Just got home last night. No one in our 5-person group took any animals. There were so many hunters out there, it was not uncommon to be sitting in the middle of nowhere, watching a watering hole and have someone walk by in front of you. I did see a bull and a cow, but they were about 600 yards out, so I just watched them through the scope for a minute. Lots of fresh sign everywhere we looked, but I guess they were just moving too much with all the hunters in the area. Too bad no one had a deer tag, we saw dozens of them.

I learned that elk hunting is not very different from deer hunting, which is something I did a lot growing up. I think I'll be better prepared and have some success next year. I really think I might like to try bow hunting too; don't know the first thing about it, but it sounds like fun.

We were in GMU 12 from Oct. 19-23. Beautiful country.