Its so damn expensive to do anything anymore,, with license, gas, gear and food and that stuff it makes it hard,, especially with all the regulation,, putting everybody in the same place at the same time,, then no hatchery fish hardly anymore in the places I liked to fish... My passion was river/creek fishing,, I like to just catch and release,, keep a few hatchery fish to smoke...

Hunting I do it, to spend time with my brother,, I mean I like it but not like Steelhead fishing... This year I had terrible luck,, Elk hunting I ended up killing a cow in a bull only area,, totally by accident she was behind a bull and I did not see her,, killed her dead as [Bleeeeep!],, scratched the bull barely...

And then deer hunting this year,, hunted my ass off,, I hunt around my house ,, saw chitloads of deer but only a couple 2 points... Several neighbors are feeding/baiting deer and shooting the big ones... Anyways I took a shot at a 2 point on the run and ended up taking a chunk out of his ass,, tracked him a long ways before the bleeding stopped,, he never slowed down... I had never lost a deer,, never even had to shoot more than once before and never accidently shot a cow before... Was hunting black powder for elk and rifle for deer.

I self reported/turned myself in,, The WDFW officer was really nice,, I boned out the elk and packed it to his truck, he donated it to the food bank in Forks,, ended up with a warning and a forfeit elk tag out of the deal... That was a lot of work for nothing but a clean kill,, she pretty much fell over dead instantly...

I took a long shot at the bull,, a 5 point,, thought he was alone,, no other elk within 15 yards,, he was broadside at 172 yards,, shot from a rest after I stalked in,, shooting downhill,, the cow was quartered away about 5 yards directly behind him,, scratched his neck and nailed her in the left rear rib cage bullet suck in the hide in her right shoulder... It was a freak ass thing,,, If I waited a little longer I might have seen her but I could not get any closer without getting busted,, he was bugling going crazy as my brother was calling from about 500 yards behind me..