Failure and Redemption: A hunting story

[Sitkaspruce]

Great story!! Great Bull!!

Thanks for sharing and bringing us along!

Cheers

SS

[Zedbra]

Great story - I've had a few of those "I'll never do this again" moments and then in hindsight over time, realize they are always the fondest moments. Enjoy that elk meat - you earned it.

[kebes]

Great job! My first trip North was similar to the start of your, it took a year to get to the redemption part.


Edit: How was the walking with those antlers up high like that? I was almost ready to leave my gun behind this August and I had it strapped to the side of my pack. I'm pretty sure it got caught up on every tree, shrub, and bush I passed...

It as probably pretty funny for my hunting partner to watch. I pulled them through a lot of smaller brush but every now and again I would try and pull through some 'brush' and realize it wasn't moving too late and I'd end up on my butt. I was pretty impressed with how tight I was able to cinch those bad boys down though.

[kennyj]

Great story! Back pack hunting is a lot harder than it looks.
kenny