Forgot to add I meet Bearklr from the forum here and few of his buddies.  I must say it was a pleasure to meet you all and it would have been nice to have some more decent weather where we could have gotten together more form some beverages.  We will have to try and hook up for anther get togther somehow someway!!  They were all great guys and would not hesitate to spend my time in the woods with them anytime!!

Welcome back! Sounds like you had quite a time of it.

Too bad you didn't connect, but like you said, you saw lots of animals, just the wrong gender.

Glad you had a good time, and I imagine you're already looking forward to next year.

Thanks for this report and the live updates from the field; it was great to follow your progress - or lack thereof.

Sorry to hear that you didn't get a chance to shoot one.  Glad to see your buddy got one though.  And, I would hope that since he's your buddy, at least you may have gotten a little meat out of it, yeah???

Yeah I am already getting ready for next season.  I have also thought of taking a year off and heading to Canada to go goose hunting, but for some reason I still beleive I will end up in elk country.  Even though I did not get one I had a great time as always.  I sure hope I get at least a steak or something from that bull...seems how I carried two front quaters at onw time for 1.5 miles nack to the truck.

GooseHunter, I must say it was great meeting you guys as well.  From the short time we got to visit your group seems like the spitting image of ours.  A bunch of guys who like to have a great time together where the memories are usually the most important thing you can bring home.  I posted a story of our successful hunt with some pictures under the story section.  I'm not sure if it's up yet but once it is check it out.  I'll be in touch with the location info for you.

Welcome back, thats a bummer you didnt harvest an animal. but it sounds like you had a great time a met some great people and to me thats what its all about.

Sounds like you had a very interesting hunt. Some ups and downs and you probably learned quite a bit on this trip. Also thanks for the great pics !

welcome back goose. Sorry to hear that you did not get anything but atleast you were able to take some time off and spend it in some beautiful country. Atleast you got some weather too. Although it sounds like it might have been a little annoying at times. For a while there, I pretty much had counted precipitation out for Colorado during the hunting seasons. That is neat that you were able to meet up with bearlk. Thanks for posting the great pictures. There are some great shots in there. You should definitely post a picture of your buddies elk if you get a chance. And hopefully you will end up with some meat off of it since you obviously put in some serious work to get it out.

It was nice to meet you goosehunter. Thanks for letting us hang out with you guys for a while. I think it was also cool that one of your guys whom id never met, actually hunted the same area in Minnesota that ive hunted. It truely is a small world among outdoorsman. Hope to meet you again up there. (Im thankful Bearklr didnt wipe our only means of transportation out on that mudhole by your camp)