Elk hunters!
** Where are you headed this year? (for some of you this could have already happened this Aug. or Sept.)
** What season are you hunting (include a month)?
** What's your camp location/typestrategy?
** When do you leave?
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You post, I'll keep track.... lets see how many current elk hunters we've really got here....
I'll go first:
-- Colorado, public land, outsideof Craig and not closevery close toanything.
-- First "Elk Only" Rifle Season (no deer-elk combo tags issued)
-- Two camps, one"luxury" basecamp next to the road, thenone spartan spike camp (4 miles in), via horses
-- Depart this Wednesday October 8th.
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State (will add as necessary):
1 - Colorado
0 - Wyoming
0 - Montana
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Season:
0 - August
0 - September
1 - October
0 - November
0 - December
0 - DNK
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1
Furthest back in camp location:
0 - Main
1 - Spike
0 - DNK
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1
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Idaho archery, September. Bivy hunt, 40 lb pack for one week, slept where it got dark. Was limited on elk hunting time due to a hunting trip to the Badlands. I ended up filling the freezer anyway. With the economy the way it is, horns were secondary on this trip !!!!
We endured 36 straight hours of rain, then snow, then ice. But we made it !!!!
Location: On an Island in the west coast of New England
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RE: Elk Poll:Where, What, When?
Areas 83 and 82 Colorado DIY Rifle Bull OTC second season
Staying in a friends private cabin near Fort Garland
Hunting some private land and some public land
Leaving Oct 11th from Vermont by truck
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Too busy with fishing to spend much time here.
Not this year. I am getting a new shoulder joint soon so maybe next year. I can't put it off any longer as the right shoulder is also starting to give me trouble.[:@] Last year it was the broken foot. It's been a tough couple years. I can't complain to much though the first 60 years went really well.
Best of luck to those of you who are hunting this year though.
1) Eagles Nest Wilderness Area
2) 1st Rifle, Elk only, Either sex tag, Season is five days long.
3) Park the pickup, hike in until I find them and take the first legal animal. I pack a bivy and an old Chouinard Pyramid tarp.
4) Thursday, Oct 9
On a side note, I was up in the ENWA today, lurking around at about 9,500'. The elk must still be way up. Plenty of Deer and Bear sign though. It was snowing lightly when I came through Eisenhower. Maybe that will bring them down some.
Good luck to everyone hunting and be safe!
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should choose ones that will kill when everything goes wrong."
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Elk hunters!
** Where are you headed this year? (for some of you this could have already happened this Aug. or Sept.)
** What season are you hunting (include a month)?
** What's your camp location/typestrategy?
** When do you leave?
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You post, I'll keep track....
State (will add as necessary):
2 - Colorado
1 - Idaho
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Season:
0 - August
1 - September
2 - October
0 - November
0 - December
0 - DNK
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3
Furthest back in camp location:
1 - Main (Roadside Camp or Cabin)
1 - Spike
1 - Bivy
0 - DNK
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3
Current:
EKM
ElkCrazy8
Champlain Islander
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Never go undergunned, always check the sight in, perform at showtime.
Learn from the mistakes of others, you won't live long enough to make them all yourself.
I hunted early archery in Washington, but was unable to connect on an elkdue to lack of time in the woods (birth of my first child, a baby boy.) I'll be back out at the end of november for late season archery
I archery hunted Utah's Monroe unit from September 1-12. Truck camped, stayed near Manning Meadows Reservoir (the home of Spidey!). Came home without an elk, mainly due to letting some good bulls walk without drawing my bow. Had a great hunt.
Idaho- unit 67
Cow Elk any weapon(rifle) - Oct.22-Nov.30
Trailhead is 3mi. from my house. Depending on which direction the wind is coming from decides where I will enter the canyon I'll be hunting. Snow adds into the equation also.
Depending where I'll be going in from- 3:30-4:00 a.m. each morning.
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Current Elk Hunter Census: Where, What, When?
. I can't complain to much though the first 60 years went really well.
.) I'll be back out at the end of november for late season archery
