The morning hunt was along the western edge of Routt National Forest below Sand Point. We hiked in while it was still dark, found some aspens near the boundary and spread out. Hunters had reported seeing 30 cows there the day before and we hoped someone would get a shot. It wasn’t to be. At 10:00 we headed back to camp and to Craig to pick up my processed cow meat. After returning to camp and storing the meat in coolers we headed back into Routt National Forest for one last hunt. We hiked down “Little Bear Road” which was marked with a sign as being a dead end, but in fact joined another road.
We found a nice ridge to sit on and spent the evening there. I had my Marlin .30-30 and a bull tag while Dave had his 7mm Remington Magnum and a cow tag. Dave went further down the ridge while I stayed high to glass some far clearings. It was a beautiful evening but nothing was moving – we didn’t even see deer. We hiked back to the truck, arriving as light was fading fast.
The next morning we spent several hours packing up, stopped in Baggs to pick up our deer, and headed home.
We found a nice ridge to sit on and spent the evening there. I had my Marlin .30-30 and a bull tag while Dave had his 7mm Remington Magnum and a cow tag. Dave went further down the ridge while I stayed high to glass some far clearings. It was a beautiful evening but nothing was moving – we didn’t even see deer. We hiked back to the truck, arriving as light was fading fast.The next morning we spent several hours packing up, stopped in Baggs to pick up our deer, and headed home.
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