Bringing the elk down!!
Jake got to go on an awesome hunt last week!! They went up to the Thorofare on horseback for a week! He loved it!! I think he would live up there if he could! He went with 3 other guys who have never been up there before. It is a really remote place where not alot of people go without guides. But of course for all of those who know Jake......He was born to do this kind of stuff!!
I was home worried sick about him getting ate by a grizzly bear!! The kids missed him alot but were excited to see if dad got his elk!!
The first ride into the wilderness was in snow!! The morning they left it was raining at our house which means up there SNOW!! There are a couple of narrow cliffs next to the trail and those I am sure were fun on the wet slick snow! They made it into camp and for the first couple of days Jake and Chase had pretty cold wet feet!!!
Then their horses ran off twice they saw a black bear the day before the hunt opened, shot an elk, spent two hours trying to hang the elk on a meat pole 30 feet in the air, at some yummy Carmel made by chases wife, hiked to the top of some amazing mountains to look at the view and scan for animals, saw a grizzly bear that came to close for comfort, ate yucky dehydrated mac and cheese pretty much the whole trip, snored, snuggled and just had a whole bunch of fun for the week!!!
Tagg spent the whole week trying to find his dad on the map!!
Starting out heading up the trail
The first day of hunting!!
The grizzly bear they saw!
The elk Jake shot, (that is not Jake it is Joe but this is the best picture of the elk!
Chase enjoying the view
Scouting for potential kills!
Jake and chase ....who knows what they are doing
Jake with his Elk!!!
The trip back home!!
I was home worried sick about him getting ate by a grizzly bear!! The kids missed him alot but were excited to see if dad got his elk!!
The first ride into the wilderness was in snow!! The morning they left it was raining at our house which means up there SNOW!! There are a couple of narrow cliffs next to the trail and those I am sure were fun on the wet slick snow! They made it into camp and for the first couple of days Jake and Chase had pretty cold wet feet!!!
Then their horses ran off twice they saw a black bear the day before the hunt opened, shot an elk, spent two hours trying to hang the elk on a meat pole 30 feet in the air, at some yummy Carmel made by chases wife, hiked to the top of some amazing mountains to look at the view and scan for animals, saw a grizzly bear that came to close for comfort, ate yucky dehydrated mac and cheese pretty much the whole trip, snored, snuggled and just had a whole bunch of fun for the week!!!
Tagg spent the whole week trying to find his dad on the map!!
Starting out heading up the trail
The first day of hunting!!
The grizzly bear they saw!
The elk Jake shot, (that is not Jake it is Joe but this is the best picture of the elk!
Chase enjoying the view
Scouting for potential kills!
Jake and chase ....who knows what they are doing
Jake with his Elk!!!
The trip back home!!
I am one of the luckiest people in the world! Jake woke up really early this morning and went to work with his dogs. When he came home Kate went straight down to him and I went back to sleep. When I woke back up Jake, Kate and Tagg were standing over me with a plate full of yummy eggs and toast. Not only did my awesome husband get up with both the kids he cooked me breakfast in bed. What a freakin' hottie! It was a great day but he treated me way better for fathers day than I treated him. After church we went to my parents house to have some dinner with my family and cousins. We played ball and had fun. Then we went up to Jakes parents house to visit. Jakes dad and brother are in Alaska fishing until Wednesday, so we just had fun with grandma! I hope Jake had as good of a day as I had!!
