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I finally got with the real world a bought a new phone, a "smart one" (new Samsung Galaxy s5)
I will say that the new forum setup is better when using it on a phone, I was getting a little frustrated with it on my outdated phone and laptop.

But I'm still trying to figure things out so I'll see if this works

It seems like the order of the pictures are goofed up. Sorry

Trying to get this video. There's only a couple seconds of good clear video.

Awesome times! I actually really like hunting deer in Oregon. Everyone says it sucks but I always seem to have a great time. Looks like you have been having a lot of fun.------SS

Great times with family, cool pics. Sure looks fun to me also.

It has been a ton of fun. I see that in the previous years I had kids forgotten what hunting was really about and was putting to much pressure on myself trying to kill big animals. And although it is VERY REWARDING when you do, I honestly think it is just as rewarding seeing a kid get his first animal. I've come to realize that it is more about how the hunt happens than the actual kill.
I don't know if anyone remembers a post I made about t years ago. I did a solo backpack hunt and killed a 4x1 bull . Called it into range, shoot it in the heart, then pushed it out 4.4 miles out of the wilderness to my truck all by myself. When I look back at all my elk hunts, I would put that higher on my list of favourites than the hunt that I killed my biggest bull- a 6x7 that scored 327 or my next biggest. -a 6x6 @304.

Those were great hunts, but not near the effort and challenges were put into them as the little 4x1.
Another thing I look at, I don't know if I could pull off that hunt anymore. That was a real ballbuster! I'd like to go again, but I would definitely have a neat packet on speed dial! Maybe I'm just getting old

Good on you for not only taking your own kids out but also your nephews!

And, believe me, I know about "getting old"! My cousin got a medium sized cow less than a mile from the road. A few years ago (or maybe a couple of decades) the two of us would have been able to get it out whole in maybe two hours as it was mostly down hill the entire way. We drug that thing on a sled for about 200 yards before we decided to separate the hind quarters from the rest of the body. Worked much better and only took about 3 hours! We did have a heck of a time getting the front half alone into the back of the truck. Pretty much finished us off yet we still had the hind quarters to get in!

Now I know what I was told many times when I was younger by my elders. Youth is truly wasted on the young!

Great job KB! That was a great shot by your mom. It must run in the genes? WTG with your nephew and kids. It's guys like you, that do the most for the future of hunting. Thanks for sharing the hunts.