2016 Elk Bow Hunting

It's always a pleasure hunting with my nephews in the Pacific Northwest. It's about enjoying the outdoors, hunting, male bonding, and reflecting on our daily hunt experiences. Some question could arise from each hunt, how we can be better hunter during each hunt as each year pass, what could we have done better, and was our setup in the correct location? With each lesson learned, we can improve our hunt.

Hunting with a bow is very hard work. In order to gave you a better chance of being successful you need to learn; learn and practice shooting your bow, learn and be very familiar with your bow equipments, learn and tactics of engagements (setup), and learn elk language and calling to attract them.

The easy part is after the elk has been put down. Dressing and packing comes easy for me because I've learned undressing animals when I was a young boy taught by my father and older brothers.

I always seems to get the heavy loads when we pack out? Perhaps I'm more in shape then my nephews which are younger than I. That does not make sense?

During my hunt I was able to record calf/cow calling about ~80 yards from me.
https://youtu.be/4L1at3Ybdoc

Pacific NW Lobster Mushrooms

Prior to our hunting trip for mushrooms in the Pacific NW.  We also brought along a guide book to compare it to. This is our first time foraging and eating it. We did a lot of research and came to the conclusion that it's the color of cooked lobster.  My wife and I took our two youngest kids on a mushroom hunting trip this past Labor Day weekend. We found these giant Lobster Mushrooms.

 For cooking, my wife sautéed it in olive oil, unsalted butter, fresh garlic and rosemary and seasoned with salt and black pepper. It was really good!



A short video clip of me picking a Lobster Mushroom.
https://youtu.be/bV6_tL5c_64

Enjoying the outdoors and find new things to eat.  Hopefully in the next few weeks I will share some more clips and stories of new mushrooms...