My friends and I are DIY horseback elk hunters.  We usually hunt different parts of Colorado.  Last fall a friend of mine from the Wide Rack Ranch in southern Ohio, Mike Connett, told me about a good elk hunt he and his friend went on in New Mexico.  They both took nice bulls with bow.  We decided to put in for this hunt.  We ended up drawing our tags although I didn’t really expect to.  So, Lord willing we’ll wait for 2009 to go back to Colorado.  The picture is my son Thomas and I in 2004 with two elk that my friend Rick Browning and I took.  Two bulls in 3 days with our Mathews bows.  Wow!

My friends Rick Browning, Mike Dean, Joe Nemecek, and I have drawn our 2008 elk tags for New Mexico.  We are really excited about this as we have never hunted this state before.  The picture here is me in Colorado last year calling in a 5 x 5 bull that I took with my bow 2 hours after I took this picture.  Rick Browning and I have hunted elk together for 5 or 6 years.  Mike Dean went with us last year for the first time.  This will be Joe Nemeceks’ first time on a horseback Elk hunt.  He is a Cowboy from Oklahoma.  I worry about him being able to “Handle” a trip like this.  You have to be pretty tough……..

I am already making plans for this fall’s hunting seasons. So far my plans include trips to West Virginia, Colorado, and my home state of Ohio. Pictured are my best bucks to date.

 The Ohio 2008 turkey season started out with a “BANG” or should I say 2 or 3 of them.  Pictured is Wade and his dad JB and friend Mike Dean after a morning hunt.  Wade captured the whole thing on video.  Wade gave Mike some lessons on “calling” while he was here visiting from West Virginia.  Just kidding.  Mike is an expert turkey caller.