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Well I survived what ever that funk was I had last week. Felt well enough to go chase moose yesterday.
A Flickr friend had alerted me to this bull. He had shot him on Saturday and did a heck of a job. It was a serious trail walk and a fairly long bushwhacking. I'm thinking 6-7 miles round trip. I know it takes me 2 hours each direction on the main trail.
About 2/3rds of the way out I could see this guys rack shining like the full moon in a clear sky. He was laying down right against some Mountain Hemlock in the shade of course. It was so pretty for a while. From the place I first was him it was still ? of a mile to the bridge across a good size creek. Made that as quickly as I could but I kept stopping to look at him. He was probably 500 yards across the valley but his rack was visible 90% of the time. Anyway I make it to the bridge and up the trail a bit and cut back down the valley bushwhacking now. About knee high willows and of course lots of wet. Made it to a lone Hemlock which was my guide and there he was. Laying down with basically just his rack showing. You know I had to shoot the rack some. As I was didling around trying to get where I could see more than his rack a cow jumped up about 20 feet from me. Reminder Doug don't get so focused yer not surveying the surrounding area. She was a little pissie so I backed up to my Hemlock. Without it I was naked in New York. That bit of flurry got Brutus up for just 2-3 minutes. So I shot for all I was worth. Very tough shooting as he was against very dark green and his horns are so white that trying to find a shutter speed is not so easy. Anyway as I said 2-3 minutes and he flopped his big self down again and fell asleep resting on his nose then laid out flat resting on his rack. I know this rack has to be 75-100 pounds. I have wondered many times if they look forward to the rut completing so they can drop all that weight till next year. Now that would kinda make them think like humans right. Dont think so. The cow had laid down again through all of this. Was glad I could take my eye of her. Brutus would roll his head around and fall back to sleep. BTY when he was sleeping on his nose I could hear him breath. I backed up into the Hemlock and found a way to sit down, A little prickly but had to get off my feet a bit. Had a bottle of water ate some peanut butter crackers and relaxed as best I could.
Three hours and 17 minutes later he finally stood up as did the cow. Shoot shoot shoot. Of course by then the clouds had thickened so light wasn't great. She wandered away fairly quickly and one he realized she was moving away from him he went after her. She would stop and feed he would stop and watch. Shoot Shoot Shoot. ;) As I was watching them go they were sinking a foot or so into the tundra and mud. Decided I would not follow. So headed back to the truck. A bit over 2 hours in light rain most of the way. So I had left the truck at 7 and didn't get back until 4:20. On the way out I did see a sow Griz and 3 cubs eating berries on the mountains across the valley. I had seen bear scat along the trail here and there.
Brutus is master of the mountain right now. Its still a week or so before the big gathering happens and then we we will see.
I'm glad to report that I actually feel good today but there just isn't enough light to go play in the woods.
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Hanging with Callie this afternoon. She is soo sweet and precious to me. She prays for me and several of us girls. She asks how you are doing and she means it. She is a real friend from the Lord and is a picture to me of how much God cares about the details of my life. Wow what can I say but we serve an awesome God!
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