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This was a third season Co hunt.
First day we hauled into camp about 15:45 and set up camp. That night we were in one of the most violent wind storms I've ever weathered in the mountains. You could hear the wind coming down the valley and then it would hit our tent and shake it untill you thought it was going to explode around you. About midnight trees started to blow down they sounded like a canon shot when they broke off and then came crashing to the ground.
We evacuated the tent and spent the rest of that sleepless night in the truck parked in the middle of a field where no trees could crush us. The picture below is of one of the trees that fell across the road (Taken several days later) but was stopped by a forked pine on the other side. These were big mature healthy pines not dead fall, just to give you an idea of the wind.
The Next morning the wind stopped and it was snowing very nicely. Just enough for tracking Elk....
First day we hauled into camp about 15:45 and set up camp. That night we were in one of the most violent wind storms I've ever weathered in the mountains. You could hear the wind coming down the valley and then it would hit our tent and shake it untill you thought it was going to explode around you. About midnight trees started to blow down they sounded like a canon shot when they broke off and then came crashing to the ground.
We evacuated the tent and spent the rest of that sleepless night in the truck parked in the middle of a field where no trees could crush us. The picture below is of one of the trees that fell across the road (Taken several days later) but was stopped by a forked pine on the other side. These were big mature healthy pines not dead fall, just to give you an idea of the wind.
The Next morning the wind stopped and it was snowing very nicely. Just enough for tracking Elk....
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