The Idaho Elk Journey: "Living in the Mountains" (part 2 with pictures)

[BowTechExperience]

 Wow Matty, that was an excellent read and a great adventure/hunt you guys had. Even though there was no kill, you guys have those memories as trophies that will last a life time. Thanks for sharing. I would love to do something like this before the lights go out.  

[PREZ]

Sounds like a great time....nothing like elk country.

[lefteye]

Great write up and pics, Matty.

[Sykk Physh]

Matty when I lived in Idaho for abit it is mind blowing to witness the endless wilderness .. A lot of guys don't understand how the elevation hammers you.. Definitely a unique trip.. Coming to this state is always hard to take..

 

Joe

[PV216]

Awesome trip and pictures. Sounds like you guys had fun and that's what it's all about.

[bigwuhead]

Thank you for sharing!  Beautiful pictures and a great trip.  Sometimes it's pushing ourself to take the adventure and to live it, that make coming home with tag soup not so bad.  Incredible adventures are worth it.  You'll go back and you'll get one.

[Gruntmaster]

Fantastic trip of a lifetime.

Great pics and trip details.

Good to see your home safely. 

[Matty]

Thanks all. Really was amazing to get out there and finally go on my dream hunt.  I'll do it again, I have to. Having the trip cut short left me so fired up to keep going. I can't get elk off my brain now.

 

I still have a lot of pictures and even a tiny bit of video to share, but I just haven't had a chance to add it yet and not all of it's in my possession. Unfortunately, most of the time I was so "in the moment" and in hunt mode, that I forgot to take video, but I have a short clip where you can hear a bull bugling back at Dan in the distance. (Can't see the bull, but can hear him)

 

I also have a little footage of a nice herd with a couple good bulls, but it's from a long ways away. Those were eventually the elk we got into, but the first night was the only time I actually took any video footage of them. The rest of the time I forgot.

[jerseyhunter]

Nice story, details and pics. Can't wait to see more.

[DV1]

Congrats on doing the trip Matty, sounds like a great time. Now you've got a problem because you are going to want to go back every year. Do it now when you're young. Wish I started taking those trips earlier in life. Your writing made me feel like I was back in the Rockies, thanks. If you're like us, you've already started preparing for next years trip.

[robnj]

Nice adventure.