Well I was lucky this year and drew a toutle cow tag. I decided to hunt on the state land and set up a camp to let my daughter get the real feel for elk hunting on her first trip. We hunted from camp all morning finding lots of fresh sign and I knew it was only a matter of time until we got into them. We were walking on an old closed skid road when I spotted elk below us in the timber walking along us 100 yards away. I stopped and cow called and immediately got an answer from a cow. I set up in a shooting lane with my daughter spotting for me. The first elk to come out was a baron lead cow. I took aim and fired. The cow jumped and then the rest of the heard ran out in front of me, three more bulls. I waited for what seemed like forever" like 30 seconds" and the cow came stumbling out of the brush and leaned up next to a tree. I waited for a few seconds and when she cleared the tree I shot again and she hit the dirt. After getting my daughter calmed down we went down and found the cow a few minutes latter. I did put one more in the head because the first shot was a liver shot and the fallow up shot put her down but not all the way out.
We had a moderate pack out of about 1/4 mile, which took us three hours
. It was a great hunt and trip for us only having one full day to hunt.
