bad spot for a mine shaft!

[elkslayer338]

Found mine shaft when on Elk hunt two years ago. Returned and put a aspen down in it. It was tucked next to a spruce and hard to see. during the summer with growth you could walk right into it. When I first found it it was while on a stalk. I was trailing a small herd of Elk so I was watching them when I creped up to that spruce.I moved one of the lower limbs to step behind the tree and darn there it was 4 foot wide and 20 foot deep.

nasty spot for it to be all flat Plato so you would not expect it.

Next year we will mark it on the GPS and inform the forest service or Fish and Game.
here is the video

http://www.muleymadness.com/forum/download.php?id=889

 

[Marty]

Wow. A good reason to carry surveyor tape.

 

[fishnhunt]

That is scary...I wouldn't want to fall into that. One of the reasons I always carry flagging (that and it's good for marking blood trails). A similar thing happend to me when I was working for the fremont-winema national forest. I barely avoided driving a truck into a hole...When I got out to check it out I ended up over hip deep in the road. Good thing I didn't drive any further.

 

[baboltin]

wow that could be very dangerous good thing that you guys realized it before you feel in it.

 

[Kentuck]

Saw an article last year where a hunter found a bull elk in an old cellar once. Was a pretty interesting read about how they got it out.