how the hell is a man supposed to sleep after seeing all those pictures. ahh man.. i wish i had a buddy that lived in one of those lucky states that have the most amazing creature like the Elk. I wanna go.. and i wanna go badly.. maybe not this year.. but maybe the next.. or the one after that.. any of you guys doing any Guiding? like perhaps you mr. Greg? where do you hunt for the elk Greg? state? public land? i got chicken**** buddies here that always talk the talk and say.. yeah.. next year.. lets go .. or the one after that.. its been like 10 years.. ive givven up.. i feel like i would have to go myself. I dont know the first thing about bugling or anyuthign liek that.. get back to me if you could, or perhaps recomend a registered guide.. i want to make some kind of definate plan for like 2 years from now.
thanks
-Chris

That one will do nicely Will , even if its snowing .

I have never shot an elk that has not had to be quartered up. When you see an elk walking around he is huge. When you see him dead weight on the ground he is even bigger. My first I could not beleive how big an elk really was. Depending on how many guys you have around and how close the truck is you may get him loaded full. I have seen many running around town in trucks whole. As I said above I do not know how it is done as I have never had the opportunity to load one whole we have always had to pack them out. Usually takes us about a day and a half to pack them out sometimes. Depending how deep in the backcountry we hunt. And no we don't have horses and 4 wheelers are not allowed in our hunting area. Thank GOD!!!!!

That is what they look like around here during rifle season. Snow always falls after a day or two of rifle season.

4 wheelers are taking over everywhere and It sucks![:@]

I love elk hunting, to me its one of the most challenging animals out there to hunt. Its one of my favorites. I've yet to arrow an elk, I've had some very close calls but didn't work out in the end in a few different instances. Here's a pic of me when I was a sophomore in high school (10 grade). I had won an elk hunt through an organization/club called Bow hunters Of America. It was a guided hunt kind of, they just packed you in and dropped you at one of there camps and would check in every 2 days. We did all of the hunting on our own. We packed in 6 miles with horses, the only elk hunt I've been on that we've used horses, horses are so nice to use.

Got mine back in '05 in Northern New Mexico. It was a blast. I gotta get out and do that again.

Were you around the Taos area?

Yep... all public-land, do-it-yourself stuff... hence the tents behind me -- and the wish for less people to be able to make it out this year due to rising gas prices.

Sclwald,

Two years ago, I think we had snow everyday during the last three weeks of our archery season. It made for some super excellent/quiet hunting! With all the fresh tracks, it became a simple matter of time! I love hunting elk in snow.

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