Archery Elk Hunt

Rett got an archery elk tag this year and planned to take the week off to hunt with his Dad. He didn't get a chance to do much scouting beforehand, but they have hunted this area a lot in the past, so he was just planning on seeing if he could find out where the elk were at, and maybe getting close to them at some point during the week. He started out early Monday morning and got right in the middle of a herd! Lucky man! He was all by himself, so no one got to see him bask in his glory. But his boys were sure excited when we got the text message and saw that Daddy shot an elk with his bow! Rett shot it way up in the hills, and couldn't get a four-wheeler to it, so he had to do quite a few trips within two days to get it packed out. He was a tired boy, but that didn't stop him from going back to work on Wednesday. He got to save three days of vacation since he got the elk so early in his week! Yay for Rett. We are so excited for our mighty hunter. This one isn't as big as the one he shot when I was with him, but any animal is a trophy when you're bow hunting. Although, he made the "mistake" of telling the boys that if he shot one they could put it on their wall. And that is the first thing they said to me when they saw the picture! Crew was ready to take things off the wall, and thought he was getting a full shoulder mount. When he didn't see the cape attached when Rett pulled in he was a little disappointed. And we had to explain to him what a European mount was. And we'll see....I'm not sure that it will even fit on their wall! It's also nice to have the meat. And Rett tells me this is actually pretty inexpensive meat since he didn't really buy anything but the tag for this hunt. Crazily enough, we just bought half a beef for our freezer. So it's a good thing we have another one. We just have to clean up and organize the ducks that are in it! Anyway, we were excited for Rett and his hunt. And really excited that he came home early to be with his family!