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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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Good luck!
sounds like a great time to be had.
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Good luck EdM. Im jealous.
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Good luck. Be careful! Think how fast the Mooney could get you there. LOL
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"Don't believe everything you see on the Internet" - Abraham Lincoln
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Good luck. Be careful! Think how fast the Mooney could get you there. LOL I have had that precise thought though Leadville weather can get freaky in a heartbeat as fall grows. The day before when the above photos was taken I was healing the worst face sunburn I have ever had.
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I spent a week in Dalhart one day.
Actually had my alternator shiet the bed on me in Dalhart.
"Dear Lord, save me from Your followers"
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Have a great hunt Ed. We will want pictures.
The first time I shot myself in the head...
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Dalhart, long ass drive from here.
good luck Ed.
God bless Texas----------------------- Old 300 I will remain what i am until the day I die- A HUNTER......Sitting Bull Its not how you pick the booger.. but where you put it !! Roger V Hunter
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Old joke:
Two Texas Roughnecks were in the North Slope boom:
"How cold is it this morning?"
"Thermometer says 25 below zero".
"Damn, ain't you glad we ain't in Dalhart!"
Never holler whoa or look back in a tight place
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Dalhart and Dumas. Two of my favorite Texas towns. Did you go by Raton?
Me solum relinquatis
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Pretty terrific!! It's on my bucket list, which begins next June!! Bye Blue!!
Proud to be a true Sandlapper!!
Go Nats!!!!
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Ed, best of luck, and shoot straight..
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I spent a week in Dalhart one day.
Actually had my alternator shiet the bed on me in Dalhart. I still own a Ruger OM Super Blackhawk that I bought there years ago returning from an elk hunt. Back when they were $350. Still works many years later.
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Dalhart and Dumas. Two of my favorite Texas towns. Did you go by Raton? I will. Usually fuel up there and have had killer green chili more than once.
Conduct is the best proof of character.
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Ed they (the state) has been working on the roads for you in that area. Between Dumas and Raton is where I got in one bad hail storm two years ago. 3 month old Jeep.
Have a good trip, pics. for sure and you will bring home an nice 5x5 OK. Help your bud if he needs it.
~Molɔ̀ːn Labé Skýla~
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My priority is my bud and his elk. At 71 it is his last hunt. He is an old school guy that will be borrowing his wife's cell phone for the trip. Me, there are a few to go, at least I hope.
Conduct is the best proof of character.
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Good luck Ed. I hope you have a great hunt!
Bob Enjoy life now -- it has an expiration date. ~Molɔ̀ːn Labé Skýla~
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Dalhart was my stopover for my elk hunt a week and a half ago. Be aware that all the local farmers are pulling corn now and the migrant labor has all the hotel rooms booked up! I stayed at the Roadway Inn and it was nice and clean. The nicer motels were slammed.
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