By: Bears Butt

4 wheelerToday will be a very different day for me at least….you see, we start dealing with the hay come Thursday and I have yet to call the first hay buyer, but instead of dealing with things like that, a group of us are heading off to the Crawford Mountains to see if we can find my old (lost) powder horn…remember that story from last deer hunt?  Actually it’s more of a get away from the norm than to find the horn…sort of rhymes….It would be nice to find that horn because it means so much to me, but I highly doubt we will.

So, Bones, Tracker, Aricka, Wapiti, Edjukateer, Weasel, Kenzie and myself are all headed up there for a toy ride.  Tracker and Bones of course will have their Rhino.  Dry Dog just heard about our trip last night and he might make it up and meet us there.  We are taking along an arsenal of weapons as well in case we see a coyote.  Weasel his 223, Wapiti his 22-250 and I’ll take my 17 HMR, and of course everyone will be “packing”…..There are usually a lot of coyotes up there and now would be a great time to take a bunch of them out.  The fawns are big enough that they make great meals for them critters.

I promise to take a lot of pictures and will post up on here when we get back.  Wish us luck and hope to find the powder horn.

Bears Butt

July 7, 2014

POST RIDE

We got away from town about 7 a.m., which isn’t really early, but early enough for this gang.  Our ride up over Logan Canyon to our destination was pretty much uneventful, which is nice.   We decided to unload in the same place we usually put our camp when someone draws the coveted Crawfords tag.  It sure looks a lot different this time of year and we all wondered just how on earth we ever put 3 campers in that small area and still have room for the dining fly and easy ups.

Unloading

The temperature at this time (9:30 or so) was 65 degrees and it was quite obvious it was going to be a very hot day.  We took plenty of water for the trip.  Our time on the mountain would have to be short as Edjukateer had to be back to work by 7 p.m. and we have nearly a 3 hour drive to get home.  So, we loaded up as quickly as we could and headed out.  It was obvious the kids were anxious to get going.

ConnerIsReadyToGo

Conner is riding with me and he is ready to spot some coyotes.

ArickaDrivingKenzieHappy

Aricka is driving the Rhino, at least as far as the rocky dugway, while Kenzie rides shotgun and Bones and Tracker ride in the back.

Our goal, once again, is to get over to where Edjukateer and I tried to get up closer to a couple of bucks last muzz season and try and recall our trail, with the ultimate goal of finding my powder horn.  That is the most likely spot I could have lost it, however it’s never certain, it could have fallen off my shoulder while taking a stretch break.  We will check a couple of those spots on our way as well.

OnTheTrailLooking at the country side you would never expect to see hundreds of massive bucks hanging around in this country when it’s 20 degrees below zero, but that is exactly what happens each year.

FirstStopToLookThis was where we took our first stretch break and a possibility that I could have dropped it along side the road.  But we didn’t find it here.

We still had about 3 miles to travel to get to the spot where the bucks were and so we continued on our way.  Some driving slower than others.

SpreadOutOnRockyDugway

When we got to the rocky dugway, Tracker took over the driving from Aricka.  That dugway is a nasty bugger with huge rocks and many dangers to vehicles.  We all made it safely over it and were on our way again.

SpreadOut

WapitiHydrates

Before too long we made it to the spot.  For some odd reason, I didn’t take any more pictures of this trip.  I guess my mind was so totally on finding that powder horn I forgot everything else.

We spent over an hour combing that area and Edjukateer, Wapiti and I were trying our best to recall exactly what took place on that day.  We covered it very thoroughly and came home empty.  We gave it a good try, that is the best we could have hoped for.  Our trip ended with us being back home about 5 p.m., a wonderful day in the mountains!

Thanks everyone for going and giving it a go!

Bears Butt

July 8, 2014

Written on July 7th, 2014 , Uncategorized

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