It's Jerky Time!

Jeff was successful in bagging this 6 point elk on the opening day of the big bull hunt this past Saturday - September 17th.  It came in around 300 points with 16" brow tines.  They were in Deep Creek on Mount Dutton.  He got it around 4 in the afternoon and spent the next day and a half getting it out on 3 pack horses besides their 3 they were riding on.  They left Friday afternoon and were planning on camping out under the stars.  However a huge thunder and lighting storm was raging and they came back off the mountain, picked up our little camper and roughed it in relative warmth and dryness at least for the first night.  The second night they were too far away to make it back and were thankful that at least it wasn't stormy that second night. 

Brad and Justin Reeve - father and son went along with Jeff for the hunt.  An interesting note is that Uncle Tony taught Brad in Hurricane when he was a teacher there. 

The view of  Deep Creek on Mount Dutton.  It's hard to tell how steep it is in this area, but Jeff said the elk kept trying to roll down the mountainside.  It was really quite deep, more than what you can see too.  He said Brad and Justin had a small chainsaw with them that they had to use in cutting their way out at the bottom of the ravine. 

Two of the 6 horses, Bud on the right - Jeff's oldest horse (22 years).  The other horse belongs to Troy Henrie.  Another interesting note - Troy and my cousin Kelly Heaton served missions together!  It really is a small world!