Time was I would get as excited as anyone when I shot an elk. Lot of it was, and is, an excuse to get a different rifle out for a walk. Neither my neighbor/hunting partner nor I can use a whole elk, so we have split one for the last several years. He saw them first this year. If we didn't can the entire thing, would likely not have a reason to shoot one at all. Son shot a nice bull this last fall, even though he is in his 20's was fun to see someone get excited about hunting again vs being a crabby old prick (me). Rest of the story? Even though we could hunt from home, we traveled 100 miles away & set up a camp to try and escape some of the bizarre occurrences sure to take place locally. Came back feeling better (wall tent time will do that) until I discovered the cut fences.
