Date/Time: Sept 21st/0945
Location: SE Idaho, about 1.5 miles up the mountain from base camp
Pressure: Minimal
Terrain: Steep and pretty thick (10' high alder/huckleberry brush), some timbered areas, scattered game trails with a few well used trails in the area, a few natural wet meadows, and some nice saddles and benches
Tag: Bull tag, archery
Situation:
You and your partner have climbed up from base camp on the old pack trail marked in red from the south. On the way up, you worked a lone bull that was talking up off the trail but was not able to get a shot before he headed to parts unknown. Once you hit the top of the climb, you decided to crawl up the side hill to the knob where you sit now (X Hunters) and do some glassing. You see a group of cows with a nice 6 point (and one rag horn paralleling them) to your NW at about 10 o'clock. They are leaving the wet meadow, just above the wallow, and heading NE to the saddle between the two hilltops. You further are able to watch/see them cross the saddle and head down the hill side to their NW to a known bedding area. You're probably a 30 to 40 minute hike away from the bedding area. Weather is relatively calm with only the daily thermals doing their business.
Now, what's the game plan to try and bring one of the bulls home for dinner?
Reminder that if you save the image to your desktop and then open it up in MS Paint, you can mark it up with your travel routes, set up location (caller/shooter), etc., save it back to a JPG, and then add it to your post.
