Anxiously waiting for my big elk hunt and I’m studying the maps and all the information I have been given so far by some of the best people around.  It’s amazing to me just how much information people I don’t even know are willing to give.  And with voice inflection and the overlap of information from each of them, you just have to believe most of it.

With that said, Sherry and I have decided to go down ahead of the hunt and check some of it out.  Besides seeing a family of cousins that live in that area and one in particular who says he will put me on a big bull elk.

We are currently working out the details of what dates to go down there and right now it looks like I will be sacrificing a day or two of my muzz deer hunt for this trip…it will be worth it.

I have studied the maps on the internet until my neck hurts (I have to wear magnifying glasses) and being that close to the screen takes its toll.  I have a lot of the names of the mesas and roads memorized and where the turn off are etc.  So most of that will be common stuff once I’m in the vicinity.  But seeing the terrain first hand will be of great interest and should yield a lot of additional information for me to digest.

I’m stoked!  And to think Sherry is willing to go and check it out too is a bonus!  We have always wanted to go down and visit with these cousins and this will be a short and quick visit, but we will be with them most of one day and all of one night, so that will be good.

In the meantime, there is preparation for the muzz deer hunt to keep my mind a little occupied.

Bears Butt

Sept. 10, 2013