Wes Coffey
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Cole motioned me behind a big lodge pole.
We got down on one knee, rifles ready, and we waited.
Nothing.
It didn't move again.
Cole whispered, we need to go around.
I whispered, around where?
He said, drop off the ridge, north side.
I said, that's the wrong direction.
He said, I know.
See, here's the thing.
Our camp was on the south side of the ridge.
The saddle that led to it was directly in front of us, right where the sound had come from.
If we dropped off the north side of the ridge, we'd be heading away from our camp.
We'd have to loop around somehow, which would add miles.
Miles we didn't have if we wanted to get out before dark.
But Cole was right.
Whatever was in front of us was between us and our camp.
We couldn't go through it.
And going back the way we came was going back toward whatever had left that gut pile.
We dropped off the north side of the ridge.