This past season was a lot more work but also a lot more rewarding- even though I only harvested a doe. I think through out the entire hunting season I got out twice without the kids, where it was just Kyle and I. I had a couple hunts where Kyle took the kids and dropped me off to hike and hunt as well. One of those hunts I was looking for a bull elk and Kyle took the kids in the jeep, he ended up shooting a very nice black bear. After he shot it, it took off up the tree it was standing beside and when he died he fell out. The kids were so excited when they came to pick me up that that was all they wanted to do for the rest of season was bear hunt.
I think the most rewarding part of the season for me was seeing how much more involved the kids were. Pheonix really started to pick up on things like the wind and why we sat where we did and where we wanted the animals to come out. She also got to try her hand at cleaning a grouse, although she wasn't strong enough- she tried! I had given her my Binos since I received new ones from the contest so she would help glass. Most of the season was spent split up- I had one kid and Kyle had the other- and sitting and waiting. They both did amazing and enjoyed themselves. We also brought coloring and cars to help keep the boredom at bay. We had lots of action almost every hunt that made them more and more eager to go out the next time- anything from black bear and grizzly, to moose and being surrounded by screaming elk, they got to experience it all. 
