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!!
5 comments:
Those were pretty incedible pictures...beautiful country and what a shot on the elk. No question that Jake loved it and was totally in his element.
My favorite pic is of Tagg...what a cute grandson!!!
(just kidding Jake your pictures were awesome!)
Wow, good job Jake! And I gotta say....good job Linds! I always admired those wives of hunters for letting them do their thing. After the word "bear" I would gave every ranger on their tail! You guys are the best.
Tagg studying that map reminds me of a picture I have with all the big boys bent over the hood of a car studying a map. Like father like son. Before you know it Tagg will be the one one holding the horns over his head in a victory picture. Ahh I miss you all.
WOW nice elk. That is so cool and exciting. We are going hunting on the 15th and we are so pumped....
Oh my heck, I can't get over the bear picture! That would have me pretty freaked out. Awesome pics!!
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