Some Photos From Our Game Camera

We had a lot of action on our game camera. Here are some of the pictures.

Good Morning Mr. Elk

Very nice!!

WOW!!! Check him out!!!

I see you!!!

deer

Beth doing the walk to check on the camera

spike

Second Week in Elk Camp

We had another wonderful three days of elk hunting.  We set up a game cam and it was only set up for a couple of days now.  Three bulls were pictured so Todd was excited to say the least!  We forgot to bring an extra SD card so next time I will get the pictures downloaded.  The weather was hot during the day and it rained in the evening.  The pictures below do not show the miles we hiked or the countless elk we meet, but they do show some of  the silly memories. Todd had a shot at a cow at 8 yards but passed her up.  This year its Horns or Bust!


Jack and Jill went up the hill to fetch a pail of water... Which one is JACK and which one is JILL??

Before...

After!!! Getting Smarter

Lunch break

Todd Glassing

Jeff Napping

The packs ready for the day

Day 3 !!! Lets get-er-done!!!

DONE!!!!  I was on elk watch.

The Elk Slayers or at least we think we are!

Opening Weekend of Elk Hunting with more to come. Stay tuned!!!

Todd and I enjoyed our first weekend of Elk hunting. On Friday, we hiked up to camp which is 8 miles. It was so hot when we finally got there that we went for a cold creek bath, had dinner and went to bed. Saturday we hunted up in a high alpine bowl where we usually find elk early season.  Just as expected we glassed and found four bull elk together. We put a good stalk on them and closed the distance to within 150 yards when the wind changed so we had to hold back.  Sunday we got into another great area and made a couple good stalks. We got in really close on one bull and boy did he stink!  He managed to slip us, but we know where he lives so we set up a game cam to try and pattern him.  Pre rut summer heat sucks, bring on the cold lets get this rut started! 

Saturday morning coffee

Todd packing his bag for the afternoon hunt

Here is our gourmet kitchen

Todd glassing the mountain

Kicking back on the mountain watching 4 bull elk.

This is Todd's lucky knife necklace and I got one to match now, double luck this year.  Its a Flaming thing!

Todd setting up the game camera

Elk Season- Pack Camp In

On Saturday Todd and I packed in our elk camp with style. Last year it took Todd and I many backpacking trips to get all of our camp in. This year we had the privilege of hiking in with two mules.  They were more than willing to carry our whole camp in and carry us out, in the same day.

Todd and Abe

Packed and ready for the trail

Awesome not even a backpack on my back, I could get used to that!

Creek crossing with Todd

It started raining right as we made it into camp 

Leaving camp in style with Abe

The ride out.

Sunflower Trial

This past week Todd and I went out to Sterling, Colorado to check on our sunflower trial. The sunflowers were just opening. It was so beautiful!

Flaming Peach Jam

The Colorado peaches are finally in season! Maxine taught me how to make freezer jam. We made three batches and boy does it taste wonderful!

Hail Damage to Trails

On Saturday Aug 3, 2013 a large storm went through Northern Colorado. In less than 15 minutes it rained 1.5 inches and hailed like crazy.  It caused a lot of damage to crops and property around the area.  Unfortunately, it hit some of the trials as well.

Damage to corn Trail

Barley heads were knocked off

Sugar Beets flattened

Todd checking the weather station

Smut found on the sweet corn.  Not sure who would want to eat this!