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When Do You Leave?
Leaving Wednesday the 30th, have multiple either sex elk tags in two states and the whole month to hunt. The day after archery elk season closes in CO and WY, my Eastern plains deer and elk season opens and runs basically until Dec 31. Then to Sonora for monster Coues. I do need to stop by... -
A Request for All the Elk Hunting YouTubers...
One other thing - please don't cry and hyperventilate after the shot. Especially if you haven't recovered the elk yet. Act like you've been in the endzone before. Thank the Lord Jesus, your beautiful wife, your loving daughters, your dad who took you hunting when you were a kid, your... -
Disabled Hunter Info and or Help
Call the Colorado Parks and Wildlife Walden office. They have an overpopulation of cow elk in that area and can point you to some ranches that have damage problems and want cows shot. Might be a late season hunt and might cost something (last I heard it was in the range of $1000-1500, but that... -
A Request for All the Elk Hunting YouTubers...
PLEASE don't tell everyone the unit you are hunting, never mind the trailhead you used. It would also be nice if you don't have your logo all over your gear trailer when you park it at said trailhead... -
Are you ready?
The whole month of September to hunt, a supportive wife who scouted a new spot with me today, tags in two adjoining states, a packer lined up, hunting solo so nobody to negotiate or compromise with, shooting well, with 49 years of elk bowhunting experience (and mistakes...) in my back pocket... -
Colorado Elk 4th Season Rifle
Nope. Where he is considering hunting, it will all be snow in 4th season, and almost all of the elk will already be way down on the flats on winter range, often private land. But there is always a chance of catching some out in the public land sagebrush. There is a reason why so many late... -
Calving areas
I don't know about your unit, but where I hunted for more than 40 years, the areas shown on the interactive map as "calving areas - summer range" had the big cow concentrations when archery season started, and the bulls came to them for the rut. The problem was that too many hunters figured... -
Trimming diaphragm calls to fit
Used to with some. Now I only use the Phelps Dragon Slayer for every elk sound (that I can't make with my voice) and it fits me perfectly. YMMV -
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Private Land Archery Elk Guides Recs
Bear Mountain Ranch in Kremmling CO. OTC licenses, great accommodations, lots of elk and some very good bulls. I first started hunting there in the 70s when it was lots of BLM (before the land trades), then hunted it and guided after the land trades. -
Elk Hunting Book Recs
Dwight Schuh's classic "Bugling For Elk" is a bit outdated with the tactics, but still a great read. "Elk Hunting in the Northern Rockies" is also a good one to get thr juices flowing. -
What do you do on draw?
In Colorado you can turn in your tag, if that's one of the ones you are considering. -
Heavy moisture year, effects on elk location?
I have had troubles finding elk scouting my usual WY spots, so called the biologist, and she theorizes the elk are staying lower this summer. In southern WY and Northern CO it has been a wetter and cooler summer than normal, and the feed is still green down low where it should normally be... -
What did you do today to get ready for Elk season?
That's life for an old retired hunter in the mountains with an active wife. She's making me hike and fish tomorrow. . :-) -
What did you do today to get ready for Elk season?
Wife and I ebiked 15 miles up a mountain and back on a rough trail, then did free weight PT reps and stretching for the shoulder, then shot a few arrows, then had an Irish Whiskey on the deck looking over the valley. Typical day. Getting old and doing this elk thing, solo, requires a lot more... -
Hunt where i found bulls?
Bulls will travel many miles to go to the cows. They will often come back to the same places year after year until they get blasted. Find cows now and bulls will be there later. -
What time do you come off the mountain durning archery elk hunting?
In my area sometimes the wind doesn't settle until the thermal sets in when the sun drops behind the mountain. That gives me somewhere between 45 minutes and an hour of legal shooting light. I've killed probably a dozen during that window. Hiking out in the dark is how you do it. -
When do you eat your "big meal" of the day
This is not a thread for the guys who live on "mush in a bag". For those who hunt from a base camp, when do you eat the big meal? For decades, we would come back to camp at night and cook up a big dinner - steak, burgers, brats, chili, corn on the cob, potatoes, etc, then go to bed around 10... -
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Zone 77 CO elk hunt
Go alone and enjoy the hunt. I'm 69 and hunt solo by choice. Bummer about your buddy, but don't let that ruin your experience. And you may learn more by following your own instincts rather than decision making "by committee". You'll likely meet some other hunters along the way. I've made...
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