Travis and I finally made it out of town together. yeah! :) It's been way too long since we went on a mini vacation together. Our friends Nick & Mindy invited us to go with them to Nick's Grandma's house in Fillmore Utah again this year and to go scouting for his deer tag coming up in a couple weeks. The weather was a little warmer than expected, but yet again it was still in the 100's in Vegas. Up at the higher elevations it was cooler and the trees had already turned from red to yellow. It was gorgeous!
Friday morning, Mindy, Nick, Cael, Travis and I got up before dawn to scout for deer. We saw a few elk, does and 1 spike. We also ran into a couple grouse, but no bucks worth following. Our ATV ride was 6 hours long with lots of dust and bumps. I definitely got a core work out sitting on the back of our 4wheeler. The next 2 days we went out with the guys in the afternoon and enjoyed General Conference in the morning.
While waiting for the guys to return we spotted a bunch of turkeys on the hill behind Grandma's house. They're wild and just way cool to see such huge birds roaming around.
The last afternoon up on the mountain I went on a hike with Trav. On our way back in he spotted 3 does and then a good size buck. We somehow got in a position for me to take a picture of him and discovered that he's a pretty good size non-typical. Still needs some height, but pretty cool drop downs and everything. So the guys got pretty excited about that and tried to find him again the next morning with no luck. Nick's uncle and cousin had tags and did find a buck to take, but his cousins' muzzle loader didn't go off when he pulled the trigger. Just wasn't meant to be for that buck.
Overall it was a such a nice trip for Travis and I to just get away and relax and enjoy the outdoors.
Friday morning, Mindy, Nick, Cael, Travis and I got up before dawn to scout for deer. We saw a few elk, does and 1 spike. We also ran into a couple grouse, but no bucks worth following. Our ATV ride was 6 hours long with lots of dust and bumps. I definitely got a core work out sitting on the back of our 4wheeler. The next 2 days we went out with the guys in the afternoon and enjoyed General Conference in the morning.
While waiting for the guys to return we spotted a bunch of turkeys on the hill behind Grandma's house. They're wild and just way cool to see such huge birds roaming around.
The last afternoon up on the mountain I went on a hike with Trav. On our way back in he spotted 3 does and then a good size buck. We somehow got in a position for me to take a picture of him and discovered that he's a pretty good size non-typical. Still needs some height, but pretty cool drop downs and everything. So the guys got pretty excited about that and tried to find him again the next morning with no luck. Nick's uncle and cousin had tags and did find a buck to take, but his cousins' muzzle loader didn't go off when he pulled the trigger. Just wasn't meant to be for that buck.
Overall it was a such a nice trip for Travis and I to just get away and relax and enjoy the outdoors.
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