RE: 1st time elk hunt, where do I start?
szap
I too was in your shoes 10 years ago we just did our homework and headed west Co. over the counter is your best bet the first time if you plan to doit yourself bowhunt.
Its not that bad of a drive and if you can find some good guys it will be pretty cheap and I push you to do it yourself cause what you will learn on your own is priceless.
This wont be a one year thing if you are any kind of outdoors men youll get hooked and have to go every year thats the best thing cause you will get to understand the place you hunt and where the elk live ,feed ,sleep and water.
Start right now geting into shape it makes the bigest diffrence of all we being flat landers have a rough go of it you cant kill elk if you cant get to where there at.
Plan for two weeks at least you cant get any hunting done in one .
If you are realy seriuos about going PM me and I will point you to some good spots and point you to where to camp and hunt over the counter tags.