Sceleton Cupcakes!
The usual Halloween traditions were a "bit altered" this year! I am usually the only one who dresses up and David doesn't. He usually stands by and thinks I am just his crazy wife! We have spent the last few years just hanging out at home, handing out candy to the cute little neighborhood kids. The most festive thing we did was carving pumkins! Well, not this year! The day started out quite early @ 4:30 am for David, he was headed out to go hunting with Kurt. They both went there seperate ways on the search for the perfect elk. After a few hours and passing up about 5 or 6 big ones there was a shot and then a phone call. On the phone was one super excited guy saying he had shot a BIG ONE! (that's what he had to tell me- I didn't know all the fancy talk at that time) He found his prize 6X6 elk!
Then the search began- he had shot the elk, but it had run down the hill into a ravine into a spot that made it quite difficult to get it out of! His dad and him ended up riding it down the hill and wrestling with it for a few hours untill they could no longer get it any farther by themselves. At that point me, papa and mom came to the rescue to help them the rest of the way out! This is how we found him- 
now he has dressed up with out me! He had been laying on the side of the hill soaked to the bone waiting! It was quite the adventure to get this elk down the side of the hill the rest of the way! It took all of us with the help of a big sled and the trusty six wheeler! Then he got to "ride" it down the road a ways so that we could get to a spot that he could be loaded into the truck!
So, about 4:30 pm and a long 8 adventurous hours later we got this monster of an elk the whole 3 miles back to the house. By this time he was wiped out! He managed to finish processing the elk and passed out for the night! Next came his many days of telling everyone! Can you blame him? This thing was big! We shall now enjoy the benefits of this kill for many months to come and the many years of seeing his antlers on the wall! These are just a few more pics to show a better view!
Then the search began- he had shot the elk, but it had run down the hill into a ravine into a spot that made it quite difficult to get it out of! His dad and him ended up riding it down the hill and wrestling with it for a few hours untill they could no longer get it any farther by themselves. At that point me, papa and mom came to the rescue to help them the rest of the way out! This is how we found him- now he has dressed up with out me! He had been laying on the side of the hill soaked to the bone waiting! It was quite the adventure to get this elk down the side of the hill the rest of the way! It took all of us with the help of a big sled and the trusty six wheeler! Then he got to "ride" it down the road a ways so that we could get to a spot that he could be loaded into the truck!So, about 4:30 pm and a long 8 adventurous hours later we got this monster of an elk the whole 3 miles back to the house. By this time he was wiped out! He managed to finish processing the elk and passed out for the night! Next came his many days of telling everyone! Can you blame him? This thing was big! We shall now enjoy the benefits of this kill for many months to come and the many years of seeing his antlers on the wall! These are just a few more pics to show a better view!The super happy hubby!
The antlers are half the size of his body!
These are what will be on my wall in a few months so that he can stare at them all day!What great adventures and hopes of a bigger one next year! Can you see a big head on the wall?
