A few years ago, I was elk hunting with an over-the-counter tag on the back side of Pike's Peak with a buddy of mine. We jeeped in as far as we dared and camped around 10K feet. We hadn't seen anything for the first two days and decided to hunt down lower the next day. We got up well before sunlight and headed down the mountain on foot. About a quarter mile down hill, by buddy realizes he forgot to load his M1903. He headed back up to camp and I continued on. It took him almost two hours to make it up and back down.

MAKE SURE YOU HAVE BULLETS IN YOUR GUN WHEN YOU GO HUNTING