It has been my experience that, as a
contributor to big game conservation, black powder elk hunting can
only be surpassed by archery hunting, spear chucking, and, perhaps,
by rock throwing.
This cache is in an area where BadNews2 and
myself spent a lot of fun-filled, crisp—sometimes-snowy November
days doing a lot of walking and not much shooting. It was in this
area that we learned the original meaning of
‘FTF’—considered by Geocachers to mean, “First to
Find.” Actually,
‘FTF’ is what happens when you have struggled in the snow
all day, carrying your trusty nine-pound 58 caliber Hawken Rifle
over deadfall, through valleys and over mountains, and now are
finally and carefully lined up on the biggest elk you have ever
seen. You quietly set
the hair trigger, take a deep breath, let it part way out and hold
it, then carefully align the sights just behind the elk’s shoulder,
gently touch the trigger and hear nothing but the hammer
fall—followed immediately by the rapid departure of said monstrous
elk as he heads for the general area of central
Montana. This is the
original ‘FTF’ (Failed to Fire) and is usually caused
by not protecting the percussion cap well enough from the
elements. This sound
is usually followed by some other interesting phrases, most of them
containing only four
letters.
We always had great times and our hunts are a very pleasant
memory.
Determine the FINAL cache coordinates
as follows:
WP1= N44º 27.671’, 111º 20.797’
At these coordinates record the year stamped on the item you find
there.
YR1__________________.
WP2= N44º 27.601’, W111º
22.769’
At
these coordinates record the year stamped on the item you find
there.
YR2__________________.
WP3= N44º 29.324, W111º 34.170‘
At these coordinates record the year stamped on the item you find
there.
YR3__________________.
Subtract YR2 from
YR1: (YR1__________ - YR2___________ =
DIF1_________________)
Add DIF1 to 32.784’ to get
the final cache latitude minutes (LATMINS)
LATMINS=DIF1 + 32.784’=_________________’
LATITUDE = N44º
[LATMINS]’
= N44º
_________’
Subtract YR3
from YR2; YR2__________ - YR3___________ =
DIF2_________________)
Subtract DIF2 from 29.525’to
get the final cache longitude minutes (LONMINS)
LONMINS= 29.525 – DIF2=_________________’
LONGITUDE = W111º [LONMINS]’ = W111º ___________’
ENJOY
It’s easy; let the kids do it!!