Here are just a couple of my favorite pictures from the hunt.





L to R: Bruce(PowDuck), Chad(LBR), Bob(ArkyBob), Ed, Leroy (has a gas problem)[:'(]

Great pics duck!!! Looks like a blast!!

Awesome trip guys! Elk hunting is about as good as it gets.
Bob,
congrats on the cow man! this is Ryan that made the bow trade over on trad gang.

Hey Ryan, how's it going? Yes, we did have a great time. The bonus for me is to be able to take an elk. The trip was successful in so many other ways, it nearly outweighs the taking of the cow. I won't pretend that it is not exciting to take one with trad gear, because it is one of the most exciting things I've ever done while hunting. And I know that aslongas I can draw a longbowthat's what I'll be shooting. But, just having the opportunity to spend time with great friends in such a beautiful place is enough in itself. The taking of an animal is just a small part of what this hunt meant to me. Bruce, Chad, Ed, and even stinky Leroy are as much a part of the "success" of the hunt as me taking an elk. I hope everyone has such good friends to share the sweat, pain, laughter, tears, and joy as these guys are to me. Hope everyone has a "successful" season, what ever that season is. BOB

That Is right on!! I also am the same way when I go out on hunting trips with friends and family. Getting an animal Is nice but the time you share with friends and family Is a treasure Itself!!

Well said Arky!! Respect!!

Words can't describe the experience--heck, I rarely remember it when I dream, but I've been dreaming about that hunt lately! Maybe a few nightmares about Leroy (the horse) and his gas problem......man alive, I bet T. Boone Pickens would pay a fortune for him![:'(]

Chad

I'm glad you got to go Chad ....... where in Colorado did you go? I was in the southern part, Weminuche, Pagosa Springs, South San Juans and just found very little elk in all the miles we walked .........

Great pics duck, thanks for posting. I still have yet to get a chance to elk hunt. All I have are dreams of one day going.

We hunted Routt National Forest near Steamboat Springs. I reckon the Good Lord was smiling on us--although we saw a big rack in the back of a truck in town, seems that everyone we talked to hadn't seen squat. We were in a great spot--if I'd known a little more about elk hunting (and maybe had an oxygen tank), I believe I'd have gotten a shot (busted out several I never saw, just heard them crashing off). Bruce had some close encounters, just bad luck. Dang sheepherders didn't help us any--I wasted an entire day on one mountain (actually made it to the top) just to find nothing but sheep trails, crap, etc. I kept thinking if I went higher, I'd get above the sheep and into elk (this was the mountain Bruce and I saw elk on the first day). Not so--there was sheep crap on top of that mountain! Oh well....I learned a lot, just hope to one day get a chance to use what I learned!

Chad