Hoping for a "killer" weekend! LITERALLY.

Considering there are only 27 hours until departure I better get an update out. I need all the fingers crossed and good lucks I can get for my weekend in the wilderness.
This Saturday starts the ARCHERY ELK HUNT and this year I've got the license to KILL....
a Big Ol' Grampa Elk.


Some of you that know me, won't be totally surprised, because I have gone before. But it has been A LONG time and even I am a bit surprised/nervous/anxious that I could kill a HUGE animal with a bow and arrow.

Dad, of course, is going andwill be sniffing out, calling in and wide eyed whispering all details of attack. He's the gears behind this trip. I also talked my sister Shelly into coming along to ensure my sanity and of course pure enjoyment. She will also be the photographer/videographer of the trip. Which should make for a great slideshow afterwards. It'll be awesome!!

This Elk hunt is not just any old elk hunt either. My dad has been putting preference points in for me each year for 14 years. These are points that you pay $5 to receive. The more you have the more likely you are to draw out on "Limited entry" hunts which means Big Bull Elk areas, Moose, Bear...etc. My dad has been asking me for years, if I was ready to put in for the "Big hunt"? My 3 answers were usually the same. Eh? no dad, I have soccer and I can't miss. No dad. I don't really want to go. or NO way dad..I'm having a baby here.

Well this last fall, I got the annual question and thought a little longer about it then decided, what the heck. Let's do this. He also offered to pay which made the decision that much easier. Killing animals these days is kind of expensive.

He put me in for the ARCHERY ONLY Limited entry Bull Elk Drawing. For the San Juan area. Which about 1500 people put in for and only myself and 20 others actually drew out.
I got my letter in the mail that confirmed my results in May and since then.....Well, I've been wondering what I got myself into. haha. And of course I've been shooting my bow and trying to get all geared up for this BIG weekend. I have a month to get an Elk but a weekend too really make it happen. If I don't get one....It'll take A lot to figure out work, kids, church, time to make it down again. So, the pressure is on.

I wrote a little of my hunting history and then decided against it. If interested it can be read here.

**And I know. Some people, especially those that were NEVER around hunting, are VERY anti hunting and anti killing anything for that matter ....In fact, I married one. Which does make me laugh just a little. Because, Dave is seriously meant to be a Buddhist. Did you know:
-He never kills a spider, no matter how ugly it is. Always catches it and sends it on it's way outside.
He may KILL me for this though...also
-I've caught him "saving" earthworms from the porch of our 1st house during a rain storm. Because heaven forbid they writhel up and dry to the concrete.
I'm just saying. It's a bit mind boggling for both of us. He thinks I'm a barbarian or something....haha. But is also sweet enough to support my adventures and my "Breona.com #20" moto.......By watching the kids at home. He is too kind to even consider being a bystander.

Here's a glimpse of what I've been up to the last couple months..