What an amazing weekend!! Nope, didn't shoot much but had an experience like no other.First off (Sat.) went to a new spot in the bow zone, never been to the property but saw the landowner shot a nice 5X5 elk a couple weeks back. Get there 6:30 am in the pitch dark, we were told there were 2 stands & 2 blinds. My buddy metthe landowner last week and had agood idea of where they were, ya right. We found the blinds but no tree stands. I said I would sit on a ridge, wait for light & see if I could spot them. As I sat in the dark listening to the coyotes howl, I figured I should pull the bow back to limber up...AHHH No release!! I make the 500yd dash back to the truck & run all the way back to the ridge. Tired already & legs are burning. As light appears, I hear elk in the valley in front of me, calling amongst thmeselves. At about 8:30 I see the first few funnel from the wooded hillside to the field above. Needless to say once they stopped filtering out, there were hundreds of elk in the field (see pic). They lept looking back until the herd took off, apparently 2 hunters scared them off. I head over to see if I can make out where they went, when all of a sudden I have a stampede running by me (see pic) tons of elk at 40yds but all on a full tilit run. IAfter 1/2 of the herd went by I took some pics, then I tried to move up 5 yds to see if I could get a clear shot only to get busted. Needless to say it was the rush of a lifetime. Sunday was spent with my oldest looking for pheasants. We got one (even though he was asleep) but he had fun!! All in all it was a weekend I'll never forget!!!