Champlain Islander

We were actually in trouble with really deep snow bogging us down. We were looking for a spot where we could turn around and get back to a lower elevation and right in front was a nice bull and 4 or 5 cows bedded down. Was a last day hunt and as good fortune was smiling upon us Rob was able to get one of the cows. When we stopped the truck sank and we were kind of stuck. There were 3 of us and we were able to finally get 4 tires back on the dirt and then we cut the elk in half and muscled her into the back of my truck. That extra weight helped us to get off the mountain. The next morning was spent doing some fast butchering to get that elk all cut up for the trip back east. I got a deer and so did our other partner earlier in the week and it was short sleeve weather. What a difference a couple days can make in the Rockies.