Setting the scene The date is September 22nd. The sun is at its highest point above the mountains. It is Day 6 of your scheduled eight-day elk hunt. You haven’t felt this type of exhaustion since high school football conditioning practice. The evenings and mornings have been quiet. The elk are not bugling like the […]
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Hunting. Why do we do it? This is something I find myself thinking about a lot. Whether I am sitting in a tree on an oak flat looking for whitetails or in the mountains at 12,000 feet glassing mule deer. Even though there are many moments where I feel “right at home”, there are other
Don’t fall into the trap. I remember my first elk hunt in Colorado. Gosh, I had so many close encounters. I felt like I was righttt below the success threshold. I found elk. I was so close so many times. What was I missing? Ah-ha! I know what it is. It didn’t take me long
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