2008 Elk Hunting Contest Teams!!!!!!
09-08-2008, 07:00 PM
#51
Fork Horn
Join Date: Aug 2008
Location:
Posts: 137
RE: 2008 Elk Hunting Contest Teams!!!!!!
Wow you guys can hunt in both seasons?!?! if that is so that is so Cool I wish we could Bow and if we don't get anything buy a rifle tag. We have a early and late bow season tho.
09-11-2008, 02:03 PM
#53
Join Date: Jul 2007
Location: Washington State
Posts: 202
RE: 2008 Elk Hunting Contest Teams!!!!!!
Heading out tomorrow for 8 days and the forecast is calling for highs in the mid 80's all next week in Washington.. will likely be in the high 60's up high but this weather sucks for getting the rut going! It may be another year that the late hunt will come in handy if I can get away.
Go Team 2!
Go Team 2!
09-11-2008, 06:40 PM
#54
Fork Horn
Join Date: Aug 2008
Location:
Posts: 137
RE: 2008 Elk Hunting Contest Teams!!!!!!
Hey guys,
Dang I went out on wed, and I didn't see or hear any elk. Its also 50 in the am and 75 at 12pm and then 80 at 3pm. Its been a lot of fun getting out there and trying to call them. The only thing that sucks is that I haven't even seen a cow. The buddy I hunt with says he always see at lest one cow, but oh well I still have time. I'm also liking all the walking and sitting. With rifle I would go in shoot it at whatever dis. and then take it home. I'm glad I made the switch. I just can't wait to get the chance to pull back on something.
Good luck to all.
Dang I went out on wed, and I didn't see or hear any elk. Its also 50 in the am and 75 at 12pm and then 80 at 3pm. Its been a lot of fun getting out there and trying to call them. The only thing that sucks is that I haven't even seen a cow. The buddy I hunt with says he always see at lest one cow, but oh well I still have time. I'm also liking all the walking and sitting. With rifle I would go in shoot it at whatever dis. and then take it home. I'm glad I made the switch. I just can't wait to get the chance to pull back on something.
Good luck to all.
09-11-2008, 10:02 PM
#55
Join Date: Jan 2008
Location: Sunriver, Oregon
Posts: 111
RE: 2008 Elk Hunting Contest Teams!!!!!!
So has anyone scored yet?
It sure sounds like you guys are having some fun in Idaho! I'll be making a week long trip to eastern oregon starting next weekend. From what my buddies over there are telling me, the bulls are starting to scream and it is on!
It sure sounds like you guys are having some fun in Idaho! I'll be making a week long trip to eastern oregon starting next weekend. From what my buddies over there are telling me, the bulls are starting to scream and it is on!
09-12-2008, 08:09 AM
#57
Fork Horn
Join Date: Apr 2003
Location: IOWA
Posts: 400
RE: 2008 Elk Hunting Contest Teams!!!!!!
Just back from NM and it was a bust. I passed a spike and a cow in 10 days of hunting. It rained all but 2 days. It was the 6th day before I saw an elk while hunting. We spoke with hunters that had drawn unit 15 and hunters in 16 that had paid up to $8,000 for guided hunts and had not seen a single elk. This was 7 days into the 10 day hunt!The earlyseason needs to be hot and dry so the tanks produce activity and that just wasnt the case. The weather was just horrible and the numbers of animals in our unit 23 were Very low. We worked on one 340 class herd bull for four mornings and evenings and got within a hundred yards or so 3 different times but that was as good as it got. Other hunters got onto him and boogered him clear out of the unit. We still had fun and made the most of it. If nothing else I got 13 days of camping and hiking in the mountains.
09-12-2008, 11:08 AM
#58
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Northern Idaho's Panhandle
Posts: 4,436
RE: 2008 Elk Hunting Contest Teams!!!!!!
ORIGINAL: fletch920
Just back from NM and it was a bust. I passed a spike and a cow in 10 days of hunting. It rained all but 2 days. It was the 6th day before I saw an elk while hunting. We spoke with hunters that had drawn unit 15 and hunters in 16 that had paid up to $8,000 for guided hunts and had not seen a single elk. This was 7 days into the 10 day hunt!The earlyseason needs to be hot and dry so the tanks produce activity and that just wasnt the case. The weather was just horrible and the numbers of animals in our unit 23 were Very low. We worked on one 340 class herd bull for four mornings and evenings and got within a hundred yards or so 3 different times but that was as good as it got. Other hunters got onto him and boogered him clear out of the unit. We still had fun and made the most of it. If nothing else I got 13 days of camping and hiking in the mountains.
Just back from NM and it was a bust. I passed a spike and a cow in 10 days of hunting. It rained all but 2 days. It was the 6th day before I saw an elk while hunting. We spoke with hunters that had drawn unit 15 and hunters in 16 that had paid up to $8,000 for guided hunts and had not seen a single elk. This was 7 days into the 10 day hunt!The earlyseason needs to be hot and dry so the tanks produce activity and that just wasnt the case. The weather was just horrible and the numbers of animals in our unit 23 were Very low. We worked on one 340 class herd bull for four mornings and evenings and got within a hundred yards or so 3 different times but that was as good as it got. Other hunters got onto him and boogered him clear out of the unit. We still had fun and made the most of it. If nothing else I got 13 days of camping and hiking in the mountains.
09-12-2008, 11:11 AM
#59
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Northern Idaho's Panhandle
Posts: 4,436
RE: 2008 Elk Hunting Contest Teams!!!!!!
here is a set of 350s I found a few years ago.. just to size up a 340 bull.. again Fletch.. I bet it was a blast just getting to see and hunt a bull of that caliber.
