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7 miles on the trails with Tiny E; the snow is kicking my a$$ worse than the 45 lb pack!!!

this AM

deadlifts 3/3/3+/10 @ 70/80/90/70% of 1 RM
overhead press 3/3/3+/10 @ 70/80/90/70% of 1 RM
lunges 3x30 yards
chinups 3x13
core

PM- 5 snowy trail miles with Tiny Elvis

7 miles on snow packed and icy trails- fortunately brought my microspikes!

We caught 4 ocean chinook, largest a HOG over 25 lbs. This isn't the big one.

Holy [bleep]! Nice

Tiny E and I headed into the Elkhorns for a tough 10 mile loop snowshoeing- a little early to be snowshoeing imo

strength training

squats 5/3/1+/10 @ 75/85/95/70% of 1RM
bench 5/3/1+/10 @ 75/85/95/70% of 1RM
pullups 3x12
dips 3x30
core

5 miles on the trails with Tiny E this morning- no snow, no snowshoes, no pack = moving right out!

Tiny Elvis and I got our hill workout in- 4 miles and ~ 1300' of gain; wind was a wee bit rough up high

Spent the day cutting and bucking and moving two trees, a fir and an oak, and a bunch of dirt,,, widened my back driveway enough that I can now back my boat to my shop. Whole-body whipped.

A friend of ours has a joke: women hit menopause, men hit tractorpause. I used to chuckle.... "ha ha, those old farts and their silly tractors! Manly men use a shovel and wheelbarrow!"

I want a tractor.

a chilly 4 miles on the trails with my wife and Tiny E; broke through the 1500 mile mark, pretty happy with that

gym this afternoon

deadlifts 5/3/1+/10 @ 75/85/95/70%
overhead press 5/3/1+/10 @ 75/85/95/70%
lunges 3x30 yds
chinups 3x13
core

5-mile coast range hike, chantrelles galore, even a few of the elusive White chanterelle. Nicky gave his new coat a trial run. Nobody will mistake him for an albino wolf in that coat- whew! One less thing to worry about.



I leave for elk camp Monday; only a spike tag but still. Haven't been been practicing enough to justify taking one of my LR rigs so I'm keeping it simple, mostly plan on carrying my revamped .358.

Haven't been on here much lately. Hikes have continued along with pushups, crunches, etc...

Have been working a lot with the new dog.

Didn't get out much during our mule deer season. Sadly, life intruded. I do think I'll be out a lot for upland game later in the season.

Regards, Guy

welcome back Guy

Jeff good luck w/ your elk hunt; I'd take a spike any day of the week


6 miles on the trails with Tiny E on a crisp Fall afternoon

My experience with a spike tag- which is unfortunately significant- is that it's the BEST way to insure I see a big bull.

Mainly going up to hang with the guys since a couple are getting old as dirt, grin, but I know the mountain well and I'll get into some good spots where I've seen elk in past years.

It COULD be good. Things have really changed in this unit. We hypothesize that winter getting pushed back a couple weeks (apparently by climate change) means the elk aren't moving through this area during the season like they used to 15-20 years ago. Our unit is between the high mountains and the winter feeding grounds. We used to see ELK. Herds of the bastids. Last 5-6-7 years it's been just the resident elk, and not herded up yet. A local who gets in the woods a lot told me that the mule deer come through first, then the elk a couple weeks later, as the snows push them out of the high country. In recent years, he said, during elk season the damned DEER haven't even come through yet! The timing of the whole affair has changed, but ODFW hasn't adjusted the season to accommodate the new reality.

However, this fall has been very wet and cold so I'm hoping that at least some of the animals have started down and will be in our AO.

Just gonna bring my M7 .358 w/ 200 NAB's and Kimber 7 WSM w/ 160 NAB's. Keep it simple.

wife, Tiny E and I got a nice 4 miles in on the trails- the snow that was supposed to last night, didn't

to the gym (w/ rain and 40 mph winds it was a rather easy decision)

squats 5/5/5 @80% of 1RM
bench 5/5/5/ @80% of 1RM
pullups 3x12
dips 3x30
core