Well, the hunt went well. It was still crowded (see photos of the RV village near Eagle Summit) but I'd say 1/3 less than last year. We slept in the back of the truck and hit the ridge at 0400. We had our little bowl to ourselves for a few hours, which was enough time for this guy and two others to wander in around 0700! The lead bull was a bit bigger, but this guy gave me a better shot.
I'm stoked! This is my first caribou! I've got my work cut out for me the rest of the day cutting meat.
That second picture reminds me of the Eureka parking lot just past the lodge, only there's about 20 times more rigs/trailers/campers parked there during hunting season. Congrats on the good eats!!
I once flew over the parking lot at Eureka during moose season. Like you say, dozens of rigs and a bunch of wheelers and buggys headed down the trail towards Monument. Funny part was that about a half a mile in from the parking lot and less than 100 yards off the trail there was a 60” ish bull and three cows laying in some brush on top of a little rise overlooking all the traffic going by them oblivious.