Yes the crampons were well worth the $45. Ron was slipping and sliding all over the mountain without them. The snot grass likes to collect between the lugs in your boot, and eventually you have nothing but a slick sole, so you can see where the crampons would help. You do need to stop every so often to clean the crampons out as well, but it only takes a second. I don't think I would of ever got the goat w/o them. I would of been at the base of the mountain had I not put them on for the final stalk.

Say what you want about the bow. I'm not proud, and consider myself a switch hitter. I would of liked to take a goat with the bow (and I could of, but passed because of the sex issue), but at the same time I weighed my options with the goat I took and it just wasn't gonna be possible.

Maybe next time, eh?

Dan, I would expect Rich home soon, he has been out a week now. When I left his house last Sat. he had a 3/4 bear mount and a shoulder mount of a goat completed. The goat belongs to the guy he is hunting with now, so it might not be there when you show. Definitely ask to see his ram he has crated up in the garage...you'll love it.

Jerry

You chasing after elk again next year? If possible, I am all for trying to hook up. You guys just try and save some game for me there. I'm already missing the state, and am counting the days for my return.