I know it has been quite some time since I have updated my blog so I will do that NOW before I get consumed with all the holiday business coming up!
First to talk about is the hunts of the year. First of all we started out with barely getting our NEW fifth wheel the week before we were leaving on the elk hunt. ( sorry no picture yet)
The elk hunt started on Saturday October 9th, we went up a day and a half early. We go up early so Friday we can sleep in for one day (get up early on the hunt) and the boys go and get firewood so we can have a fire when we get back from hunting.
We were successful on this hunt. Kameron got his Cow Elk, so we have some meat in the freezer. I love Elk meat! We should of had a spike elk but the sun was shinning just so that when Kameron tried to find the spike in his scope the sun made it so he couldn't even see it, all he could see was sunshine. So he went and grab his ball cap out of the back pack to put on to block the sun. He then shot at the elk, this was a long shot, and missed. Then the start elk walked up to the ridge line, spike then bull elk with two cows surrounding it so we couldn't shoot. They are so smart!
I don't have any pictures of Kameron's Cow elk :(
Then we were off down south by Moab to hunt for deer. It was Kameron's dad, Kameron, and myself. All three of us had a deer tag this year. I got my deer opening morning. Opening morning was so slow, we were thinking we were going to leave deer less. We went back to the trailer, took a nap and ate some lunch. Decided that we might as well go back out since that is what we were down there for. We were driving along the road and Kameron sees some does and fawns so we stop. All the sudden Kameron yells at me "There's a buck, Tonya get out and shoot." So I get out of the truck as quickly and quietly as I can. Walk over to the other side of the truck and put my gun up. I am shaking to death, look at Kameron and he is saying "shoot it, Tonya shoot it now". I ask Kameron if I can kneel down so I have a steadier shot, he said "NO you need to shoot now." So I put my gun up take a deep breath and pull the trigger!!! I hit it on the first shot but it was trying to get up and run but couldn't. I hit it in the back and probably broken its spin. So Kameron shot it and it dropped like a ton of bricks. Remind you that I took so long to shoot that Kameron's dad was sitting in the back seat of the truck, telling him to get out and shoot it cause I was taking so long!!! ha ha So we walk down to where the deer is at and it is steal breathing, so I told Kameron to shoot and put it out of his misery, so he did! So that is the story of me getting my first Buck. I wont go into the details of cleaning in it! :) O it was a little two point. Not to big but good enough for my first deer. Here is a cute pictures!
