Archery elk hunt

Finn joined me on a hunt this weekend... we went in Saturday evening and heard a couple bull elk bugling just at dark, then slept overnight in the bed of the truck.   Thanks to Maille for the big batch of homemade cookies to stoke the belly fire before a chilly night in the mountains! 

We got up before sunrise and headed down a ridge toward where we had heard the bull the night before.   He started bugling again and we set up and began to call.   Long story short... he ended up going silent, then coming in to within a couple hundred yards of us, and began screaming again.  Finn's eyes were about as wide as a boiled owl's... couldn't end up calling him in to us, but it was a great experience. 

Later - after a rest in the warm morning sun - we met up with Ryan and headed into Drummond for a late lunch feast at the Wagon Wheel.   We played loud classic blues all the way home ... a great weekend adventure.