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This reply is directed to mini-Flave....




Dude...

Best Punk'd episode EVAH!!!

Yea...he's got Flave in his name.

I got a couple of tall 13+ mountains in my back yard for training. Of course living at 8500 feet helps too. I forgot to tell you Elk in my backyard too.

Everyone should know that our own Campfire mentor, Mule Deer showed up for a varmint hunt without ammunition...

I've washed thousands.

Thanks,
Travis

I drove him to school this morning and asked him how he thought I would have handled that if it were HE that chambered the wrong ammunition at the end of that 4 hour stalk.

He rolled his eyes and laughed...





Travis

I'd rather FUBAR a thousand cow elk hunts in MT than harvest one bull in CO.



Travis

Yeah. Maybe mini is like the Japanese and is ten years ahead of me?



Travis

Exactly, it should be made a "sticky" for all. Title it, "What not to do"
Next Flave will be blaming the Pollacks for this.

I think it could get UBER.

Yea, once you get a Bull in Colorado you will hunt no where else.

Too late, he was already blaming Megan for not checking his ammo supply before he loaded his so-called rifle...

When did a 7mm-08 become a rifle? I thought it was a target pistol round.

If he did on our extravaganza, he never asked me....I probably had some

I think he chewed because it was PAST an allegation.....

Nope, it wasn't the PD Invitational. It was another time when he was going to enlighten me on the virtues of a 204 Ruger. He did fail, you can't do it without ammunition...

Can't. These are Rugged Montana elk. Not gay California elk

Yep, but luckily I remembered the ammo for Eileen's rifles.

By the way, we're still shooting some of that .22 Long Rifle ammo I bought in Wilsall so I could shoot gophers. I decided as long as the store was selling it for a decent price to stock up. Turned out out that was a good decision.

I have guided elk hunters before, this wasn't my first time. While they were putting on their cold weather gear in the -19 degree weather, I pulled out a set of walkie-talkies and put in new batteries.

I told him to take one and give another to Mini. Travis assured me he would never be more than a few steps away from Mini. I yielded to his sense of parental duty.

While I was watching the great elk debacle unfold, I saw Travis go over the top of the mountain, solo. I watched for Mini to see if he would follow a few paces behind, but he didn't. There were trees that covered much of the patterns of these two flat landers, I had to make sure nothing went wrong.

You also need to remember, I am watching 100 head of elk and wanting to keep tabs on them. Evidently Travis came back from the backside of the mountain while I was looking at elk. I watched Mini walk up and down the mountain in the open and then East sad West alternately.

It is at this point I am starting to wonder about Travis's parenting, as I worry Mini is alone walking I circles. This is the 7 mm-08 malfunction junction at its best, because I am watching Mini walking incircles to keep warm while Travis is having epic so-called rifle failure.

At times I could see elk and Mini in the same field of view, no sign of Travis, no sounds of guns being fired. I always keep my radio on so when radio silence is broken, I can respond. It was at that time I heard a disparaging remark from Travis and that he and Mini were coming off the mountain.

When he got back to the truck, he told me of the whole ordeal. I am sure the back of his head still smarts from the slap. I told him that I wouldn't tell him so, but like Custer refusing to take the Gatling to the Little Bighorn, Travis opted to leave the 300 with me at the truck...

Pix?