Vandal 44
WKR
I leave to go on my hunt in North Idaho late yesterday. I get to the spot I want to set up my camp, its dark and starting to sprinkle a little, no big deal, park the truck and unload the quad. As I am getting off the quad I step on a rock and roll my ankle, I hear a pop as I hit the ground. As I am laying there I start to feel it swelling up, I let the colorful language fly for a few minutes.
I get up shake myself off and start to set up my tent, it starts raining hard (note to self practice setting your new tent up during the daylight hours and not in the rain.) I am hungry and my ankle is starting to throb with every heart beat, I eat a peanut butter and bacon sandwich with some advil I sent my wife a text picture of my ankle (she an ER nurse) and she tells me it looks like its broke, that's not what I wanted to hear so I try going to sleep. The thing that made it worse is I was hunting solo. It rained hard all through the night and did not letup.
I got up this morning to wet sleeping bag wet gear, and throbbing, swollen ankle. I get everything loaded back up into the truck and head back to Spokane, see the doctor get the X-Rays and it looks like nothings broken. He tells me "take it easy for a few weeks", and I tell him that's not going to happen, I have an elk tag that needs to be filled. I will be taking it easy for a two days and then its back to the wood.
I am getting the gear dried out and will be repacking the food and getting ready to finish my Idaho elk hunt strong
I get up shake myself off and start to set up my tent, it starts raining hard (note to self practice setting your new tent up during the daylight hours and not in the rain.) I am hungry and my ankle is starting to throb with every heart beat, I eat a peanut butter and bacon sandwich with some advil I sent my wife a text picture of my ankle (she an ER nurse) and she tells me it looks like its broke, that's not what I wanted to hear so I try going to sleep. The thing that made it worse is I was hunting solo. It rained hard all through the night and did not letup.
I got up this morning to wet sleeping bag wet gear, and throbbing, swollen ankle. I get everything loaded back up into the truck and head back to Spokane, see the doctor get the X-Rays and it looks like nothings broken. He tells me "take it easy for a few weeks", and I tell him that's not going to happen, I have an elk tag that needs to be filled. I will be taking it easy for a two days and then its back to the wood.
I am getting the gear dried out and will be repacking the food and getting ready to finish my Idaho elk hunt strong
