After an 18 Mile Round Trip into the Colorado backcountry
After an 18 mile round trip into the Colorado backcountry, countless miles tromping around the hills at 9,000 feet higher than my residence elevation, no hot meals for a week (note, Wal-Mart doesn't sell Jet Boil fuel!), I am now happy to announce I am once again taller than I am round. After seeing 6 bears (with the meat from my buck hanging at piñata level for a 5 year old) and finding that there was an active mountain lion den just 200 yards behind my tent (with a fresh kill buried) I am happy that they only weight I lost was due to physical activity rather than removal by tooth and claw. No fresh elk sign and average buck size about 30" smaller than years past, I feel extremely blessed to have shot this old bruiser. He is easily the largest bodied buck I have taken in years. Check out his funky looking rack, not much for forks, but some pretty neat character. Not sure what good deeds I've done to have earned a season like this one so far, but you can be sure I'm rubbing that lucky rabbit's foot.
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