| When looking over your Elk hunting gear checklist, | | | | kit. We had stopped along the trail to let our horses |
| make sure you don't overlook a small, but very | | | | and mules catch their breath. As we visited with each |
| important item, a first aid kit for your rifle! Believe | | | | other, I felt a strange vibration and herd a crunching |
| me, there will come a time that you'll need some | | | | sound from behind me. When I turned around, to my |
| items to make adjustments and repairs to your | | | | horror, I saw a mule chewing on the stock of my |
| hunting rifle. Most of us want to pack as light as we | | | | brand new Elk rifle! |
| can for our Elk hunting trip but don't let that keep | | | | When we got to camp, I was trying to figure out |
| you from including a few items that can literally save | | | | how I could smooth out the damaged stock with |
| your trip. | | | | just a hunting knife. I jokingly asked the other |
| The Elk hunting environment, especially in the Rocky | | | | hunters if anybody had some sand paper and one of |
| Mountains, is a rough and unpredictable place. Factors | | | | them said he did in his rifle first aid kit. Needless to |
| such as steep terrain, rain, snow fog, and horses can | | | | say, this fellow saved the day for me. I was able to |
| all take its toll on a hunting rifle. I have always | | | | smooth out the stock and went on to harvest my |
| suggested that a hunter bring an extra rifle to base | | | | Elk with it that season. |
| camp as a backup. A first aid kit for rifles can also | | | | A rifle first aid kit should definitely be on your Elk |
| save the day. | | | | hunting gear list. This little kit doesn't take up a lot of |
| A few years ago I was guiding a group of hunters in | | | | room and could be worth its weight in gold by saving |
| Colorado when I learned firsthand the value of such a | | | | your hunt. |