Originally Posted by
super_hunt54
So what you are saying Flags, is send a rookie hunter into a place he has never been, to get archery close on an animal he has hunted only once and that was with rifle and a guide?
Are you admitting that reading isn't your strong suit? Here's a little challenge: Go back and show me exactly where I said what you're claiming. I'll bet you $10K you can't do it. Maybe you missed the following:
My suggestion is to go to the DOW website and begin to research elk hunting. They have a huge amount of info on there. You can even contact the game biologists for areas you're interested in and get their scoop on things. Once you narrow down an area, come back to this site and I'm sure that several of the members, including myself, will pony up some info for you.
So, just where did I say head west and just start casting around looking for an elk to stick with an arrow? I explicitly told him where to begin looking and even suggested who he could ask and then I volunteered to provide him with specifics as to how
I would be willing to help him. By the way, I've made the exact same offer to many other members but I do ask that they begin looking for info on their own first since so much is readily available. By the way, please be so good as to explain just how all those non-resident camps I see in CO with elk hanging manage to do that if they all need to be led by the hand by an outfitter? I know a lot, and I mean a lot of non-residents that come to CO every year and take elk, deer and even bear without a guide. Explain that to me!
I was hunting Elk while you where still in diapers Flags
I seriously doubt that. I'm 52 right now and since you claim to be "semi-retired" I doubt you're in your late 60s or early 70s. But even if you are, what does that matter? I've personally taken about 25 elk and have been in on the taking of over 100 others. Can you match that total? Somehow, I don't think you can.
Now, just what ax are you trying to grind? Or are you just being foolish for the sake of looking foolish?