The only time lately that I get to see my sister-in-law is for play dates with my nieces or the holidays. So, when I found out she had the Tumalo cow tag, I was really excited to take her out. I know that area very well, and I couldn’t wait to get her out there on the hunt. It would be a time to relax from the chaos of the work week, the stresses of raising kids, and just get out into the fresh air and enjoy ourselves.
We got started a little late, when I arrived to pick up Becki, the lights were off at the house, and the dogs and kids were all asleep still. Apparently, they had accidentally shut the alarm off, but my consistent ringing of the doorbell didn’t allow them to sleep much longer. She was ready in no time flat, and once her dad showed up with her brother we were set.
Becki and her brother Matt
It was a pretty warm morning and we hiked out to an area where I know there are elk. We glassed around some ridges for a while and didn’t see anything, then ventured to a nice draw that I thought would be a good place to spot something.
Hiking out on the rock rim looking for elk
We got out to the area and only found some couple day old tracks making a thick trail up the draw. We figured they had been in there in the past few days and we would have to come back after they made their big trek they always seem to make on a weekly basis. We had to be patient, and she will go back there with her husband in a few days. Hopefully, she will strike gold so to speak, and get a cow.
At least we saw some wildlife
Even though we didn’t get to see any elk, we had a ton of laughs, mostly on her brothers behalf. We had a great bonding time and I look forward to going out again. At least we were able to stop by the elk farm and spy a glimpse of what we really wanted to bag.
All that hiking made Matt a tired boy
The bid old shed horn we found, ha ha