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Wapiti two is is loaded & set for lift off.

ETA for rendezvous with Wapiti one at CO 1st rifle season base camp is Thurs Oct 9 6:20 PM.

I'm at work this morning... well, my mindless carcass is here anyway.

It's going to be a long day.

Wapiti two is made up of an excellent crew, we'll switch off drivers/co pilots & run straight through to base camp which was set up last night by Wapiti one & crew.

The driving will be all of 24 hours for us.

Mrs. ND will be kind enough to post updates as I am able to communicate them to her.

I have along with me J elky's campfire knife which he has so generously sent along with me to bloody on what will be the first of many campfire adventures. I'm very proud to be the first to take this knife along on a hunt, I'll take pictures, enclose them along with a brief hunt story & send the pics & page one of the knife's hunt diary back to J elky & he will hopefully find another adventure for the knife shortly after receiving it back.
Here's the knife.



That's all i've got for this morning.

it's gonna be a long day.

Dave

Best of luck on the trip. I know about the 24 hour shots, we've done them more than once over the years. Mostly to Camp Perry Ohio, but recently to CO a few times and hopefully soon enough to a Wyoming cow elk hunt.

Good luck on the hunt!

Jeff

Yall have a safe journey to camp!! No doubt yall will have an unforgettable time out there

And, you're right, it's gonna be a long day for ya, hopefully it goes fast

Best of luck for a VERY uneventful road trip

So, what part of the state are you headed for?

Good news, looks like some weather will be moving in for most parts of the state sometime Friday--pray for 4-6 inches of fresh powder--the ultimate in elk hunting........


Casey

Goog luck Dave, have a safe trip.

I got mixed feelings about the white stuff Casey, I could take it or leave it.

I've hunted with it & without it.... I dunno... we've done just as well without it & stayed drier doing so

Travel safe, have a blast, and don't break the truck

Whut HBB said +10

Just put one in the boiler room Dave, and enjoy all that follows!

Have a safe trip, and don't forget....in CO you can shoot Coyotes on any big game license!!!

Keith

That bit of info just made my day!!

might not be much left to hang on the cabin wall with the kind of holes my wapiti guns make... but if I see one... I will not pass up the opportunity!!

The ultimate hunting is cruising behind a hot set of tracks, with 4-12 inches of fresh powder, deep in the spruce-fir jungles looking to jump shoot a bull........

Pray for snow.......



Casey

Have a safe and sucessfull trip .
Double check the memory cards and camera batteries

Been there done that Casey, it's like you just took a scene out of my memory & described it to me. I'll never forget it.

Busted a big bull out of his bed in the dark timber on year following his track in fresh snow... I didn't get a shot off in the split second opportunity I had but still the same, I'll never forget it.

Safe trip and good luck to ya Dave, by the way, did ya hide the nudie mags from your wife?

Bueno suerte amigo! Let us know how it went, and how the truck did.

Here's to a safe trip and an abundance of filled tags among your party. Don't need to tell you to have fun cause I'm sure you will.

Dave,

I've been there with trying to work the day you leave for a hutning trip. A few years ago my hunting partner and I both worked at the same paper mill. We were supposed to leave for a antelope trip at noon, the boss kicked us out at about 9am, said we were mentally gone already, might as well be physically gone also.

Which route you taking?

Have a safe trip and hope you kill the heck out of the elk.

Jeff

west across dakota then drop south across Wy & down into cO.

possibly Dickinson ND to Spearfish SD to Gillette Wy, Casper, Rawlins, Craig & on.

ND is like a zombie of sorts at the moment. Sitting at his desk with the blank stare of a cadavor. The only noticable movement comes from his lips as the incoherant muttering that seems to revolve around the often spoke of wapiti tipping trip. The only reason I have not called the medical response team is the faint "Wapiti" call I hear from the direction of his office from time to time. He is alive although very dilusional at the moment. If the 24 hour road trip doesn't snap him out of it, I'm sure the second that he lights off ole Roy all will be "normal" in ND's world again.

Have a safe trip and a good hunt Dave. I'm pulling out on Friday morning myself to go to Eastern Washington over near Spokane for Modern Firearm Deer Opening on Saturday. I and nine others in our party have drawn doe tags and were going after grain fed does feeding in the winter wheat fields south of Cheney, WA.