With the final full day of our hunt dawning we decided to cover some ground closer to the ranch.This allowed us to lollygag around the ranch after breakfast since we didn’t have to ride more than 30 minutes to our lookout spot.  As daylight spread across the landscape, we worked our way along the ridges [...]

Since Colby, Gene, and Mike had run into elk on the day prior, us three with tags remaining unfilled headed in that direction.  Once again we endured the morning chill, knowing it would be t-shirt weather that afternoon.  Gene took Colby up one drainage while Dad, Brendan, and I went up the next one.  When [...]

On day three we made it clear that it was going to be an all-day effort, and that we wouldn’t be back to the ranch until after dark.  We were headed up the creek on a different heading to find where the elk had disappeared to.  Dad and I rode with Brendan.   Gene led Colby, and [...]

After hearing bulls bugling the day prior, we had a plan for the morning.  The difficulty was, we had to get an EARLY start if we wanted to be on the ridgetop at daylight.  We rolled out of bed at 3:30 am, ate a quick breakfast and rode three hours in the dark  to a 8800 ft [...]

When I locked the door to the office at 5:00 Friday I pointed my faithful GMC Pickup “Mighty Whitey” to the East and joined the throng headed up the west side of the Sierras on Highway 80. I picked up my brother-in-law Mike in Loomis. We stopped finally at 11:00 pm in Winnemucca for the [...]

..and we are “Rolling Heavy”.  As a teaser we have three bulls down, after five hard days of hunting.   Pictures and stories to follow shortly…

This will be my fifth year headed to Wyoming for an annual hunt with my family.  In 2005 I began the tradition of an annual hunt with my father, uncle, and occasionally a brother in law, and or a friend or two.  After missing last year, we are looking to make up for lost time. [...]