What I find most irritating are the new Hartford Insurance TV commercials with the BULL elk that they have used for decades and the new marketing slogan "The BUCK's got your back". I can understand some underling at a Madison Avenue marketing firm getting it wrong, but how in the world does...
Pays to get out of bed. Awesome experience to be witness to that.
I will be very curious to know how that bull tastes as he must have been pretty jacked up on adrenaline when you killed him.
I was fortunate enough to fall in love with the west before I was married. I then moved west and found a wife there. Made it easy for me to stay in the Rockies for over 25 years now! My wife and I have talked about moving back east to be close to my family, but it just never seemed right.
Badlands National Park is just a few miles off I-90 in South Dakota and well worth a drive-through. There is also a lot of things to do in the Black Hills - just check out the billboards on the way through.
Regarding the BLM land, you are incorrect in your assumption that you can't camp on it. It is open to public use such as camping, hiking, and hunting just like the NF land, so feel free to camp on it.
Regarding the hunting units, I have no experience with 22 but I have successfully found elk...
Best of luck on your hunt. I hunted the Meeker area many times with my father and though we didn't take many elk, I wouldn't have missed a minute of it.
Please give us a detailed report when you return.
Watched Episodes 1 through 5 last night and learned so much that I can't wait to watch more soon. Thank you, Randy, for sharing your knowledge and experience with the rest of us. It was your teaching spirit, which comes through so much in your OYOA and Fresh Tracks TV shows that drew me to...