Congrats on that ELK.... What a cool deal. 7 days for me... I most likely will not hit it hard untill the end of OCT. I still need to get my stand back up..

That's Cool.... Congrats on the hunt and the Elk. Well deserved to be sure.
They're not an easy animal to kill.

Thanks guys. I gotta tell ya that I used Magnus snuffers this year and that broadhead Zippered through this elk like butter. Now my full attention will be on whitetail. Don't have a mule deer or antelope tag this fall. I'll be honest with you guys, I won't be shooting just any buck this fall, really don't need the meat. SO it will need to be a good buck before I will shoot it, and honestly I am setting a goal of the 125" minumum! Might even pass on one of them early on, and hold out for a 140" or better.
Hope someone gets us on the board soon. I won't be getting back on the farm until late Oct. to do any whitetail hunting.

Thats a great goal. 125 is a good buck..... I seen a nice 7-8 point the other day on the property I deer hunt. It should be a 100-115 buck, good one though. It is so funny how you can put out a trail camera and find all kinds of GOOD bucks that you just dont see in the area when you are there. Thoes trail cameras are ssssoooooo helpfull... you get a good buck on film and you will be in the tree all season and divorced by Christmas...LOL

Man this sucks, just under 4 weeks now till my season opens and then it dont get good for another 3 weeks
O well, just have to keep practicing for when the time comes

Great job with the Elk. been some tough wind here the last few days so I decided to go crabbing this morning before work and picked up a nice 3 dozen. Fishing a surf fish tournament fri sat and sun this weekend so wont be able to hunt but after this weekend its deer from here on out

well sat/ is my opener i got some nice deer on the cam hung the last stand today and the trial cam so hopefull one of my nice 125 + deer will b in by sat,. morning i think if i see a popen young deer i'll take him!! i'm only 17 n jsut want to b in the books. + if i get my buck out early i can dig more ginseng!!!!$$$$ lol AND GREAT ELK MAN i wish ohio had them!!!

I'm right there with you, Chad. Season opener is Saturday. I'll be leaving Friday night.

CHECK THIS OUT, FELLAS...

This is a bit of a long read, but it just goes to show you that it pays to check with the owners of bordering land. On one of my Tennessee leases, I had downloaded and studied arial maps and topographic maps and had chosen a spot overlooking an old railroad tram (this tram is nowa beautiful strip of thigh high grass passing through tall timber). I finally scouted it two weeks ago. What a sweet spot. Problem was, the property line WAS the tram.

I found the owner of the property next to ours, but he wasn't home when I stopped by, so I left a note on his door explaining that I'd just joined the club on the bordering property and I had stopped by to introduce myself and that I had a couple of questions. He called later that evening. I gave him my name, told him that I was retired Navy, that I'd stop and introduce myself my first weekend there and also asked about the possible scenario of following a blood trail onto his land. After about 10 minutes of casual conversation, he said that tracking onto his property was no problem. He doesn't hunt, and doesn't normally allow anyone to hunt his land, but the fact that I stopped by in person to ask seemed to make a huge difference.

After about 15 more minutes of conversation, he said that if the wind was out of the wrong direction and I needed to hang my stand on his property to cover this tram, that was no problem. I then told him about a 140" to 150" buck that another member had seen traveling this tram last year. Come to find out,this"big boy" isstill there and this gentleman has seen him.... still in the area.... and he's a monster. He doesn't have any idea what he'd score, but if he was a 140" to 150" buck last year.....

Anyway, Saturday after the evening hunt, I'm invited for dinner, so no camp food for me Saturday night!!!! I love the way things turned out!

Alright, sounds like our team is getting in the "mood" with some real possibilitys on some good deer.
BUCKEYE, as young as you are, you got plenty of time to plan an elk hunt "out west". Once you do it once, then you'll really wish you had elk in Ohio.Just getting to listen to them bugle makes hunting them a great experience.
Littlechief, I also love it when things fall into place like that. Sounds like you've got some good deer that will help you get out of bed and on stand every chance you get. Good luck man!!

Thanks, Tim. And good luck to you. By the way, congratulations on the elk! God, that is some beautiful country you were in. I think you should invite the team over for an elk dinner!