RE: DIY Elk Hunt
Yeah, I love the DIY style hunt. The first year I went I made a huge mistake.....we set up basecamp by the stream. That meant 2000+ vertical feet of climbing every morning to get to the elk. If we would have camped closer to the top of the ridge, (I) would have killed a nice bull.
I'm curious (for the backpackers) where do you set up camp? On the ridge or in the valley? We don't make a fire, just a backpack stove to boil water for our backpack meals.