Hiawatha - I can see how one could become addicted to elk hunting in a hurry. Sometimes, whitetail hunting can put you to sleep on days where the deer just aren't moving or the weather's bad. With elk, you can at least move around all day even if they're not talking. Hopefully, I'll get a chance to try it over the next couple years, but I don't know if I really need any more hobbies. First it was ginseng hunting and trapping, then small game hunting, then deer, then archery, then running coon hounds, then spring turkeys, predators and even some dabbling in taxidermy. My house looks like a Cabelas junkroomalready and my wife is on the verge of pitching me and mycamo out the door. Ha Ha

Fellas - I think our elk hunters are coming home today, so we should se an update tomorrow. Hopefully it's a good one.

I'm headed out tohang up my last stand. I've got the perfect spot for it, so it should go up without a hitch, but the weather here sucks - rain all day. There's a telephone pole-straight blackcherry tree right next to the tree I'm hanging it in (1-2 feet away), so I'm just taking my climber, running it up the pole, hanging the stand on the neighboring tree and screwing the steps in on my way down. Hopefully I don't get zapped by lightning or drown in the monsoon.

Anthony - tough game last night. I thought NW was gonna gut it out, but young qb got a little too sloppy - that happens I guess. That overturned fumble call was a killer. Once the QB strained him hammy, I thought they should've put the game in Sutton's hands instead of airing it out. They'd been running fairly well all night.