Horses mules blood sweat and tears. The pack out

[Alchase]

2018 in the Frank. Most stressful hunting trip if my life


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[kellama2001]

LOVE that one!

I would love to see his string or any shots Kellama

I'll have to see if anyone in my family still have any photos, after he passed a family rift occurred and one family member ended up with the entire estate; photos/mounts/rifles and all.

[Fletch]

Some great pics!

[C-Money]

This trip was with my Dad, and friend of my uncles, from back in the 90s. Dad killed this 5x5 late in the evening on day 4 of the hunt. A long, LONG ride out in the dark put us back in camp well after midnight. I went back in the next day with Phil, my uncles friend, now our friend, to pack out the bull. We went in the same way we came out. Was a lot easier in the dark as you could not see the certain death cliff we rode for at least a 1/4 mile. You could reach out and touch the rock wall on one side, and fall to certain death on the other. As long as your pony stayed on the narrow trail, you were fine. Riding this in the daylight caused a ridge to form in the center of the leather stretched over the seat of my saddle. Wish I had a picture of that section of trail, but I remember not wanting to mess with a camera for some reason....I really took in the scenery of where Dad killed his bull while we were breaking the bull down. Dad made a good shot on the bull. The bull fell, and began to roll. About the time it was really picking up momentum, the bull hung up in a down pine on a "flatter" spot on the mountain side. As you can see in the ivory collection picture, had the bull rolled much further, he would have had a long way to go to the bottom. Sure glad I have these memories with my Dad.

[2MANY]

Wife packing out one of her bulls.
Getting the kids started young.
Bad Mule.




Good Mule.

[2MANY]

Chow time.

[Mfowl]

Awesome pics! Great thread!

[boneaddict]

Here is a Vintage 74 pic for you.   

[highcountry_hunter]

2018 in the Frank. Most stressful hunting trip if my life


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I spent the whole summer before the trip breaking colts for people in order to pay for the hunting trip, neglecting the pack horse training on my own horses. Mine were in shape from team roping all summer but they’d only done 1 practice ride with pack gear.

After 11 hours driving, we had to chain up all 4 on the pickup and 1 axle on the trailer for the last 5 miles to the trailhead. 

From the time we left the trailhead to our planned camp spot (21 miles) we had countless wrecks and rodeos. It took us significantly longer to get there than expected so it was full on dark when we got there.

We’d never set my wall tent up with logs before, just with a kit I built out of conduit. It took us 2 hours to get the tent up and almost multiple fist fights.

And that was just the first 48 hours!


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[300rum]

Well, did you shoot anything?

2018 in the Frank. Most stressful hunting trip if my life


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Sounds like a story wanting to be told 

 

I spent the whole summer before the trip breaking colts for people in order to pay for the hunting trip, neglecting the pack horse training on my own horses. Mine were in shape from team roping all summer but they’d only done 1 practice ride with pack gear.

After 11 hours driving, we had to chain up all 4 on the pickup and 1 axle on the trailer for the last 5 miles to the trailhead. 

From the time we left the trailhead to our planned camp spot (21 miles) we had countless wrecks and rodeos. It took us significantly longer to get there than expected so it was full on dark when we got there.

We’d never set my wall tent up with logs before, just with a kit I built out of conduit. It took us 2 hours to get the tent up and almost multiple fist fights.

And that was just the first 48 hours!


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[300rum]

I think @boneaddict is thinking about getting back into it.....

[highcountry_hunter]

Well, did you shoot anything?

2018 in the Frank. Most stressful hunting trip if my life


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Sounds like a story wanting to be told 

 

I spent the whole summer before the trip breaking colts for people in order to pay for the hunting trip, neglecting the pack horse training on my own horses. Mine were in shape from team roping all summer but they’d only done 1 practice ride with pack gear.

After 11 hours driving, we had to chain up all 4 on the pickup and 1 axle on the trailer for the last 5 miles to the trailhead. 

From the time we left the trailhead to our planned camp spot (21 miles) we had countless wrecks and rodeos. It took us significantly longer to get there than expected so it was full on dark when we got there.

We’d never set my wall tent up with logs before, just with a kit I built out of conduit. It took us 2 hours to get the tent up and almost multiple fist fights.

And that was just the first 48 hours!


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Nope. We got snowed out 4 days in and had to pack back out. Hunted the next few days from the truck and got into elk but weren’t able to seal the deal.


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[boneaddict]

I think @boneaddict is thinking about getting back into it.....

I have been sniffing the September air like a ruttin’ bull

[300rum]

Yep, had a good ride today in and out of the timber, too bad the mountains were covered in clouds. 

I probably should have been more specific, you thinking about getting stock once again? 

I think @boneaddict is thinking about getting back into it.....

I have been sniffing the September air like a ruttin’ bull

[Alchase]

I think @boneaddict is thinking about getting back into it.....

I have been sniffing the September air like a ruttin’ bull

You know you have it bad when you catch your reflection and realize you got the whole lip curl going on.