Brad Penas had never hunted elk and had never seen one in the part of northwest Minnesota where he hunts deer. So, when Penas, 45, of Moorhead, received notification this summer that he’d drawn one of the only two elk tags in the Caribou area of northeast Kittson County, he knew a challenge awaited him. “It’s really odd,” said Penas, a Greenbush, Minn., native who heads the investigative division for the Moorhead Police Department. “I’ve spent a lot of time up there. The first 20 years of my life I lived up in Greenbush and have hunted in that area for many years ever since, and I had never seen an elk in the area prior to going up and scouting when I drew the license.
“I knew it was going to be a real tough hunt.”
With help from hunting buddy Marty Lieberg of Greenbush, who owns a cabin in Kittson County, and some friends who run Blooming Valley Outfitters bear guiding service, Penas began putting together a game plan for the Sept. 14 opener, talking to area landowners and scouting the countryside. Read more….
