Come spend a few days in my elk camp

[Mark Normand]

Excellent trip Sherpa, very much enjoyed the read.  Really an education in itself for new/1st timers. There's a LOT of valuable info and do's/don'ts in your pics and postings.

I hope you continue to post these fine extended writeups.

Mark

[Bob G]

WOW !! If only I was 30 yrs younger. The hunt of a lifetime. Beautiful pictures.

[Missouri Sherpa]

David,

Sorry to hear about your knee.  95 pounds is a bunch but a good llama can handle it for a ways.  I have found that at 60-70 pounds the llama will wear down about the same time that I do.  More than that and they wear down quicker if we are going uphill.  They can do good with 90+ for 6 miles going downhill if they know they are going home.  We packed in with no more than 50 pounds and I think they could carry that all day every day.  I give out long before they do at that weight.  

I used to hunt solo but took up a partner to appease my wife.  Best thing I ever did.  I might have had trouble staying motivated on this last trip if I were going it alone.

Good luck with the knee.

John Berger

[tmccall]

WOW! WOW!!  WOW!!!  (I just don't know what else to say...)

[Rocky Reimer]

Hey Sherpa.....Very Very Nice!...congrats!...best thread I have read!!!!!

[el cazador]

Wow!  Absolutely incredible!  Thanks for taking the time to share your pics and story with us.

[Hornseeker]

Wow...I cant see all the pics, it would take all night to download them...but I saw lots of them. Great job showing us your trip and great job on that bull!

Congratulations!

Ernie

[Ken999]

WOW!...great pictures! Awesome hunt...

[Missouri Sherpa]

To the top for Jeff Holchin.

[knife river]

Thanks for taking this to the top -- I don't know how I missed it!

Like so many other folks have said, THANK YOU.  This was simply amazing.

[Jeff Holchin]

Great story and photos, sorry I missed them earlier.  For the first time, I was watching two rutting bull elk about 6 miles in from the truck and talked myself out of going after them.  I am seriously considering pack animals, and need to decide soon between horses, mules and llamas.  I like to hunt solo for the freedom it provides, but it has its limitations once an animal is down.  

That sure was a nice bull you killed! Sorry that you and the llamas took a beating.

[flungonin]

Sherpa,
Greatful for your camera and your sharing this with us. Your llamas deserve a break just as you do. Thanks for going and giving it your all cause we certainly appreciate it. You have photographed what dreams are made of and have given color to them thank you. Totally awsome.

[Traxx]

I was thinkin the same thing,that Erik said,so what he said.I just cant get enough of them pics.

[Yance]

Wow what an awsome hunt.

[Joe D]

Excellent Pics!  

[Ted Fry]

That's it Im done for , better sell everything and move out into the mountains . All these beutifull pictures show me all this town living is for the birds.
Thanks for sharing them.

[JDinPA]

That is a fantastic hunt that I would love to do someday.

[DesertDude]

"Thank You"