silvertip_co Posted October 31, 2010 Report Share Posted October 31, 2010 (edited) Back from 9 tough days in the high country. Camped at 9380', very tough weather with driving snow, driving rain, 60mph winds, 9 F temps, and full moon on decrease. All I saw was elk tracks, 2 satellite bull tracks and prob half doz cow tracks. Not enough snow at 11380 to drive elk down tho. Dawn got into the elk Fri and Sat morns at about 10600' but the two bulls she saw were too far for a confident shot( 520 and 700y). My arthritic knees will no longer let me climb with her. The mtn back of our camper is elk haven, which we didnt discover til Thurs morn. She saw many cows. Sat morn below me in the dark the cows were peeping( they talk all year) and two bulls below me were bugling in the dark ( yeah they don't just bugle in sunny warm 5 week long stickthrower season) . By shooting light all were gone and had moved up nearer my wife. We got the mtn and the plan for next year. With son in law Max we should be able to get two or three bulls, and S.. with his packtrain will haul them out for a fair price. Tag soup for supper today. (Special thanks to Jeff B. for our best elk hunt EVER. You're the best. Realtree is next. ) I'll put pics on my fb when i get recovered. Edited October 31, 2010 by silvertip_co Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
texastrophies Posted November 1, 2010 Report Share Posted November 1, 2010 I was really hoping you would get to put your tag on something. They are there, without a doubt. Can't wait to see your pictures. Glad you had a good hunt. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
m gardner Posted November 2, 2010 Report Share Posted November 2, 2010 Glad to hear you had good hunt even though nothing was killed. At our age it's enough of a victory to go and finish. I'm taking my moldy arthritic butt to the mexico border for a 3 day Coues Deer hunt friday. Hope my head doesn't get sent back in a box! Can't wait to see pictures. Mark Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
texastrophies Posted November 2, 2010 Report Share Posted November 2, 2010 Good luck Mark, and be careful down there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
silvertip_co Posted November 4, 2010 Author Report Share Posted November 4, 2010 Glad to hear you had good hunt even though nothing was killed. At our age it's enough of a victory to go and finish. I'm taking my moldy arthritic butt to the mexico border for a 3 day Coues Deer hunt friday. Hope my head doesn't get sent back in a box! Can't wait to see pictures. Mark yes the banditos and cartels are messing up a sort of a nice, but poor, country. stay safe. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
silvertip_co Posted November 4, 2010 Author Report Share Posted November 4, 2010 I was really hoping you would get to put your tag on something. They are there, without a doubt. Can't wait to see your pictures. Glad you had a good hunt. we were sooo close to a good kill. thnaks anyway for all the help and info. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
silvertip_co Posted November 7, 2010 Author Report Share Posted November 7, 2010 Link to pics: http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=613653509#!/album.php?aid=240741&id=613653509 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevebeilgard Posted November 10, 2010 Report Share Posted November 10, 2010 nice try, charlie. i was pulling for you & dawn this year. maybe next. very nice pictures Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Randy Posted November 10, 2010 Report Share Posted November 10, 2010 Sounds like a great hunt. The tag soup will taste better with the memories you made... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arrow32 Posted November 11, 2010 Report Share Posted November 11, 2010 Sounds like you had an awesome hunt! To bad about the tag soup tho. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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