as we get older we're beginning to realize we're having friends that are younger than us that are
passing away for various different reasons and we wanted to do this while we still can
it began as three hunts three states in 30 days that was the basis of this hunt uh oh
uh oh
oh what you doing we're changing fuel filters
on f350 in a parking lot in a parking lot we're supposed to be at an elk camp
eisen adventure
and met up with our good friend joe turner
sportsman and horse trainer we met him at the trail head and that began our adventure
and we ride back seven miles to an area we thought would be good
the area we set up in was beautiful found a little bench
that overlooked the stream in the far side of the mountain and set up camp there
just picturesque place something you'd see in a magazine
joe was new to our group we're in grizzly country we've used bear spray before know
how to use it we got joe out and practiced with a can of bear spray put him in a situation where
we had him walk and then we yell bear and he have to pull his bear spray out and
we want to see him deploy it in a way that we know that he can use it and he's an asset to all of us
first morning we ride out two miles to a remote basin where we had
heard elk the evening before we could see up above a burned out fire area would blow down
and good forage area we thought where we wanted to be we were able to ride the horses up half
mile or so before it got too steep we had to get off the horses and lead them by rope
and onto the ridge we began by making some bugles and pretty quickly got a response back
we set up on the ridge bob dropped back 50 60 yards and began calling
within about half hour a bull presents itself down in the meadow
he came up to our calls walked all the way up this ridge line kind of meandering feeding as he came
and we had him within 15 yards finally winded us and blew out down the canyon
we thought wow that was a great hunt decided let out a few more bugles
to get a bigger deeper response thought wow game on again this time we moved down the ridge
to the bottom of the meadow
set up in a spot bob begins calling
i do a little cow calling and fairly quickly we
get a bull comes out of the trees good bull he's working his way across the meadow leisurely just
feeding it's quiet in there you could hear his feet rustling through the leaves as he was coming
he worked his way up to us he kept looking up towards where we were calling he couldn't see us
he came up within 40 yards and turned to his right
walked across presented us a great broadside shot at 25 30 yards
he slowed down ran out to about 70 yards looked back and tipped over
that was the end of that hunt we watched him fall
oh my god bob awesome we sat there kind of looked at each other taking in the whole moment
second day wyoming elk archery and we called the bull in this morning within 20 yards and he winded
us another one was bugling and we brought him in we just shot him at 35. he is we call him he ran
about 30 40 yards and we have eyes on him right now um excited didn't think this would happen
great day
what a great opportunity first day of the hunt it all went down
way quicker than we thought it was going to
now here's the start of all the work we're down two miles from camp and another mile and a half
up this basin through a bunch of timber and steep bridges we're gonna have to go back get our pack
boards get the elk broken down packed up to the horses when lo and behold we look up on the far
ridge and we see joe turner coming over the top riding his horse leading the pack horses down this
steep side hill where you're walking and rocks are rolling off the side it was like seeing an angel
whatcha pulling out there paulie these are some tender loins i don't profess to be a butcher but
i think these will clean up very nicely september 3rd we got a bag
when we got back to camp started unloading the pack horses and we looked across the basin right
up in there there's a sow grizzly bear and two baby cubs the whole time we were keeping an eye
on these grizzlies and we watched them feed across this mountainside for a good hour and a half
got the special seasoning on here we're gonna char broil it a little bit
nice and tender on the inside nice medium rare
that was a folly this is awesome today's harvest these are elk tenderloin little mashed potatoes
there might have been a little whiskey involved too yo bear walking through the
river bottom right now and uh yesterday this is when we had three grizzlies
uh a sow and two cubs that were up on this ridge above us right back up there and they came down
and dropped over into here just walked over some grizzly scat a minute ago so just trying
to make as much noise as we come through here so we don't surprise mom or even worse
get stuck between uh one of the cubs or both the cubs and the mom so we're carrying bear spray
gettin' her done
on our way out september 4th great hunt great four days here in the wyoming back country
wow it's gorgeous such an epic adventure great trip