went out for the first weekend of rifle season (im not a bowhunter.. yet.. LOL) wound up heading out the elk river road. saw a beauty 4 point whitetail, but after seeing him.. realized i didnt have the bolt in my gun!
lesson learned there!!
saw a couple more does walking about until the heat set in (+27?!?!
) didnt see much of anything, so i figured we would head out to where I have seen some elk wandering about. turned up the road, and i hear the all too familiar *PSSST* *PSSST* *PSSST* *PSSST* *PSSST* *PSSST* of a flat tire!
!!!!!
not sure which is worse.. having a flat.. or having a jack that DOESNT JACK THE TRUCK UP HIGH ENOUGH!!!! thankfully a hunter came by after about an HOUR with no one coming by. we jacked the sway arm up and got the spare on. continue day.. we do some hiking to my elk spot, toss out bugles for about an hour.. de nada.. so we figure its starting to get late, and we will head to some open fields closer to the river, try to get a deer who is moving for some water out int he open... on the way back out.. we run into the SAME guy who helped me out.. (who by the way had already bagged a 3x4 muley, and a huge cow of a whitetail! same height as the mule buck, but lanky)
here he is on the side of the road about 2-300 feet from where i had my flat.. and i figure "no way he got another animal did he..??" as i get closer i see he is jacked up with a tire off! what the hell! i pull up and check to see how he is doing and he holds up a EIGHT INCH WELLHEAD BOLT! now I ask.. how the HELL do you LOSE an eight inch bolt off of a wellhead?!?! i met him at 5pm on my way out.. his deer (in the back of a pickup) were shot at EIGHT am at first light.. both deer... done for... such a sad day for this guy.. filled two tags and wound up having major wastage on them...
thankfully sunday went better..
saw a bunch of bears (no tag again!) and a spike muley out the cordell road... nothing much else.. was WAY too hot for the animals..
and that my friends.. was my weekend