We are just out of the mountains. There are hundreds of photos plus a ton of video. It will take some time to collate and compose a detailed day by day blog. And I have 8 days of life to catch up on that I missed while in the mountains. So this is the teaser for the later blog posts.
Summary points:
1.) Amazingly beautiful country
2.) Trails are scarier than shit.
3.) Awesome guides, camp staff, food, and hunters in camp.
4.) Grizzly bear sightings.
5.) We had an unbelievable 3 hour "bugle-fest" in the timber.
6.) Knife edge 12" wide trail on rock with the grand canyon on either side.
7.) Eric made an amazing single shot kill on a moving bull at 260 yards in a narrow window.
8.) Grizzly bear charges inside 20 yards.
9.) Amazing little bear-fighting dogs defended us while 4 of us drew pistols.
10.) I never got a shot opportunity on a bull.
11.) We saw elk every day.
12.) there were bears in our camp most nights.
13.) Shiela (the cook) and her dogs ran them off.
14.) I heard more bugles on this hunt than on my previous 6 elk hunts combined
15.) Physically demanding and exhausting days - before sunset to after sundown.
16.) An experience of a lifetime.
17.) Not for everyone - it was everything that I could handle.
This is awesome! Thank you!
ReplyDeleteAmazing scenery Tom, with horses all the better. The bear looks scary!
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