25 October, 2007
Hunting Camp~ with Stearns Outfitters
Posted in : Girls Just Want to Have Fun, Outdoor Adventures on by : TetonTrekker Tags: Camping, Hunting, Snow, Stearns Ourfitters
October 16 ~ October 21
View from Brooks Lake Lodge Tuesday
After several years of Sharon promising (or was it threatening?) to take me to hunting camp I got the invitation from her husband, Forest, with one week notice. It was a working trip, she was my boss. Camp was 5 miles on horseback behind Brook lake lodge. The lodge is about 60 miles north of Jackson, just over Togwotee Pass at 9200 ft.
~ Brooks Lake Lodge ~
Below ~ View from Brooks Lake Lodge Sunday
Below ~ The cook tent
~ The Drinking Water ~
Weather Report
Tuesday: No snow
Wednesday: 3" snow
Thursday: More snow
Friday: RAIN!
Saturday: MORE snow!
Sunday: Bitter cold, no more snow.
Sharon and I took out a load. Both of us were wearing Long John's, jeans, snow pants, 2 shirts, heavy coat, (plus a rain cover for me), wool socks, wool lined pack boots, ski gloves, a warm hat, and a can of bear spray.
My horse was named Duce. She had only 2 speeds, mosey and trot. I had to peddle her to get her to walk up to speed with the rest of the mules. The 2 hour ride to camp was exhausting. On the way back to the lodge I found one more speed.. "there's the ranch!" When I got off her at the end of the trip I told Sharon that is all the riding this city girl can take for one day. My bum was sore!
~ After I left the sky cleared and the hunter got his elk ~
Hunting is a way of life in Wyoming, many families have their children hunting when they are old enough to responsibly hold a rifle. We teach our kids that hunting is not about killing. We hunt for meat, elk is my personal favorite. My son shot his first animal when he was Katie's age. It is part of growing up, With Katie and Kyle both they learn to respect nature and do allot of growing up in the process. BUT a girl's got to have her priorities!
Several years ago:
Katie tells her dad she wants pierced ears. Dad tells her she can have them when she shoots her first elk. Katie immediately writes it on paper and makes her dad sign.
Hunting Camp 2007:
After the hunter got his elk Katie and her dad went together to hunt for an elk. They spotted one near camp and Katie took her shot. She hit the elk with her first shot. When the elk went down and she was praised for a job well done by her proud father, what did she have to say for herself? "YES! Now I get ears pierced!"
The human spirit needs places where nature has not been rearranged by the hand of man. ~Author Unknown
Mom, wife, computer geek, web designer, musician, board member, ski bum, bicyclist, camper, glamper, fishing woman, treasure hunter, bookkeeper, office wizard, blogger, vlogger, foodie, and Pampered Chef Independent Consultant, trekking through life in Jackson Hole, Wyoming
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