Bulls, Bucks and chickens .. .a Wingnut, Trashwood and Jason adventure

[Chisler]

Great, great story Mike - thanks so much for sharing!

[hawksnest]

Yup, what about the chickens Mike.  Bill G.

[pine nut]

Great story Mike, I felt like I was there.  Very exciting hunt and sharing it with Jason and Rusty I'm sure was fun too.  It was fun from here.  Many thanks for your sharing it with us.  Great getting that many chances with the bulls!
Absoposidadgumlutely great story.  Bill

[Tique]

Great story; thanks for taking me along. Sounds like you guys have a lot of fun!

[trashwood]

chicken is a name of fondness for grouse.  

rusty

[IB]

How SWEET it is            

Ya had me on the edge right with ya Bud!

It's always so much sweeter when ya come back to camp and can share with Family and Good Friends.

Now start makin ready for the "08" continuation

[tmccall]

Great story guys!  Thanks for taking us all along...  Sounds like you all had lots of fun.

[steadman]

Thanks for the story, good to be back chasin those ID bulls through your stories. Well done!

[Littlefeather]

As always, a great read and great adventure. Thanks for taking the time to write it out. I know that takes great effort when you've got piles of work to catch up on. Good to see you around Rusty! Hope to see all of you very soon! CK

[Charlie Lamb]

Sittin and readin about your adventures is almost as good as sittin down to supper with you guys.

 

[the Ferret]

Great job on the story guys. I miss some parts of elk hunting, other parts I'll leave to younger guys with stronger legs and healthier lungs.

Thanks for taking us along.  

[wingnut]

Thanks for all the kind words.  Yep those few encounters at close range are what keep ya going back every year.

Can't wait til the first bugle of '08.

Mike

BTW we'll get some more pics up in a little while

[Van/TX]

Great story!  Thanks    ...Van

[ksbowman]

Super story wish I were there.  Thanks,  Ben

[Randy Morin]

Nice, thanks for sharin.  Yep Mike, those few close encounters I get every year up in the high country keep me goin back, plus its better than a gym membership and I lose 5 lbs everyyear!  

[Roughcountry]

Hey guys, thanks for taking us along while your finishing your Masters degree in Elk. Lots of good stuff for guys wanting to hunt elk in your writeing Mike          

[trashwood]

I found it rather telling that the local hunters we talked to all commented on the lack of deer they were seeing.  Now it is true that we did not see the deer number we saw at our old hunting area but I did see a number of deer.  The noteable difference was that most of the locals hunted from an ATV (I got nothing against them).  A number of these hunters hunted from the roads while driving their ATV's.  

Mike has a rule - you hunt at least one mile from the road.  Hmmmmmmmmm all the deer I saw were.......about one mile from the road.  Most of the elk that Mike and Jason were into were....one mile from the road.        


So if you get to a hunting area and find a flock of ATV's, don't guss them.  This be thankful becuase you now know exactly where your query is....one mile from the road.

rusty

[wingnut]

We got a "hunter tent" from The Wall Tent Shop in Moscow, ID.

The overhangs were real nice during the extended rain storm.

Mike

[IB]

Mike, Jason and Rusty....Once again THANK YOU. First for taking the time to make the meeting happen. Rusty is a VERY good cook. For me this was another milestone for this season.

And secondly, I know just how much time these little tales take to produce for us folks, so we are able to be there with ya. Thanks Buds lets do her again

[countrygirl]

Cool hunt and cool thread.