The Mighty Hunter Returns

After the long awaited Elk tag, you would think that Lonney would have a bigger smile on his face. He was on cloud nine when he got home and couldn't stop smiling and talking about it. Of course, he came home with some entertaining stories as well. He shot this
6 x 6 Elk, Saturday afternoon in Northern Nevada area 23.

Poor Cody was very unprepared for how cold it really was up there. Lonney thought that they would be good with the clothing and gear for the weather in Northern Nevada. They guessed wrong...They were so cold up there, that hand wipes were frozen solid. To top it all off, the heater wasn't working in the trailer they took up.

The Might Hunters.... Zach, Ryan, David, Lonney, Cody and Scott (Scott is taking the picture)

I was very shocked to see exactly how big an elk really is. I knew they were huge, but not this huge. The butcher weighed each leg and they are 80 pounds each! The total weight was about 1200 pounds.

Unfortunately, all this means is that there will be yet another dead animals head hanging up in my house. On a side note... David WAS physically up there to help with the hunt. However, his heart and soul just wasn't into it. He is so twitterpatted that whenever someone said "Deer" he thought they were saying "Dear" and quickly looked around for Giulia (his fiancee).