WY Elk summary

[LousyResident]

f that man, I don't see how you could do it. My body was in full on rejection mode by the end.

lol to be fair, I was trading off driving and it wasn't straight through on the way back. But we did 28 hours straight on the way up trading every +/- 8 hours. It's rough for sure.

 

[deer_shooter]

I’ll be driving back in November to try and fill a cow tag 28 hours one way. I’m with aj, I’d drive 14 hours for a weekend hahaha

 

[rtraverdavis]

If you can get the time, go back. Hard to imagine you'd regret it.

 

[Frazier]

Thanks for sharing. I agree you should go, you’ll never get that time back.

As long as I have enough caffeine, snacks, and most importantly tobacco I can power through a long drive!

 

[Mallardsx2]

I wish I lived within 14 hours. I drive 24 hours straight and never turn the truck off...lol

 

[Irrelevant]

I wish I lived within 14 hours. I drive 24 hours straight and never turn the truck off...lol

Ouch

 

[Irrelevant]

Based on the amount of hunters and lack of sign I thought I drove 14 hours in a circle and ended up back in WA.

Any hope I had for a bull was gone. The first elk I saw, on day three, ended up in trouble.

 

[Irrelevant]

If I hunt WY elk again I damn sure am going to find a less crowded area... hopefully.

 

[Deleted member 16014]

Can't beat the packout! Congrats on the successful meat gather.

 

[Deleted member 28227]

Based on the amount of hunters and lack of sign I thought I drove 14 hours in a circle and ended up back in WA.

Any hope I had for a bull was gone. The first elk I saw, on day three, ended up in trouble.

That's one way to avoid having to rent llamas...

 

[Jape]

Based on the amount of hunters and lack of sign I thought I drove 14 hours in a circle and ended up back in WA.

Any hope I had for a bull was gone. The first elk I saw, on day three, ended up in trouble.

Yeah, general units like that can be rough. Congrats on getting it done!

 

[Irrelevant]

Can't beat the packout! Congrats on the successful meat gather.

Unfortunately that road, while being open for archery, was closed this time around. Though that's probably what contributed to there being elk in that area. Still it was only a mile and a half to the pickup on a nice two track.

It was definitely my easiest packout, except I did it in two loads, the first one being a hard shuffle more than anything. Thankfully she wasn't very big.

 

[madtom]

Kudos on making the second trip and getting it done!

 

[Sytes]

Grats on following through! Perseverance mixed with luck seems to go far! I'll take it any day.

 

[rtraverdavis]

You went back and did it. Cow or bull, that’s awesome.