Archery malfunctions, mishaps and misses
Something as small as dirt and leaves can stand in the way of taking your best shot at a bull elk. An invaluable lesson was learned this archery season in checking your release for grime and debris to ensure it's working properly, because out in the elk woods, precision matters. (Mineral Independent/Amy Quinlivan)
Three headlamps bobbed along the gated mountain road, boots treading lightly yet swiftly as my husband Christopher, our surrogate hunting father Mike, and I trekked toward our early morning waypoint.
The spot on OnX Maps that we had marked the afternoon before was where we had turned up a gnarly sounding bugle, tempting us numerous times. Unable to navigate down a hellacious slope to the bull’s fortress of a ridge, the three of us agreed that coming back the next morning would give us ample time to make a less brutal approach.
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