Shrek's armed camping trip 2015 ;)

Went riding around looking for speed goats with Clarktar. We found a few but they were safe on private land. Out for dinner and a drink and I can confirm that I'm in MANtana ! This is no place for a lonely single man !
 
Seriously Shrek, you have time to comment on the Avery hunt and you can't entertain the guys here????

What's up??? Are you hunting, camping or shacking up????:confused:
 
Sorry guys I've been slacking. Day one I hiked up the ridge behind camp. I followed another camp member up to the top. About half way we run into a strong smell of rotting in the dark. We had been asked to look out for an elk lost during archery and this is right where it was expected. I'm not happy with running up on it in the dark in very thick brush. We pass by without incident and reach the top. I went left and Randle went right. It was just breaking light. A long sight line in here is 50 yards and mostly a lot less. Randle disappears over the ridge and I hadn't gone 150 yards when I hear a deep bear woof from the direction of the dead elk a couple hundred yards below and behind and then all heck breaks with the sound of three big "dogs" barking and one smaller bark. It had to be wolves vs bear over the kill. Went on for a half minute then quiet. Breaks out again a few seconds later but moving away from me so I decided it wasn't what I was here for and moved up the ridge. It's really thick in here but there are big game trails everywhere. I made it up to a couple of small grown over bushy burns and got up top and the far edge and made me some lunch and took a good rest. Plan was to watch what I could of the brush and listen. I got up and eased to the edge and right smack dab in the middle was a big elk ! Dead with a guy cutting him up :( That blew my evening plan so I moved down to a small saddle in the ridge that was cut up with trails to watch and listen. Nothing at all that evening.
 
Day two I plan to hike up the edge of a large burn. Ryan and Kelly are talking about the metric chit ton of elk they had watched up high from their shooting pad so I'm thinking I need to get higher but don't want to run up to to where they were watching. Ryan's comment was it was the most elk he'd ever seen in one place in north Idaho. There was a big bull but they couldn't get a range to shoot. I set off at dawn and start climbing. It's STEEP ! I climb slowly but the only thing I come across is a deer I hear bust out. No fresh sign but lots of old. Not near as many game trails. I get about two thirds up before turned back. Steep down is worse than steep up and I picked the wrong way and ended up scooting on my butt the last 50 foot. I'm beat and dejected.

Oh , I forgot the part where I started down the wrong side of the ridge and got into some nasty dark timber with tons of down timber. I realize my mistake but it's a beating to get back up and headed down the right ridge. Was told I made the right choice climbing up out as that ridge dumped into a hell hole that they don't even hunt it's so bad.
 
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