It was May when I found myself in the middle of the “what hunts do you have planned for this fall” phone call.  As I told my cousin Michael my fall plans he told me his and mentioned an OTC Archery Elk hunt with one of our buddies and invited me.  I quickly said yes without asking too many details.  After my wife gave me a “maybe” I quickly got online and bought the tag; I sent a screenshot to my buddies, there was no backing out now.

I spent the next couple months training, learning to call, watching YouTube videos and getting my gear ready.  We planned the hunt to be seven days of hunting, right in the middle of September.  The hunt was here before we knew it.