Anybody who hasn't screwed up in elk country, especially when they were under 40, probably didn't really want an elk.
Though here in Montana I know quite a few guys who've never killed an elk without being more than a few hundred yards from their pickup, if that. Though some of them still screwed up while getting the elk out....
Things I miss from the day. Time to hunt and unlimited energy. This was due to being young and no wife, job,kids or, mortgage and spending all my money on a good set of wheels and an elk rifle. Had lots of adventures out west and up north like many,many others here. Best advise I can give my kids is to spend your youth sowing oats and enjoy before life catches up to u. Even back in the 70's it was possible to get severely lost, something very hard to do most places with phone coverage or a modern gps. Now we have sat phones and Spot systems.
Things I learned since then? Stop shooting moose on sheep hunts.
