Ted's Success

While I didn't fair that well this season, my friend Ted managed to harvest this nice buck.

Ted's arrow after a complete pass through.

Ted is in his treestand and I am standing in the area where he shot the buck. The buck went about 60 yards after being hit, a nice shot by Ted!

The game cart makes things a bit easier.

River Bottom Hunting

Living in Montana, I am very fortunate to have a hunting area only a few minutes drive from my house. While this area is convenient, it does have its drawbacks. Being close to an urban area, dog walkers and kids playing in the woods are not uncommon sights after settling in to my treestand. My friend Ted took these pictures. Thats Ted's tree stand and his target/decoy. After a morning of seeing a few dog walkers that managed to scare away a few nice bucks and a doe, I headed over to Ted's stand and we both did some target practice.

If you look hard you can see me up in Ted's tree stand in the background.

This is me in Ted's tree stand. My stand is about

150 yards away from this one.

The target is approximately 20 yards away from me.

Ted showed me this scrape that he found not too far from his tree stand. This well used scrape is on a line of scrapes within the area.

An exciting scrape close-up.

Return to Spanish Ravine

The September 23rd trip to " Spanish Ravine" was foiled by fowl weather. While we saw some Elk sign we ended up not seeing or really hearing anything. So I returned a week later. I was accompanied for a day and half by may friend Mark, and the second day by my friend Ted. Unfortunately shortly after Ted showed up the weather again turned fowl and didn't help out our hunting opportunities. While Ted and I did manage to call in a bull elk, he never revealed himself to us.

Near the Summit of North Point

Even if you don't get an Elk, late September is a great time of year to be out in the woods.

Cold and Lonesome!

Adding a Layer.

Ready for action.