The first time I elk hunted was pretty special. I hunted 3 weeks, mostly by myself, backpacking into a wilderness are solo and I ended up with a 5x5 elk and many stories to tell



A couple of year after that I took my Dad into the same area. At the time he was 64 or 65 years old. We both took nice bulls, helluva hunt that was.




3 years ago he got to go with me to Kansas whitetail hunting. We both took nice whitetails, his was a frickin dandy !




My first and so far only traditional kill was special too.




Overall most of my special hunts have been with my Dad. And the toughest hunts that put me in the least chances to succeed were the best ones too.