Hoppin on a plane this afternoon for Wyoming again. This time it's just me and my old man. I'm really looking forward to this trip. It comes at a sensitive time. 4 weeks ago, we thought the old coot was not long for the world. Doc's found a large mass in his chest and prepared us for the worst. The prognosis was a large tumor, likely malignant, with probable lymph node metastisis. Well after lots of prayers, the docs were proven wrong. What they thought was cancer turned out to be nothing more than a large and fast crowing cyst, completely benign. We were blessed! He's still just a bit sore from the operation and the 8" opening in his chest, but he's getting better every day. Nothing a little Western hunting trip wont help along.
This will be Pops' first big game hunt. He got me started as a kid with a dove or quail hunt once or twice a year, but was never into the big game thing. I got into that on my own so it will be cool having the tables turned. Hopefully he can ground a nice one. That will be my first objective, then if I still have time I'm going to try to stick one with an arrow. Might be tough wearing orange and all but I'm going to try. Worst case, I'll whack one with the .270 just to put some meat in the freezer. Man I can't wait for tomorrow!
This will be Pops' first big game hunt. He got me started as a kid with a dove or quail hunt once or twice a year, but was never into the big game thing. I got into that on my own so it will be cool having the tables turned. Hopefully he can ground a nice one. That will be my first objective, then if I still have time I'm going to try to stick one with an arrow. Might be tough wearing orange and all but I'm going to try. Worst case, I'll whack one with the .270 just to put some meat in the freezer. Man I can't wait for tomorrow!
