Blake's Archery Elk

Earlier in the year Blake put in for a limited entry archery elk hunt for the Wasatch Mountain area.  It was like he was a little kid the night before Christmas morning from the time he found out he drew out until the hunt was over.  He prepared all summer.  He and his brothers went to a couple of different areas to put up some trail cameras.  If you talked to Blake, you could not get away from him without talking about the hunt.  He got some pretty cool pictures in the meantime on the trail cameras.

The hunt opened Aug 21 and ended in the mid part of Sept.  He went opening weekend, but no luck.  He kept going out and still no luck.  The last week before the hunt ended Blake, his brothers Ryan and Kevin, and his buddy Rick went out one last time.  The hard work finally paid off.  He shot a 6x6 elk I think at 40 yards. 

Blake and one of his buddy's Rick

Blake and one of his brother's Ryan

We will now have a new decoration in our home.  I was pretty excited for him.  Secretly, I wish he didn't get one.  Right now we just do not have the room for it.  The bright side is hopefully this is a sign that one day we will get a slightly bigger home.  Only time will tell. 

The only thing is this really puts a cramp in my style for decorating for the Christmas Season.  When the elk is done being mounted, the only place with a tall enough ceiling is in the living room.  I told Blake he better be prepared to take it down so it does not over shadow my Christmas tree.  He suggested that we just get a Santa hat and a red nose to put on it.  He is a true man with that comment.  We have quite awhile till it will be done.  Until then, we will have to see.