Given the short season lengths on this one and the upcoming CO options I have really limited patience with trying to ferret elk out of thick cover they don't want to leave, if I knew there was a giant in an area I would approach it a lot differently, but to just fill a tag I like to keep...
At this point it was 8:50 AM, I had the elk quartered and hung by 9:30, per my watch quartering an elk solo burns about 450 calories and is classified as a “moderate” workout… I disagree with this a little... I loaded up the backstraps, tenderloins, neck, and trim and headed back to camp to get...
I waited a couple of minutes soaking up just how quickly things had turned around, then walked toward where he had been standing, from there I started looking downhill, hey, that looks like an elk...
This may be the smallest bull I’ve ever shot, but with the amount of effort and completely...
It was dead quiet as I crunched my way along, feeling more in tune with the woods than I had at any point so far this year, I was moving pretty quickly when I saw a patch of color in the timber that looked out of place, I froze, and as I did it disappeared, I was in the game, maybe? I chambered...
Day 4
I was pretty much out of great ideas after seeing zero elk the day before, I figured I’d give this zone one more morning before going into my last ditch plan, which involved crossing a rather large river and what looked to be a really unpleasant climb, I’d spent a good part of midday...
I would look at someone with that rig as being well above the median as far as glassing tech on this hunt... did said person also use a side-by-side as a part of the rig?
Day 3
After leaving elk feeding in the dark the night before I didn’t have to think too hard about where I would be going in the morning. I started a little late as I wanted to be sure I didn’t bump anything in the dark, by shooting light I was a couple hundred yards from where I had left the...