Why Hunt? Why Now?

As I said in my first post, I didn't grow up hunting. I don't know how many guys in their late 30's wake up one morning and say "I need to go out in the woods and kill some animals". Believe it or not, that's kind of what happened.

I can probably blame my friend Andy. Andy taught me a lot of the basics when I started to learn to fly fish. Andy DID grow up hunting, so his fly tying room was also the trophy room for his elk and turkey hunts. That got the ball rolling.

Somewhere over the last few years I decided...

Hunting is good.

Hunting is primal.

Hunting is a tradition I want to establish in my family.

Hunting is fun.

I'll explore this points in future postings, as there's more on my mind than I can write in a few paragraphs.
For now, suffice it to say that I've got my hunter safety card, I'm lucky enough to have a friend who's helping me learn, and I'm eagerly awaiting elk season!

Stay tuned.

The Hard Part is Getting Started

2006 will be my first Elk hunt in Colorado. My intention is to share the experience of a rookie elk hunter so that others might benefit from my experiences - the good and the bad. I didn't grow up hunting, so it suprises even me that I'm doing this. I explain my motivation and the obstacles I've already overcome very soon.