ELK MADNESSSSSSS

So as most of you know I Guide in Nevada, and I just got back from the archery elk hunt out there and man was it good....... A little hot for late September but the elk were still starting to get rutty. So here are some pics..... Camp as you ride in....... Cook tent, Cooks tent, 3-4 Guest/ Hunter tents, Guide tent and enough poles lashed together to keep up to 60 head of horses corralled.

The camp pet, John and Donny (the Cooks) keep her fat through the fall.

Big country out there!!!

The night before the hunt......... out watching at least 200 head of elk and getting a game plan for morning.

Now remember all these pics are through a spotting scope and its not quality of the picture but of the hunt!!

Trying to get a little water out of this hole on a hot day takes at least 15 minutes for a bull and he was having a hard time keeping an eye on the few cows he had gathered.

Bad itch!!!!

AH Yes...... Good old Tender getting a bite to eat while I shaded up, What a good lookin' mount!

The first kill of the hunt, Bill put the hurt on him and we were able to find him the next morning......... I promised Bill I wouldn't tell where he hit him but it was a big relief when we found this bull.

O Gundy (hunters name)......... What a shot he didn't go 100 yards, Now the work begins!

This is Kelly's Bull and what a dandy!!! and with a long bow to boot.............. almost the last day and was this bull mad, he was going to run us right over!

Well it was a good week of rut hunting elk, too bad its over!! Now we move to deer hunting all through October, then on to late elk the 2nd week of November........... Until then.