Counting the hours...Fortunately, I have a deer tag too and I'd be real broken up if I had to settle for a measly deer like one pictured above :D
Hey, it wouldn't be a hunting trip for me without some fun like forest fires...My arrival in Colorado for an elk hunt in 2002 ended a 6 month drought and it rained solid the entire week I was there. Or the time in 2004 when my arrival in Anchorage brought the hottest temperatures in a hundred years, stalling the caribou migration to a stop.
Hmmm, stay home and work or head to Montana on a beautiful piece of private property with wild elk, deer, trout, etc. calling that place home...fires or no fires, elk or no elk, I'd go regardless. For me, it's all about being there...always has been.
See you soon Doug!!!
-Brian
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