I enjoy having a good fire to consume all of the combustible garbage that we generate in a week of camping. I would rather not have anything like that to pack out. We do not have any campfires during the week. I don't care to have the smoke on me.
As I mentioned earlier, we stopped at Ole's Big Game Lounge and Steakhouse in Paxton Nebraska. I have been stopping at this place since 1975 and still like to drop in for a great burger on my way to or from the mountains. We had a nice lunch here on our way home.
We had an uneventful drive home and spent a day convalescing at my place prior to Al having to board the plane for Australia. My family enjoyed having Al in our home and hearing about how things are in the land down under. We are not yet speaking Australian but we do understand it a bit better since having Al here.
I will leave it up to Al to tell you about his hunting experience, I will not be the one to steal his thunder. When he gets the time he may be able to post more of his fine pictures.
While elk hunting in the mountains with horses is always a grand adventure, this trip was a bit sobering to me. I wounded more game this past month than I ever have in a year of hunting. I shot a 4x4 mule deer in velvet the first week, quartering away at 20 yards hit in the shoulder. The arrow blew completely through and stuck in the ground and left bright red frothy blood at impact. The blood quickly dried up and after tracking the buck across the creek twice and starting up the mountain the sign all vanished. In my experience this is probably a single lung hit and not likely fatal to the deer. I blew 2 slam dunk range opportunites between Thursday and Sunday last week. I have plenty of time to practice before I return next year.
Topic: A hunting we shall go, 2009 Colorado elk (Read 5880 times)
