well had my first shower in 8-9 days, slept in a real bed instead of a 18ft alum trailer with condensation dripping off roof like a rain shower,didnt wake up to a winterwunder-land, didnt have to wake up this am to go pee only to step into caliche(clay) mud up to my ankles, didnt have to drop drawers to evacuate MRE's and feel below freezing ambient temps swirl where the sun dont shine..................
because..................8 daze of beating our asses senseless getting up at 4am and going like starbucks caffeine freaks all day til dark exposed to below freezing temps(6 gallon water jugs frozen SOLID)................FINALLY PAID OFF FOR MY 20 year old son.
buddy saw no elk entire trip, i got a shot on a bull and either missed or lost him in junipers(yes we searched past dark and following am at dawn).
heres my sons first elk. a 3 x 4. damn near spent 2 hours searching for him in junipers. came out of juniper nightmare maze after finding no blood,no tissue, no tracks, on quad and damn near past him by 4 feet when something popped into head "whats wrong with that picture" and heres where the sledgehammer marlin stainless 45/70 dropped him.
4 hours to gut him. tools used: lan-cay m-9 bayonet,gerber axes (2) to break pelvic bone, gerber bone saw(the best) to cut sternum/rib cage, and stanley box cutters to trim.
