A field dressed, skinned cow elk with legs removed at the knee averages 300-320lbs. If you're very good at boning out an animal you'll get to about 150lbs of meat to pack out. That will be at least 3 trips at altitude. Probably more. If you are bow hunting in September, the mornings are great...
Welcome aboard. September 1st will be my 50th opening day. Still look forward to it as if I was 16 (legal age to hunt alone in PA). I live in Divide and am very familiar with units 511, 59, and 581. Been hunting them for 35 years. The issue with most of the responses is the people responding...
You're going to need to contact them now. If their annual sheep dog competition and festival is on again this year (COVID cancelled it) you may not find anything. This is an extremely popular event in September! We bow hunt the area and have reservations for our motor home...
Big Fin is Randy Newberg. He owns the forum and he set the mission years ago and here's its intent- "I keep Hunt Talk around because it is a huge benefit to the WHY of our operation - To promote self-guided public land hunting and create advocates for that cause."...
"if I roll in with a point or two over the required, as many have because they got tied up in chasing a unit that was creeping faster than they could gain on it, and 34 other people out of the 50K people who will see this also look at things in a similar way then suddenly your unit takes 7...
Reality which EVERYONE can read for themselves. Including the Administrator.
The above are your exact words. You even acknowledge "in your own words" that the OP found the posted information in HIS forum thread helpful!!
Did you even read Rule #3 of this forum which you agreed to abide by...
I guess you guys didn't realize what this forum and Hunttalk were created for or what they're about when you signed up. Sending things by DM is great if you choose to. Although this forum wasn't created for that reason. It was created for hunters and potential hunters to ask questions of their...
Ok, I'll bite. Based only the "specific information" I have included about unit 511 please answer these questions?
1. Were the OP's original questions about a specific unit answered?
2. Are you encouraged to ever apply for these tags?
3. Where exactly in unit 511 would you specifically hunt or...
I wouldn't expect much luck then. This unit is OTC elk for 3rd season. Everyone and their brother will be driving the roads literally everywhere. The does, which are usually comfortable being near roads all summer and early fall, learn quickly to disappear when they hear any vehicle or atv on...
Ha. This may tweak a few members. If you're hunting unit 22, I DO have waypoints and info for buck and bulls.
We were there just a few years ago using 16 points for 4th season buck tags and we also had bull and cow tags. Sent elk waypoints to another forum member last year and he did great. We...