12 miles with my pack and rifle Saturday looking for blacktails. Passed on a couple younger bucks.
Yesterday was the last day I had to hunt for the season. Decided to put some meat in the freezer and stop being picky. Came out with a heavy pack. Not a long distance pack but straight up about 900’.
4 miles (500') with Tiny Elvis this afternoon; spent a couple of crappy hours swapping on winter tires/rims on my truck and wife's car. Two very stuck wheels— finally got the truck one by beating it was a heavy rubber mallet. Beat the one stuck on the car for almost 30 minutes and still wouldn't give.
Pro tip: tighten the lug nuts then back off almost a full turn, drive around the block (slowly)— took off the lugs and one wack w/ the mallet and it came loose!
The youngest, my wife and I got home last night. Got 100mi of hiking in between a scouting hike and the first 9 days of the season. Biggest day was opening day, >16mi, 4300vert and an absolute shitload of downfall during a few mile stretch. Easiest day was yesterday, a quick Hail Mary hike into several openings, 6.5mi and 1650vert. My youngest filled his elk B tag on Halloween in a blizzard in a spot that people would think we were retarded to kill a cow in. Truth be told, this is the first time since Clinton’s first term that our group hasn’t put down a single bull during opening week… I literally saw 1 legal bull.
Today- Full head to toe stretch out and warm up then did 3 sets of:
Squat/Calf Raise
Pull Up
Fisio Sit Up
Worked today, gonna cut meat tomorrow and try it again after this system coming through with more snow. I attached a pic of my wife navigating a beautiful W MT ridge.