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back to the boots/pack- 5 miles ~ 1500' of gain and 45 lbs

Next time I park my boat I'll be sure to post several pics.

The beer belly is just there as a training aid. Really. They come in different sizes. I've settled on a 15-pounder for now.

Man, if you'd only been on a boat, that would have been a good workout.

They estimated the boys on the Lewis and Clark expedition ate 5 pounds of meat per day while on their little boat outing. And not a one of them had a beer-or bear-belly. Logistically then, we can conclude, that a boat workout is kickass...

Right?!

SP how was your elk hunt?

It was the best of times; it was the worst of times.

Sounds like elk hunting. Cankle hold up?

Cankle?

Well when it's literally all fused into one unit.... cankle!

Careful now, women fight and tip over the big boy weight rack to cast their eyes on his foot....

Do any of you animals hire out? I need a couple of sherpas 2nd week of Nov. for a coues hunt. Lol.

Sorry, to light for my taste. Now Modelo Negra and I might come out of retirement....

Your grandma has cankles, my ankle is just fused. It held up pretty well but I wasn't doing any more than 5-6 miles a day.

The trip was a real mixed bag. I hunted with a good friend from work, great guy who hasn't hunted a lot and he was bow hunting. He was really motivated and it was great to be able to see that and help him out where I could.

I showed him a couple of my favorite spots and we were into elk at 7:15 opening morning. We separated and I snuck up to within 75 yards of a decent bull, he and a single cow were out in a small meadow feeding. I smelled 'em before I saw 'em and worked my way upwind to where I could see them.. There was a screen of trees between us so I couldn't get a clear shot, I kept trying to side-step out to get a shooting lane but every time I tried to move he'd look over in my direction. Meanwhile there was another bull up on the hill behind him, thrashing a tree. Neither one of us got a look at him but we both heard it. It was loud and close, but the bull I was watching didn't pay any attention, he was kind of locked-in on me He finally got antsy and started heading for cover, he was about 10-15 yards from being in the trees and I had one chance for a shot, through a small opening in the trees in front of me so I took it. Not sure what happened, maybe I hit a limb but I'm pretty sure I missed clean. At the shot he startled, ran about 25 yards then stopped and looked back. They don't normally do that if they're hit IME. He trotted off, I waited a while and then went out to where he was to look for blood, I could see his tracks through the meadow and trees and there was no blood. I circled around for about 20 minutes in the meadow looking for blood, then stepped into the trees and the cow was still standing there, watching me. I think if her partner had been hit and was in distress, she would've hauled ass.

Covered the area he ran to, no blood, no indication he laid down or anything. I came back through the next day, no jays or other birds.

This is national forest and there were a lot of hunters this year, by the second day there were other people in that spot, moving through and calling etc. so we moved camp to another spot across the valley where we'd seen some elk up high, with plans to work our way up there. But there were two bowhunters already there, and they had plans to hun the same area so we backed off, went in a different direction. My buddy found what sounded like a good spot that evening, torn up with sign he said. We planned to hunt it the next day. Then I got poked in the eye with a limb, scratched the cornea so we had to pack up camp and leave. Drove into town, saw a doctor, and had to hole up for two days in a hotel until the pain subsided enough so I could drive home. A scratched cornea is one of the most painful injuries I've every had, the drive home was not good.

And that's how it went.

Bummer on the scratch. Light isn't you friend and your eye makes enough water to float a boat. Glasses????

One of the few times on the trip I wasn't wearing glasses.

I’ve had it happen with and without.

A warts and all hunting story is worthy of props and respect, as is the author by extension.

Oh damn!!!! Now you've done it.

In addition you gave me no props whatsoever the time I was hunting rabbits with a bad case of the roids....