October 9th - 17th 2012 Hunting in Malad, Idaho
October 10th 2012 Day 1
Beautiful overcast morning with very little wind.
This is Elk Mountain looking East North East or so.
We had heard several shots just as it started to get light. Most were on the other side of the highway (West).
Zach was uneasy as Randy and Rick started heading off the beaten path.
It was a great adventure though. Even if I did need help traversing my 4 Wheeler down a steep trail that was barley big enough to walk on. I was scared too, but no time to panic. Dad knew what he was doing.
This was about 100 or so yards from where Zach and Dad shot there dear. Randy got his 3 x 3 and Zach got a real nice Doe.......Bu I forgot to take a picture of until it was bound to the 4 Wheeler....... Really nice glamorous shot.
Zach is learning how to glass for dear.
One shot and she was toast. One shot one kill.
Zach practiced shooting for several days before we went hunting. I made him get about 80 practice shots in before we went live. I think it helped build his shot confidence.
Nice 3 x 3 with a big body. Uncle Rick shot at this dear while it was up on the top side, which scared it ove to us. Randy got the shot of. I was a preoccupied and unable to shoot, or I would have got him...... Maybe.
This is Zach with my dear. I felt bad that I didnt take a picture of him with his dear so I took this one, but in the process forgot to take my own picture with my own dear...... Oh well.
We spent the next several days chasing Uncle Ricks huge Mule dear buck. It just about ran Randy over one day, and Rick another day. I never did see it close enough to see horns, but we know it was big. This is one of his hiding places where he could see anyone coming from hundreds of yards away in any direction.
A reward of the outdoors is the scene around you, just as some of the elements are the punishments.
There were so many Box Elder bugs that you could have used a scoop shovel and a broom and filled a garbage can in the mornings
As it warmed up in the daytime these nasty little
repulsive critters would come to life from what seemed a pile of dead bugs. I kept thinking of rise of the living dead, which made it even more disgusting to me.
This is not a very good picture, but you get the idea of how it works.
Cool at night they fall down and go boom. Warms up they pop up and say "HELLO"
These last few pictures are of the barn where I hung my dear. I wish I had taken more pictures of the cabin and the grounds around it, because this place is awesome.
Drafty old barn with a dirt floor and really old hardware.... Hinges some of which you will see in the next 3 photos. I just should have taken a few of the other stuff.
Same building just a wider view. That building to the right is where Randy and Zach have there dear hanging.
Now this is the kind of stuff I think is really cool. Yet, others probably jus walk past and give it no second thought.
This hinge was obviously made by a master blacksmith from way back when. I dont ever remember walking into Ace Hardware and asking for one of these. Because I would have asked for all of them. Just cool stuff like this all over the place.
A better angle to see how it is fastened to the gate. Again, I wish I had taken more pictures of this stuff because it is very cool stuff and interesting to me to see how well they made the things they needed.
OK. Now this is just a sign we saw at the restaurant in Malad that we ate at. I laughed................................... I say no more.
I hope you enjoy these photos, Zachary, Dad, Uncle Rich and I had fun and look forward to next year hunting there..... Hopefully.
