OUTDOORS & REC
B2 — THE OBSERVER & BAKER CITY HERALD
SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 2021
THANKFUL
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horizon. I could feel dark-
ness approaching — an
impenetrable cloak meant
to shield the world from its
own inhabitants.
In years past, I had seen
mule deer in the familiar
meadows, and packed a
buddy’s elk on a pack string
after clawing our way up
from the jagged bowls of
the canyon bottom. My
only encounter this day
was cutting the tracks of
a lone cougar and wolf,
both on the same trail, and
both the diameter of a soft-
ball. Worn out and cold, I
headed for camp only to
suff er the fi tful sleep of fall
wilderness tent camping.
Awaking the next
morning, the sky was
incredibly clear with a bil-
lion shimmering stars.
Within an hour, the warmth
of golden sun would breach
the eastern tree line,
ending my frozen torment
for 11 glorious, yet labo-
rious, hours of searching
for backcountry bucks.
Standing peacefully over
the hiss of my pack stove
as the soothing aroma of
hot coff ee curled up, tick-
ling my mustache, I stared
wide-eyed at the fi rst
twinge of pink kissing the
low horizon.
The black silhouettes
of surrounding evergreens
stood tall and fi rm like the
sentinels of dawn. And
unexpectedly, a bull elk
let out a single bugle, not
100 yards from camp. His
guttural squeal echoing
around the edge of the
meadow sent a chill down
my spine. I prickled with
goosebumps.
Emotion spurred by a
single, well-timed elk bugle
brought a deep apprecia-
tion for our nation’s wild,
public lands. My love of the
wilderness, fi sh and wild-
life, and my thirst for these
experiences are owed to my
grandparents and the heri-
tage they passed on. In that
serene moment, I refl ected

Brad Trumbo/Contributed Photo
Fishing with the elk on Yellowstone’s Madison River.
Tom Claycomb/Contributed Photo
The app for the Mantis system displays on a cellphone the shoot-
er’s movements. The blue line shows movement before the shot,
the yellow line shows movement during the trigger pull, and the
red is after the shot movement.
PISTOL
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I think we always have to
try to improve ourselves
or else we fl atline. I don’t
want to say that you can’t
ever retire and relax, but
... Lol, maybe not, or you
will become irrelevant.
My daughter went
out shooting yesterday
and came home and said
“daddy, I think I shot
over 300 rounds today.”
Wow, she too has gone
overboard with her
momma!
I don’t have a clue
Brad Trumbo/Contributed Photo
Marvin Shutters and his mule, Peanut Butter, take a break after unloading camp supplies in the Wenaha
Wilderness.
on the teachings of my
grandparents while waiting
for coff ee water to boil
and Marvin’s awakening.
Somehow, his sleep came
easy, and apparently sound,
based on the rumbling
snores that no doubt fended
off the wildlife overnight.
Marvin and I packed
out with nothing more than
our camps on our backs,
but there are many rewards
to come from a wilder-
ness experience, no tag-
punching required.
These are merely two
remarkable moments in
a sportsman’s life, where
virtually limitless oppor-
tunities are available to
all of us — the Amer-
ican public. As we share
in our Thanksgiving
feasts and late fall hunts,
making new memories with
friends and family, take a
moment to give thanks to
those responsible for set-
ting aside our public lands
and parks. Thank our mil-
itary brethren who serve
to ensure our freedom and
opportunity to enjoy our
nations resources. Thank
your friends and family
who accompany you in
the outdoors, perpetuating
America’s rich public lands
heritage and opportunity.
where she’d get that from.
So, I’m on a quest to
fi nally become a decent
shot with a pistol. Here’s
my game plan. I left the
Mantis X10 with Katy
and am on a plane right
now fl ying to South
Dakota (hopefully have a
pheasant hunting article
coming up soon). I’ve got
a Umarex CO2 BB pistol
that I’m going to practice
dry fi ring and also doing
some live fi ring with.
I’ve got to do some-
thing. Katy smoked me
when we went shooting.
I’m scared to fl y back
home now!
D
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ANC
November 27th & 28th
Brad Trumbo is a fi sh
and wildlife biologist and
outdoor writer in Waits-
burg, Washington. For tips
and tales of outdoor pur-
suits and conservation, visit
www.bradtrumbo.com.
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