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230am, almost to Montana. I cant wait to sleep in my tent, sitting in this truck is getting old lol.

Taking RT 94 all the way into Idaho.

Getting to the end of Minnesota soon, we will be stopping in Fargo North Dakota for dinner. Crazy the skies here are hazy from fires burning in Montana and Idaho.

Walking around a Cabelas in Minneapolis Minnesota. So far the ride has been a good one. Chicago sucked but not as bad as i expected. Very smooth sailing since.

We are about 2hrs out from shitcago...timed that terribly lol. We left at 1030pm, truck is getting a beautiful 15mpgs. So far so good. Will continue to update when im not driving. Thanks for all the well wishes!

Well its time, we will be heading out tonight. Pack is all set, coming in at 66lbs. 9 days worth of food, each days worth of food weighs just under 2lbs, each bag contains roughly 3000 calories. Went to a buddies place last week and shot out to 400 yards, all my data is set to 500 yards and looking good. My friend that is going...Definitely going to try and limit his shots to 300 yards and under. My bullet of choice for this trip is factory loaded Federal terminal ascent 175gr. Buddy is using Federal 165gr trophy bonded tipped ammo. We have 5 coolers in the bed of the truck totaling 615 quarts. This should do for 2 elk and a muley boned out. If more space is needed we will go cooler shopping. Current temps from the closest town i can get looks like highs of 60⁰ and lows in the low 30⁰s. Now this is Cobalt Idaho, which sits around 5k ft of elevation, we will be 2500-3500ft higher so im anticipating cooler temps. Ill have a big write up when we get back, ill have some pics posted on our way out but for now...wish us luck!

Happy Birthday

He is 13, last year he missed a couple deer during archery but shot a nice little 7pt opening day of gun. He has put alot of time in over the summer getting more proficient with his bow.

Well I may have to retire, little Zeek is fillin our freezer all on his own. We went out after half time of the Bills game, got settled in he was in a hang on and i was in a tree next to him in my climber. Nothing was stirring not even a mouse or squirrel. Eventually a fox moved thru and then a single grey squirel. Maybe 45mins later a doe comes strolling down a path that will take her within 15 yards of his stand. He came to full draw and waited for a clear shot. Honestly one of the coolest moments ive ever experienced in the woods. To see the emotion in him...im one proud dad. Doe went maybe 75 yards, shot was high but got both lungs, easy trailto follow.

Just had a small buck coming in and stopped dead in his tracks, looked up, turned and ran. One of us stinks bad i guess... sons teeth are still chattering lol

Just had a a 2 doe with a nice buck upwind of us, she had to spot my son moving i guess because she blew and off they went.

Son and i have been in for a bit now. Beautiful morning to sit in a tree, good luck everyone.

Welp my son has been doing his scouting before school when opening up the chickens. Group of deer moving thru our field a little before 7am everyday this week. We got up at 6am this morning and sat in our "shooting shack" on the edge of the field. Around 7:05 he spooted 2 doe moving from our right to our left in some tall grass. They made their way into a mowed section just under 200 yards out. One stop for a perfect broadside shot, i told him to aim just a little over the center line of her body. He shoots and she takes off 30 yards and is in our woods. Maybe 10 seconds later a doe jumps out of the woods into the field at 180 yards. I cant see blood on it and we quickly decide he should take the shot, she drops in her tracks. We make our way out and the doe in the field is a 1.5 yr old, definitely smaller than the first shot. I find good blood just into the woods and decide to go back to the house, shed a layer and grab a knife. We quickly pick up on the blood and its easy to see this deer isnt going far, 30 yards into the woods shes piled up. He has filled our freezer enough i can concentrate on just shooting a buck if one gets me excited the rest of the season. Im hoping in a few weeks to pack a elk in there so we may not need anymore venison. His goal is to get his first archery kill this year.

Just had a doe come in from behind and down wind...we got busted.

In a tree with my son. Bumped 4 out of our field on the way in. Just heard a shot at 615...

Got a pair of 10x42 Athlon cronus g2 for my elk hunt. Definitely nice glass for the money.

If were to have the funds to purchase a large chunk of dirt, it would definitely be out of state and most likely out west. Getting into a state that offers more diversity of species. Montana, Idaho, Utah would be on my short list to look into. Being able to hunt many species of big game in a relatively small area and also the amount of "state land" thats available to get lost on is a big draw.

I do that, target at 300 yards. Jog down and back.

Wanted to do a hike that was not roads around my house so stayed close by and went to Darien state land. Pack was 63lbs, got to try out the platypus water filter system in the creek, happy with how easy and fast it is. Headed to the lake George area camping next weekend, hoping to hit up some mountain terrain. Good day in the woods.

O yes, little Mario 3, TMNT, excite bike,Tecmo Super Bowl!

Haven't updated in awhile so i did a gear dump. Still need some things, like a merino base layer pant and mid layer pant. Food obviously not pictured, 2 light weight Nalgene bottles, and a hygiene kit. Im sure theres more but not off the top of my head. Pictured it weighs 40lbs, i have 20lbs of weights in it to bring me to 60lbs and been doing 5 mile hikes around the neighborhood. Will get it to 85lbs a few times before we leave in October.

The hogster? In its factory form yes but it eats them very fast. The extender with the 16650 is so much better.

New pup added to the family today. Meet Tikka, she came from a rescue, mom had 9 pups. Fitting in good here at Zeek acres.