What a trip.......RIMROCK....

[Geno]

I've been following your hunt from start to finish, I think you  guys did everything you could to be successful. I bet you wouldn't trade the priceless memories with your dad and bro for any set of antlers. That is what made it a successful hunt, that is what it is really all about. Your day will come to fill a bull tag and hopefully your dad and bro will both be there to celebrate with you. I enjoyed all of the pics and living your hunt through your great story telling. Thanks
Geno

[bullcanyon]

Rimrock is not even close to what it was even 10 years ago.  The numbers just aren't there.  A bull permit in that unit is every bit as hard as a general tag on the west side.  I know a guy that is a hard core son of a gun that ate tag soup in there last year.  Doesn't matter what any of us say it still is a gut feeling that sucks.  We've all been there.  The big picture is that you, your bro, and your dad got some serious bonding time in.  Can't put a price on that.

I feel for ya man
Kris

[backwoods_boy]

Thank you so much guys.......
Even though we had empty hanging poles in camp as i said before this trip was a success....
i just hope that my bro and dad are as hooked as i am for the years to come. i really think they are.
my bro and i had some really close encounters and i think he felt the thrill of the hunt at its best.
and I will be back every year no matter what until the day i cant walk.

[jake]

sounds like a good trip man, wish there would have been some elk down but hunting is about the memories made, like ive said before if i had your tag i would have been hunting the same areas thats where i would put my money. so i guess i would have had tag soup as well but who cares its time in the woods. ill hit you up sometime this week.

[Red Dawg]

I have hunted Rimrock plenty of times and know the area very well. That is one of the toughest area's around to hunt due to the never ending supply of thick brush. Anyway congrats on the great hunt.

[flashover52]

Nice summary -- sorry you guys didn't get one. I'm going to send a PM as I think I might head that way for the late archery. Need some suggestions on the best maps you found.

[backwoods_boy]

the best map for rimrock area is a map we found at the ACE hardware in naches.  Its waterproof and was updated feb 2008.
its the one we used the most it has all the roads on it and lots of names of places.
it was only 10 bucks

[ArtistNhunter2]

Hey Backwoods Boy,
Thanks for your story. Sounded pretty successful to me, especially getting togehter with your dad and brother. "See you next year" kinda says it all!
Hope the info I gave you helped. Maybe I'll see you up there next year too.

[backwoods_boy]

Yup,
the way i see it this tag was a learning-tag.
i learned a ton more about elk habbits, about tracking them, about the weather movment patterns and most of all i learned that patience is more important than any skill a hunter can have. 

I also understand that i did the best i could possibly do considering that we didnt live in naches or selah... . 

i mean its not like we could scout every day since august and then bag two mashers the first two opening days of the hunt.  But good for those guys who could do that. 

I am a few years short of 30 and the way i see it is that getting the basic hunting know-how when i was young and then having an experience like this year under my belt, that i am on a good track to become a better hunter every year. 

Hunting is something that i am very pasionate about and something i can look forward to every year and i have many many years of walking the mountains ahead of me.

Thanks Dad for dragging me to elk camp back in the day.