Raymond Cow Tags....12 yr old Daughter

[PA BEN]

Going to head back down late monday because the daughter wants to hang at home a little longer. I would again like to thank all the members who have helped so far.

[lokidog]

She needs to get her priorities straight.     Gotta keep it fun though.  Good Luck!

[PLUVIUSWAPITI]

PA BEN, I will be out trying to chase down a blacktail in the morning. When you get into town give me call. I will try and do some scouting in the morning for ya. I have another area for you to check on thats real close to green crk, but a different way in.

[PA BEN]

Thanks, hope to be on the road by 2pm so no hunting tonight, 3 1/2 hr drive. I'm going to bring my game cam this time to cover more areas.

[PA BEN]

At first light yesterday we saw about 60 to 70 head out in this field but they were way in the back. We geared up and went way around and up to the field. It was 15 min.s before shooting hour. By the time we got to with in 300 yds we took a peck over the bank we were behind to see the heard moving into the timber It took us a long time to get over to move into the timber. The wind was bad so we moved way down wind and then cut accross to them by the time we cut there trail they were long gone. I wanted to cut back down wind and move up on the ridge but my daughter was very hot and started to feel sick. It was rainning hard so we went back to the pick-up to dry out. We looked around until 11 and went back to raymond to dry out and gear up for the evening hunt. Boy did it start to rain then and the wind started to blow hard. So we sat in the pick-up and whiched the field. I thought they would come out in the same place where they moved into the timber in the morning so we could step out and get a shot. But at 4:48pm shooting hr is 4:55pm they came out about 450yds out in a different field. There were only 25 to 30 this time and there was not time left in the day to move on them. Hope to see them this morning in the same field. Going to get there early and set up befor shooting hr.

[ANDERWAGON]

Good luck today!  We know your doing your best to get here a shot but remember her having fun and the experience with dad is success also.

[mrgoodwrench]

Just jump on the tracks and take it nice and slow with her.  60+ elk will leave a rut that looks like a D-8 has been there.  You should be able to sneak up on a herd that big and pick off a slow cow from the back as they feed through the timber.  It'll give her a nice short shot too!

[JJB11B]

Best of luck to you guys!

[buckhorn2]

Have you had a chance to do any steelheading during the day. Hope you get your shot sounds like another front coming.

[PA BEN]

Have you had a chance to do any steelheading during the day. Hope you get your shot sounds like another front coming.

Did some last week but the river was to low. Now it's blown out

[PA BEN]

Yesterday morning we moved into an area about 3 10's of a mile form the truck and came accross a small group of elk feeding through the timber, I could have shot one but it wasn't a good set up for her. I sat my daughter down w/shooting sticks thinking the elk would move out in the open right below us. We stayed put for about 25 min.s but they moved into a draw to our left. With the wind in our face, rainning and gusts up to 20 it would be a good stock. As we moved I glassed a head but no elk we could see beds all over so I thought they might have bedded down. About that time they started to move out into the open single file, set her up w/the sticks but they were moving then the lead cow stuck her head up and took the heard strait away. They were bunched up tight, she said she couldn't get a shot so I pulled up and one cow stepped to the right and stoped. It was about 200 to 250 yd shot. Just as I shot she started moving again. I could see when I shot I missed. We only saw the tail end of the heard when we first saw them. After the lead 25 or so went up about 25 or more came out of the draw behind the rest. Same thing not moving to fast, the shot didn't seem to spook them to bad with the wind and all. She still couldn't get a steady shot, I could have shot one of them but I needed to fallow up on my first shot. I felt good it was a miss but you have to make sure. We looked for blood and found none. We followed the heard for about 2 1/2 hrs untill they went into this s#!t hole. My Daughter was tired and getting hung up in the brush and I was soked to the bone. No blood no dead elk. We sat in the wind and rain last night but no elk. My wife came down today. We hunted this morning and I had to have her in Raymond at 10 for my wife to pick her up. We went out for some food and sent them home to PA. She had lots of fun and wants to elk hunt again, but she put in 7 1/2 days of hunting with me and wants to go home. Now it's up to me to put our years meat in the frizzer.

[Bob33]

I hope the memories make up for the empty freezer.  Great story - thanks for sharing.

[PA BEN]

No elk tonight, It was a good set up the wind was right and if the elk came out the way they did two nights ago I would have had a 100 yd shot. But like most nights elk hunting no elk but rain. I forgot my shooting sticks so I have to get them. This little mistake decided my hunt for the morning. I will set up in the field before daylight if no elk I will get my sticks and head up to find them. I was going to go up top and come down but I will hunt up from the bottom. It looks like the elk are in the fields at night so they shouldn't be far up.

[PLUVIUSWAPITI]

PA BEN, hunted Elk crk this afternoon couldn't find anything. Gave my boy your cell # so if they see something up around the towers in the morning he will call you.

[PA BEN]

Thanks. I hope they get one. Like I said I was going to go in on the power line where you put us on the elk the day before. But the bottom is just as good. BTW, thanks for all the help. Hope to have meat to pack out tomorrow.