This past weekend was really fun and we were able to fill my cow tag that a drew out for the LaSal mountains on Redd Ranches. We woke up early on Saturday morning and headed to the mountain. Easton, Davi, my mom, dad, Dallen and I were all able to go. Hunter had a football game later that afternoon so he stayed to get ready for his game.
As you can see, we had a successful morning and were able to walk away with this. Here is how it happened: The six of us were driving around to a place where my dad had picked out for us. My dad mentioned that around the corner he had been seeing elk hang out there but didn't know if they were still hanging around. As we drove around the corner, sure enough there was a herd of about 20 cows with a bull right where my dad had said there would be. I was sitting in the passenger seat with my dad's 7mm gun and hurried to get a bullet in the chamber. I had a little trouble getting the bullet in so my dad assisted and I was able to get a shot off. I made a pretty good shot and the cow dropped not too far from where she was standing. Dallen finished her off with one last shot and that was all it took.
As my dad has always taught me, the shooter does the gutting so I did the job with a little help from everyone else. We were able to get the elk loaded up, skinned, and off the mountain to the butcher in Moab by about 9:00 a.m. It was a great cow hunt and just the kind of hunt we needed to get back to Hunter's football game later that afternoon.
Hunter is a stud. Dallen and I were able to go watch his football game over the weekend for the quarter finals against Milford. He did a great job and the team won 38-12. They get to play in the semi finals next weekend and then state is the weekend after that.
It was a pretty windy day (as you can see) but Hunter had a lot of support from family and friends that came to watch him. We are happy we were able to come down and spend the weekend with the family. Good luck Bucks for next weeks game!
This past weekend was really fun and we were able to fill my cow tag that a drew out for the LaSal mountains on Redd Ranches. We woke up early on Saturday morning and headed to the mountain. Easton, Davi, my mom, dad, Dallen and I were all able to go. Hunter had a football game later that afternoon so he stayed to get ready for his game.
As you can see, we had a successful morning and were able to walk away with this. Here is how it happened: The six of us were driving around to a place where my dad had picked out for us. My dad mentioned that around the corner he had been seeing elk hang out there but didn't know if they were still hanging around. As we drove around the corner, sure enough there was a herd of about 20 cows with a bull right where my dad had said there would be. I was sitting in the passenger seat with my dad's 7mm gun and hurried to get a bullet in the chamber. I had a little trouble getting the bullet in so my dad assisted and I was able to get a shot off. I made a pretty good shot and the cow dropped not too far from where she was standing. Dallen finished her off with one last shot and that was all it took. 
As my dad has always taught me, the shooter does the gutting so I did the job with a little help from everyone else. We were able to get the elk loaded up, skinned, and off the mountain to the butcher in Moab by about 9:00 a.m. It was a great cow hunt and just the kind of hunt we needed to get back to Hunter's football game later that afternoon.
Hunter is a stud. Dallen and I were able to go watch his football game over the weekend for the quarter finals against Milford. He did a great job and the team won 38-12. They get to play in the semi finals next weekend and then state is the weekend after that.
It was a pretty windy day (as you can see) but Hunter had a lot of support from family and friends that came to watch him. We are happy we were able to come down and spend the weekend with the family. Good luck Bucks for next weeks game!
