ORIGINAL: NJheadhunter71
Long walks in the hills and long drives going back to town, only to have to get up and drive back and do it all over again. I opted to drive out there with the camper (the kind that fits in the bed)in the back of the diesel and park and get out and hunt. I also told him I should bring my tent and gearcause ifwecome across a good stretch of area and don't have the time to walk back to the truckwe could just stay the night and hunt that arearight from sun up. He thinks I'm nuts for wanting to hunt this way. I think you beat yourself up with all the driving back and forth. What do you guys think is the best way to hunt the area?
Too early to tell. We have yet to get hit by the spring stoms, and consequently it is way too early to tell how vegetation at each elevation is going to respond. In the end, forage and hunting pressure are the trure deciding factors. Personally, I like to get away from the crowds.
We were looking at hunting the basin and not going to high up but walking a good bit. He has never hunted outWest and I am trying toschool him on it but he isn'tgetting it. Do you think we are better getting intoareas with meadows and tree lines or hunting the more open areas? I have hunted inMedicine Bow and we didn't see much until we got tothe valleys withwater and vegetation.
See above response.
I don't want to sound to much of a green horn but the more I get advice from guys that have hunted that area the better i feel about going on the hunt. We were also thing of bring the quad for game retrieval only, good idea or bad?Is it mostly local road huntingthe BLM roads?
There is no such thing as a stupid question. Bringing a quad for game retieval is fine, assuming you use it responsibly. Many of the locals who don't have the motivation/capability to hunt off road will be frequenting the BLM and forest service roads in addition to the lazy non-residents. Only luck will net you a trophy if you are road hunting.
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