tntrker
WKR
Had a backcountry elk hunt booked for 1:1 11 days Archery and discussed with the owner over the past year, about my “dream hunt” no expectations just seeing, hearing, and stalking elk and the anticipation of experiencing the backcountry camp. Hunt was to be Sept 6th-16th.
So owner calls me the morning of the 6th. 11am was the meet time at the trailhead. A 2-3 hr horse ride from there would put us into camp. Now I had left SC Friday evening to drive to Montana through Yellowstone. That left plenty of time for me to take an 8 mile hike in Yellowstone to help get used to the altitude, something a year of CrossFit could not prepare me for. During the call, the owner claims the camp is not “fully” up but cook tent and my tent was up. The guide was to take me to camp and go into hunt mode, while he, the owner would come up not long after and finish setting up camp and have supper ready when we finished out hunt.
My guide was and hour late. He had just gotten back from a pack trip with visitors into Yellowstone. He was the camp cook playing guide for me. He was a cool kid and we got along great and knew every day would be better, weather wise, for better hunting.
So owner calls me the morning of the 6th. 11am was the meet time at the trailhead. A 2-3 hr horse ride from there would put us into camp. Now I had left SC Friday evening to drive to Montana through Yellowstone. That left plenty of time for me to take an 8 mile hike in Yellowstone to help get used to the altitude, something a year of CrossFit could not prepare me for. During the call, the owner claims the camp is not “fully” up but cook tent and my tent was up. The guide was to take me to camp and go into hunt mode, while he, the owner would come up not long after and finish setting up camp and have supper ready when we finished out hunt.
My guide was and hour late. He had just gotten back from a pack trip with visitors into Yellowstone. He was the camp cook playing guide for me. He was a cool kid and we got along great and knew every day would be better, weather wise, for better hunting.