Elk hunt for Daughter #1 - 09/25/15
For a year now Daughter #1 has been planning to go with me on the annual elk hunt in 3rd Rifle season. She purchased a lefty Ruger Hawkeye in .308 and I gave her a Burris FF-II 3.9x for it. Then we worked up several loads for the rifle including a 130g TTSX at about 3,000fps and a 150g AB at around 2765fps. Her range is limited to about 300 yards with either due to her lack of experience at longer ranges.
She officially became a CO resident again on the 13th and, much to our surprise, there were still leftover cow tags available for 3rd Rifle. Unfortunately, Uncle Sam had other ideas and she will be shipping overseas for 6 weeks TDY the week before 3rd Rifle opens.
Last night we were at Wal-Mart killing time after dinner out, avoiding the house due to Wife hosting her book club. Daughter #1 decided to by a leftover 2nd Rifle cow tag for Unit 12/23/24 "just in case" she could convince me to drag the trailer out to Meeker for a weekend hunt.
The problem I've been struggling with is it costs the same to drag the trailer out for a weekend as it does for a week. I figure about $500 in fuel costs for the weekend hunt, plus food and other expenses. Not really something I had planned for in my hunting budget. Well, what the hell. I only have a limited amount of time on this orb to spend with my daughters and family.
Daughter #1 is the only one of my three that hunts and I'm pretty pumped about taking her. Her fiancée has quit his job in MD and will be moving out to CO next week and will join us on the hunt. The weather forecast looks good and Wife says she will come along, too, something she has wanted to do for a long time but hasn't due to bad weather and various health issues. Excellent!
Found out this morning that members of my team at work get an extra day off as a reward for long hours getting several new products ready for market. I'll be taking it on Monday after opening weekend, which means Daughter #1 can have 2-1/2 days in the field rather than 1-1/2. Chances of her success will still be slim, but significantly improved.
And, on top of all this good news, I just found out grandkid #2 is due in March, might be a 65th birthday present.
She officially became a CO resident again on the 13th and, much to our surprise, there were still leftover cow tags available for 3rd Rifle. Unfortunately, Uncle Sam had other ideas and she will be shipping overseas for 6 weeks TDY the week before 3rd Rifle opens.
Last night we were at Wal-Mart killing time after dinner out, avoiding the house due to Wife hosting her book club. Daughter #1 decided to by a leftover 2nd Rifle cow tag for Unit 12/23/24 "just in case" she could convince me to drag the trailer out to Meeker for a weekend hunt.
The problem I've been struggling with is it costs the same to drag the trailer out for a weekend as it does for a week. I figure about $500 in fuel costs for the weekend hunt, plus food and other expenses. Not really something I had planned for in my hunting budget. Well, what the hell. I only have a limited amount of time on this orb to spend with my daughters and family.
Daughter #1 is the only one of my three that hunts and I'm pretty pumped about taking her. Her fiancée has quit his job in MD and will be moving out to CO next week and will join us on the hunt. The weather forecast looks good and Wife says she will come along, too, something she has wanted to do for a long time but hasn't due to bad weather and various health issues. Excellent!
Found out this morning that members of my team at work get an extra day off as a reward for long hours getting several new products ready for market. I'll be taking it on Monday after opening weekend, which means Daughter #1 can have 2-1/2 days in the field rather than 1-1/2. Chances of her success will still be slim, but significantly improved.
And, on top of all this good news, I just found out grandkid #2 is due in March, might be a 65th birthday present.