Subconcious must have it figured out

It really must, because yesterday, I hardly thought about elk hunting at all. Yes, I know. Amazing. I've got some other stuff going on that seems to be the focus of most of my "bandwidth" so I figure that's what happened. Of course, there was a hazardous weather warning yesterday for the exact area I'm planning on hunting. I could think of only two results of the 30+ mph wind and excessive lightning...either it'll burn up the little patches of green timber that do remain or it will blow down many of those dead trees. The latter could be good or bad I suppose, bad because I'll have to clamber over more down trees, good because it'll hopefully mean some of the weaker standing-dead trees will drop creating a little bit safer environment for me. Or I suppose it could blow trees over the jeep track I used to get in there. Hmmm, that'd be bad. I could take the chainsaw in the off chance something like that happened, but then would have to leave it in the back of the truck for anyone to take with them. Perhaps a good axe would work just as well....or, I'll just end up hiking an extra mile.

I was thinking about the camp I'm going to make though. So that pack I have is kinda small and the longer it sits in my room, the more I try to stuff in it or lash to the outside. I DO need to take some more odds and ends, and am now thinking of packing like a gallon of water to leave at the tent instead of just in the truck. I'm also thinking I like the idea of perhaps some oatmeal or Raman noodles for breakfast/snack. So that would require a little bitty pot and a stove. I'm starting to think about the amount of food I was planning on taking and it simply isn't enough for the amount of time I'm going to spend out there...plus they are just MREs, it might be nice to have some trailmix with me also. Ahhh! Sometimes over-analyzation is a bad thing. So, looking at the pack last night, I figured that much of the room occupied in the main compartment is from the sleeping bag. I know it would kinda stink to carry something in my hands on the way in, but I will probably end up carrying that and putting more important things inside the pack. I can still lash the bow to the back of it, so that at least will be out of my hands.

Well shoot, I guess I did think about this yesterday, because I also thought about my original plan. I was going to get up early on the 3rd and possibly throw a bugle out there...from the camp. Can you imagine though, if I did that and had an elk come up behind me and see the tent!? Hmmm, and I'm sure it'll stink up there from all my camping stuff, so that might not be the best idea at all. I suppose I could bugle down the north side of that ridge and if I get anything responding, I could quickly move toward it to cut it off. And if I don't get an answer from that direction, I could hustle to the south side and do the same. I don't know...but I suppose it'll all work itself out in the end.