Had a great time this year. September’s hunt was hot. Not as in seeing any animals but is in temperature. Connie and I spent 5 days in Northeast Washington. Saw lot of tracks but we were pretty sure all the animals were moving at night. I mean it was really hot. We did have an Elk sneak up on us while we were in the ground blind. We set up our blind pretty close to a game trail. I told Connie that nothing should come from behind us. Any guesses where it came in at? It tore off when it realized that something wasn’t right. Kinda cool!. But at the same time not.
My friend Doug and I did some scouting for late season. We took his tent trailer to an area I got drawn to hunt, north of Spokane Washington. The first nite we got there and shortly after calling it a night. Doug almost got pushed out of his bunk by a bear. We had come to rob our camp of any goodie he could find. Doug got him to leave. About an hour later here he comes again. And all we could hear is something gnawing on something.We open the trailer door and there stands Yogi. Yelling at him, pointing flashlights at him did nothing to make him leave. I gave Doug my 45 gun. Doug fired a round towards him. And Yogi just stood there and looked at Doug as if to say ” That the best you got” And after about 5 to 10 seconds left. This camp site must be his favorite. Because we went back up there a couple weeks later and someone had grabbed that camp site. We noticed that their cooler and a tote with food in it was destroyed. Stupid bear!
Late season was just the opposite. Cold and snow. I hunted with my buddy Doug and we did see a few Deer. What we had tags for were Deer , 4 point or better. That’s a minimum of 4 points on one side. So you know we were looking for an older deer. No luck. We did have a Bull Moose at 24 yards. That was pretty cool. He had no idea we were even there.Until Doug grunted. That’s when he look over to where we were at. Were sitting in a ground blind. The moose hears Doug’s grunt. And all can think of , this moose is going to charge us. Now what. After a few seconds he wandered off. Connie hunted closer to home. She got a shot at a 4×4. Unfortunately they lost the blood trail. And it looks as if it ran onto private property. So our deer count in the freezer is the big old fat goose egg. All in all we had a blast hanging together in the forest. And the time we spent with our friends was awesome. So today we prepare for next years hunt. Nine more months and counting. Next up is fishing. Let see what we can do this year.
Til next time! Cherish you family and friends. None of us knows how long we’ll be around. Tell someone how much they mean to you before it’s to late! Peace.
This years travel plans…
Some of our travel plans for this year. Connie and I are going to meet up with my sister Nancy and her man Scotty, for a week in Florida. We are going to do the Disney World thing. Can’t wait. Mom and Dad are coming in early June, and Leavenworth Washington is always on the books for them. So a couple of days there. Dad loves his german sausages and dark beer. And we love hangin with them, eating dogs and drinking dark beer. I can not tell you how special it is for me to sit with my Dad and have a beer together! And later in the summer we are planning a trip to Yellowstone park. Going to take my father in law, sister in law, her grandson ( i know he is family but where he is at on the family tree to me is a mystery) our grandson , Connie and myself. So that is in a nut shell a couple of our plans. Til later! Don’t forget to thank God every day for his love and grace.