GC604HX Traditional Cache Cowboy's Red Meadow
Type: Traditional | Size: Regular Regular | Difficulty: 1.5 out of 5 | Terrain: 1.5 out of 5
By: Mick McPhee @ | Hide Date: 07/24/2015 | Status: Available
Country: United States | State: Colorado
Coordinates: N37° 29.045 W108° 34.150 | Last updated: 08/30/2019 | Fav points: 0
Dogs  Scenic view  Parking available 

It was fall and the weather was cold and windy. Cowboy was decorating his ranch house.  His friend, Charlie, had stopped by for a chat.  They were near the fireplace sipping some hot coffee.  Charlie looked up and spied an elk rack and remarked, “Dang Cowboy, is that puny elk rack the best that you can do?  I though you was a good hunter”.  The remarks stuck in Cowboy’s craw.  

Cowboy set out on a mission to get a large elk before winter set in.  Cowboy started asking around and found out that a huge loner bull elk lived around Red Meadows.  The bull was reported to be very wily and at the first sight or smell of a man or horse the bull would plunge into the thickest cover he could find and hide out until the coast was clear.  Cowboy had a plan.  He took all his clothes and wrapped them into an elk hide to hide his smell.  The next day he rode to a high ridge near Red Meadows and watched for the bull to appear.  Then Cowboy tied up his horse and walked over two miles to the feeding elk while staying down wind.  He carried his 1874 Sharps 50 cal. rifle.  Crawling along using the elk skin as cover he closed to within shooting range  and squeezed off a shot.  The bull dropped in the spot.  Cowboy took the elk to his ranch, dined on the elk meat and used the elk horn mount over his fireplace.  It was a Monarch 8-point monster rack.  Charlie came over to see Cowboy.  When Charlie walked in the living room he spied the monster rack hanging on the wall.  Charlie’s jaw dropped and he was speechless.  Cowboy slapped Charlie on the back and said, “Now let’s see if you can top that one”.

The cache is a large black camo container full of SWAG and with a FTF prize

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10 Logs: Found it 10  

Found it 06/30/2019 By RVers18
TFTC SL

Found it 06/25/2019 By TwoElkers
From parking to GZ was a trek through tall, dry grass ... with our little toy aussie dog picking up thousands of grass seed in his long fur. OMG ... & we left his brush/comb/etc. in our other vehicle. That means a stop at Walmart to get the necessities before going on with our caching trip. Oh well, we trudged on to GZ & made a quick find to sign the log ... might as well log this one since he's already covered with those clingy things. Mrs TE said to tell you (& Cowboy) that she is not too happy with your placement on this one. Ha Ha. Thanks Mick for adding to our fun today. TwoElkers

Found it 05/16/2019 By Cbranson1
Dont sit still while you swap your cache and log in...Ants everywhere and they bite HARD!

Found it 11/05/2018 By StillRed&Rockin
Container very damp inside. Great find on my birthday with best bud. Thx!

Found it 11/04/2018 By bhrbabydoc
Water in can which I dumped out. Log damp but singable other things in can probably ruined. Thanks for the hide!

Found it 07/23/2018 By midwestgals
TFTC

Found it 07/17/2018 By vorticity
Trip to SW CO. Vort.

Found it 04/17/2018 By The.Doctor
Found while on vacation in the area. TFTC!

Found it 01/20/2018 By Bondobilly5
TFTC. Found it. Enjoying a January evening.

Found it 01/07/2018 By collodion_gal
Another Sunday outing, geocaching with the family—sure are nice views out here! Just a heads up —the cache is a little soggy on the inside. Thanks for the cache!