Well, my belated thanks to all you nice folks who have offered belated congrats. Sometimes we get lucky. 😀

And Brent — Glad to see you here. Hang around and join our conversations.

I’m still hunting on a late-season cow tag, but since right after I killed that bull, back on the 17th, my hunting area has been elkless. First rifle just started and I have hopes the pressure will move them from whereever they’ve disappeared to, and back down my way. Ain’t never seed nuthin like it afore. Downright spooky out there night after night in dead total weird silence, feeling and likely being the only large living mammal on the mountain. Maybe the gods of hunting are telling me not to be so greedy. dave