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01-12-2007 | 05:43 PM

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grndhntr

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RE: Colorado Elk Hunt

OK, so I follow tracks and see elk every so often through the trees ahead of me. They definitely knew I was there. I just needed them to make a mistake and pause too long looking back at me. I counted 5 elk and one was a spike. I'd have to be careful not to shoot him. Every time I would catch a glimpse of them there were too many branches in the way or they would be too far off and moving to risk a shot. Of course they went up the mountain in the very steepest place. I had to stop quite often to take my glasses off and let them defog. It was cold outside and I was overheating. My glasses were fogging up from my breath and heat coming off my face and my beard was freezing. The elk continued up and over a saddle and eventually went onto a big chunk of private land where I can't hunt. I decided to eat lunch up there and then try to finda place to make a blind near the saddle. There are 2 saddles on that ridge and both have pretty steep sides so it funnels game down into one saddle or the other. I wanted to see if there was a place in the middle where I could see both. I found a big rock outcroping that looked like it would work well. Here's the view to the north.

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