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my elk/deer hunting usually consists of a mix of steep/fast hiking (dark in/out), freezing my ass glassing and still hunting- which I agree is physically challenging- especially in the dark, blowdown scattered hell holes big bulls/bucks tend to hang in

Yeah... we all all know what the bust-ass type of hunting feels like but at least for myself, true still-hunting in any quantity is a rarity unless I'm on this property. Back in the halcyon days of my youth <g> hunting this place- starting around 15 years ago- I had access to the neighbors place as well to total about 160-200 acres. I could spend a day, from pre-dawn to dark, just moving veeery slowly. Almost like Tai Chi or something. I'd be exhausted at the end of the day. But it was totally worth it; deer numbers were so high in that spot at the time that if a guy would have numerous encounters every time, usually very close range. Not usually deer you could shoot mind you, but it was a pure gas figuring that out, y'know, whether the deer 15 yards away in the jungle had horns or not w/o getting busted.

The neighbor sold out and the new guy hunts it himself, and for whatever reasons the deer densities are much lower now. Could partly be all the deer I dragged out of there. So it's not what it was, but it was a great day of creeping around yesterday. And a unique workout.

I do battle hammie cramps doing that, getting slowly over blowdown especially.

^ also some mental strain being as quiet as possible

had a nice 11-ish mile run- four good climbs

Indeed. It's a different type of deal. I've drawn mostly high-desert mulie tags the last 5 years so it'd been a while. Was fun to bust out the .358 Model 7!

Just finished 5-mile walk w/Cyn AKA Little Ms. YogaPants. Mmmm. Yoga pants. Buddy is sales-pitching me on a ride today too.

23 mile ride

4.5 miles on the trails with wife and Tiny E

went to the gym to lift, closed for remodeling so instead did a workout at home 210 push-ups, 210 sit-ups, 210 air squats and 100 pull-ups

I would do 30 push-ups and then 5 pull-ups, 30 sit-ups and 5 pull-ups and so on

4-ish miles on the trails with my wife and Tiny E yesterday evening, what an evening- mid 60's in the sun, probably mid 50's in the shade- Wow!

our 36th anniversary today, so will take the day off

4.5 miles on the trails with my wife and Tiny E- gorgeous fall evening yet again

5-mile walk

Cardio yesterday, lower body today. I had to borrow Ed T's waders to keep the women off my glutes.

Dang, good thing I caught that, spell check said flutes.

My glutes are still sore from draggin' a deer out of my woods a couple days ago. Good times tho.

nice 7-ish mile run in the mountains, still enjoying some Indian summer

Been away on a Grouse hunting trip to Michigan. Miss timed the weather and it was hot and to push all day would have crashed the Dogs and us, so the hunting consisted of 3hours early AM and 2 hours before dark. A Good many Birds flushed, but mainly Woodcock which we didn't shoot at except occasionally to reward the Dog for good work. Other than that little shooting.

It was like still hunting, but with little resemblance to Tai Chi. In the middle of the day at best it would have been sauna Tai Chi.

However, all in all, it was an eventful trip. Didn't leave with the expectation of meeting a couple hot nurses that wanted to mess around with my head.

How'd your dog cut its head?

It was easy. It usually is for the handsome ones.

Got some gash in MI now didja?

Yes, I did.

Do tell. The whole truth, and nothing but the truth.

Should have worn a football helmet....

Are you any wiser?