first elk

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Lindsay has been preparing for her first big game hunt for several years. She shoots a bow year round as little as 1 day a week to as much as 4 days a week during the winter.

Here is a clip of her shooting her bow earlier this year

Shes also practices with the .223


Lindsay scouts with me year round and has been doing so for several years. I dare say she has seen more 200" bucks with me than any of my friends. Here is a photo of one of her earliest scouting trips
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She loves going shed hunting
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Her first turkey
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She drew two tags this year a general deer tag and a cow elk tag.
She wasn't old enough to hunt with a bow or muzzy this year for deer so we had to wait until the rifle hunt to go for the deer.
We had scouted up several good bucks for her to shoot. One in the 180's. She told me it was off limits and that buck was hers. So I left it alone hoping it would make it to the rifle hunt. The rifle hunt came and my work was going to send me to England two days after the opener so we had to pick a different spot then we scouted and give it a try.

Here are a few photos of opening morning. She ended up missing a big non typical Utah 1x2 at 440 yards. As I watched through the scope she would miss a foot high or a foot low. I don't know if she missed because her heart was beating from buck fever or because we had just ran a quarter of a mile to get into shooting range. Either way opening day came and went without a tagged buck.

Here are a few photos of opening morning deer hunt. We ended up putting in 9 miles on opening day and 3 miles on the next day.
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A broken hand didnt even slow her down
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Now it was time for her cow elk hunt. I have been after these elk for close to 10 years with a bow and have never tagged one. Both Lindsay and I drew tags this year for the Wasatch Front. The area is nasty steep. Throw in snow and it is hard for a grown man let alone a 12 year old girl. We got up at 4 am and hit the trail at around 5 am. We hiked between 4 and 4.5 miles one way without locating a single track in the new snow. At around 2 oclock in the afternoon we located one lone cow. The hike would take us another 1.5 miles up a steep snowy hillside. The hike took us another 2 hours to get to the elk so with darkness approaching it was now or never. Lindsay made a perfect 100 yard shot.

Here are a few photos along the way

A Christmas tree she thought was pretty cool
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Now the work started. We had to quarter it up and hang them in the trees. we feared the coyotes we saw on the way in would damage the meat if we left it over night. We had planned on bring in horses the next day to retrieve it but her uncle couldnt make it. So we were forced to hike in and retrieve the elk. All in all we put in close to 13 miles hiking in snow and steep country in two days for this well earned cow.
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Excellent! Great job Lindsay!

HOOK 'EM!
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Awesome, Congrat's to both of you.. One of the better threads I have read on MM for a long time..

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Beautiful story and tribute to the young lady's love of the outdoors. Keep it going Lindsay!

Eldorado
 
SW EXCELLANT POST AND PICS thanks for sharing...can't wait for the 2013 stories and Pics from your daughters adventures...

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