Ya fish i have had it pretty easy. Gettem home in the truck then skin out the legs and chain them up on the tractor and loader, electric meat saw, put a pallet underneath the elk to drop the guts on then pick the pallet up with the forks the next day and haul it out yep its rough. Last year we did one in under 15 minutes from the back of the truck to when i was done splitting it. We got a good system going. But i am in for a rude awakening when i leave for idaho as i know she is going to be a bit more like work. Packed out mulies but never an elk so this should be interesting. Save my knees use my back eh lol.

As for the idaho trip well i am having some problems now with school and getting time to go. Instead of the 8-9 days i had planned on hunting i will only get 5 as the Dean of education informed me this morning i will be booted from school if i miss more than 3 days of classes. I only wanted 4 days but i guess that was too much to ask and apparently i need to get use to what a job is like. Hmmmmm worked 70 days straight on the rig without lunch or coffee break and was there every mornin lookin for more. I was sooooo mad when i came out of that room, never even let me get a word in just NO NO NO. Ah well my life would be boring without stress. Thanks for all the kind words.