Dave's Elk-Hunt #1 2011

 When Elk rut they wallow in mud. Here is one doing that.

 All muddy

 Hi!

 Big bull

 This guy didn't like the camera. For 7 plus minutes he attacked the camera. He knocked it out of the tree and knocked the chip out so he could have done it longer but here are some of the pictures it took while he was beating it up

Dave set up a few trail cameras when he was hunting. These pictures are off the one that my parents gave him for Christmas last year. It is so cool to see animals and how they act normal without being spooked or smelling you and taking off even before you can see them. We meet a guy up at fish lake that had a trail camera picture of a cougar circluling  a porcupine and some bears. For some reason I can't save the pictures that he sent me of his elk, once I figure it out I will post the pictures. He shot a 5 x 6 on the last day. It was a lot smaller then he wanted but it was better than not killing anything. Elk are amazing creatures. Here are some pictures from his trail camera. The last two picture are from the first weekend of the hunt that I forgot to post earlier. Dave rolled over this huge rock as we were heading out! I thought it was so funny but that might have been because I was stuck in a trailer for two days straight and was pretty bored.