After last nights excitement with the elk my son didn't want me to go back after them without him so I took him with me this morning and went back after them into the same area. We got out of there last night without spooking them so figured we'd be able to find them again. Sure enough we found them and had a good idea where they were headed. We were able to get ahead of them and hide up. It looked like a perfect setup as the first cow elk came around the hill 30 yards above us. Then five other cows all following the same path in good range as we could hear the bull bugling right behind them. We were just sure he would follow right behind them and I was about to get a great shot. When he finally came around the hill, he had climbed about 20 yards higher up the hill and came around just out of my range. I hunt with a recurve bow which is much more primitive than todays bows and my effective range is only about 35-40 yards so I passed on the shot but it sure was exciting. We hustled out of there and I was able to get my son back to school before 1st period was over. I'm going to take another day off from running and hopfully my hip will be better tomorrow. I've only run twice [more than 1 or 2 miles] in the past 2 weeks and as of Mon morning I had gained 5 pounds. The 3 day vacation eating restraunt food last weekend didn't help. I've been carfull with my eating this week and with a couple of good bike rides and all the hiking the last 2 days I've been able to drop 3 lbs back off. PM Hunting again. More hiking.
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