No elk, but here's a story

[Scoot]

Great write up! Your daughter sounds like she's tough and a trooper- that's awesome! Congrats on making some really wonderful memories. I predict you'll be back, and hopefully with your girl too.

 

[midwestcowboy]

Really good write up, thanks for sharing.

 

[cnelk]

There are some real gems of information in your recap.
Many should read it, several times

Thanks for sharing

 

[Chris in TN]

FWIW, we just returned from checking zero on the rifle (Tikka lite 6.5cm, NF SHV in sportsmatch rings) and letting the middle child shoot a few times to get ready for this weekend's youth deer season. Zero held perfectly after 3000 miles of cross-country and USFS wet road driving. Both girls shot at 225 yards then I shot it at ~390. All off shooting sticks. All shots from all shooters ~2moa, centered, on a fishtail-breezy day with no shooting mat, just two trek poles and an arrow shaft for a front tripod rest and two arrows shafts for the rear, shooters seated on the ground.

 

[Chris in TN]

A few pictures:
Saturday the 11th, hiking in the rain.

Thursday the 9th, first hike. This was taken on an overlook about a mile from the car. I'd been wanting to look across there all summer.

The only decent mule deer we saw the whole trip. Saw numerous does and 1-2 year old bucks.

Our little makeshift ground blind where we saw the spike and the bull after dark:

The spike. About 225 yards away, right where the bull came out later.

Man, Colorado is pretty:

Saturday the 11th. Right before we bumped the bull that bugled near us: