowy. 

Some pictures of Dave and  I packing in the hunting camp..

Sunrise on the mountain..

 Terry all "padded up" with warm clothes..

Terry has been paying her dues for a few years but still hasn't gotten an elk. Hopefully next year!

I managed to get one.  Dave and I went in to the camp on Friday, had some coffee then went out for an afternoon hunt. We split up at about 2:00. I had seen elk in this park before and had located a nice tree that I could climb up and sit comfortably in to watch and wait. He hiked up and I went to the tree. No sooner had I gotten settled in the tree when 3 bulls walked out into the park about 285 yards away. One shot and elk season was over for me. 5 minutes later I heard a shot and it turns out Dave had killed a bull too. He shot his at about 500 yards away and also got him with one shot.

Wolf Tracks

This weekend a friend and I stayed in the wall tent for a couple of nights and bow hunted for elk. From a mountain top we saw a really large herd of elk about 1.5 miles away. There were about 350 in the herd. We couldn't get over to them so we just watched them for a while.

On the trail about a mile from camp we cut the tracks of two wolves. I have never seen wolves in this area before.

Bridge, Fall, Wall Tent, Horse Shelter

The bridge is all backfilled and finished!

Well, summer is over and our first snow storm of the fall has arrived. Not much accumulation here though. I took a couple of pictures of the flowers a few day ago since they will be gone soon.

Hunting season is here and though I haven't hunted yet, Dave and I did pack in a wall tent and set it up in "no tell-um gulch".

Some loggers are cutting nearby and I was able to buy a truck load of firewood logs from them. It is probably about 16 cords of wood and should last about 4 years.

 I took some of the logs and some recycled roofing metal and threw together a rustic horse shelter.
We leased three horses for the hunting season