I will be out early tomorrow heading to Leadville to chase second season elk. I'll spend the night in Dalhart and arrive in Leadville just after lunch or so Wednesday. A buddy has been up there helping out a guy that drew first season. He tagged out on a 6x6 early afternoon of the first day (Saturday) and has already left for home. They scouted a couple of days prior and landed a heard of 63 with 3 6x6's, 5 5x5's and another half dozen smaller bulls. That is the heard he shot his bull out of. I will be hunting with my elk pard' of 21 years. For the first time in a number of hunts we both have bull tags. I spent the day handloading, packing the necessities and loading the truck. This year we have a small cabin (with H2O, power and wood stove) so plush compared to prior hunts, our camp for years below. Damn am I excited.

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