Made it out of the Moose hunt alive. Typhoon from Japan came up and drilled us with 70+mph winds. Wind/Rain 9 of the 10 days. Horrible hunting conditions for calling/glassing. Saw 6 brown bear and 6 moose (one legal bull but two miles away unapproachable due to river conditions). We did get to sixty yards on one of the grizzlies (Brad with a bow me with a camera) but winds swirled and he busted right before we could get a shot). Nonresident season ends today so we opted out of the last 5 days to scramble for a last second dall sheep hunt instead. Leave tomorrow for that and can check back in Sunday with pics and stories from it all. Pretty wild adventure that I'm just glad I survived. Other hunters were dropped in our plan A drop off spot the day before we got there so we settled for plan C. They ended up with a 74" and 68" moose. Pretty bad luck on our part. 0 for 2 on bowhunts so far. Did get my friend his first pronghorn though so haven't completely struck out. I shot my first red fox with the bow on this moose hunt as well. I'll be hitting the elk woods at a similar time to you guys, scheduled to be back in Montana on Monday the 22nd. Good luck fellas and shoot straight.
Sounds like a crazy hunt Trevor, good luck on the sheep and elk. I packed everything up, did a little fine tuning on the bow and put the broadheads on (new ones, the ones I've been shooting are getting dull) and put new batteries in everything. I'm ready, just waiting for Thrusday.
Safe trip Dave! Be careful driving! Better now then on the mountain... Sounds like a plan... Sounds like you got it under control...some would freak out to no end, but with modern equipment, anyone can have a bow sighted back in, in no time...Good Luck! Sounds rough - good luck on the sheep...and the Elk!
I got the oil changed and the tires rotated, so the Tactical Prius is that much closer to becoming Camp Prius. However, I think I caught ebola in the waiting room at the dealership. Feeling sickly.
I am getting 4 new tires put on the truck now and new shocks, turns out I had a busted spring so it's an expensive day.
Is this good advice for where we will be driving or is this for a different portion of Colorado? "Of course the road is paved and of course the turns are geared to faster speeds. Their are two things you need to be mindful of when driving. When going up, you really tax the car engine. If you have a 4 cylinder car, you will probably need to be in the right lane and you won't be going the speed limit as the car cannot go that fast on those grades. If you have A/C and it is summer, you may want to turn it off to give your car more power. Going up, it is always good to watch the temperature gage since hot days will be hard to cool the engine and it is being taxed. If you have a 6 cylinder car or an V8, then, you will be able to go close to the speed limit or more going up. I still suggest you monitor the temperature gauge. If you are towing ANYTHING, then it is even harder on the vehicle... Stay right and go slow. Big Semi Trucks are a bit of an impediment as they only go 20 miles an hour on those grades when full. Going down hill... the biggest concern here is riding the brakes. If you keep your foot on the brake the whole time, the brakes get hot and will lose some ability to work. Most people do some downshifting in their vehicles... If you drive an automatic, go down in 2 on I-70. Of course you use your brakes, just don't use them all the time. Be careful of dropping into first gear as that is hard on transmissions... you really need to let the weight of the car get you down so don't use the gas pedal very much on the steeps."
The little hamsters under the hood of my prius haven't had a problem keeping the speed limit going up hills. However older cars (of any engine size) may have trouble. You'll often see big rigs parked at the pull over areas on the top of hills cooling off. Brakes overheating is bad. Definitely do not ride the brakes. Downshift (or use the engine brake if you have a prius). I have had my brake fluid boiling on my chevy truck twice. Once, slightly, when I was coming down the mountains with 7000 lbs on my trailer. Another time when I had a smaller trailer behind me but it was a 10 mile long 6-8% grade descent and the guy in front of me was going waaaay slower than my truck would roll in first gear. (Don't be that guy!) By time I got to the bottom, my pedal would go all the way to the floor... without much effect. Which reminds me to remind ya'll.... mind the big rigs. They need to go fast down the hills and slow on the upside. Try not to get in their way.
You're going to let a FIB drive?? You should be fine. If I remember correctly, the speed limit on I70 in the mountains isn't all that fast. Just try not to sightsee and drive. The yellow signs with the recommended speed limits should be taken somewhat seriously. (Even if the locals completely ignore them)
Its really not that bad where we will be. Mostly curves that you need to be mindful of. I don't recall any really big grades and some narrower roads you need to watch out for rv campers and semi's that may get in our lane slightly.
