First ever elk hunt, this guy came in to cow calling two hours into opening morning solo! Obviously loads of luck involved, but thankful for the months spent planning. Thanks to all the folks on here who helped me learn!
Thank you everyone for the experience and advice! Managed to shoot a 5x6 on opening morning! Am feeling beyond blessed, and will probably have to wait a few years to repeat, but I’ll take what the elk gods give me.
Hi everyone! This will be my first season bow hunting for elk, and planning on it being my last as a non-resident. I'm sure I've made all the classic mistakes, with many more to come. My first Rokslide post was blasting a unit number for info (I learned my lesson). I'm looking forward to a tough...
A really good option is getting into the mid-range Orvis series'. I've had really good luck with the encounter line from Trout to Muskie, plus backed by a 25 year warranty...only needed that for car doors so far, no breaks on fish.
Thanks for the replies and info everyone. After poking around the forum realized calling out units like this is a bit of a breach in decorum so will take the post down.
As others have said, stick with one with no gun rest, i prefer singlewides for hunting with my recurve to be honest. Other big thing, get one with plastic washers at all assembly points, otherwise deer will hear you getting in every time
I'm in the Tethrd Phantom, it's my first saddle platform but i've gotten alot of use out of it. 6'2 175, fits awesome and you can hike for miles and forget youre wearing it