Sunday, October 21, 2007

Welcome to Elk Camp

This is elk camp, where hunters embrace the miseries of winter camping to join in time-honored traditions that are tantamount to seven straight Boys' Nights Out sandwiched around grueling days trying to put wild meat in the freezer.

"Elk camp is all about getting back to nature and being with your friends, getting back to how your forefathers hunted," says Luttrell, a 42-year-old Medford resident who works for a beverage distributor.

"Life is so difficult and so hard now," Luttrell says. "This gets us back to simpleness. In elk camp, nothing really matters."

Joy of Camping