Deer Camp

It got a little bitter in camp Saturday night, but the Old Man built a good fire and that made all the difference. Sunday we spent a lot of time hiking our rifles and packs throughout the mountains to no avail. I had an additional doe tag for the area and found myself saying do I really want to shoot one of those up here? Seemed like too much work for that. I passed. The below elk story set the tone for this year's season for us. Never saw a cow for the little guy. We spent a lot of time learning how to read maps and use the compass and gps units.

At some point it will be ski season, right? I'm getting antsy for some skiing. The fires really went to town in one area we spent some time in West of town. This area had also been pretty heavily logged. I could not help but wonder how the erosion might impact the stream below. Seedlings are beginning to slowly emerge.