Colorado Elk Hunt
Sun. Jan. 7
OK, I started out today on my cow elk hunt. I wasn't sure how all our snow was going to affect the hunt, but I found out quick. After I got stuck trying to park, digging myself out and cutting branches to put under the tires, I was set. I started to hike and found out quickly that I wasn't going anywhere without snowshoes. I went back to the car and got them and started up the trail at 7:30. I use trail lightly. It's not on any map, but it takes me where I want to hunt.
The snow was from 2-3 feet. It was up to my knees sometimes with the snowshoes on. This was going to be tough. I discovered that I couldn't be quiet with the snowshoes on either- hopefully I would find an elk where I could take them off for the final stalk.
15 min. from the car I saw an elk so I cocked the crossbow and very ungracefully started my snowshoe stalk. It turned out to be 5 bulls so I continued.