The early snow ahead of first rifle definitely moved the herd I’d been watching during the late summer and early fall, so wound up spending the first two and a half days trying to find them… when I did, they were in private land and would never come to the national forest when bugling or chirping at them… woke up to a screaming banshee bull Monday night last week, 5 times between 3:30 and 5:30, but come dawn he was a ghost. If I only had a moose or deer tag, I would have been fine… saw 4 of each and once at the very same time… ever had a mule doe and moose come poke their heads out to see who was bugling and then have the doe snort three times at you as she trots away? That was fun.

Next up is a buck tag for unit 20 in second rifle… so I’ll be up there again soon, Hummer!