Leaving in the morning for Wyoming.

[HFW]

Excellent write up and I like the different view on the field photo. Congratulations and well done.

 

[BlakeA]

Congrats on a great hunt!

 

[OleRedbeard]

sounds like you had a good hunt. one thing to think about is how that elk reacted to your shots, alot of elk have been lost trying to save a little meat. they can suck up alot of lead. out in the sage brush it might work out, but do that on a mtn and have one go over the top and add a couple thousand feet of vertical packing and that little bit of meat "saved" will cost you. also there is the real chance of losing it.

Those are very true words and something I do here in the mountains around the house religiously. I always shoot to break them down. If you don't. Its going to be a long tracking job through the thickest stuff in the knarliest rockiest straight up and down country this side of the Mississippi.
My mistake on that hunt was underestimating just how tough an elk is. Even a cow. The old adage shoot till their down was in my head after the shot.

 

[bowhuntmontana]

I like what you did with the homemade bed in the back of your truck. Cool way of doing that.

Congrats on the cow and the cool experience. Those things provide plenty of adventure and are flat out delicious.